JOHN R. KROGER is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Rodel Institute. John has had a distinguished career in higher education and public service, including prior work as a United States Marine, Attorney General of Oregon, President of Reed College, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Vice President of the Aspen Institute, and Chief Learning Officer of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
John has taught throughout his career, with appointments as Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, Hauser Leader in Residence at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Visiting Lecturer in Political Science at Yale University, and Visiting Professor at Lewis and Clark Law School. Earlier in his career, John served as Deputy Policy Director of Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign and as a legislative aide to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Foley and Representative, now Senator, Charles Schumer. John has successfully argued two cases before the UNited States Supreme Court. John received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Yale University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. His first book, Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. His new book is Law and Barbarism, from Harvard University Press.
