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Harvard Business School, Lynda Applegate, MassTLC Board of Trustees

Meet Our Board Members: Lynda Applegate, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School

MassTLC’s Board of Trustees consists of innovative leaders from across the tech industry, academia, and the broader Massachusetts business community. Our trustees have invented foundational apps that we now take for granted, created companies that are household names, dedicated themselves to using their technology to improve lives, trained business leaders, invested in the local economy, and much more.

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Lynda Applegate

Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School

Lynda M. Applegate is the Baker Foundation Professor at HBS. She was recruited to join the HBS faculty in the mid-1980s and helped build the school’s Technology and Innovation Special Interest Group. In the mid-1990s, she helped launch the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS and headed the unit for many years. Lynda continues to play a leading role in developing HBS Executive Education Programs for entrepreneurs and business owners. She has also held a variety of leadership positions at HBS, including serving as the Co-Chair of the MBA program, Chair of Field Based Learning and as a founding member of the HBS Technology Board. She has also held a number of Harvard University leadership positions, including serving as the Co-Chair of the Harvard Policy Group on Networked Government Services and on the Harvard University Provost’s Technology Advisory Board. Prior to joining the HBS faculty, Lynda was on the faculty of the University of Michigan, University of Washington and University of Arizona. In addition to her academic positions, Lynda also held a variety of leadership positions in the health care industry.

Leadership Roles

  • G2 Capital Advisors Board
  • Endeavor Detroit Board
  • HBS Technology Board Founding Member
  • Harvard Policy Group on Networked Government Services Co-Chair

Affiliations

  • Organizations: University of Michigan, University of Washington, and University of Arizona
  • Roles: professor
  • University Affiliations: University of Michigan, University of Washington, and University of Arizona

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