Anna Albuquerque
President

Anna is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Finance from Florida International University and worked at a boutique law firm in Miami, where she was first introduced to commercial litigation and confirmed her passion for practicing law. During her 2L summer, Anna worked in Winston & Strawn’s Miami office and will return to the firm after graduation to join its complex commercial litigation department.

Derek Wu
President

Derek is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated cum laude with high honors from Harvard College in 2021, concentrating in Economics with a secondary in Government. Prior to law school, Derek worked as an investment banking analyst at Citi in the Mergers and Acquisitions group. He spent his 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and 1L summer on the investment team at Stagwell in New York City.

Bobby Pedersen
Chief of Staff

Bobby is a JD/MBA Candidate at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown with majors in Finance and International Political Economy & Business. Prior to law school, Bobby worked as an investment banking analyst at Evercore in the Industrials M&A group. He spent his summer in the Restructuring group at Paul, Weiss.

Zach Springer
Chief Engagement Officer

Zach is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, with BAs in Economics and Political Science and a minor in Philosophy. He spent his 1L summer at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago and his 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City.

Shriya Srikanth
Chief Communications Officer

Shriya is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated with Highest Honors with a dual degree in Information Sciences and Marketing from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Prior to law school, she founded two startups. She spent her 1L summer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Kayla Williams
Chief Development Officer

Kayla Williams is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She earned her B.A. in Economics and African American Studies from Georgetown University in 2020. Prior to law school, Kayla worked in commercial real estate investment at JPMorgan Chase and KKR, and later served as a research associate at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C. She spent her 1L summer with Priority Sports & Entertainment in Chicago.

Matt Hirschfeld
Chief Financial Officer

Matthew is a JD/MBA Candidate at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. Matthew attended Harvard College where he studied Chemistry and Computer Science, graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and with Highest Honors. Prior to law school, Matthew worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley in New York, followed by various investing roles.

Henry Dai
Chief Operations Officer

Henry is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service in 2022 with a degree in International Political Economy. Prior to law school, he worked as a desk analyst on Barclay’s Distressed Debt Trading team. He spent his 1L summer at Milbank in New York.

Nina Cubero
Director, Communications

Nina is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Yale University with a double major in Economics and Psychology. Prior to law school, Nina worked as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company. Nina spent her 1L and 2L summers at Kirkland & Ellis in Miami.

Brooke Harrington
Director, Communications

Brooke is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Amherst College in 2022 with a B.A. in Political Science. Prior to law school, she worked as a paralegal at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. She split her 1L summer between the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. 

Lauryn Wang
Director, Communications

Lauryn is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in History and minors in Community Engagement & Social Change and Asian American Studies. Prior to law school, Lauryn was a sports journalist covering NCAA men’s and women’s basketball and football. She spent her 1L summer at Major League Baseball in the Intellectual Property legal department.

Abraham Shalizi
Director, Professional Development

Abraham is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from UCLA in 2021 with a degree in Political Science. Prior to law school, Abraham worked in real estate private equity and venture capital. He spent his 2L summer on the Restructuring team at Guggenheim and split his 1L summer between the private equity firm Housatonic Partners and Goodwin.

Senniah Mason
Director, Professional Development

Senniah is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Business of Entertainment, Media, & Technology. She also earned her M.Sc. in Politics and Communication with merit from the London School of Economics. Prior to law school, Senniah worked as a commercial litigation paralegal at Holwell Shuster & Goldberg in New York City. She spent her 1L summer at Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole in Los Angeles.

Thomas Reuter
Director, Professional Development

Thomas is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with a B.A. in Political Science and Constitutional Law and holds an M.A. from the University of Chicago Divinity School. Prior to law school, Thomas worked as a litigation paralegal at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He spent his 1L summer at Kirkland & Ellis in Boston, focusing on private equity M&A.

Noah Wintman
Director, Operations

Noah is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Public Policy Studies. Prior to law school, he worked as a management consultant at the international consultancy, Kearney. He spent his 1L summer at Martin Kenney & Co, a boutique firm specializing in cross-border multi-jurisdiction fraud investigations and asset recovery. He spent his 2L summer at Skadden.

Jake Haston
Director, Operations

Jake is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from Auburn University in 2023 with a degree in Journalism. Jake also served as Student Body President at Auburn during his undergraduate studies. Prior to law school, Jake worked in the legal department of a large construction company. He spent his 1L summer with King & Spalding.

Claire Rider
Director, Operations

Claire is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated summa cum laude from UC Berkeley in 2022 with a BA in Anthropology & American Studies and was recognized as a University Medal Finalist, one of the top five graduates in her class. Prior to law school, Claire worked as Head of Strategy and Operations for a startup nonprofit called The Farmlink Project. She spent her 1L summer at the Corporate Accountability Lab in Chicago.

Jordyn Allen
Director, Conferences

Jordyn is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated summa cum laude and Valedictorian from the Howard University School of Business in 2023 with a B.B.A. in Marketing. Prior to law school, Jordyn worked as a Policy Specialist at Google in Austin, Texas, where she focused on policy development for Google generative AI products. She spent her 1L summer at Gibson Dunn in Dallas and as a legal intern for the ACLU of Florida.

Madison DiLenge
Director, Conferences

Madison is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated summa cum laude from the College of William & Mary in 2020 with a degree in Economics and Finance. Before law school, Madison worked on litigation and government investigations involving antitrust, market manipulation, and cryptocurrency matters as a Research Associate at Cornerstone Research. Before Cornerstone, she worked as a Legal Analyst at Two Sigma Investments, LP. She spent her 1L summer in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Sam Malhotra
Director, Conferences

Sam is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated from Cornell University in 2022, where he majored in Policy Analysis and Management and minored in Business. Prior to law school, Sam spent two years working as a Wealth Management Analyst for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. He spent his 1L summer at Cahill in New York City.

Swati Vipperla
Director, Sponsorship

Swati is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated summa cum laude from Penn State University in 2021 with a B.S. in Finance and minors in the Legal Environment of Business and Information, Sciences & Technology. Prior to law school, she was an Investment Banking Analyst at Deutsche Bank in its Global Industrials Group, where she focused on the automotive and transportation verticals. She spent her 1L Summer at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and her 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine, & Moore in New York City.

Portia Inzone
Director, Sponsorship

Portia is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 2024 with an Honours degree in Management and Philosophy. She spent her 1L summer at Juno, a student-focused startup founded by Harvard Business School graduates that leverages collective bargaining to secure more affordable student loan rates.

Timothy McDonald
Director, Sponsorship

Tim is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated magna cum laude from Howard University with a B.S. in chemical engineering. Prior to law school, Tim worked as a technical specialist and patent agent at Venable. He then went on to work as an SEO Intern at Weil in D.C. where he rotated through patent litigation, CCL, and antitrust. He spent his 1L summer at Goodwin Proctor in DC.

Emily Eagleton
Director, Social & Social Good

Emily is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. Prior to HLS, she worked at Ropes & Gray in New York as a private funds paralegal. She spent her 2L summer back at Ropes & Gray in New York. During her 1L summer, Emily worked at MIT Investment Management Company, where she continues to work during the academic year.

Kaitlyn Hanson
Director, Social & Social Good

Kaitlyn is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Duke University in 2024 with a B.S. in Psychology, a B.A. in English, and a minor in Sociology. Prior to law school, she worked with nonprofit organizations focused on addressing gender-based violence. Kaitlyn was also part of a research team at Duke Law investigating the impact of trauma-informed judicial practices on the experiences of youth within the North Carolina juvenile justice system. She spent her 1L summer at Greenberg Traurig in her home city of Orlando, Florida.

Tyler Windsor
Director, Social & Social Good

Tyler is a first-year at Harvard Law School. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in Commerce. Prior to law school, Tyler worked for three years as a litigation paralegal at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he focused on antitrust matters and general commercial disputes.

Toibat Ayankundi
Director, Diversity & Inclusion

Toibat Ayankunbi is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. She is originally from Maplewood, New Jersey, and graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University–New Brunswick with a B.A. in Political Science and minors in Economics and American Studies. Before law school, she worked in entertainment law at Condé Nast. Toibat spent her 2L summer at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C., and her 1L summer split between Kirkland & Ellis in New York and Verizon in D.C. Her legal interests include copyright and trademark litigation, as well as investigations.

Ehime Ohue
Director, Diversity & Inclusion

Ehime is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Duke University in 2020 with a B.A. in Public Policy Studies and an Innovation and Entrepreneurship certificate. Before law school, Ehime worked as a Customer Success Associate at a healthcare tech startup, EngagedMD, and as a Litigation Paralegal at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in their Washington, D.C. office. She spent her 1L summer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Warburg Pincus in New York City. She spent her 2L summer in the New York City Offices of Paul, Weiss and Cleary Gottlieb. On campus, Ehime also holds leadership and board positions in the Black Law Students Association, Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project, Women’s Law Association, and Harvard Defenders.

Danielle Geathers
Director, Diversity & Inclusion

Danielle is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2022 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a concentration in Product Development. While at MIT, she made history as the first Black woman elected as student body president, serving two consecutive terms. Before law school, Danielle worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company in their New Jersey office. She spent her 1L summer at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. Danielle currently serves on the MIT Corporation and the COOP Board of Directors.

Ben Apple
Director, Treks

Ben is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated from the University of Florida in 2024 with a B.A. in Political Science. Prior to law school, Ben worked for two years at DLA Piper as an intern with the firm’s real estate group. He split his 1L summer between DLA Piper in New York City and in Boston. 

Jasmine Bacchus
Director, Treks

Jasmine is a second-year JD/MBA student at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. She graduated from Brown University in with B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and the University of Oxford with an MSc in Social Science of the Internet. Prior to law school Jasmine was part of Microsoft’s Corporate Development team Microsoft, where she worked on M&A deals and venture investments. She spent her 1L summer at Gunderson Dettmer in Boston.

Lia Kapani
Director, Alumni Relations

Lia is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated cum laude from The University of Chicago in 2020 with a B.A. in Economics and graduated from UChicago’s Booth School of Business with an M.B.A. in Finance in 2021. Prior to law school, she led the Public Sector Investment Strategy team for the Chicago Mayor’s Office, which focused on attracting research funding for the private sector, investing in commercial development across the city, and aiding in post-COVID small business recovery. She spent her 1L summer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and her 2L summer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Tony Kim
Director, Alumni Relations

Tony is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, where he got his B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science. Prior to law school, Tony worked as a machine learning engineer in SambaNova Systems, where he researched and trained state-of-the-art AI large language models. He spent his 1L summer at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. and his 2L summer at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City. 

Collette Kanbarian
Director, Alumni Relations

Colette is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from the University of Southern California in 2023 with a B.A. in International Relations Global Business. Before law school, Colette worked as a Paralegal Clerk at Greenberg Traurig in Los Angeles. She spent her 1L summer as a judicial extern at the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 

Adam Bazzi
1L Representative, Operations

Adam is a first-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business with a degree in Business Administration, where he also served as a strategy and accounting tutor. Prior to law school, he worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, focusing on corporate and portfolio strategy projects in the automotive, consumer, and packaging sectors.

Soh Bhattacharjee
1L Representative, Operations

Sohini (Soh) is a first-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Fordham University with a double major in Economics and Political Science, with a concentration with Econometrics. Following graduation, she worked as a Corporate Paralegal and Corporate Paralegal Supervisor at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz, where she focused on M&A, antitrust and restructuring matters.

Ryyan Pritchett
1L Representative, Communications

Ryyan is a first-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Harvard College in 2023 with a B.A. in Sociology. Prior to law school, she worked as an educator for Aldine Independent School District in Houston,Texas where she taught Reading/Language Arts to beginner and intermediate bilingual students. Her work earned her District Rookie Teacher of the Year for Secondary Education.

Bella Bagatelos
1L Representative, Alumni Relations

Bella is a first-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated magna cum laude from The University of Chicago in 2020 with a B.A. in Cinema & Media Studies with Honors. Prior to law school, Bella worked at a boutique talent management firm in Los Angeles, representing film and television writers and directors.

Lisa Moomaw
1L Representative, Treks

Lisa is a first-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Tulane University with a B.A. in Political Science in 2023. Prior to law school, Lisa worked as an investment banking analyst in the Real Estate, Lodging and Leisure group at UBS in New York City.

Justice Crawford
1L Representative, Diversity & Inclusion

Justice is a first-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from University of Southern California in 2025 with a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.S. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Before law school, Justice worked on several pro bono, student-run marketing campaigns for companies such as Erewhon and Coca-Cola. He also interned in the Legal and Business Affairs department at HBO Max within Warner Bros. Discovery.

Chelsea Hamlet
1L Representative, Professional Development

Chelsea is a first-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Duke University in 2020 with a B.A. in Public Policy Studies and a minor in Global Health. Prior to law school, Chelsea worked in various roles spanning investment banking, strategy & operations management, venture capital investing, and startups. 

Josh Kauderer
1L Representative, Professional Development

Josh is a JD/MBA Candidate at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He holds an A.B. in History and Government from Dartmouth College, where he graduated magna cum laude with honors. Before law school, Josh worked in management consulting at Bain & Company and in private equity at Sycamore Partners.

Layse Dias
LLM Representative, Conferences

Layse is an LL.M. candidate at Harvard Law School, focusing on Corporate law and M&A. Before coming to HLS, Layse was working for over five years at BMA Advogados, Brazil’s leading corporate firm, advising on domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, restructurings, disputes and corporate governance matters. She earned her LL.B. from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, where she began her legal studies at the age of 15.

James Rao
1L Representative, Sponsorship

James is a first-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2021, majoring in Economics and Data Science. Prior to law school, James worked as an investment analyst at Cyrus Capital Partners and Farallon Capital Management, where he focused on bankruptcies and special situations.

Kourosh Moghaddassi
1L Representative, Social & Social Good

Kourosh is a first-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California in 2024 with a B.A. in Economics and a minor in Finance. Prior to law school, Kourosh spent a year as an investment banking analyst at MUFG in the Financial Sponsors Group in Los Angeles. 

Eleanor Rankin
Transfer Representative, Social & Social Good

Eleanor is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She completed her first year at Washington and Lee University School of Law. She graduated with highest distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. She spent her 1L summer at Troutman Pepper Locke in Charlotte, NC.