Alumni / Alumnae Council

Banners with school shields, including HDS's, hanging in Harvard Yard on a sunny day

The HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) works with alumni volunteers and School leadership to create community among HDS alumni, build bridges between graduates and the HDS campus, and to connect Divinity School alumni to the University-wide Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). The AAC also serves as an advisory board to the School, as needed by the Dean or other members of the HDS faculty and administration.

Below are the AAC members for 2023–24:

Chairperson
Sahar Shahid, MDiv ’17 (London, UK)

Vice-Chairperson
Martha Kay (MK) Nelson, MTS ’05 (San Carlos, CA)

Alumni Representatives

Representatives with terms ending on June 30, 2024:

  • Jung Choi, MDiv ’03, ThD ’16 (Morrisville, NC)
  • Meighan Parker, MTS ’15 (Washington, DC)
  • Maryam Sharrieff, MTS ’08 (Cambridge, MA)
  • Andrew Taylor Peck, MDiv ’09 (Canton, OH)

Representatives with terms ending on June 30, 2025:

  • Brandon Crowley, MDiv ’11 (Boston, MA)
  • Sheila Glenn, MDiv ’08 (New York, NY)
  • Leila Kohler-Frueh, MDiv ’02 (Baltimore, MD)
  • Jordana (Jordi) Schuster Battis, MTS ’05 (Lexington, MA)

Representatives with terms ending on June 30, 2026:

  • Farris Blount III, MDiv ’17 (Memphis, TN)
  • Lori DiPrete Brown MTS ’88 (Madison, WI)
  • Willie Dwayne Francois III, MDiv ’12 (Pleasantville, NJ)
  • Katherine Hebert, MTS ’03 (Washington, D.C.)

School Appointed Directors to the HAA

Ex-officio members of the AAC

  • John Coggin, MTS ’11 (Nottingham, UK)
    Serving an HAA term through June 30, 2025
  • Rebecca Wilson Potter, MTS ’96 (Grand Rapids, MI)
    Serving an HAA term through June 30, 2026

Staff
 

  • Chandra Mohammed, associate director for alumni relations
    (ex-officio member of the
    AAC)
  • Kristin Ponteassistant director of alumni relations and annual giving
    (ex-officio member of the AAC)