Dr. John Hardman is the president and CEO of the Carter Center.

He is an active participant in the Carter Center's program initiatives, including election monitoring in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Ethiopian public health training, global development strategies and conflict resolution efforts, and agriculture programs aimed at improving food production in Africa and North Korea.

Dr. Hardman received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, received his training in psychiatry as a resident at the Mayo Clinic from 1969-71, and completed a child psychiatry fellowship at Emory University from 1971-73.