Harvard Presidential Search Advances

Faculty and staff advisory committees unveiled

As the committee consisting of members from the Harvard Corporation and Board of Overseers pursues the search for the successor to President Drew Faust, faculty and staff advisory committees were unveiled today.

The members of the faculty advisory committee are:

Members of the staff advisory committee are:

  • Katie Lapp (chair), executive vice president;
  • Patricia Byrne, executive dean, Harvard Divinity School;
  • Angela Crispi, executive dean for administration, Harvard Business School;
  • Marilyn Hausammann, vice president for human resources;
  • Jack Jennings, executive dean for administration, Harvard Graduate School of Education;
  • Leslie Kirwan, dean of administration and finance, Faculty of Arts and Sciences;
  • Diane Lopez, deputy general counsel;
  • Nisha Mongia, executive dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; and
  • Meredith Weenick, vice president for campus services.

A student advisory committee is to be named later. 

Read the University announcement here. 

Read more articles by John S. Rosenberg
Related topics

You might also like

President Alan M. Garber used traditional Memorial Church address to consider the unique qualities of human intelligence and learning.

Due to rain, the University held dual Convocation ceremonies for the Class of 2030 in Sanders Theatre.

The University will compensate families of those whose remains were sold and establish a scholarship to honor anatomical donors.

Most popular

All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.  

Harvard Weathers a Year of Turmoil

The federal government has launched unprecedented actions against the University. Here’s a guide.

Lafayette’s Unexpected Gift to George Washington: Pheasants

The two birds will be on display at Harvard this summer.

Explore More From Current Issue

A busy classroom filled with students working at computers, colorful decor, and a bright atmosphere.

In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.

Three actors perform on stage, with one actor interacting closely with another, set against abstract backgrounds.

The play Spare Parts is a contemporary fable about the quest to live forever.

Three young women posed side by side against red background.

The 2026-2027 Ledecky and Summer Undergraduate Fellows