Joanne Harrell is the Senior Director for US Citizenship and Public Affairs, at Microsoft, where she has worked since 2001. While at Microsoft she has worked in a variety of General Manager roles within the Global Sales, Marketing and Services disciplines. Her pre-Microsoft work encompasses executive-level operational and strategy roles within the high-tech, telecommunications and non-profit sectors.
Harrell is a Conference Board/Brookings Institution Congressional Fellow and has completed marketing management programs at Columbia University and Stanford University. She has also completed Stanford’s Advanced Management College and a non-profit management program at Harvard Business School. Joanne is a graduate of the 2014, Boston College, Carroll School of Management, and Corporate Citizenship Leadership Academy. Her BA and MBA are from the University of Washington in Communications Advertising and Marketing, respectively.
Harrell is a Regent for the University of Washington and served as Board chair in 2012-2013. She is also a member of the Washington State Women’s Forum and a 2009 Inductee to the University Of Washington School Of Communication “Hall of Fame.” She is married to Seattle City Councilman, Bruce Harrell.
