President, The University of Iowa
In 2015, Bruce Harreld became the 21st president of the University of Iowa. Previously, President Harreld served on the faculty of Harvard Business School, with dual appointments to the entrepreneurial and strategy units. He has served in several corporate leadership positions including senior vice president and division president of Kraft General Foods. As senior vice president of IBM, he worked with the CEO and senior management team to chart the organization’s transformation from near bankruptcy, led the business transformation team that streamlined operations, and led the strategy unit that was responsible for the formulation and execution of the company’s overall strategy.