Advisory Board of Governors
Albert Carnesale
Chancellor Emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles
Albert Carnesale is UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and holds professorial appointments in UCLA’s School of Public Affairs and Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. His research currently focuses on issues in international affairs and security and in higher education.
Dr. Carnesale served as Chancellor of UCLA from 1997 to 2006. As chief executive officer, he led an institution comprising more than 38,000 students and 27,000 faculty and staff; was responsible for all aspects of the University's mission of education, research, and service; managed an enterprise with an annual budget of $3.5 billion; and served as principal spokesman for the university community.
Prior to assuming the chancellorship of UCLA in 1997, Dr. Carnesale was at Harvard University for 23 years, serving as Provost of the University from 1994 to 1997. He held the Lucius N. Littauer Professorship of Public Policy and Administration at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he served as Academic Dean, and Dean. His earlier career included positions in the private sector and in government.
Dr. Carnesale has represented the United States Government in high-level negotiations on defense and energy issues (including the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, SALT I), and has consulted regularly for several government agencies and companies.
He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, has been awarded three honorary doctorate degrees, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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