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  [### Rafael Carbonell

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**Rafael Carbonell** became the Taubman Center executive director in August 2017, where he works to advance its mission to support public sector leaders in improving the governance of states, counties, metropolitan regions, and cities. His work at Harvard...



 

 

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   [### Kathryn Carlson

 ](/people/kathryn-carlson)Executive Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

 

 

**Kathryn Carlson** is the Executive Director of Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. She joins the Rappaport Institute from A Better City where she was director of transportation. In this role, she directed the transportation research and policy agendas...



 

 

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   [###  Edward Glaeser

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**Edward L. Glaeser** is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught economic theory and urban economics since 1992. He also leads the Urban Economics Working Group at the National Bureau of Economics Research...



 

 

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   [### Jeffrey Liebman

 ](/people/jeffrey-liebman)Co-Director, Harvard Impact Lab Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Social Policy

 

 

**Jeffrey Liebman** is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, where he teaches courses in social policy, public sector economics, government innovation, and American economic policy. In his research, he studies tax and...



 

 

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   [### Amy Mahler

 ](/people/amy-mahler)Director of Government Engagement

 

 

**Amy Mahler** became the Director of Government Engagement for the Taubman Center for State and Local Government in 2023, where she works to connect state, county, and local government with Kennedy School resources, students, and opportunities.

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   [### Bran Shim

 ](/people/bran-shim)Senior Advisor to the Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance

 

 

**Bran Shim** serves as Senior Advisor to the Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance (A&F). He assists the Secretary in driving strategic and sustainable investments in housing and economic development across the Commonwealth.



 

 

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