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Harvard’s presidential search committee, including the 12 members of Harvard Corporation other than the president and three members of the Board of Overseers, today announced the membership of the faculty and staff advisory committees for the search. The composition of a third advisory committee, consisting of students from across the University, will be announced at a later date. The members of the faculty committee are:

“Harvard’s faculty are the lifeblood of our academic enterprise, and it will be invaluable to have the varied perspectives of such an outstanding group of faculty members as we pursue the search for Harvard’s next president,” said Penny Pritzker, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation and chair of the presidential search committee. “Their expertise across various disciplines and fields and their deep knowledge of different parts of Harvard will be integral to the search process, as we continue to seek out and benefit from the views of faculty, students, staff, alumni, and others with thoughts to share about the search.”

“It’s an honor to have the opportunity to work on this task with such remarkable colleagues from across the University,” said Fung, the faculty committee chair. “We will strive to advise the search committee on opportunities and challenges in this distinctive period, to encourage and facilitate input from colleagues throughout the University, and to develop illuminating faculty perspectives that help the search committee to find an excellent new president.”

The staff advisory committee consists of a subset of the University’s Administrative Council, which comprises the administrative deans of the various Schools along with senior officers in the central administration. The members of the committee are:

The members of the committee will play a lead role in soliciting advice related to the search from the much wider population of staff members throughout Harvard and in conveying key findings and observations to the search committee.

“Harvard wouldn’t and couldn’t be Harvard without the indispensable work of our staff members,” said Pritzker. “Their creativity, initiative, resilience, and adaptability have made a huge difference in navigating these past few years, and the search committee expects to learn a great deal from how staff members across the University see the possibilities ahead.”

“Searches like this one are pivotal moments of transition, and an important occasion to lift our sights beyond our day-to-day work and look forward,” said Weenick, who assumed her role as executive vice president this month after eight years as Harvard’s vice president for campus services. “The staff advisory committee will provide opportunities for staff from across the Schools and the central administration to share insights and aspirations that will benefit the search committee as it seeks to identify Harvard’s next leader.”

As noted in the message launching the search, members of the Harvard community are encouraged to send advice and nominations directly to the search committee in any of three ways:

The search committee will hold replies in confidence.

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