Newly elected Overseers and HAA directors

Announcing the winners

The new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were announced on Commencement Day. For detailed coverage of the Overseer candidates’ views, read their responses to Harvard Magazine’s questions at harvardmag.com/overseer-perspectives-22.

Board of Overseers:

Monica Bharel, M.P.H. ’12, Brookline, Mass., senior adviser to the mayor, City of Boston**

Sangu J. Delle ’10, J.D.-M.B.A. ’16, Accra, Ghana, chief executive officer, Africa Health Holdings Ltd.*

Scott Mead ’77, London, photographer***

Lauren Ancel Meyers ’95, Austin, professor, departments of integrative biology and statistics and data sciences, University of Texas at Austin; director, UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium*

Todd Y. Park ’94, Los Altos Hills, Calif., co-founder and executive chair, Devoted Health*

Vikas P. Sukhatme, M.D. ’79, Atlanta, dean, Emory University School of Medicine*

Wilhelmina “Mimi” Wright, J.D. ’89, St. Paul, United States District Judge, District of Minnesota*

*for six-year terms

**to complete the remaining four years of the term of Tracy K. Smith ’94

***to complete the remaining two years of the term of Yvette Roubideaux ’85, M.D. ’89, M.P.H. ’97

HAA elected director (three-year terms):

Sofia Bahena, Ed.M. ’13, Ed.D. ’14, San Antonio, assistant professor, educational leadership and policy studies, University of Texas at San Antonio

Michael Bervell ’19, Snohomish, Wash., portfolio development manager, Microsoft Venture Fund

Jyoti Jasrasaria ’12, J.D. ’18, Washington, D.C., associate, Elias Law Group L.L.P.

Cherie Lynn Ramirez, Ph.D. ’12, Boston, assistant teaching professor, chemistry and physics, Simmons University

Corina Santangelo, M.P.A. ’99, Mexico City, head of fundraising, ChildFund Mexico

Judith Michelle Williams ’91, San Francisco, human capital consultant, Magic Deer LL.C.

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