Daniel R. Porterfield

Dan Porterfield
President and CEO of the Aspen Institute
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byWalter Isaacson
15th President of Franklin & Marshall College
In office
2011–2018
Preceded byJohn A. Fry
Succeeded byBarbara K. Altmann
Personal details
Born (1961-08-19) August 19, 1961 (age 63)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
EducationGeorgetown 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.