2014 candidates for Harvard Overseer and HAA elected directors

2014 candidates for Harvard Overseer and HAA elected directors

This spring, alumni can vote for new Harvard Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Ballots, already mailed out, must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 23. The results will be announced on the afternoon of Commencement day, May 29. All holders of Harvard degrees, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and government, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates. The election for HAA directors is open to all Harvard degree-holders.

For Overseer (six-year term):

Nicole S. Arnaboldi ’80, M.B.A.-J.D. ’84, New York City. Vice chairman, Credit Suisse Asset Management.

Michael Brown ’83, J.D. ’88, Boston. CEO and co-founder, City Year.

James E. K. Hildreth ’79, Davis, California. Dean, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis.

David W. Leebron ’77, J.D. ’79. Houston. President, Rice University.

Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. ’75, Corvallis, Oregon. Valley professor of marine biology and Distinguished Professor of zoology, Oregon State University.

Michael M. Lynton ’82, M.B.A. ’87, Los Angeles. CEO, Sony Entertainment.

Sunshik Min, D.B.A. ’89, Seoul, Korea. President, YBM, Inc.

Lesley Friedman Rosenthal ’86, J.D. ’89, New York City. Vice president, general counsel and secretary, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

For elected director (three-year term):

Henry Parkman Biggs ’86, Saint Louis, Missouri. Associate director, McDonnell International Academy, Washington University in St. Louis.

Raphael W. Bostic ’87, Los Angeles. Bedrosian chair in governance and the public enterprise; director, Bedrosian Center on Governance, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California.

Peter Andrew Boyce II ’13, New York City. Associate, General Catalyst Partners; co-founder, Rough Draft Ventures.

Margaret Jay Braatz, Ed.M. ’93, Ed.D. ’99, Chicago. Vice president for planning and presidential administration, DePaul University.

Leea Nash Bridgeman ’00, M.B.A. ’05. Louisville, Kentucky. Executive director and trustee, Bridgeman Family Foundation.

Jessica Gelman ’97, M.B.A. ’02, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Vice president, customer marketing and strategy, The Kraft Sports Group (New England Patriots); co-founder, MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.

Jay H. Hebert, J.D. ’86, Fort Worth, Texas. General counsel, Keystone Group L.P.

Vanessa W. Liu ’96, J.D. ’03, New York City. COO, Trigger Media Group.

Alvaro Rodriguez-Arregui, M.B.A. ’95, Mexico City. Co-founder and managing partner, IGNIA Partners, LLC; board vice chairman, Banco Compartamos.

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