1.   Allan E. Goodman, executive dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, concurred.

2.   CONFERENCE BOARD GETS CHIEF The Conference Board appointed Richard Cavanagh, executive dean of Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, president and chief executive officer.

3.   Next to Porter was Sheila Burke, the new executive dean of the Kennedy School who was chief of staff to former Sen. Bob Dole.

4.   She is now executive dean at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.