Harvard Elects New Overseers, HAA Directors

Leaders for the governing board and alumni association were chosen by an alumni vote.

Collage of professional headshots, labeled "Board of Overseers" and "Board of Directors."

Board of Overseers, top row from left to right: Teresa Hillary Clarke, Arti Garg, and Nadine Burke Harris. Second row:  Philip L. Harrison, Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena, and Salvo Arena.  Third row: Clive Chang. Board of Directors, top row from left to right: Mia Esther Alpert, James P. “Jimmy” Biblarz, and Allison Charney Epstein. Second row Medha Gargeya, David G. Lefer, and Jeffrey H. Tignor   | collage by Harvard Magazine

On May 28, the University announced the newly-elected members of the Board of Overseers—one of the University’s two governing boards—and directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

The new Overseers, who assumed their roles on May 29, are:

Teresa Hillary Clarke ’84, J.D. ’89, M.B.A. ’89, of Miami; chair and executive editor, Africa.com; former managing director, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Arti Garg, Ph.D. ’08, of Hayward, California; EVP and chief technologist, AVEVA

Nadine Burke Harris, M.P.H. ’02, of Sebastopol, California; pediatrician and former surgeon general of California

Philip L. Harrison ’86, M.Arch. ’93, of Atlanta; CEO, Perkins&Will

Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena, LL.M. ’98, of Mexico City; former justice, Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico)

Two additional Overseers were elected to finish the terms of Sylvia Mathews Burwell ’87, who resigned in anticipation of joining the Harvard Corporation in July, and Vikas Sukhatme, M.D. ’79. They are:

Salvo Arena, L.L.M. ’00, of New York City; partner, Chiomenti (elected to serve a three-year term)

Clive Chang, M.B.A. ’11, of Miami; president and CEO, YoungArts: The National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists (elected to serve a two-year term)

The new HAA elected directors, who will begin their terms on July 1, are:

Mia Esther Alpert ’99, of Los Angeles; founder and president emerita, Harvardwood

James P. “Jimmy” Biblarz ’14, J.D. ’21, Ph.D. ’23, of Los Angeles; attorney, Hueston Hennigan; lecturer in law, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Allison Charney Epstein ’89, of New York City; opera singer and producer

Medha Gargeya ’14, J.D. ’19, of Washington, D.C.; senior associate, WilmerHale; lecturer on law, Harvard Law School; captain, U.S. Air Force Reserve

David G. Lefer ’93, of New York City; director of the Innovation and Technology Forum; industry associate professor, New York University

Jeffrey H. Tignor ’96, of Washington, D.C.; attorney-advisor, Federal Communications Commission; senior lecturing fellow, Duke University School of Law

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