Megan Crane

Research and Strategy and Mayoral Elections Summer Associate

Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

mcrane@hks.harvard.edu

About

A Chicago native, Megan Crane received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in political economy and psychology, with a minor in music. After managing political campaigns at the local, state, and federal level, Megan founded Crane Consulting, a political consultancy designed to bring power to marginalized communities. Through her campaign work, Megan has overseen multi-million dollar budgets, trained and supervised hundreds of staff and interns, fundraised tens of millions of dollars, managed communications operations, and organized large voter outreach programs.

At the Kennedy School, Megan participated in the Project on Workforce study group, Transition Term, and served as a research assistant for Governor Deval Patrick’s course on running for office. In her spare time, Megan is an avid traveler, having visited all 50 states and 35 countries.

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