Daniel R. Porterfield

Dan Porterfield
President and CEO of the Aspen Institute
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Preceded by	Walter Isaacson
15th President of Franklin & Marshall College
In office 2011–2018
Preceded by	John A. Fry
Succeeded by	Barbara K. Altmann
Personal details
Born	(1961-08-19) August 19, 1961 (age 62) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Georgetown University (BA) Hertford College, Oxford (MA) City University of New York (PhD)

Daniel R. Porterfield (born August 19, 1961) is an American nonprofit executive, academic administrator, and government official serving as the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute. Porterfield previously served as the 15th president of Franklin & Marshall College, senior vice president for strategic development and English professor at Georgetown University, and communications director and chief speechwriter for the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary during the Clinton Administration.