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Katherine N. Lapp
Katherine N. Lapp joined Harvard University’s Office of the President and Provost as Executive Vice President in October 2009. As executive vice president, Ms. Lapp serves as the chief administrative officer within the University’s central administration and a member of the president’s senior management team. She oversees the financial, administrative, human resources, and capital planning functions of the central administration, as well as the Allston Development Group and administrative aspects of information technology. She also works with colleagues across the University to identify areas in which greater coordination or collaboration can improve the quality or cost-effectiveness of operations, services, or administrative support. In addition, Ms. Lapp serves as an ex officio member of the board of the Harvard Management Company, which manages Harvard’s endowment.
Prior to her appointment at Harvard, Ms. Lapp served as Executive Vice President for Business Operations for the University of California. In that role she served as the University’s chief business officer, responsible for oversight of the systemwide budget office, which included the development, acquisition and management of the University’s $18 billion annual operating budget. Ms. Lapp was also responsible for the effectiveness and accountability of the University’s business functions, including financial management, human resource administration, information technology support, and facility construction and maintenance, and provided administrative oversight for the University’s compliance and audit activities.
Ms. Lapp has also served as executive director and CEO for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Lapp, who led MTA for five years until stepping down at the end of 2006, was responsible for the operations, finances and long-term business strategies of North America’s largest regional transportation network, which encompasses 68,000 employees, a $10 billion annual budget, a $21 billion five-year capital program and an annual ridership of more than 2.37 billion.
Prior to joining MTA, Ms. Lapp had a distinguished legal career, serving as New York State Director of Criminal Justice and Commissioner of the Criminal Justice Services Department from 1997-2001; as New York City’s Criminal Justice Coordinator from 1994-97; and as chief of staff and special counsel to the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety for Mayor David Dinkins from 1990-93. Prior to those positions, Ms. Lapp served as a law clerk to the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division Second Judicial Department in New York from 1983-1989.
Ms. Lapp received her B.A. in history from Fairfield University and her law degree from Hofstra University
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