Mark Wessel

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Mark Wessel is the current Dean of the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to being the Dean Wessel held leadership positions within the Heinz School as Acting Dean, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Associate Dean, and Associate Dean as well overseeing a number of Masters programs.

Wessel joined the Heinz School faculty in 1993. Before his tenure at Carnegie Mellon, Wessel was a development specialist with the Mon Valley Initiative, assistant to the associate dean and undergraduate economics advisor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and economist and financial analyst for the United States Department of Energy. Wessel holds a Bachelor in International Economic Development from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service graduating Phi Beta Kappa and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Wessel is married to fellow Heinz School professor and former Acting Dean Linda Babcock.