Leonard Marcus

Leonard Marcus is the Founding Director of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). He is also the founding co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI), a joint program of HSPH and th eKennedy School of Government, as well as a principal at Health Care Negotiation Associates. Additionally, he is on the Faculty of Health Services at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Leonard has played a leading national and international role in terrorism preparedness and emergency response, developing the conceptual and pragmatic basis for “connectivity” — the coordination of people, organizations, resources, and information to best catch, contain, and control a terrorist or public health threat, and meta-leadership – overarching leadership that strategically links the work of different agencies and levels of government.

An extraordinary executive coach, he has consulted, trained, and provided advice to leaders of health care organizations and governmental agencies worldwide.

His research and teaching interests include national and international terrorism response strategies, the implications of conflict in health care services, the uses of mediation for resolving disputes, the contributions of conflict resolution, as well as the role that health plays in resolving larger social conflict. His talks focus on negotiation, conflict resolution and leadership.

Leonard is the lead author of "Renegotiating Health Care: Resolving Conflict to Build Collaboration," which received the Book Prize Award for Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Center for Public Resources Institute. He is also co-author of "Mediating Bioethical Disputes: A Practical Guide." He has written for Newsweek and the Boston Globe in addition to a number of scholarly journals.

He received his B.A. (concentrations in Social Work and Hebrew) and M.S.W. (concentrations in Administration and Psychotherapy) from the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He was selected as a Fellow for the Kellogg National Leadership Program.