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The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate announced this week that Diane M. Ryan, a retired US Army colonel and former Tufts University associate dean, will become its chief executive officer starting next Monday (Oct. 27).
She succeeds Joe Hale, who has served as interim CEO since December 2025 and will transition to the position of chief development officer.
Ryan spent eight years as associate dean for programs, administration,and research at Tufts’ Tisch College of Civic Life. Previously, she held leadership and teaching positions at West Point during a 29-year Army career. She will continue to lecture on global leadership and negotiation at Tufts’ Fletcher School.
“My career has been rooted in service and helping people develop their capacity to lead,” Ryan said in a statement. “I am honored and excited to bring that commitment to the Kennedy Institute and carry forward Senator Kennedy’s enduring legacy of public service.”
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