Board of Overseers


Coalition for a Diverse Harvard Endorses 5 Candidates in 2025 Board of Overseers Race

The Coalition for a Diverse Harvard endorsed five candidates for this year’s Board of Overseers election on Sunday, three weeks before Harvard affiliates begin voting to fill six vacancies on the University's second-highest governing board.


Federal Judge and Harvard Overseer Theodore Chuang Finds Trump’s USAID Purge Was Likely Unconstitutional

Federal judge Theodore D. Chuang ’91 — a member of the Board of Overseers, Harvard’s second-highest governing body — ruled that Elon Musk’s attempts to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development were likely unconstitutional.


Federal Judge Theodore Chuang, a Harvard Overseer, Questions Trump’s DOGE at Hearing

Federal judge Theodore D. Chuang ’91 — a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — showed sympathy on Friday for key claims in a case challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency.


From Harvard to Ottawa: Carney and Freeland Vie To Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister

The race to lead both Canada and a reeling Liberal Party has narrowed to two frontrunners: Carney, the former Canadian and British central bank governor, and Chrystia A. Freeland ’90, the former deputy prime minister and a fellow Harvard alumna.


Harvard Overseer Mark Carney Launches Bid To Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister

Mark J. Carney ’87 — a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — launched his campaign to become Canada’s next prime minister at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta Thursday afternoon.


Harvard Alumni Association Announces Nominees for Board of Overseers

The Harvard Alumni Association announced eight candidates for election to the Board of Overseers — the University’s second-highest governing body — on Wednesday.


Last Year’s Write-in Candidates for the Board of Overseers Will Not Run Again in 2025

At least six of the seven candidates who launched write-in bids for the Board of Overseers last year will not enter the upcoming election cycle, backtracking on previous pledges to run again for the University’s second-highest governing body.


Marc Goodheart, Longtime Secretary of Harvard’s Governing Boards, to Step Down in May

Marc L. Goodheart ’81, the longtime secretary to the University's secretive governing boards, will leave Loeb House after more than 27 years in the role to take a new position as a senior adviser to the president of the University.


Infighting and Pressure From Above: Inside Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative

The $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative is meant to redress the University’s historic ties to slavery. But over the last two years, the project has been hampered by internal tension, alleged pushback over its scope, and leadership turnover.


Five New Members to Join Harvard Board of Overseers in 2024 Election

Harvard alumni elected five new members to the Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body, the University announced Tuesday morning.


Harvard Corporation to Review Presidential Search Process as Faculty Demand Transparency

The Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing board, will review its presidential search process and consider recommendations on how it can be improved ahead of the formal search for Harvard’s 31st president.


Coalition for a Diverse Harvard Endorses 5 Candidates for 2024 Board of Overseers Election

The Coalition for a Diverse Harvard endorsed five candidates for this year’s Board of Overseers election, an announcement that comes three weeks before voting begins for five seats on University’s second-highest governing board.


2 Months After Gay’s Resignation, Harvard Has Not Announced a Presidential Search Committee

Two months after Claudine Gay’s abrupt departure from the Harvard presidency, the University seems to be in no hurry to choose her successor. Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 has still not announced a presidential search committee to select the University’s 31st president, a delay that breaks from recent University tradition.


‘Keeper of the Keys’: Meet the Secretary of Harvard’s Secretive Governing Boards

Marc L. Goodheart ’81 is the most powerful person at Harvard no one has ever heard of.


Harvard Boards Meet on Campus to Discuss Corporation Vacancies, Presidential Search

Harvard’s governing boards are on campus over the weekend for their first in-person deliberations since former President Claudine Gay’s resignation last month, according to a person with knowledge of the meetings.


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