This spring, alumni will choose five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. The candidates’ names appear in ballot order below, as determined by lot.
Ballots, mailed to reach alumni by April 15, 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.
For Overseer (six-year term, five to be elected):
Lynn Chang ’75, Newton, Massachusetts. Concert violinist; violin professor.
Paul Finnegan ’75, M.B.A. ’82, Chicago. Co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc.
Michael Holland ’66, New York City. Chairman, Holland and Company LLC.
Anne Fadiman ’74, Whately, Massachusetts. Author; Francis writer-in-residence, Yale.
Eve Higginbotham, M.D. ’79, Atlanta. Dean and senior vice president for academic affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine; surgery professor.
Regina Montoya, J.D. ’79, Dallas. CEO, New America Alliance.
David Oxtoby ’72, Claremont, California. President and professor of chemistry, Pomona College.
Anand Mahindra ’77, M.B.A. ’81. Mumbai, India. Vice chairman and managing director, Mahindra and Mahindra Limited.
Robert Freedman ’62, Philadelphia. Partner, Dechert LLP. (Nominated by petition.)
For Elected Director (three-year term, six to be elected):
Robert Kraft ’76, Los Angeles. President, Fox Music.
Kevin Jennings ’85, New York City. Founder and executive director, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).
Alejandro Santo Domingo ’99, New York City. Managing director, Quadrant Capital Advisors Inc.
Carolyn Hughes ’54, Oceanside, New York. Retired; former project manager, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Elizabeth Reilly ’91, Boston. Attorney, WilmerHale.
Joseph Bae ’94, Hong Kong. Member and managing partner, KKR Asia.
Rosa Wu ’03, San Francisco. Associate product manager, Google.
Rodney Hardy ’60, Minneapolis. Vice president/owner, Sienna Corporation.
Andrea Zopp ’78, J.D. ’81, Chicago. Senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Exelon Corporation.