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
Monica Bharel (2022-2026)
Brookline, MA
Public Health and Healthcare Strategist
Former Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Raphael W. Bostic (2020-2026)
Decatur, GA
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Mark J. Carney (2021-2027)
Ontario, Canada
UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Finance Advisor and Co-Chair for the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero, and Vice Chair, Brookfield Asset Management and Head of ESG and Impact Fund Investing
Alice Hm Chen (2019-2025)
Berkeley, 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
Sangu J. Delle (2022-2028)
New York, NY
Chief Executive Officer, CarePoint
Janet Echelman (2019-2023)
Brookline, MA
Visual Artist; President, Studio Echelman
Carla Harris (2017-2023)
New York, NY
Senior Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Meredith (Max) Hodges (2018-2024)
Boston, MA
Executive Director, Boston Ballet
Marilyn Holifield (2018-2024)
Miami, FL
Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Christopher B. Howard (2021-2027)
Tempe, AZ
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, , Arizona State University Public Enterprise
Darienne Driver Hudson (2017-2023)
Detroit, MI
President and CEO, United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Vivian Hunt (2019-2025)
London, England
Former Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
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
John B. King, Jr. (2019-2025)
Washington, DC
President, The Education Trust
Raymond J. Lohier Jr. (2021-2027)
New York, NY
U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Scott Mead (2022-2024)
London, England
Photographer, and Founder, Bramley Studio
Lauren Ancel Meyers (2022-2028)
Austin, TX
Professor, Departments of Integrative Biology, Statistics & Data Sciences, Population Health, The University of Texas at Austin
Todd Y. Park (2022-2028)
Los Altos Hills, CA
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Devoted Health
Margaret Purce (2020-2026)
Silver Spring, MD
Soccer player, U.S. Women’s National Team and Sky Blue Football Club
Reshma Saujani (2019-2025)
New York, NY
Founder, Girls Who Code and Marshall Plan for Moms
Thea Sebastian (2020-2026)
Washington, DC
Policy Director, Civil Rights Corps
Vikas P. Sukhatme (2022-2028)
Atlanta, GA
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Medicine and Dean, Emory School of Medicine Chief Academic Officer, Emory Healthcare
Megan Red Shirt-Shaw (2021-2027)
Vermillion, SD
Director of Native Student Services, University of South Dakota
Leslie P. Tolbert (2017-2023)
Tucson, AZ
Regents’ Professor Emerita, Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona
Jayson Toweh (2020-2026)
Stanford, CA
Doctoral Student and Graduate Research Assistant, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University
Wilhelmina “Mimi” Wright (2022-2028)
St. Paul, MN
U. S. District Court Judge, District of Minnesota
Sheryl WuDunn (2021-2027)
Yamhill, Oregon
Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, Co-founder, FullSky Partners, Co-author of Tightrope, Senior Managing Director, Mid-Market Securities
Lawrence S. Bacow
President, Harvard University
Ex officio
Paul J. Finnegan
Treasurer, Harvard University
Ex officio