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.

Mary Graham
Born
Mary Wissler
EducationB.A. Radcliffe College
J.D. Georgetown University Law Center
Occupationwriter
Spouse
(m. 1967; div. 2007)
Children4

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.[citation needed] 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]

Personal life edit

In 1967, Graham married Donald E. Graham, grandson of Eugene Meyer. In 2007, the couple announced that they were separating.[11] They have four children.

References edit

  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. S2CID 151914385.
  5. ^ a b "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". August 7, 2010. 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.
  11. ^ Aherns, Frank (November 10, 2007). "Post Co.'s Graham and Wife to Separate". Washington Post.

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