As Executive Director of the Berkman Center, John Palfrey
is responsible for managing the center's operations and
finance; overseeing the work of its crack team of staff,
fellows and students; and working with the faculty directors
to set and carry out its ambitious, public-spirited agenda.
John teaches, with Berkman Fellow Rebecca
Nesson, Internet
& Society: the Technologies and Politics of
Control at the Harvard Extension
School.
A long-time affiliate of the Berkman Center, John comes to
the Berkman Center from the law firm Ropes & Gray, where
he worked on intellectual property, Internet law, and private
equity and venture capital transactions. John is a co-founder
and a former officer of Analine.com, a Boston-based
technology company. He also served as a Special Assistant at
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency during the Clinton administration. He
serves on the Board of Directors of the Charles River Watershed
Association, which does terrific work to clean up our
local river.
While attending Harvard Law School, John was a Teaching
Fellow in Internet Law and served as an editor of the Harvard
Environmental Law Review.
John graduated from Harvard College, the University of
Cambridge, and Harvard Law School. His awards include the
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar to the University of
Cambridge and the U.S. EPA Gold Medal (highest national
award). John is admitted to the New York and Massachusetts
bars.
