Stuart Krusell

Stu Krusell is a Senior Director at MIT Sloan Global Programs where he is responsible for partnerships with universities and institutions across the world. He is actively engaged in developing new strategies for advancing management education through technology, scale, and innovation. 

Stu is also a Senior Lecturer within the Global and Economic Management Group, co-teaching the EMBA Global Operations Lab (GO-Lab) and global strategy.

Stu joined MIT Sloan with the Leadership Center after serving in cross-sector senior leadership positions around the globe, focusing on the interaction between government, business, and citizens. He has worked with and trained senior executives, policy makers, and students in economic development, governance, and institution-building in more than a dozen countries, encouraging them to think and lead across internal and external borders. Stu's previous experience includes being the youngest Massachusetts gubernatorial appointee serving as a commissioner, overseeing a $2 billion+ industry, and as an executive director of a non-profit focused on global cultural issues.

A graduate of Colby College and the Harvard Kennedy School, Stu taught international relations and comparative government at Bentley University and has lectured on leadership and foreign policy at Brown University, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts Boston.