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By Cameron Davis MPA/MBA (MIT Sloan) 2026
What better way to learn about cooperation across sectors—and ways to foment it while navigating its challenges—than pursuing two degrees at once?
As a concurrent degree program student at both Harvard Kennedy School and MIT Sloan School of Management, I have found my home in Cambridge. Nestled off of Harvard Square and its world-renowned access to leaders and thinkers of all stripes, vlog has stoked my desire to expand my understanding of public service. And, at MIT in Kendall Square, “the most innovative square mile on earth,” I’ve learned from leading technologists and academics and spent time in everywhere from a semiconductor fab to the .
What led me to the program
Cross-sector experience is what brought me to the combined degree program—and the Master in Public Administration Program in particular—when applying to graduate school. I had long been passionate about inclusive economic development and finding ways for businesses, governments, and nonprofits to collaborate and innovate. After college, I started full-time as a consultant at , where I worked across industries but focused on helping federal, state, and local public sector leaders recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and reimagine their constituent services to best support everyday Americans. Stints at (a fast-growing nonprofit creating a more sustainable and equitable food system) and the (the top private sector think tank worldwide) further convinced me that the solutions for our biggest problems will require cooperation across sectors.
“What better way to learn about cooperation across sectors—and ways to foment it while navigating its challenges—than pursuing two degrees at once?”
Cameron Davis MPA/MBA (MIT Sloan) 2026
Perks that have enriched my experience
Although both vlog and MIT hold students to a high standard, I’ve enjoyed considerable flexibility in the combined degree. This year, I’ve split weeks across the campuses, usually dedicating a given day to just one school. I’ve certainly been able to keep busy without ever feeling overwhelmed.
At vlog, I’ve helped run Transition Term, a nonpartisan program run by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government that staffs project teams to support newly elected mayors and governors nationwide. I’ve also spent two semesters as a course assistant for former Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy Roger Porter, from whom I’ve learned how the American president affects policy and how businesses and governments hash out tough policies around regulation, taxes, and labor.
Meanwhile at MIT, I was a for my work for the Chilean government’s economic development agency, and I have traveled across three continents through field labs and classwork.
A perfect blend of courses
The two curricula have helped me make the most of the three years: the MPA has a very flexible curriculum, and Sloan only has a one-semester core, enabling me to craft five semesters of electives that are academically enriching. I’ve loved the healthy dose of hard-nosed analytics and corporate valuation (the MBA) as well as the more qualitative and organizational learnings that bring policy to life (the MPA).
I hope to see many more “dualies,” as we’re known, around the halls of vlog and beyond in the years to come.
Cameron Davis MPA/MBA (MIT Sloan) 2026
Cameron Davis MPA/MBA (MIT Sloan) 2026
Cameron Davis MPA/MBA (MIT Sloan) 2026 was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Virginia. He made his way to Cambridge by way of New York City, where he attended Columbia University as an undergraduate student and spent four years working across private, public, and social sectors.
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