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'''Leo Rafael Reif''' is a Venezuelan-American electrical engineer, writer and academic administrator. He is the president of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], succeeding [[Susan Hockfield]] on July 2, 2012.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120518210557/http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/rafael-reif-elected-president-0516.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150924164011/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-usa-mit-president-idUSBRE84G06J20120517</ref> Reif previously served as the Institute's [[Provost (education)|provost]], as the head of MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and as the director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120915074019/http://president.mit.edu/biography</ref> Reif sits on the boards of the [[World Economic Forum]], the [[Carnegie Endowment]], the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the [[Broad Institute]], etc.<ref>[https://www.weforum.org/about/leadership-and-governance "Board of Trustees"], World Economic Forum </ref><ref>[https://carnegieendowment.org/about/trustees "Board of Trustees"], Carnegie Endowment </ref><ref>[https://www.cfr.org/board-directors "Board of Directors"], Council on Foreign Relations </ref><ref>[https://www.broadinstitute.org/people/board-directors "Board of Directors"], Broad Institute </ref>
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'''Leo Rafael Reif''' is a Venezuelan-American electrical engineer, writer and academic administrator. He is the president of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], succeeding [[Susan Hockfield]] on July 2, 2012.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120518210557/http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/rafael-reif-elected-president-0516.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150924164011/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-usa-mit-president-idUSBRE84G06J20120517</ref> Reif was previously the Institute's [[Provost (education)|provost]], as the head of MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and as the director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120915074019/http://president.mit.edu/biography</ref> Reif sits on the boards of the [[World Economic Forum]], the [[Carnegie Endowment]], the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the [[Broad Institute]], etc.<ref>[https://www.weforum.org/about/leadership-and-governance "Board of Trustees"], World Economic Forum </ref><ref>[https://carnegieendowment.org/about/trustees "Board of Trustees"], Carnegie Endowment </ref><ref>[https://www.cfr.org/board-directors "Board of Directors"], Council on Foreign Relations </ref><ref>[https://www.broadinstitute.org/people/board-directors "Board of Directors"], Broad Institute </ref>
  
  

Latest revision as of 19:09, 6 September 2022

Person.png Leo Rafael ReifRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(academic, deep state operative)
Leo Rafael Reif.jpg
BornAugust 21, 1950
Maracaibo, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan, US
Alma materUniversidad de Carabobo, Stanford University
SpouseChristine Chomiuk
Member ofCarnegie Endowment for International Peace, Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3, WEF/Board of Trustees
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On the boards of the World Economic Forum, the Carnegie Endowment, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Broad Institute, etc.

Leo Rafael Reif is a Venezuelan-American electrical engineer, writer and academic administrator. He is the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, succeeding Susan Hockfield on July 2, 2012.[1][2] Reif was previously the Institute's provost, as the head of MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and as the director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories.[3] Reif sits on the boards of the World Economic Forum, the Carnegie Endowment, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Broad Institute, etc.[4][5][6][7]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201922 January 201925 January 2019World Economic Forum
Switzerland
"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
WEF/Annual Meeting/202021 January 202024 January 2020World Economic Forum
Switzerland
This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023World Economic Forum
Switzerland
The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
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