Leadership
H4A has a large leadership team, with dozens of alumni volunteer leaders and a part-time, paid digital communications coordinator. H4A is governed by a global Board of Directors. Board members serve two-year terms and are elected by the membership. The board appoints the Executive Committee, comprising the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Executive Committee oversees the Management Team, which includes Chapter Heads and Committee Heads. Finally, the President periodically convenes an Advisory Council, which includes past H4A leaders.
2023 Board of Directors
Chair: Athena Lao AB '12
Stanley Fang MBA ‘12
Wendy Hanamura AB '83
Jenny Korn MPP '98
Om Lala AB ‘06 MD ‘12 MBA ‘12
Lange Luntao AB '12
Darshak Sanghavi AB '92
Nina Tao MBA '99
Wilfred Yeung AB ‘05 SM ‘05
2023 Management Team
Executive Committee
President: Athena Lao AB '12
Vice President: Peter Shimamoto JD '85
Secretary: Lange Luntao AB ’12
Treasurer: Eugene Shen AB '93
Committee Chairs
Digital Communications Coordinator: Shwe Win College ‘25 (reports to the President)
Membership Chair: Alex J. Lee AB '06 AM '06
Mentorship Chairs: Nicolas Xu AB '20, James Kim ALB '18
Regulatory Co-Chairs: Kay Hashimoto AB ’98, Tony Chan JD '03
Reunion Chair: Dennie Kim AB '07
Summit Chair: Darshak Sanghavi AB ‘92
University Affairs Chairs: Margaret Chin AB '84 and Jeannie Park AB '83
Webmaster: William Yao AB ‘21
Chapter Heads
Boston: Darshak Sanghavi AB ‘92, Hideko Tachibana AB '13
New York: Alex Lee, AB '06 AM '06, Eric William Lin AB '09
Los Angeles / SoCal: Peter Shimamoto JD '85, Hamilton Chan AB '95 JD '99
Philadelphia: Christine Hu Barchick AB ‘13
San Francisco / Northern California: Jia Han AB ‘05
Washington, D.C.: Yuhsien S. Wu Ed.M ’15, Event Coordinator Wes Lam ALB ‘17
Advisory Council
Eric Yeh AB ’98 SM ’98, Founding President
Jeannie Park AB '83, Immediate Past President
Mukesh Prasad AB '93, Past VP
Bill Yao AB 90, Past President
Leadership Alumni
We sincerely thank our leadership alumni for their service in the following positions and for their ongoing contributions to HAAAA:
Jeannie Park AB '83 - President (2016-2022)
Neal Adolph Akatuska AM ‘13, ALM ‘18 - Webmaster (2016-2022)
Rachna Dhanda Balakrishna AB ‘91 - Boston Chapter Co-Chair (2022-2023)
Mukesh Prasad AB '93 - Board of Directors (2015-2021), VP (2017-2020)
Simi Shah AB '19 - Secretary (2020-2021)
Christine Josephine Hu AB '13 - VP Chapter Development (2014 - 2021)
Eric William Lin AB '09 - Board of Directors (2020-2021)
Ed Park AB '87 - Vice President (2010-2017), Board of Directors (2010-2020)
Ivy Yan AB JD '20 - Board of Directors (2017-2020)
Jinhee Ahn Kim AB '85 - VP (2018-2019); Board of Directors (2017-2019), Summit Co-Chair (2014)
Monica Lee AB '88 - Summit Pitch Comp Founder (2014), Board of Directors (2014-2019)
Amy Chu MBA '99 - Board of Directors (2014-2019)
Junko Kim GSE '05 - Outreach Co-Chair (2014-2015)
Joyce Yan Zhang AB '09 - Outreach Co-Chair (2009-2014)
Nancy Kim AB '97 - Membership Co-Chair (2014-2016)
Carey Hsu AB '01 - Membership Chair (2008-2016)
Diana Miao AB '14 - Secretary (2014-2017)
Ojas Tejani AB '99 - Treasurer (2009-2014)
Bill Yao AB '90 - President (2014-2017)
Jacki Chou AB ’07 - Communications Chair (2008-2014)
Christine Josephine Hu AB '13 - Students Chair (2012-2014)
Theresa "Tree" Loong AB ’94 - Alumni Outreach Chair (2010-2012), Communications Chair (2008-2014)
Hye-Won Choi AB '85 - Summit Co-Chair (2014)
Yuming Zou AB ’03 - Mentorship Chair (2010-2012)
Fang Yuan AB ’07 - Awards Chair (2010-2012)
Joyce Yan Zhang AB ’09 - Public Service Chair (2010-2012)
Rui Dong AB ’05 - Program Chair (2010-2012)
Jinger Zhao AB ’04 - Program Chair (2010-2012) NY Head (2012-2013)
Eugene Kim AB ’01 - Regulatory Chair (2010-2012)
Paula Fernandez AB '99 - L.A. Head (2009-2014)
Vicki Chou AB '02 JD '06- Secretary (2009-2013)