Harvard University Latest COVID Information Search Menu Board of Overseers ABOUT HARVARD LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE Board of Overseers FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1642 The Board is made up of Harvard University alumni who bring to bear their best judgment and deep commitment to Harvard’s overarching academic mission and long-term institutional interests. News & Reports Helena Foulkes and Lindsay Chase-Lansdale to lead Overseers Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a leader in consumer health care and retail, has been elected president of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers for the 2021-22 academic year. P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, a developmental psychologist and former vice provost for academics at Northwestern University, will be vice chair of the board’s executive committee. View Article Learning from leaders In a one-on-one conversation, Board of Overseers leaders Marty Chávez and Helena Buonanno Foulkes explain what an Overseer is and how they lead, and then discuss their hopes for the future. Explore the full playlist Members of the Board New members of the board are elected each spring by Harvard degree holders (other than officers of government or instruction at the University and members of the Corporation). Aspects of their role are set forth in a statement on Expectations of Service. Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine (2018-2024) Boston, MA President, Sunshine Care Foundation for Neurological Care and Research, and Senior Counsel, Bracebridge Capital Raphael W. Bostic (2020-2026) Decatur, GA President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Mark J. Carney (2021-2027) Gatineau, Québec, Canada Special Envoy to UN Secretary General on Climate Action and Finance, Finance Advisor for COP26 to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Vice Chair, Brookfield Asset Management P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale (2016-2022) Evanston, IL Professor Emerita of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University Alice Hm Chen (2019-2025) Berkeley, CA Chief Medical Officer, Covered California, and Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Paul L. Choi (2017-2023) Chicago, IL Partner, Sidley Austin LLP Philip Hart Cullom (2018-2024) Gaithersburg, MD Vice Admiral (retired), U.S. Navy Janet Echelman (2019-2023) Tampa, FL, and Brookline, MA Visual Artist; President, Studio Echelman Helena Buonanno Foulkes (2016-2022) Narragansett, RI Former Chief Executive Officer, Hudson’s Bay Company Carla Harris (2017-2023) New York, NY Vice Chair of Wealth Management, Senior Client Advisor and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Meredith (Max) Hodges (2018-2024) Boston, MA Executive Director, Boston Ballet Marilyn Holifield (2018-2024) Miami, FL Partner, Holland & Knight LLP Christopher B. Howard (2021-2027) Pittsburgh, PA President, Robert Morris University Darienne Driver Hudson (2017-2023) Detroit, MI President and CEO, United Way for Southeastern Michigan Vivian Hunt (2019-2025) London, England Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company Tyler Jacks (2019-2025) Cambridge, MA Koch Professor of Biology and Founding Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and President, Break Through Cancer Ketanji Brown Jackson (2016-2022) Washington, DC U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit John B. King, Jr. (2019-2025) Washington, DC President, The Education Trust Raymond J. Lohier Jr. (2021-2027) New York, NY U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Margaret Purce (2020-2026) Silver Spring, MD Soccer player, U.S. Women’s National Team and Sky Blue Football Club Alejandro Ramírez Magaña (2016-2022) Mexico City, Mexico CEO, Cinépolis Yvette Roubideaux (2018-2024) Washington, DC Director, Policy Research Center, National Congress of American Indians Reshma Saujani (2019-2025) New York, NY Founder, Girls Who Code and Marshall Plan for Moms Thea Sebastian (2020-2026) Washington, DC Policy Director, Civil Rights Corps Megan Red Shirt-Shaw (2021-2027) Vermillion, SD Director of Native Student Services, University of South Dakota Leslie P. Tolbert (2017-2023) Tucson, AZ Regents’ Professor Emerita, Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona Jayson Toweh (2020-2026) Stanford, CA Doctoral Student and Graduate Research Assistant, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University Kent Walker (2016-2022) Mountain View, CA President Global Affairs, and Chief Legal Officer, Alphabet & Google Sheryl WuDunn (2021-2027) Yamhill, Oregon Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, co-founder, FullSky Partners, co-author of Tightrope, senior managing director, Mid-Market Securities Lawrence S. Bacow President, Harvard University Ex officio Paul J. 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