Board of Overseers
Formally established in 1642
The Board is made up of Harvard University alumni who bring to bear their best judgment and deep commitment to Harvard’s overarching academic mission and long-term institutional interests.
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Members of the Board
New members of the board are elected each spring by Harvard degree holders (other than officers of government or instruction at the University and members of the Corporation). Aspects of their role are set forth in a statement on Expectations of Service.
Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine (2018-2024)
Boston, MA
President, Sunshine Care Foundation for Neurological Care and Research, and Senior Counsel, Bracebridge Capital
Raphael W. Bostic (2020-2026)
Decatur, GA
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale (2016-2022)
Evanston, IL
Frances Willard Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University
R. Martin Chávez (2015-2021)
Alford, MA
Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs
Alice Hm Chen (2019-2025)
San Francisco, CA
Chief Medical Officer, Covered California, and Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Paul L. Choi (2017-2023)
Chicago, IL
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Philip Hart Cullom (2018-2024)
Gaithersburg, MD
Vice Admiral (retired), U.S. Navy
Fernande R. V. Duffly (2015-2021)
Cambridge, MA
Former Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Janet Echelman (2019-2023)
Brookline, MA
Artist, and President of Studio Echelman
Helena Buonanno Foulkes (2016-2022)
Narragansett, RI
Former Chief Executive Officer, Hudson’s Bay Company
Brian Greene (2015-2021)
New York, NY
Professor of Physics, Professor of Mathematics, and Director, Center for Theoretical Physics, Columbia University
Carla Harris (2017-2023)
New York, NY
Vice Chair of Wealth Management, Senior Client Advisor and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Meredith (Max) Hodges (2018-2024)
Boston, MA
Executive Director, Boston Ballet
Marilyn Holifield (2018-2024)
Miami, FL
Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Darienne Driver Hudson (2017-2023)
Detroit, MI
President and CEO, United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Vivian Hunt (2019-2025)
London, England
Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, United Kingdom & Ireland
Tyler Jacks (2019-2025)
Cambridge, MA
Koch Professor of Biology and Founding Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and President, Break Through Cancer
Ketanji Brown Jackson (2016-2022)
Washington, DC
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Beth Y. Karlan (2015-2021)
Los Angeles, CA
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles
John B. King, Jr. (2019-2025)
Washington, DC
President and CEO, The Education Trust
Alejandro Ramírez Magaña (2016-2022)
Mexico City, Mexico
CEO, Cinépolis
Margaret Purce (2020-2026)
Silver Spring, MD
Soccer player, United States Women’s National Team and Sky Blue FC
Yvette Roubideaux (2018-2024)
Washington, DC
Vice President for Research and Director, Policy Research Center, National Congress of American Indians
Reshma Saujani (2019-2025)
New York, NY
Founder and CEO, Girls Who Code
Thea Sebastian (2020-2026)
Washington, DC
Director of Policy, Civil Rights Corps
Tracy K. Smith (2020-2026)
Princeton, NJ
Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities, Princeton University; 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States
Leslie P. Tolbert (2017-2023)
Tucson, AZ
Regents’ Professor Emerita, Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona
Jayson Toweh (2020-2026)
Atlanta, GA
Management and Program Analyst, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Kent Walker (2016-2022)
Mountain View, CA
Senior Vice President, Global Affairs, and Chief Legal Officer, Google LLC
John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. (2015-2021) – on leave
Cambridge, MA
Former President, Morehouse College
Lawrence S. Bacow
President, Harvard University
Ex officio
Paul J. Finnegan
Treasurer, Harvard University
Ex officio