News from the HAA
Candidates for Election
This spring, five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board will be chosen by alumni.
Ballots should arrive in the mail by April 15 and, to be counted, must be returned to Cambridge by noon on June 1. Election results will be announced at the HAA’s annual meeting on June 7, Commencement day. All Harvard degree holders, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and governance, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates.
Candidates, listed in alphabetical order, are:
For Overseer (six-year term, five to be elected):
Ronald Cohen, M.B.A. ’69. London. Chairman, Portland Capital and The Portland Trust.
Lucy Fisher ’71. Los Angeles. Film producer and co-head of Red Wagon Entertainment.
Yuki Moore Laurenti ’79. Trenton, New Jersey. Director of capital campaign, Isles Inc.
Champ Lyons Jr. ’62. Montgomery, Alabama. Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama.
Richard A. Meserve, J.D. ’75. Washington, D.C. President, Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Lisa M. Quiroz ’83, M.B.A. ’90. New York City. Senior vice president, corporate responsibility and inclusion, Time Warner Inc.
Stephanie D. Wilson, S.B. ’88. Houston. NASA astronaut.
For Elected Director (three-year term, six to be elected):
Stephen W. Baird ’74. Chicago. President and CEO, Baird & Warner Inc.
Richard B. Cooperstein ’88, M.B.A. ’95, Burbank, California. Senior vice president, finance, business development and equity ventures, Walt Disney Company.
Elena C. Crespo ’89, M.B.A. ’93. New York City. Senior vice president, director of client management, Citi Analytics, Citigroup Inc.
Catherine A. Gellert ’93. New York City. Partner, Windcrest Partners.
B. Lane MacDonald ’88. Boston. General partner, Alta Communications.
William E. Markus ’60. Pittsburgh. President, Markwalt Incorporated.
Phuong-Vien Nguyen ’86. Corona del Mar, California. Vice president, Morgan Stanley.
Nana Amma Twum-Danso ’94, M.D. ’98. Decatur, Georgia. Physician; director, Mebendazole Donation Initiative, The Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Emory University.
Sally Williams-Allen, M.A.T. ’65, Paris. Senior advisor in alumni relations, INSEAD business school.
The HAA nominating committee proposes Overseer and elected director candidates each year. The committee’s 12 voting members include three current or former Overseers and nine other alumni chosen by the HAA’s executive committee. Overseer and HAA elected director candidates may also be nominated by means of petitions signed by a prescribed number of eligible degree holders and filed by a set date early in the year.
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