Co-presidents
Reo Hayashizaki ’26
Reo is a 2L pursuing a dual JD/MPH degree. He is deeply passionate about addressing the challenges facing the healthcare field. Prior to HLS, he was a financial analyst at a hospital system in Oklahoma. In Oklahoma, he was also a peer mentor at a pediatric rehabilitation hospital helping kids with disabilities transition to a new normal after a traumatic event. As co-president of DLSA, he hopes to increase collaboration between the disability organizations at Harvard and other schools in the Cambridge/Boston area.
Jackie O’Neil ’26
Jackie is a 2L from Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from Stanford University in 2021 and then spent two years engaged in research and advocacy at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She spent her 1L summer in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and plans to pursue a career in civil rights and racial justice law. Jackie is passionate about ensuring that all disabled students have an equal opportunity to thrive at school and beyond, and her on-campus priorities include creating an inclusive and welcoming space for disabled students and allies.
External Affairs Director
Nate Webster ’26
Nate Webster is a 2L from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Nate graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served for 11 years on active duty. Nate is a Co-President of the Boston Chapter of Pat Tillman Scholars.
Internal Affairs Director
Angela Li ’25
Angela (she/her) is a 3L from sunny San Diego, California. Admitted through Harvard’s Junior Deferral Program, Angela spent her pre-law days as a computer science major at Caltech and a software engineer at Facebook (“Meta”). Angela’s hobbies include wondering what her dog is thinking (likely nothing), telling embellished Silicon Valley stories, and doing outdoor workouts. As DLSA president and a person with an invisible disability, Angela’s priorities are to eradicate stigma for disabled students, bolster disabled visibility and representation in the legal field, and advocate for accessibility for equal opportunity for disabled students in the legal field.
Individual Advocacy Directors
Samantha Slack ’25
Gabrielle Lewis ’26
Sponsorship Directors
Jason Lee ’25
Jason is a rising 3L from Toronto, Canada and a graduate of the University of Waterloo. He previously worked at the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, where he worked on raising awareness of hearing loss issues among young people. He also worked in the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Government of Canada on workplace accommodation-related matters.
Finance Director
Eliza Davis ’25
Eliza (she/her) is a 3L from Southern California. She holds a B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Louisiana State University, Shreveport. Prior to law school, Eliza served as a Teach for America Corps Member in Greenville, Mississippi. At Harvard, Eliza is on the board for the Harvard Graduate Student Union, the Harvard Mediation Project, and the Women’s Law Association. She is passionate about economic justice issues and will be doing consumer protection work in New York after graduation. Eliza believes a budget is a statement of values and will bring that perspective and an emphasis on transparency to her work as DLSA’s Finance Director.
Communications Directors
Bailey Bogle ’26
Bailey is a 2L from North Carolina. She graduated from Duke University in 2020, where she studied English and philosophy. During undergrad, Bailey founded the Duke American Sign Language club, helping to bring ASL education to campus while advocating for greater Deaf accessibility. She then worked full-time in student affairs to reduce the incidences of relationship violence and sexual misconduct at Duke. Bailey spent her 1L summer interning at the EDNY USAO (criminal division) and will spend her 2L summer at a litigation boutique. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading lit fic, and rewatching Community.