Reece Brown is the Assistant Director of the Leadership & Happiness Laboratory at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership.

He holds a B.A. in Economics from Gordon College in Wenham, MA where he also studied pre-law and music. After graduation he spent two years as an Investment Associate at Charter Trust Company in Concord, NH. He then spent two years as a Research Assistant to Arthur Brooks at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. Reece proudly served as the first TA for the Leadership & Happiness course at HBS and as a research assistant for From Strength to Strength.

Reece grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho and lives near Harvard with his wife Megan and their daughter, Mary (16 months). Reece is an outdoor enthusiast, avid marathoner, and an aspiring academic.