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This spring, alumni will choose five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board.

Ballots should arrive in the mail by April 15 and must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 30 to be counted. The results will be announced at the HAA’s annual meeting on June 5, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All Harvard degree holders, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and governance, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates. The election for HAA directors is open to all alumni.

The Candidates, listed here in alphabetical order, are:

For Overseer (six-year term, five to be elected):

Lynn Chang ’75, Newton, Massachusetts. Concert violinist; violin professor.

Anne Fadiman ’74, Whately, Massachusetts. Author; Francis writer-in-residence, Yale.

Paul Finnegan ’75, M.B.A. ’82, Chicago. Co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc.

Robert Freedman ’62, Philadelphia. Partner, Dechert LLP. (Nominated by petition.)

Eve Higginbotham, M.D. ’79, Atlanta. Dean and senior vice president for academic affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine; surgery professor.

Michael Holland ’66, New York City. Chairman, Holland and Company LLC.

Anand Mahindra ’77, M.B.A. ’81. Mumbai, India. Vice chairman and managing director, Mahindra and Mahindra Limited.

Regina Montoya, J.D. ’79 Dallas. CEO, New America Alliance.

David Oxtoby ’72, Claremont, California. President and professor of chemistry, Pomona College.

For Elected Director (three-year term, six to be elected):

Joseph Bae ’94, Hong Kong. Member and managing partner, KKR Asia.

Rodney Hardy ’60, Minneapolis. Vice president/owner, Sienna Corporation.

Carolyn Hughes ’54, Oceanside, New York. Retired; former project manager, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Kevin Jennings ’85, New York City. Founder and executive director, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).

Robert Kraft ’76, Los Angeles. President, Fox Music.

Elizabeth Reilly ’91, Boston. Attorney, WilmerHale.

Alejandro Santo Domingo ’99, New York City. Managing director, Quadrant Capital Advisors Inc.

Rosa Wu ’03, San Francisco. Product manager, Google.

Andrea Zopp ’78, J.D. ’81, Chicago. Senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Exelon Corporation.

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