THE HARVARD ALUMNI Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2025 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 20 at 5:00 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 seeking a position on this year’s ballot must have submitted the required number of petition signatures by January 30; so far, none of the candidates who sought to petition for a space on the ballot last year has indicated a plan to try again this year. For information on the Overseer candidates’ views on the University’s opportunities and challenges, see Harvard Magazine’s extended online post with their answers to a set of questions.
The HAA nominating committee candidates for the 2025 ballot are the following, five to be elected Overseers and six to be elected HAA directors:
Overseer candidates
Lanhee J. Chen ’99, A.M. ’04, J.D. ’07, Ph.D. ’09, Mountain View, California, Steffy fellow in American public policy studies, Hoover Institution, and director of domestic policy studies, public policy program, Stanford University; partner, Brunswick Group
Mark A. Edwards ’82, Brookline, Massachusetts, co-founder and CEO, Upstream USA; founder and former executive director, Opportunity Nation
Mary Louise Kelly ’93, Washington, D.C., journalist and broadcaster, co-host of All Things Considered, National Public Radio
Nathaniel Owen Keohane, Ph.D. ’01, New York City, president, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. ’87, Atlanta, president and CEO, Morehouse School of Medicine
Michael Rosenblatt, M.D. ’73, Newton, Massachusetts, advisory partner, Ascenta Capital; senior adviser, Bain Capital Life Sciences and Flagship Pioneering; former executive vice president and chief medical officer, Merck; former dean, Tufts University Medical School
Anjali Sud, M.B.A. ’11, New York City, CEO; Tubi; former CEO, Vimeo
Courtney B. Vance ’82, La Canada Flintridge, California, actor, producer, writer; president and chair, SAG-AFTRA Foundation
HAA elected director candidates
Daniel H. Ahn ’90, M.B.A. ’97, Burlingame, California, managing partner, Clearvision Ventures
Allison Pillinger Choi ’06, Bedford, New York, author
Theresa J. Chung ’98, J.D. ’02, Dallas, administrative judge, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
Colin J. Kegler ’97, Provincetown, Massachusetts, senior software engineer, HealthEdge Inc.
Victoria “Vicky” Wai Ka Leung ’91, London, England, managing director and consultant, EC M&A
Nicholas J. Melvoin ’08, Los Angeles, elected board member, Los Angeles Unified School District
Pavlos P. Photiades ’88, Nicosia, Cyprus, chief executive officer, Photos Photiades Group
Angela M. Ruggiero ’02, M.B.A. ’14, Weston, Massachusetts, co-founder and chair, Sports Innovation Lab
Sanjay Seth, M.P.A.-M.U.P. ’19, East Boston, Massachusetts, former chief of staff and senior adviser for climate and equity, U.S. EPA New England
