The Alumni Council promotes and supports activities that connect alumni to each other, the School, and current students.
The Council serves in an advisory role to Harvard Medical School leaders by listening and responding to current issues. It also appoints, in consultation with the dean, the chair of alumni relations and the chair of alumni giving. The Council comprises members who are each elected by acclamation to a three-year term. The Council is currently focused on supporting the pipeline of physicians and leaders in medicine through mentorship programs fueled by MD alumni.
President
San Francisco, California
[Term on Council: 2022-2025]
Chasity D. Jennings-Nuñez, MD ’95
Vice President
Los Angeles, California
[Term on Council: 2022-2025]
Vice President-Elect
Berkeley, California
[Term on Council: 2024-2027]
Laura Torres, MD ’88 (Class of 1987)
Councilor-at-Large
Houston, Texas
[Term on Council: 2023-2026]
Councilor-at-Large
Charlotte, North Carolina
[Term on Council: 2022-2025]
Marc Sabatine, AB ’90, MD ’95, MPH ’02
Councilor-at-Large
Boston, Massachusetts
[Term on Council: 2024-2027]
Kirstin Woody Scott, MD ’20 (Class of 2019)
Councilor: First Pentad
Seattle, Washington
[Term on Council: 2023-2026]
Councilor: Second Pentad
Baltimore, Maryland
[Term on Council: 2024-2027]
Councilor: Second Pentad
Boston, Massachusetts
[Term on Council: 2024-2027]
Councilor: Third Pentad
Houston, Texas
[Term on Council: 2022-2025]
Nancy J. Wei, AB ’02, MD ’06, MMS ’12
Councilor: Fourth Pentad
Boston, Massachusetts
[Term on Council: 2023-2026]
Charmaine Smith Wright, AB ’99, MD ’03
Councilor: Fifth Pentad
Media, Pennsylvania
[Term on Council: 2024-2027]
Elbert S. Huang, AB ’92, MD ’96, MPH ’01
Councilor: Sixth Pentad
Chicago, Illinois
[Term on Council: 2022-2025]
Timothy D. Jenkins, AB ’88, MD ’92
Councilor: Seventh Pentad
Fontana, California
[Term on Council: 2023-2026]
Councilor: Eighth Pentad
Boston, Massachusetts
[Term on Council: 2023-2026]
Councilor: Ninth Pentad
Baltimore, Maryland
[Term on Council: 2024-2027]
Councilor: Ninth Pentad
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
[Term on Council: 2024-2027]
Councilor: Tenth and Beyond Pentads
Indianapolis, Indiana
[Term on Council: 2022-2025]
George Q. Daley, AB ’82, MD ’91, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
Chair of Alumni Relations
David W. Nierenberg, AB ’71, MD ’76
Chair of Alumni Giving
[Term on Council: 2022-2025]
Mary P. Mullen, AB ’83, AM ’87, MD ’87, PhD ’91
Graduate School Director, Harvard Alumni Association
(Representing HMS)
[Term on Council: 2023-2026]
Shira S. Simon, AB ’04, MD ’12 (Class of 2011), MBA ’12
Graduate School Director, Harvard Alumni Association
(Representing HMS)
[Term on Council: 2022-2025]
Alumni Council Nominations
Those elected by acclamation take office for a three-year term and are expected to attend three all-day meetings in Boston each year and possess a willingness to listen to fellow alumni and bring their interests and concerns to the Alumni Council. You can recommend an HMS alumna or alumnus (including yourself) via email.
Constitution and bylaws
The HMAA constitution was last ratified at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association on Friday, June 7, 2024.