Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Sonnenfeld is Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice at the Yale School of Management as well as founder and president of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, the world’s first school for incumbent CEOs across sectors. He has informally advised five U.S. presidents, two Republicans and three Democrats; helped advise the development of the Abraham Accords; and helped catalyze the exit of over 1,000 companies from Russia. served as a member of the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Board Governance for the Association of Governance Boards of Colleges & Universities. He has run the Yale Higher Education Leadership Summit for the past decade which brings together approximately 100 university presidents every year, catalyzing collective action from higher education leaders.