Luisa Boyarski is the Director of Georgetown University’s Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership (CPNL) and Associate Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. She leads the development and execution of the Center’s many executive education and customized programs, conducts research, and represents the Center at Georgetown University and in the broader community. Her research has focused on leading systems change, advancing racial equity, the impact of new social movements on electoral politics and the influence of nonprofit coalitions on policy advocacy.

Dr. Boyarski runs CPNL’s successful Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program and Executive Certificate in Philanthropic Leadership, where she teaches sessions on leadership and leading systems change. She also develops customized programs for organizations including USAID, the Qatar Foundation, United Way International, National Urban League, National Hispana Leadership Institute, Council on American Islamic Relations and Prosperity Now’s Racial Wealth Divide Initiative. These programs build the capacity of leading nonprofit organizations—helping them become more effective in their service and advocacy work, with a goal of promoting systemic change.

Dr. Boyarski frequently conducts workshops and gives keynote addresses on a variety of NGO management and leadership topics to international delegations. She has conducted in-country trainings in China, Colombia, Hungary, Mongolia, Morocco, Panama, Romania and St. Vincent.

Prior to working at CPNL, Dr. Boyarski was the Executive Director of a D.C. based nonprofit working on global warming prevention with Arctic indigenous people. She also served on the development team of the Government Accountability Project. Dr. Boyarski currently leads a coalition of grassroots groups in the state of Virginia, representing over 15,000 citizens. She received her doctorate in Comparative Government from Georgetown University.