Alumni Council

The Alumni Council promotes and supports activities that connect alumni to each other, the School, and current students.

The Council serves a consultative and advisory role to the dean of Harvard Medical School by listening and responding to current issues. It also appoints, in consultation with the dean, the chair of alumni relations and the chair of the Alumni Fund. The Council comprises members who are each elected to a three-year term.

The Council is currently making strides within three areas of focus: diversity, idealism, and community.

Constitution and bylaws

The HMAA constitution was last ratified at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association on Friday, June 2, 2017. Download the constitution [PDF; 7 pages; 752KB] »
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	President Elizabeth Petri Henske, MD ’85 Cambridge, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2015-2019]
	President-Elect Michael Rosenblatt, MD ’73 Newton Centre, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2016-2020]
	Immediate Past President James J. O’Connell III, MD ’82 Charlestown, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2014-2017]
	Vice President Nancy Oriol, MD ’79 Cambridge, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2016-2019]
	Councilor At Large Jennifer Y. Chen, AB ’03, MD ’09 Brookline, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2016-2019]
	Councilor At Large Lakshmi Halasyamani, MD ’93 Chicago, Illinois [Term on Council: 2017-2020]
	Councilor At Large Alfred Sommer, MD '67 Baltimore, Maryland [Term on Council: 2018-2021]
	Councilor: First Pentad Classes of 2012–2016 Jacqueline Boehme, MD ’15 Boston, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2017-2020]
	Councilor: Second Pentad Classes of 2008–2012 Joanna "Mimi" Choi, MD '09 Los Angeles, California [Term on Council: 2018-2021]
	Councilor: Third Pentad Classes of 2001-2008 Fidencio Saldaña, MD ’01, MPH ’05 Roslindale, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2016-2019]
	Councilor: Fourth Pentad Classes of 1997–2001 Jennifer Mack, MD ’98, MPH ’05 Brookline, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2017-2020]
	Councilor: Fifth Pentad Classes of 1993–1997 Allison L. McDonough, MD '97 Newton, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2018-2021]
	Councilor: Sixth Pentad Classes of 1986-1993 Wanda Barfield, MD ’89, MPH ’90 Tucker, Georgia [Term on Council: 2016-2019]
	Councilor: Seventh Pentad Classes of 1982–1986 Toren Finkel, MD ’83, PhD ’86 Bethesda, Maryland [Term on Council: 2017-2020]
	Councilor: Eighth Pentad Classes of 1977–1981 Robert Barbieri, MD ’77 Wellesley, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2017-2020]
	Councilor: Ninth Pentad Classes of 1973–1977 Ted R. Kohler, AB ’72, MD ’76 Mercer Island, Washington [Term on Council: 2018-2021]
	Councilor: Tenth and Beyond Pentads Classes of 1972 and earlier Marshall Wolf, AB ’58, MD ’63 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts [Term on Council: 2016-2019]

In addition to the elected members of the Council, representatives to the Harvard Alumni Association and four ex-officio members sit at meetings.

(in alphabetical order)

	Harold Burstein, AB ’86, MD ’90, AM ’94, PhD ’94 Director, Harvard Alumni Association (Representing Harvard Medical School)
	George Q. Daley, AB ’82, MD ’91, PhD Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
	Tamara R. Fountain, MD ’88 Chair of the Alumni Fund
	A.W. Karchmer, MD ’64 Chair of Alumni Relations
	Laurence E. Paul, AB ’86, MD ’90 Director, Harvard Alumni Association (Representing Harvard Medical School)

The Alumni Council promotes and supports activities that connect alumni to each other, the School, and current students.

Constitution and bylaws

Elected Representatives

Ex-officio members

2019 Alumni Council Nominations