Elaine Ciulla Kamarck

Elaine C. Kamarck is a political scientist and scholar noted for her ability to combine real life experience in politics with academic research. She has a PhD in political science and has worked at the Democratic National Committee and in several presidential campaigns. She was one of the founders of the Democratic Leadership Council in the late 1980s. In the 1990s she served in the White House as a senior staffer to Vice President Al Gore. Since then she taught American politics and government innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She is currently at Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of several books and countless article on government innovation, the presidency and American politics.