A new vice president
Harvard University announced today (Oct. 19) that Mark R. Johnson, a seasoned project manager with more than 20 years of experience in construction and architectural design, has been named vice president for capital planning and project management. “As our campus continues to evolve, we need a manager who can balance the nature of academia with the practicalities of planning and budgets,” said Executive Vice President Katie Lapp. “Mark’s successes with past projects, outstanding leadership skills, and strategic vision make him the ideal person for this position.” Johnson joined the University in 2002 as a senior construction project manager at Harvard Business School (HBS). There, he managed the Baker Library/Bloomberg Center project, completed in 2005, which added meeting facilities, faculty offices, and archival storage for the library’s one-of-a kind-collection of historical business materials. The project was finished on schedule and under budget. In 2005 he joined Harvard Law School (HLS) as director of major...