Cultivating Authentic Leadership

Anne Occhipinti is the Assistant Dean for professional education at the Harvard University T. H. Chan School of Public Health. In addition to overseeing the administration of the master of public health program at Harvard Chan, Occhipinti conducts leadership development trainings for hundreds of students. She has coached for the Harvard Administrative Fellowship program and the Public Health Leadership concentration, and helped to launch the peer coaching initiative at Harvard Chan. Occhipinti teaches courses on authentic leadership at the Harvard Chan School, Harvard Extension School, and in Harvard's Professional and Executive Education programs. Occhipinti's experience in higher education has included a broad range of areas including teaching, student affairs, counseling, crisis management, and international education. Prior to her time at Harvard, Occhipinti enjoyed some time managing the student affairs division at New York University in Florence, Italy. Occhipinti has worked for several universities, language schools, a mental health agency, and her own intercultural consulting company. This experience enables her to focus leadership training for a wide variety of settings, whether working with physicians or undergraduates. She loves working with students as they are figuring out their journey. Occhipinti holds a MA in counseling psychology from Boston College and a BA in psychology and music from Colgate University. In addition, she spent a year as a Resident Fellow, through the Harvard University Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Outside of her professional life, Occhipinti is a big fan of yoga, the performing arts, and her kids.