Elaine C. Kamarck is a lecturer in public policy who came to the Kennedy School in 1997 after a career in politics and government. In the 1980s, she was one of the founders of the New Democrat movement which helped to elect Bill Clinton president.

She served in the White House from 1993 to 1997, where she created and managed the Clinton administration's National Performance Review, also known as "reinventing government." At the Kennedy School, she served as director of visions of governance for the 21st century and as faculty adviser to the Innovations in American Government Awards Program. In 2000, she took a leave of absence to work as senior policy adviser to Al Gore's presidential campaign. She conducts research on 21st-century government, the role of the Internet in political campaigns, homeland defense and governmental reform and innovation. She teaches courses on 21st-century government, innovation and electronic government. Kamarck received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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