This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected directors.Ballots will be mailed no later than April 1 and must be received in Cambridge by noon on May 23 to be counted. Results of the election will be announced at HAA’s annual meeting on May 29, on the afternoon of Commencement. All holders of Harvard degrees, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and government, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates. The election for HAA directors is open to all Harvard degree holders.Candidates for Overseer may also be nominated by petition, that is, by obtaining a prescribed number of signatures from eligible degree holders. The deadline for all petitions is Feb. 3.HAA’s nominating committee has proposed the following candidates in 2014:For Overseer:Nicole S. Arnaboldi ’80, M.B.A. ’84, J.D. ’84Vice chairman, Credit Suisse Asset ManagementNew YorkMichael Brown ’83, J.D. ’88CEO and co-founder, City YearBostonJames E.K. Hildreth ’79Dean, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, DavisDavis, Calif.David W. Leebron ’77, J.D. ’79President, Rice UniversityHouston, TexasJane Lubchenco, Ph.D. ’75Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Ore.Michael M. Lynton ’82, M.B.A. ’87CEO, Sony EntertainmentLos AngelesSunshik Min, D.B.A. ’89President, YBM Inc.Seoul, KoreaLesley Friedman Rosenthal ’86, J.D. ’89Vice president, general counsel, and secretary, Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtsNew YorkFor elected director:Henry Parkman Biggs, ’86Associate director, McDonnell International Academy, Washington University in St. LouisSaint LouisRaphael W. Bostic ’87Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise and director, Bedrosian Center on Governance, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesPeter Andrew Boyce II ’13Associate, General Catalyst Partners; co-founder, Rough Draft VenturesNew YorkMargaret Jay Braatz, Ed.M. ’93, Ed.D. ’99Vice president for planning and presidential administration, DePaul UniversityChicagoLeea Nash Bridgeman ’00, M.B.A. ’05Executive director and trustee, Bridgeman Family FoundationLouisville, Ky.Jessica Gelman ’97, M.B.A. ’02Vice president of customer marketing and strategy, The Kraft Sports Group (New England Patriots); co-founder, MIT Sloan Sports Analytics ConferenceWellesley, Mass.Jay H. Hebert, J.D. ’86General counsel, Keystone Group L.P.Fort Worth, TexasVanessa W. Liu ’96, J.D. ’03COO, Trigger Media GroupNew YorkAlvaro Rodriguez-Arregui, M.B.A. ’95Co-founder and managing partner, IGNIA Partners, LLC; vice chairman of the board, Banco CompartamosMexico City
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