Mary Graham (writer)

Mary Graham (née Wissler) is an American writer and co-director of the Transparency Policy Project at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

She has written four books on the politics of public information. Presidents' Secrets: The Use and Abuse of Hidden Power, was published in 2017.[1] In 2007, with co-authors Boston University professor David Weil and Harvard University professor Archon Fung, she wrote Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency.[2] In 2002, she wrote Democracy by Disclosure: The Rise of Technopopulism.[3] In 1999, she wrote The Morning after Earth Day: Practical Environmental Politics.[4]

Graham has written for the Atlantic Monthly, Financial Times, Environment , Issues in Science and Technology, and other publications. She has a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center and an undergraduate degree from Harvard-Radcliffe.[5] From 1967 to 2007, she was married to former Washington Post publisher Donald Graham. They have four adult children.

From 2001 to 2013 Graham was a board member for the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation.[6] In 2010, she joined the advisory board for the Wikimedia Foundation's Public Policy Initiative.[7]

Earlier in her career, she practiced law in Washington, DC, worked on regulatory reform at the U.S. Department of Transportation,[5] and worked on legislative and budget issues at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

Graham is a trustee of the Juilliard School for the Performing Arts[8] and a member of the visiting committee of the Columbia University School of Journalism.

She also serves as a trustee emerita of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,[9] and serves on the board of directors of The Pew Charitable Trusts.[10]

References
  1. "Presidents' Secrets: The Use and Abuse of Hidden Power". newest-civil-rights-liberties-specific-topics-books8.aoiservices.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  2. "Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency". ash.harvard.edu. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. "Democracy by Disclosure | Brookings Institution". Brookings. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  4. Marchant, Gary E. (March 1, 2000). "The Morning After Earth Day: Practical Environmental Politics – GrahamMaryWashington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1999, 153 pp. US$36.95 cloth. ISBN 0-815-73236-8. US$14.95 paper. ISBN 0-815-73235-X. Brookings Institution Press, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036-2188, USA". Politics and the Life Sciences. 19 (1): 109–110. doi:10.1017/S0730938400008960. ISSN 0730-9384.
  5. "Ann Florini, Mary Graham, Experts on Governance and Transparency, Join Brookings | Brookings Institution". Brookings. April 21, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  6. "Past Board Members – MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  7. "Announcing the Public Policy Initiative Advisory Board – Wikimedia Blog". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  8. "Leaders & Administration | The Juilliard School". www.juilliard.edu. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  9. "Past Board Members – MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  10. "Leadership". www.pewtrusts.org. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
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