Alumni Association announces spring election candidates

This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board.

Ballots should arrive in the mail by April 15 and must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 30 to be counted. Results of the election will be announced at the HAA’s annual meeting on June 5, on the afternoon of Commencement day. 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 alumni.

The HAA’s nominating committee has proposed the following candidates in 2008:

For Overseer

Lynn Chang, A.B. ’75, concert violinist; violin professor, Newton, Mass.

Anne Fadiman, A.B. ’74, author; Francis Writer-in-Residence, Yale University, Whately, Mass.

Paul Finnegan, A.B. ’75, M.B.A. ’82, co-chief executive officer, Madison Dearborn Partners Inc., Chicago

Eve Higginbotham, M.D. ’79, dean and senior vice president for academic affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine; professor, Department of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta

Michael Holland, A.B. ’66, chairman, Holland & Company LLC, New York City

Anand Mahindra, A.B. ’77, M.B.A. ’81, vice chairman and managing director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Mumbai, India

Regina Montoya, J.D. ’79, chief executive officer, New America Alliance, Dallas

David Oxtoby, A.B. ’72, president and professor of chemistry, Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.

For Elected Director

Joseph Bae, A.B. ’94, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Hong Kong

Rodney Hardy, A.B. ’60, vice president/owner, Sienna Corp., Minneapolis

Carolyn Hughes, A.B. ’54, retired; former project manager, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Oceanside, N.Y.

Kevin Jennings, A.B. ’85, founder and executive director, GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network), New York City

Robert Kraft, A.B. ’76, president, Fox Music, Los Angeles

Elizabeth Reilly, A.B. ’91, attorney, WilmerHale LLP, Boston

Alejandro Santo Domingo, A.B. ’99, managing director, Quadrant Capital Advisors Inc., New York City

Rosa Wu, A.B. ’03, product manager, Google, San Francisco

Andrea Zopp, A.B. ’78, J.D. ’81, SVP and chief human resources officer, Exelon Corp., Chicago