Laura Dove

Laura Dove (born 1969) is an American academic administrator serving as the senior director of administration at the Harvard Institute of Politics since 2023. She was previously a political staffer at the United States Senate from the 1986 to 2020.

Dove and her identical twin sister were born in 1969.^[1] Their father, Robert Dove, was a United States Senate employee who later served as the parliamentarian.^[1] She earned a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree from University of Virginia.^[2]

In 1986, Dove became a page to Bob Dole.^[1][3] She spent more than twenty years working for the United States Senate, in various roles in Republican leadership offices and ultimately as secretary for the majority under leader Mitch McConnell.^[4] Dove retired from the Senate in 2020 and served as federal government relations director for Ford Motor Company before transitioning to her current academic focus.^[5][4] Dove was a Pritzker Fellow at the University of Chicago, where she led a seminar focused on the role of the Senate.^[4] In February 2023, Dove became the senior director for administration at the Harvard Institute of Politics, where she works to inspire students to enter public service.^[6][4] In July 2023, Dove was nominated by U.S. president Joe Biden to serve as a trustee of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.^[4]

As of 2023, Dove lives with her family in Alexandria, Virginia.^[4]