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Executive Education for a Rapidly Changing World

Prepare leaders to navigate global complexity, technological disruption, and geopolitical uncertainty. Executive Education at the NYU School of Professional Studies Center for Global Affairs (CGA) delivers timely, practice-oriented programs for senior leaders, policymakers, corporate teams, and mission-driven organizations.

Our offerings combine CGA’s deep expertise in geopolitics, global risk, scenario planning, and emerging technologies with NYU’s global footprint - including programs delivered at NYU’s global sites such as Washington, DC, Abu Dhabi, and beyond.

Our Executive Education Offerings

Open Enrollment Programs

Leading Through Cyber Crisis: Executive Strategies for Risk Mitigation and Organizational Resilience

Cyber resilience isn’t just an IT issue; it’s a leadership imperative. Join us and ensure your organization is prepared to respond, recover, and lead through the threats of tomorrow.

Leaders in top organizations across sectors already know - the digital environment is volatile and cyber incidents are inevitable. Whether from criminal networks or state-sponsored actors, cyber threats are evolving rapidly, fueled by emerging technologies and the growing prominence of AI. Organizations across every sector—corporate, academic, and government—must be prepared not only to respond, but to lead through crisis.

NYU’s Leading Through Cyber Crisis: Executive Strategies for Risk Mitigation and Organizational Resilience is a three-day intensive designed specifically for senior leaders, including executive teams, board members, legal counsel, managers, and communications professionals, who will play a critical role in responding to cyber threats. 

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Signature & Flagship Programs

NYU Philanthropy Institute (Inaugural Program)
The NYU Philanthropy Institute brings together donors, foundation leaders, financial advisors, and nonprofit partners to examine the evolving role of philanthropy in addressing complex global and community-based challenges and explore strategies for making a sustainable and transformative impact.

The program explores topics such as transformational giving, next-generation wealth transfer, community-led philanthropy, and impact measurement, equipping participants to align values, strategy, and outcomes.

More information to be announced

Custom & Corporate Programs

Leading in the Age of AI (Recent Custom Program – NYU Abu Dhabi)

Delivered for a corporate audience at NYU Abu Dhabi, this custom executive program explored how artificial intelligence is reshaping leadership, strategy, risk, and organizational decision-making in a global context.

Through interactive sessions, case studies, and expert-led discussions, participants examined both the opportunities and governance challenges associated with AI adoption.

This program exemplifies CGA’s ability to design and deliver tailored executive education experiences aligned with organizational goals, sectoral needs, and regional contexts.

Custom Programs for Your Organization

We partner with organizations across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to design bespoke executive education programs that respond to today’s most pressing global challenges.

In addition to the expertise housed within the Center for Global Affairs, we work closely with colleagues across the NYU School of Professional Studies to meet the needs of organizations operating across multiple functions, regions, and teams.

This collaborative, school-wide model allows us to draw on interdisciplinary strengths in areas such as leadership and management, finance and real estate, technology and data, human capital, communications, and public policy - ensuring that programs are not siloed, but aligned with how organizations actually operate.

By assembling cross-unit faculty teams and practitioners, we are able to design executive education experiences that address complex challenges spanning strategy, risk, technology, governance, and organizational change.

Customization options include:

  • Program length and format (in-person, hybrid, or global delivery)
  • Audience level (senior leadership, boards, technical teams)
  • Applied case studies and simulations
  • Faculty drawn from across NYU SPS and leading practitioners

Focus areas include (but are not limited to):

  • Scenario Planning and Strategic Foresight
  • Global Risk, Resilience, and Crisis Management
  • Emerging Technologies and AI Governance
  • Cyber Resilience and Cyber Incident Response
  • Geopolitics, Development, and Global Policy
  • Cross-functional leadership and organizational transformation

To explore a custom program for your organization, please contact:

Michelle D’Amico
Center for Global Affairs, NYU SPS
Email: mcd231@nyu.edu

Featured Faculty

Our executive education programs are led by distinguished NYU faculty and senior practitioners with experience across diplomacy, global risk, development, technology policy, and security.

Carolyn Kissane, Associate Dean (Geopolitics of Energy, Foreign Policy, AI and Energy)

Amy Myers Jaffe, Research Professor (Climate Finance, Geopolitics of Energy, AI and Energy)

Chloe Demrovksy, Executive-in-Residence in Global Business and Economy (Leadership, Resilience, Global Risk, Scenario Planning)

Christopher Ankersen, Clinical Professor (Global Risk, Transnational Security, Scenario Planning)

Danny Steed, Clinical Associate Professor (Cybersecurity, Cyber Resilience)

Nicholas Reese, Program Lead - Leading Through Cyber Crisis (Emerging Technologies and AI, Cybersecurity, Cyber Resilience)

Michael Shank, Adjunct Assistant Professor (Climate Communications)

Learn More: Degree & Certificate Programs

Executive Education at CGA is closely connected to our graduate and professional programs, allowing organizations and individuals to deepen their engagement with global affairs education at NYU.

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