Dan Porterfield

President & CEO, Aspen Institute

Dan Porterfield is President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. A native of Baltimore where he was raised by a single mother, and a Rhodes Scholar, Porterfield has been recognized as a visionary strategist, transformational leader, devoted educator, and passionate advocate for justice and opportunity. 

Porterfield previously served as President of Franklin & Marshall College, where he led the College in tripling its percentage of incoming low-income students and doubling its population of domestic students of color. Porterfield has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work, holds bachelor’s degrees from Georgetown and Oxford, and earned his Ph.D. at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of the book “Mindset Matters: The Power of College to Activate Lifelong Growth” about the growing value of college in today’s rapidly changing world.