Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates

The slates for this spring’s ballot

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2024 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the University’s two governing boards) and the HAA’s own elected directors. Balloting is open from April 1 through May 14, at 5 p.m. Degree holders other than officers of instruction and government may vote for Overseer candidates; all degree holders can vote on the HAA elected-director candidates. Other candidates who sought a position on this year’s ballot by petition failed to qualify (see harvardmag.com/overseers-petition-24). This magazine asked the HAA-nominated candidates to answer a series of questions about their views of the University and the roles they would play if elected to the Board of Overseers; read their responses at harvardmag.com/candidate-priorities-24.

 

Candidates for Overseer (eight nominees for five anticipated vacancies; six-year term) are:

Modupe Nyikoale Akinola ’96, M.B.A. ’01, A. M. ’06, Ph.D. ’09, New York City, Zalaznick professor of business and faculty director, Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics, Columbia Business School

Nworah Blaise Ayogu ’10, M.D. ’15, M.B.A. ’15, Los Angeles, general manager and chief medical officer, Amazon Clinic

Theodore D. Chuang ’91, J.D. ’94, Bethesda, Maryland, United States District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Danielle A. Feinberg ’96, Oakland, California, cinematographer; visual effects supervisor, Pixar Animation Studios

Ming Min Hui, M.B.A. ’15, Boston, executive director, Boston Ballet

Scott Mead* ’77, London, photographer; founder, Bramley Studio

Tim Ritchie, M.P.A. ’98, Boston, president, Museum of Science

Juan Antonio Sepúlveda Jr. ’85, San Antonio, Texas, Calgaard distinguished professor of practice in political science and president’s special advisor for inclusive excellence, Trinity University

*Scott Mead is a current member of the Board of Overseers (since 2022), completing an unexpired term of an Overseer who concluded their service early.


 

Candidates for HAA Elected Director (six to be elected; three-year term) are:

Adrian D. Blake ’88, Omaha, Nebraska, CEO, Precision Syringe

Dorian Orlando Burton II, Ed.LD. ’15, Raleigh, North Carolina, managing partner, The Southern Reconstruction Fund

Theresa Seung-Ah Cho ’90, Seoul, Republic of Korea, vice president of international affairs, Seoul National University

Basil Williams ’14, M.P.P.-J.D. ’19, Brooklyn, New York, associate, Patternson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Randolph C. Lindel ’66, West Chester, Pennsylvania, retired senior director, Westport Consulting Group

Tjada D’Oyen McKenna ’96, M.B.A. ’02, Potomac, Maryland, CEO, Mercy Corps

Madeleine Mejia, Ed.M. ’00, Beverly Hills, California, assistant professor, California State University, Fullerton

Edward L. Rocha ’06, Malden, Massachusetts, president, Rola Corporation

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