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

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Speaker Spotlight: 
Thomas Allen Harris (AB '84)
Award-winning Director & President, Chimpanzee Productions

Chimpanzee's innovative and acclaimed films - Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014)Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela (2005), E Minha Cara/That's My Face (2001)VINTAGE - Families of Value (1995), - have received critical acclaim at international film festivals including Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, Frameline, FESPACO, Outfest, and Sithengi/Cape Town and have been broadcast on PBS, the Sundance Channel, ARTE, as well as CBC, Swedish broadcasting Network and New Zealand Television. Reviews of Harris' work have appeared in The New York TimesTime Magazine, Jay Z's Life and Times, Variety, and The Advocate, among others.

His latest film will start its theatrical run at Film Forum in New York City, August 27 (today). 
 
The film, as described in The New York Times, vividly portrays black history through A Kaleidoscope of Racial Imagery.

Join Thomas during our #HBAW2014 panel discussion:

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

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

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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

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

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. 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

 

Danice Woodley AB '00, JD '05

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

 

 

After Ferguson: Moment, Momentum, Movement


Confirmed Panelists:
 

James E. Johnson AB '83, JD '86

Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 

 

Brandon M. Terry AB '05

Assistant Professor of Political Science at The University of Chicago
Prize Fellow, Harvard University
(Moderator)
 

 

More Exciting Programming Announcements to Come! 

 

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Derrick Ashong AB '97 (hon)
A'Leila Bundles AB '74
Natalya Davis AB '03 (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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