The HKS Alumni Board represents degree-program and professional and lifelong learning alumni with 22 volunteer members: 16 elected, 4 appointed, and 2 HAA representatives. The board strengthens global alumni connections by supporting alumni, students, and the school.
Elected members serve four-year terms, appointed members serve two-year terms, and HAA representatives serve three-year terms. Board committees focus on alumni networks, student recruitment and enrollment, reunions, awards, elections, communications, and career advancement, and meet twice yearly in Cambridge, MA.
Recent Updates
- August 2024 Letter from Kathy Hutson MPP 2004, Chair of Your Alumni Board
- HKS Alumni Board 2023–2024 Annual Report
- December 2023 Letter from Corina Santangelo MPA 1999, Chair of Your Alumni Board
- August 2023 Letter from Corina Santangelo MPA 1999, Chair of Your Alumni Board
- HKS Alumni Board 2022–2023 Annual Report
- Learn more about the Harvard admissions lawsuit
- December 2022 Letter from Corina Santangelo MPA 1999, Chair of Your Alumni Board
- August 2022 Letter from Corina Santangelo MPA 1999, Chair of Your Alumni Board
- HKS Alumni Board 2021–2022 Annual Report
- June 2021 Presentation from Inaugural Meeting of the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association
- May 2021 Letter from Jen Tutak MPA 2021, Chair of Your Alumni Board
- August 2020 Letter from Jen Tutak MPA 2012, Chair of Your Alumni Board
- June 2020 Resolution on George Floyd
To contact a member, please email us.
Executive Committee
Duriya Farooqui MPA/ID 2001
Chair
Atlanta, GA, United States
Ije Akunyili MPA/ID 2002
Vice Chair
Jersey City, NJ, United States
Corina Santangelo MPA 1999
Secretary
Mexico City, México
Bob Manson MPA 2004
Member-at-Large
Dublin, Ireland
Rod Miller MPP 2002
Member-at-Large
Miami, FL, United States
Members
Sabah Al-Sabah MC/MPA 2015
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Jorge Bedoya MPP 2003
Bogotá, Colombia
Recep Bildik MC/MPA 2007
Istanbul, Türkiye
Judith Bunnell MPP 1984
Washington, DC, United States
Susan Davenport NSF 2021
Gainesville, VA, United States
Yingjing Deng MC/MPA 2018
HAA Liaison
Arlington, MA, United States
David Grasso MPP 2009
Houston, TX, United States
Kathy Hutson MPP 2004
New Rochelle, NY, United States
Brittany Janis MC/MPA 2019
San Francisco, California, USA
Patrice Kunesh MC/MPA 2010
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Orondaam Otto MC/MPA 2022
Lagos, Nigeria
Khatuna Salukvadze MPA 2004
Cambridge, MA, United States
Tbilisi, Georgia
Roopal Thaker MPP 2003
HAA Liaison
Nairobi, Kenya
Shiho Togano MC/MPA 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine
Zheni Valcheva MC/MPA 2022
Cambridge, MA, USA
Dwiti Vikramaditya MC/MPA 2023
New Delhi, India
Jesse Wald MPA 2010
London, United Kingdom