 In his work overseeing more than $1 billion in domestic and international service programs in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, former Senator Harris Wofford described him as "one of the most impressive people I've seen in public life in recent times".In Fall 2004, he served as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he offered a seminar on presidential decision making.From 2012-2015, he served as the co-chair of the Leadership Council of the Franklin Project, a policy program of the Aspen Institute that sought to make a year of service a common opportunity and expectation for young Americans.