Membership All matriculated students of Harvard's twelve graduate and professional schools are members of the HGC: •
Harvard Business School (HBS) •
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) •
Harvard Extension School (HES) •
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) •
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) •
Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) •
Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS) •
Harvard Law School (HLS) •
Harvard Medical School (HMS) •
Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) •
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) •
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Leadership The governing body of the HGC consists of an executive board, school representatives, and committee representatives. Currently, there are approximately 100 graduate and professional students serving on seven committees and 23 subcommittees within the Leadership Council. Council meetings are held throughout the fall and spring semesters, and are open to all students from Harvard's graduate and professional schools. The President of the Harvard Graduate Council is Brad Canales (HES), 2025–2026. The Inaugural President of the Harvard Graduate Council is Beata Zolovska (HMS), 2003–2004. The Inaugural (executive) Vice President is Gene Anthony III (HDS), 2011.
The Executive Board consists of: • President • Vice President • Chair of Operations • Chair of Finance • Chair of Information • Chair of Programming • Chair of Advocacy
Past Presidents • Dalton Fogarty (HBS), 2024–2025 • Brett Monson (HES), 2023–2024 • Carlos Gonzalez Sierra (HLS/HKS), 2022–2023 • Peter Choi (HMS), 2021–2022 • Chanthia Ma (HMS), 2020–2021 • Bryan O. Buckley (HSPH), 2019–2020 • Max Vani (GSAS), 2018–2019 • Kevin Tian (SEAS/GSAS), 2017–2018 • Peter Dyrud (GSAS/HKS), 2016–2017 • Mikal R. Mann (HGSE), 2015–2016 • Sudipta "Nila" Devanath (HLS), 2014–2015 • Philip Harding (HKS), 2013–2014 • Scott Chilton (GSAS), 2012–2013 • Joseph Pasqualichio (HBS), 2011–2012 • Pukar Malla (HKS), 2010–2011 • Aaron Chadbourne (HLS/HBS), 2009–2010 • Christopher Laconi (HKS/HBS), 2007–2009 • Cheng Zhu (HGSE), 2006–2007 • John Kalis (HDS), 2005–2006 • Mey Akashah (HSPH), 2004–2005 • Beata Zolovska-Lewis (HMS), 2003–2004
Past Vice Presidents • Brad Canales (HES), 2024–2025 • Idongesit Sampson (HSPH), 2023–2024 • Mayank Kumar (HDS), 2022–2023 • Himaja Nagireddy (HSPH), 2021–2022 • Joshua Freundel (HLS), 2020–2021 • Chanthia Ma (HMS), 2019–2020 • Daniel Egel-Weiss (HLS), 2018–2019 • Aric Fleming (HDS), 2017–2018 • Simeon Bochev (HBS), 2016–2017 • Dolly Amaya (HGSE), 2015–2016 • Helene Reola (HBS), 2014–2015 The Current Vice President is Cynthia J. Alvarado (HGSE), 2025–2026.
Past Chairs of Operations • Cherise Dunn (HSPS), 2024–2025 • Yuriko Nakamura (HSPH), 2023–2024 • Ulziijargal Sukhbaatar (HGSE) • Ji Soo Janet Park (HLS) • Tara Bassi (GSD) • Himaja Nagireddy (HSPH) • Esther H. Kim (HKS) • Tracie Gordon (HES) • Ornela Gjata • Alexander Rodriguez The Current Chair of Operations is Michael Gee (SEAS), 2025–2026.
Past Chairs of Finance • Cynthia J. Alvarado (HGSE), 2024–2025 • Dalton Fogarty (HBS), 2023–2024 • MJ Mehdi (HES/GSAS) • Kathleen Dillion (HGSE) • Brett Monson (HES) • Jeff Peacock (HKS) • Kelly Menjivar • Samual Pun • Kevin Tian • Yui Zhang The Current Chair of Finance is Juan Osbaldo Pastrana Martinez (HES), 2025–2026.
Past Chairs of Information • Esmeralda Aceituno (GSD), 2023–2025 • Gabriel Omar Pagan Gonzalez (GSAS) • Nima Shariat Zamanpour (GSD) • Heidi K. Brandow (GSD) • Achuth Krishnan "Krish" Sreedevi (HGSE) • Paul Tylkin (SEAS) • Akinwande Lalude (HKS) The Current Chair of Information is Sriya Surapaneni (HMS), 2025–2027.
Past Chairs of Programming • Rothsethamony Seng (HGSE), 2024–2025 • Aparajita Mridha (HKS), 2023–2024 • Prabhroop Chawla (HDS) • Shreya Verma (HGSE) • Estefania Garcia (HES) • Angela Han (HES) • Tracie Gordon (HES) • Matthew Schaeffer • Payum Noshiravan • Krishna Rajendren • Peter Dyrud • Dolly Amaya The Current Chair of Programming is Talia Patt (HGSE), 2025–2026.
Past Chairs of Advocacy • Curneisha Williams (HGSE), 2023–2024 • Janan Iranbomy (HKS) • Xavier Sayeed (HDS) • Abhinaya Narayanan (HKS) • Jasmin Frankel (HES) • Tre Tennyson (HGSE) • Dana Rassas • Natalie Yang • Tara Mayo • Nick Zhenner The Current Chairs of Advocacy are Victor Lee (HGSE), 2024–2027, and Hadi Fareed (HGSE), 2025–2026. ==Operations==