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'''Katherine N. Lapp''' is an American lawyer, civil servant, and university executive. Notably, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of [[Harvard University]] from 2009 to 2022.<ref name=named>{{cite news |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/08/katherine-n-lapp-named-harvard-executive-vice-president/ |title=Katherine N. Lapp named Harvard executive vice president |work=[[The Harvard Gazette]] |date=August 20, 2009 |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref><ref name=departure>{{cite news |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/05/katie-lapp-to-step-down-as-executive-vp/ |title=Lapp to step down as executive VP |date=May 12, 2022 |work=[[The Harvard Gazette]] |accessdate=March 21, 2023}}</ref>
'''Katherine N. Lapp''' is an American lawyer, civil servant, and university executive. Notably, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of [[Harvard University]] from 2009 to 2022.<ref name=named>{{cite news |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/08/katherine-n-lapp-named-harvard-executive-vice-president/ |title=Katherine N. Lapp named Harvard executive vice president |work=[[The Harvard Gazette]] |date=August 20, 2009 |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref><ref name=departure>{{cite news |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/05/katie-lapp-to-step-down-as-executive-vp/ |title=Lapp to step down as executive VP |date=May 12, 2022 |work=[[The Harvard Gazette]] |accessdate=March 21, 2023}}</ref>


Prior to working at Harvard, Lapp had a distinguished career in leadership roles in city and state government in New York, including serving as Executive Director of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], the transit agency serving the [[New York metropolitan area]].<ref name=mta-named>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Katherine N. Lapp named Executive Director of MTA |url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/katherine-n-lapp-named-executive-director-mta |location=MTA Headquarters |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=January 15, 2002 |access-date=March 22, 2023}}</ref>
Prior to working at Harvard, Lapp had a distinguished career in leadership roles in city and state government in New York, including serving as executive director of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], the transit agency serving the [[New York metropolitan area]].<ref name=mta-named>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Katherine N. Lapp named Executive Director of MTA |url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/katherine-n-lapp-named-executive-director-mta |location=MTA Headquarters |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=January 15, 2002 |access-date=March 22, 2023}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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Lapp received her B.A. in 1978 from [[Fairfield University]] and her J.D. in 1981 from [[Maurice A. Deane School of Law|Hofstra University Deane School of Law]].<ref name=named/>
Lapp received her B.A. in 1978 from [[Fairfield University]] and her J.D. in 1981 from [[Maurice A. Deane School of Law|Hofstra University Deane School of Law]].<ref name=named/>


She also has served on the Board of Trustees at Fairifeld and gave the university's commencement speech in 2010.<ref name=fairfield/><ref name=commencement>{{cite press release |url=https://www.fairfield.edu/news/press-releases/2010/may/fairfield-university-commencement.html |title=Fairfield University Commencement |date=May 17, 2010 |publisher=[[Fairfield University]] |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>
She also has served on the board of trustees at Fairifeld and gave the university's commencement speech in 2010.<ref name=fairfield/><ref name=commencement>{{cite press release |url=https://www.fairfield.edu/news/press-releases/2010/may/fairfield-university-commencement.html |title=Fairfield University Commencement |date=May 17, 2010 |publisher=[[Fairfield University]] |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Government===
===Government===
Lapp served as Chief of Staff and Special Counsel to the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety under [[New York City Mayor]] [[David Dinkins]] from 1990 to 1993.<ref name=mta-named/><ref name=nyt-justice/> Following Dinkins's loss to [[Rudy Giuliani]], Lapp stayed in City Hall, serving as the New York City Criminal Justice Coordinator under Giuliani from 1994 to 1997.<ref name=mta-named/><ref name=nyt-justice/> In this role, she worked alongside Giuliani and then-Police Commissioner [[William Bratton]] to streamline police operations and district attorney resources.<ref name=harvard-experience>{{cite news |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/executive-vice-president-lapp-brings-experience-to-harvard/ |title=Executive Vice President Lapp brings experience to Harvard |last=Galvin |first=Kevin |date=September 3, 2009 |work=[[The Harvard Gazette]] |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>
Lapp served as Chief of Staff and Special Counsel to the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety under [[New York City Mayor]] [[David Dinkins]] from 1990 to 1993.<ref name=mta-named/><ref name=nyt-justice/> Following Dinkins's loss to [[Rudy Giuliani]], Lapp stayed in City Hall, serving as the New York City Criminal Justice Coordinator under Giuliani from 1994 to 1997.<ref name=mta-named/><ref name=nyt-justice/> In this role, she worked alongside Giuliani and then-Police Commissioner [[William Bratton]] to streamline police operations and district attorney resources.<ref name=harvard-experience>{{cite news |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/executive-vice-president-lapp-brings-experience-to-harvard/ |title=Executive Vice President Lapp brings experience to Harvard |last=Galvin |first=Kevin |date=September 3, 2009 |work=[[The Harvard Gazette]] |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>


On November 26, 1997, Governor [[George Pataki]] nominated Lapp as to be New York State's Director of Criminal Justice and Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services.<ref name=nyt-justice>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/26/nyregion/giuliani-aide-is-nominated-for-crime-post.html?searchResultPosition=10 |title=Giuliani Aide Is Nominated For Crime Post |last=Hernandez |first=Raymond |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 1997 |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref> She served in that role from 1997 to 2001.<ref name=mta-named/>
On November 26, 1997, Governor [[George Pataki]] nominated Lapp as to be New York State's Director of Criminal Justice and Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services.<ref name=nyt-justice>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/26/nyregion/giuliani-aide-is-nominated-for-crime-post.html |title=Giuliani Aide Is Nominated For Crime Post |last=Hernandez |first=Raymond |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 1997 |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref> She served in that role from 1997 to 2001.<ref name=mta-named/>


====Metropolitan Transportation Authority====
====Metropolitan Transportation Authority====
In 2002, Lapp was appointed Executive Director of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] by MTA Chairman [[Peter S. Kalikow]].<ref name=mta-named/> She served in this position through the end of the [[George Pataki|Pataki]] Administration in 2006. She was the first woman to hold the Executive Director position since the founding of the MTA in 1968.<ref name=named/>
In 2002, Lapp was appointed executive director of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] by MTA Chairman [[Peter S. Kalikow]].<ref name=mta-named/> She served in this position through the end of the [[George Pataki|Pataki]] Administration in 2006. She was the first woman to hold the executive director position since the founding of the MTA in 1968.<ref name=named/>


As head of the MTA, Lapp oversaw day-to-day operations for the largest transportation network in the United States, which includes the [[New York City Transit|New York City subway and bus system]], [[Metro-North Railroad]], the [[Long Island Rail Road]], and several [[MTA Bridges and Tunnels|bridges and tunnels]]. She oversaw which 68,000 employees and a $10 billion annual budget in her time at the MTA.<ref name=uc/>
As head of the MTA, Lapp oversaw day-to-day operations for the largest transportation network in the United States, which includes the [[New York City Transit|New York City subway and bus system]], [[Metro-North Railroad]], the [[Long Island Rail Road]], and several [[MTA Bridges and Tunnels|bridges and tunnels]]. She oversaw which 68,000 employees and a $10 billion annual budget in her time at the MTA.<ref name=uc/>


As Executive Director, one of her hallmark accomplishments was the enhancement of the MTA's financial reporting process, which included four-year-ahead financial planning, incorporating periods for public comment and elected official input, as well as greater transparency in sharing financial data via the MTA's website.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-begins-extensive-new-financial-reporting-process |title=MTA Begins Extensive New Financial Reporting Process |date=July 30, 2023 |location=MTA Headquarters |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>
As executive director, one of her hallmark accomplishments was the enhancement of the MTA's financial reporting process, which included four-year-ahead financial planning, incorporating periods for public comment and elected official input, as well as greater transparency in sharing financial data via the MTA's website.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-begins-extensive-new-financial-reporting-process |title=MTA Begins Extensive New Financial Reporting Process |date=July 30, 2023 |location=MTA Headquarters |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>


In 2004, Lapp received a 22% pay increase while the MTA was facing a budget defecit and was seeking to raise fares.<ref name=pay>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/11/nyregion/facing-deficit-mta-gave-a-22-raise-to-its-director.html?searchResultPosition=14 |last=Chan |first=Sewell |title=Facing Deficit, M.T.A. Gave a 22% Raise to Its Director |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 11, 2004 |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>
In 2004, Lapp received a 22% pay increase while the MTA was facing a budget deficit and was seeking to raise fares.<ref name=pay>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/11/nyregion/facing-deficit-mta-gave-a-22-raise-to-its-director.html |last=Chan |first=Sewell |title=Facing Deficit, M.T.A. Gave a 22% Raise to Its Director |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 11, 2004 |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>


Lapp was Executive Director during the [[2005 New York City transit strike]].
Lapp was executive director during the [[2005 New York City transit strike]].


With incoming governor [[Elliot Spitzer]] set to take office, Lapp announced her resignation from the MTA on December 14, 2006 to make way for new leadership.<ref name=resigned>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/statement-mta-executive-director-katherine-n-lapp |title=Statement by MTA Executive Director Katherine N. Lapp |date=December 14, 2006 |location=MTA Headquarters |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>
With incoming governor [[Eliot Spitzer]] set to take office, Lapp announced her resignation from the MTA on December 14, 2006, to make way for new leadership.<ref name=resigned>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/statement-mta-executive-director-katherine-n-lapp |title=Statement by MTA Executive Director Katherine N. Lapp |date=December 14, 2006 |location=MTA Headquarters |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref>


===Higher education===
===Higher education===
Before being named to her position at Harvard, Lapp had been executive vice president for business operations for the [[University of California]] since 2007.<ref name=named/><ref name=uc>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2007/mar15a.html |title=Former New York transportation chief named UC executive vice president for business operations |publisher=[[University of California]] Office of the President |access-date=August 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720145737/http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2007/mar15a.html |archive-date=July 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Before being named to her position at Harvard, Lapp had been executive vice president for business operations for the [[University of California]] since 2007.<ref name=named/><ref name=uc>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2007/mar15a.html |title=Former New York transportation chief named UC executive vice president for business operations |publisher=[[University of California]] Office of the President |access-date=August 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720145737/http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2007/mar15a.html |archive-date=July 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Lapp was announced as Harvard's Executive Vice President by then-President [[Drew Faust]] in August 2009.<ref name=named/><ref name=nyt-harvard>{{cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/former-mta-executive-named-to-harvard-post/?searchResultPosition=4 |title=Former M.T.A. Executive Named to Harvard Post |last=Chan |first=Sewell |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 20, 2009 |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref> In this role, Lapp oversaw the financial, administrative, human resources, and capital planning aspects of Harvard's central office administration.<ref name=named/>
Lapp was announced as Harvard's Executive Vice President by then-President [[Drew Faust]] in August 2009.<ref name=named/><ref name=nyt-harvard>{{cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/former-mta-executive-named-to-harvard-post/ |title=Former M.T.A. Executive Named to Harvard Post |last=Chan |first=Sewell |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 20, 2009 |accessdate=March 22, 2023}}</ref> In this role, Lapp oversaw the financial, administrative, human resources, and capital planning aspects of Harvard's central office administration.<ref name=named/>


In 2015, [[Boston Magazine]] named Lapp Boston's 42nd Most Powerful Person. According to the magazine, "Lapp is overseeing Harvard's ambitious 10-year development plan in [[Allston]], and having joined Massachusetts Governor [[Charlie Baker|(Charlie) Baker]]'s [[MBTA]] advisory panel, she'll help determine Boston's transportation future as well."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2015/04/28/most-powerful-people-in-boston-list/5/|title=Boston's 50 Most Powerful People - Katie Lapp|publisher=[[Boston Magazine]]|date=May 1, 2015 |accessdate=May 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504210749/http://www.bostonmagazine.com:80/news/article/2015/04/28/most-powerful-people-in-boston-list/5/ |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2015, [[Boston Magazine]] named Lapp Boston's 42nd Most Powerful Person. According to the magazine, "Lapp is overseeing Harvard's ambitious 10-year development plan in [[Allston]], and having joined Massachusetts Governor [[Charlie Baker|(Charlie) Baker]]'s [[MBTA]] advisory panel, she'll help determine Boston's transportation future as well."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2015/04/28/most-powerful-people-in-boston-list/5/|title=Boston's 50 Most Powerful People - Katie Lapp|publisher=[[Boston Magazine]]|date=May 1, 2015 |accessdate=May 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504210749/http://www.bostonmagazine.com:80/news/article/2015/04/28/most-powerful-people-in-boston-list/5/ |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 28 May 2024

Katherine Lapp
Executive Vice President of
Harvard University
In office
October 2009[1] – 2022[2]
PresidentDrew Gilpin Faust
Lawrence Bacow
Preceded byEdward C. Forst[1]
Succeeded byMeredith Weenick[2]
Executive Director of
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
In office
January 2002 – December 31, 2006[3]
GovernorGeorge Pataki
Preceded byMarc V. Shaw
Succeeded byElliot G. Sander
Personal details
Born1957[4]
Cedarhurst, New York[5]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materFairfield, B.A. '78
Hofstra, J.D. '81

Katherine N. Lapp is an American lawyer, civil servant, and university executive. Notably, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Harvard University from 2009 to 2022.[1][2]

Prior to working at Harvard, Lapp had a distinguished career in leadership roles in city and state government in New York, including serving as executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the transit agency serving the New York metropolitan area.[6]

Early life and education

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Lapp was raised on Long Island, one of eleven children.[4]

Lapp received her B.A. in 1978 from Fairfield University and her J.D. in 1981 from Hofstra University Deane School of Law.[1]

She also has served on the board of trustees at Fairifeld and gave the university's commencement speech in 2010.[5][7]

Career

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Regierung

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Lapp served as Chief of Staff and Special Counsel to the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety under New York City Mayor David Dinkins from 1990 to 1993.[6][8] Following Dinkins's loss to Rudy Giuliani, Lapp stayed in City Hall, serving as the New York City Criminal Justice Coordinator under Giuliani from 1994 to 1997.[6][8] In this role, she worked alongside Giuliani and then-Police Commissioner William Bratton to streamline police operations and district attorney resources.[9]

On November 26, 1997, Governor George Pataki nominated Lapp as to be New York State's Director of Criminal Justice and Commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services.[8] She served in that role from 1997 to 2001.[6]

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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In 2002, Lapp was appointed executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority by MTA Chairman Peter S. Kalikow.[6] She served in this position through the end of the Pataki Administration in 2006. She was the first woman to hold the executive director position since the founding of the MTA in 1968.[1]

As head of the MTA, Lapp oversaw day-to-day operations for the largest transportation network in the United States, which includes the New York City subway and bus system, Metro-North Railroad, the Long Island Rail Road, and several bridges and tunnels. She oversaw which 68,000 employees and a $10 billion annual budget in her time at the MTA.[10]

As executive director, one of her hallmark accomplishments was the enhancement of the MTA's financial reporting process, which included four-year-ahead financial planning, incorporating periods for public comment and elected official input, as well as greater transparency in sharing financial data via the MTA's website.[11]

In 2004, Lapp received a 22% pay increase while the MTA was facing a budget deficit and was seeking to raise fares.[12]

Lapp was executive director during the 2005 New York City transit strike.

With incoming governor Eliot Spitzer set to take office, Lapp announced her resignation from the MTA on December 14, 2006, to make way for new leadership.[3]

Higher education

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Before being named to her position at Harvard, Lapp had been executive vice president for business operations for the University of California since 2007.[1][10]

Lapp was announced as Harvard's Executive Vice President by then-President Drew Faust in August 2009.[1][13] In this role, Lapp oversaw the financial, administrative, human resources, and capital planning aspects of Harvard's central office administration.[1]

In 2015, Boston Magazine named Lapp Boston's 42nd Most Powerful Person. According to the magazine, "Lapp is overseeing Harvard's ambitious 10-year development plan in Allston, and having joined Massachusetts Governor (Charlie) Baker's MBTA advisory panel, she'll help determine Boston's transportation future as well."[14]

Lapp left Harvard in Summer 2022 and was succeeded by Meredith Weenick, then-Vice President for Campus Services.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Katherine N. Lapp named Harvard executive vice president". The Harvard Gazette. August 20, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Lapp to step down as executive VP". The Harvard Gazette. May 12, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Statement by MTA Executive Director Katherine N. Lapp" (Press release). MTA Headquarters: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 14, 2006. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Luo, Michael (October 26, 2004). "Have Job About Travel, Will Work Hard". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Fairfield University names three alumni to Board of Trustees" (Press release). Fairfield University. November 2, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Katherine N. Lapp named Executive Director of MTA" (Press release). MTA Headquarters: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 15, 2002. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "Fairfield University Commencement" (Press release). Fairfield University. May 17, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Hernandez, Raymond (November 26, 1997). "Giuliani Aide Is Nominated For Crime Post". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  9. ^ Galvin, Kevin (September 3, 2009). "Executive Vice President Lapp brings experience to Harvard". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Former New York transportation chief named UC executive vice president for business operations" (Press release). University of California Office of the President. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
  11. ^ "MTA Begins Extensive New Financial Reporting Process" (Press release). MTA Headquarters: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 30, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  12. ^ Chan, Sewell (December 11, 2004). "Facing Deficit, M.T.A. Gave a 22% Raise to Its Director". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  13. ^ Chan, Sewell (August 20, 2009). "Former M.T.A. Executive Named to Harvard Post". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  14. ^ "Boston's 50 Most Powerful People - Katie Lapp". Boston Magazine. May 1, 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
Preceded by
Marc Shaw
 Executive Director of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
2002 – 2007 		Succeeded by
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