14 Schools. Generations of Alumni. Reuniting as One. HBAW2014.
October 10-12, 2014 Cambridge, MA

We're excited to share our latest #HBAW2014 speakers below!
 
 
Tickets are going fast! 


In recognition of NY Fashion Week, we've shared two special speaker spotlights below. 
 
Speaker Spotlight: 
Ozwald Boateng, OBE
Fashion Designer, Ozwald Boateng, Founder and Trustee, Made in Africa Foundation


International Fashion Designer Ozwald Boateng is Founder of the brand Ozwald Boateng - 'Bespoke Couture Ltd'. Celebrating over 25 years in fashion, Ozwald Boateng conceived a new silhouette and palette for international menswear; creating a concept of style and luxury for men not previously envisaged but desired by men everywhere.  Previously, he held the position of Creative Director of Givenchy Homme. He began making bespoke suits in the 1980's and is widely credited with introducing Savile Row tailoring to a new generation. In 1994, he was the first tailor to stage a catwalk show in Paris during Paris Fashion week. Boateng's many clients include Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Daniel Day Lewis, Russell Crowe, Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Spike Lee, and Mick Jagger.

He was recently awarded a honorary degree for 'An Outstanding Contribution to the Clothing and Fashion industries', Named as one of the Most Influential Londoners by the Evening Standard and awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2006 Queen's New Year's Honours.

Ozwald Boateng also co-founded Made In Africa Foundation, in 2011 alongside Kola Aluko and Atlantic Energy. The Foundation was set up to support and fund master plans and feasibility studies for transformational and large scale developments and infrastructure projects across the African continent, introducing a funding mechanism to assist successful businesses in Africa to transform their existing investments and prospects and give Africa Independence through development and infrastructure.
  
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"Ozwald Boateng was the youngest and first black tailor to have a shop on London's prestigious Savile Row, a street renowned for its fine tailoring, where the world's royalty come for their attire.

Boateng also dresses athletic and Hollywood royalty. Actor Laurence Fishburne once said, 'When you wear an Ozwald Boateng suit, you become a statesman of cool.' Boateng is also a statesman for something else: the future development of Africa." -- NPR 

  

"During his meteoric career, Ozwald Boateng's been called the coolest man on Earth, and the fashion world's best-kept secret." -- The Huffington Post   



Join Ozwald during our #HBAW2014 panel discussion:

A New Africa: A Fresh Look Through a New Prism

Check out the latest confirmed panels & speakers below!

 
Speaker Spotlight: 
Claire Sulmers (AB '03)
Founder, The Fashion Bomb 

Claire Siobhan Sulmers (AB '03) is a writer and editor based in New York City. Her editorial work, which focuses on fashion, beauty, and health, has appeared in Real Simple, Newsweek, New York, and Essence magazines and on the websites of Paris and Italian Vogue.

In August 2006, Claire founded the blog The Fashion Bomb, a daily destination for the multicultural fashionista. From celebrity style to fashion news, trend reports to street style, the blog delivers fresh, engaging content from an informed point of view. With 2.4 million monthly visitors, The Fashion Bomb made Ebony Magazine's 2011 Power 100 List, while Claire was named Black Blogger of the Month by Black Enterprise, and was dubbed Blogger of the Moment by Teen Vogue. The Fashion Bomb won Judges Vote for Best Fashion & Style Blog in the 2009 Black Weblog Awards and made the list for Signature 9's 99 Most Influential Style Blogs. In June 2012, Claire won Blogger of the Year in the 2012 Style Blogger of Color Awards. Well respected in the industry, The Fashion Bomb has been referenced in New York Magazine, featured in Glamour, and quoted in Time. Claire is a regular contributor to InStyle.com and Vogue.it.  

Join Claire during our #HBAW2014 panel discussion:

Letters to An Entrepreneur

Check out the latest confirmed panels & speakers below!


Frank Cooper III JD '90

Chief Marketing Officer, Global Consumer Engagement, PepsiCo
 

Stephanie D. Wilson SB '88

NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut 

Antonio 'L.A.' Reid AMP '98 

Chairman and CEO, Epic Records Group

Head Coach Tommy Amaker
and the Harvard Crimson Men's Basketball Team

Student Creators of the "I, Too, Am Harvard" Campaign
 

Pastor Delman Coates MDV '98

Senior Pastor, Mt. Ennon Baptist Church and Maryland Lt. Governor Candidate 

 

Michael Gary EdM '95

Director of Admissions, Phillips Exeter Academy
 

Valentino D. Carlotti MBA '92

Senior Partner and Head of Institutional Client Group, Goldman Sachs & Co.
 

Dr. Luther T. Clark AB '71, MD '75

Global Director for Scientific Affairs (GDSA) for Cardiovascular & Atherosclerosis, Merck & Co.

 
Brian D. Mathis JD '92, MPA '92

Founding Partner, Pine Street Alternative Asset Management

 


(The panels, titles and descriptions below are not final and subject to change)

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Harvard at 378: An Examination of the State of Affairs at Harvard University

A discussion on the evolution of Diversity, Teaching and Admissions at Harvard University. A Harvard University Professors and Administration panel.

Confirmed Panelists:

Professor Henry "Skip" Gates, Jr.

Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., University Professor; Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University
 

Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.

Jesse Climenko Professor of Law; Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
 

David L. Evans

 Senior Admissions Officer, Harvard College

  

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The New Africa: A Fresh Look Through a New Prism

A landmark discussion of modern day Africa from a business, social, political and philanthropic perspective
 

Confirmed Panelists:

Patrice Motsepe 

Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals, Ltd.

Ozwald Boateng, OBE 

Fashion Designer, Ozwald Boateng, Founder and Trustee, Made in Africa Foundation

Funke Opeke

CEO, MainOne

Teresa Clarke AB '84, JD '87, MBA '88

Chairman and CEO, Africa.com LLC
(Moderator) 

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The Education Crisis: Bridging the Gap

 

Confirmed Panelists:

Dr. Karen L. Mapp Ed.D '99
Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard School of Education

Jessie Woolley-Wilson MBA '90
Chair, President & CEO of Dreambox Learning

Kwame Owusu-Kesse AB '06, MPP, MBA '12

COO, Harlem Children's Zone


Enoch Woodhouse AB '07
CEO, St. HOPE Public Schools

(Moderator) 
 

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Lean in or Lean Black: What Does "Lean In" Mean for Women of Color?


Confirmed Panelists:
 

Sarah Curtis Henry MBA '06
VP, Head of Marketing, PR & Education at Guerlain U.S.(LVMH)

Rozlyn L. Anderson AB '73, JD '80
Philanthropic Advisor for Gift Planning, Princeton University

Adrienne Kelly Lumpkin MBA '83
President, Alternate Access, Inc.

Heather Johnston AB '86
Senior Manager of Communications + Alumni Affairs, International Culinary Center

Morgan Kelly Radford AB '09
Anchor, Al Jazeera America
(Moderator)

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Letters to An Entrepreneur

Confirmed Panelists:

Chris-Tia Donaldson AB '00, JD '03
Founder & CEO, Thank God It's Natural

Nnamdi Okike AB '02, JD, MBA '09
Founder, 645 Ventures

Kofi N. Kankam AB '97, M.Ed '98
CEO & Co-Founder, Admit Advantage, Inc.

James H. Lowry MBA '73
President, James H. Lowry & Associates & Senior Advisor to BCG

Claire Sulmers AB '03
Founder, The Fashion Bomb

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Health and Healthcare in the Black Community


Confirmed Panelists:
 

Dr. JudyAnn Bigby MD '78

Former Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (MA)
Director of Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women's Health 


Dr. Felton Earls

Research Professor of Human Behavior and Development, HSPH,
& Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus, HMS 

 

Dr. Cara James AB '97, PhD '06

Director of the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

 

Hakeem Rahim AB '02 

Youth Mental Health Advocate

 

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Blacks in Technology: The Disparity and the Opportunity


Confirmed Panelists:
 

Kobie Fuller AB '02

Partner, Accel Partners

Lisa Jones Johnson AB '79, JD '82 

President & CEO, SafeTCOMM, Inc


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Our New Narrative: Black Content & Media for the 21st Century


Confirmed Panelists:
 

Thomas Allen Harris AB '84

Founder & President, Chimpanzee Productions

Franklin Leonard AB '00

Founder & CEO, The Black List
 

Alan Jenkins AB '85, JD '89

Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda

 

Danice Woodley AB '00, JD '05

Senior Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs, Miramax
(Moderator) 

 

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After Ferguson: Moment, Momentum, Movement


Confirmed Panelists:
 

James E. Johnson AB '83, JD '86

Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 

 

Brandon M. Terry AB '05

Prize Fellow in Economics, History and Politics &

Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Social Studies,
Harvard University
(Moderator)
  

 

More Exciting Programming Announcements to Come! 

 

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Derrick Ashong AB '97 (hon)
A'Lelia Bundles AB '74
Natalya Davis AB '04 (hon)
Avarita L. Hanson AB '75
Ethel "Ellie" Hylton AB '13
Sharon E. Jones AB '77, JD '82
Lisa Jones Johnson AB '79, JD '82
Henry W. McGee III AB '74, MBA '79
Mary Johnson Osirim AB '76, PhD '90
Kwame Owusu-Kesse AB '06, MPP, MBA '12
Dr. Sean Pierce AB '89, MD '94
Kenneth A. Powell MBA '74
Nicole Sanchez (Laws) AB '06, MBA '10
Patience Singleton MPP, JD '96
R. John Smith AB '80
Brandon M. Terry AB '05
Allysunn Walker Williams AB '86
Timothy A. Wilkins AB '86, MBA '91, JD '93
George Yeadon AB '75



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