Harvard Business School alumni are invited to participate in Harvard University's elections for both the Board of Overseers and the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots will be mailed during the first week of April, and completed ballots must be received by noon on June 2. This year, voters will elect five members of the University's Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association.

Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard's two governing boards, the other being the President and Fellows, which is more commonly known as the Corporation. The Board has thirty members elected at large by Harvard degree holders in annual groups of five for six-year terms. The Overseers' chief roles are to visit the graduate schools, departments, and museums of the University to ensure that the University remains true to its Charter as a place of learning and to the institutional excellence to which Harvard aspires; to provide advice to the Corporation; to give formal consent to major initiatives as referred by the Corporation and to appointments; and to bring a long-range perspective to Harvard affairs through the varied competence and experience of their membership. This year's candidates are:

Aida M. Alvarez, AB '71 cum laude. Small Business Administration. Washington, DC.

Franklin W. Hobbs, AB '69 magna cum laude, MBA '72. Former Chairman, Warburg Dillon Read. New York, NY.

Andrew K. Ludwick, AB '67 cum laude, MBA '69. Founder and former President and CEO, Bay Networks, Inc.; Private Investor. Palo Alto, CA.

M. Lee Pelton, Ph.D. '84; BA '74, Wichita State University. President, Willamette University. Salem, OR.

Barbara Shultz Robinson, HRPBA '52; AB '51, Wellesley College. Chair, Ohio Arts Council. Columbus, OH.

Patti B. Saris, AB '73 magna cum laude, JD '76 cum laude. U.S. District Court Judge. Boston, MA.

Steven A. Schroeder, MD '64 cum laude; BA '60, Stanford University. President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Princeton, NJ.

Anne M. Sweeney, Ed.M. '80; AB '79, College of New Rochelle. President, Disney/ABC Cable Networks and the Disney Channel. Los Angeles, CA.

Candidates for HAA Director The purpose of the Harvard Alumni Association is to promote the welfare of Harvard University and to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between Harvard University and its alumni. The main work of the Association is carried out by standing committees of the Board of Directors, with each director serving on at least one committee. This year's candidates are:

Scott C. Collins, AB '87 magna cum laude, JD '90 cum laude. Principal, Summit Partners. Boston, MA.

Victoria Hamilton, AB '75 cum laude, MBA '79. Acting COO, Source Media, Inc.; Principal, Washington Advisory Group. New York, NY.

F. Barton Harvey, AB '71 magna cum laude, MBA '74. Chair and CEO, The Enterprise Foundation. Baltimore, MD.

Walter H. Morris, Jr., AB '73, MBA '75. Senior Manager, Ernst & Young. Washington, DC.

Felicia D. Phillips, SB '88. Sales Operations Manager, BellSouth Business. Atlanta, GA.

Eva M. Plaza, AB '80 cum laude; JD '84, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development. Washington, DC.

Susan M. Williams, AB '77 magna cum laude, JD '81. Partner, Williams, Janov & Cooney, PC. Albuquerque, NM.

Barbara J. Wu, Ph.D. '81; BA '75, Smith College. Homemaker. Chicago, IL.

John C. Yoo, AB '89 summa cum laude; JD '92, Yale Law School. Professor, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, CA.

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