People

Archon Fung, Co-chair

Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, Harvard Kennedy School
Academic Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
Member of the Faculty of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Katrina Armstrong

Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Head of the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Katrina A. Armstrong, MD is the Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of Massachusetts General Hospital. She is an internationally recognized investigator in medical decision making, quality of care, and cancer prevention and outcomes, an award winning teacher, and a practicing primary care physician.

Ali Asani

Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program

Anita Berrizbeitia

Professor of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Iris Bohnet

Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Director of the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School

Mohan Boodram

Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Mohan Boodram, Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has held administrative positions in graduate admissions and financial aid since 1988. In his current role, he oversees the admissions process for 13,000 applicants to the 56 GSAS graduate programs, and the distribution of over $190M in financial aid to 4000+ graduate students each year.  

Patricia Byrne

Executive Dean, Harvard Divinity School

Pat Byrne is the executive dean of Harvard Divinity School, responsible for the operational and financial functions of the school. Pat has served in a variety of positions in higher education administration and policy, including several years in the system president’s office of the University of Massachusetts and an assignment on the educational policy staff of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.

Elson Callejas

Custodial Manager, Facilities Maintenance Operations

Elson Callejas has been with Campus Services, Facilities Management (FMO) since 2006.  Originally from Guatemala, he began his career with Harvardand not long after emigrating to the United States.  He began as a part-time custodian working his way up to a full-time custodial crew chief in 2011 and a custodial supervisor one year later.  Today, Elson is a Custodial Manager while also working towards his Associates in Applied Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Tez "Bank" Chantaruchirakorn

Associate Director for Special Projects, Office of the Provost

Tez “Bank” Chantaruchirakorn is the Associate Director for Special Projects in the Office of the Provost. In this role he supports a number of provostial and presidential priorities including academic and strategic planning for the Allston campus development and sexual assault prevention. He also organizes academic program reviews of interfaculty initiatives, runs executive searches, and manages special projects. 

Eric Chavez

Master of Business Administration ’18, Harvard Business School
Eric Chavez is a second year MBA student at Harvard Business School hailing from Austin, TX.

Daniel Cnossen

Master of Theological Studies ’18, Harvard Divinity School
Master in Public Administration ’16, Harvard Kennedy School

Dan Cnossen is a U.S. Paralympian and a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander. He is currently a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School, focusing on religion, ethics and politics.