Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies and the Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at the Yale School of Management. He is the founder and CEO of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute (CELI) at Yale, which hosts semi-annual CEO Summits bringing together top business leaders and policymakers for off-the-record peer-driven discussions. He is best known for his research and commentary on CEO leadership, corporate governance, and executive succession, and has authored multiple books and over 100 scholarly articles on these topics.