Jerry Mechling is a research vice president at Gartner Inc. From 1983 to 2011, he was a faculty member of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught degree-program courses on information management and founded Strategic Computing in the Public Sector, a research and executive-education program.
A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and four-time winner of the Federal 100 Award, he was formerly a fellow of the Institute of Politics, an aide to the mayor of New York City and assistant administrator of the New York City Environmental Protection Administration, and director of Boston's Office of Management and Budget.
He received his B.A. in physical sciences from Harvard College and his M.P.A. and Ph.D. in economics and public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.
