Senior Fellow, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy,
Edward R. (Ted) Harshberger is a senior fellow at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. He is also a senior counselor at the Defense Concepts Organization and non-resident senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
This is Harshberger's third stint at RAND, where he previously served as vice president and director of RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) and, before that, director of the Aerospace Force Development Program in PAF; director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program in PAF; and associate director, Operations and Planning, in the RAND National Security Research Division. Under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA), Harshberger served from 1993 to 1995 as special assistant to the director of Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
From 2021 through 2023, Harshberger was vice president, Studies and Analysis, at Lockheed Martin. Between 2006 and 2011, he served as director of corporate strategic development at Northrop Grumman Corporation within the office of the chief executive officer. From 2011 to 2012, Harshberger served as senior director for global operations at Harman International.
Harshberger received his B.A. with Honors in economics and physical chemistry from Williams College and his master's and doctorate in policy analysis (with general distinction) from the RAND School of Public Policy. He also graduated from the UCLA Anderson School of Management Executive Program.
Ph.D. in policy analysis, The RAND School of Public Policy; B.A. in economics and physical chemistry, Williams College; Certificate in general management, UCLA Anderson School of Business
