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
Mark J. Carney (2021-2027)
Gatineau, Québec, Canada
Special Envoy to UN Secretary General on Climate Action and Finance, Finance Advisor for COP26 to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Vice Chair, Brookfield Asset Management
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale (2016-2022)
Evanston, IL
Professor Emerita of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University
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
Janet Echelman (2019-2023)
Tampa, FL, and Brookline, MA
Visual Artist; President, Studio Echelman
Helena Buonanno Foulkes (2016-2022)
Narragansett, RI
Former Chief Executive Officer, Hudson’s Bay Company
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
Christopher B. Howard (2021-2027)
Tempe, AZ
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Arizona State University Enterprise
Darienne Driver Hudson (2017-2023)
Detroit, MI
President and CEO, United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Vivian Hunt (2019-2025)
London, England
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
Ketanji Brown Jackson (2016-2022)
Washington, DC
U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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
Margaret Purce (2020-2026)
Silver Spring, MD
Soccer player, U.S. Women’s National Team and Sky Blue Football Club
Alejandro Ramírez Magaña (2016-2022)
Mexico City, Mexico
CEO, Cinépolis
Yvette Roubideaux (2018-2024)
Washington, DC
Director, Policy Research Center, National Congress of American Indians
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
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
Kent Walker (2016-2022)
Mountain View, CA
President Global Affairs, and Chief Legal Officer, Alphabet & Google
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