Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

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Sr Assoc Dean Exec Progs & Lester Crown Prof in the Practice Mgmt Sch of Management; Senior Assoc Dean Exec Progs & Lester Crown Prof in the Practice Mgmt Sch of Management
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135 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-3729
203-432-5955
jeffrey.sonnenfeld@yale.edu

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs at Yale University’s School of Management and The Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice as well as the Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of The Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute. This institute is the world’s first CEO College and is dedicated to the advancement of top leadership education through scholarly research and peer-driven educational forums for prominent CEOs. Previously, he was a professor at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. There he founded the Center for Leadership & Career Studies, which he ran for eight years. Prior to this, Sonnenfeld spent ten years as a professor at the Harvard Business School. His research, publications and consulting address issues of top leadership development, executive succession, and board governance.