
Mary Cao
President
Mary is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated with a B.S. summa cum laude from Boston University in 2018. She spent her 1L summer at Morrison and Foerster and her 2L summer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Prior to law school, Mary worked as a public affairs and real estate communications strategist for BerlinRosen in New York. On campus, she is also involved with Harvard Defenders.

Shawn Burrows
President

Maxwell Dowden
Executive Vice President
Maxwell Dowden is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated from the University of St Andrews in 2020 with a First-Class Joint Honours degree in International Relations and Modern History. He spent his 1L summer at Beacon Capital Partners in Boston, and his 2L summer at Paul, Weiss in New York City.

Yehuda Maes
Treasurer
Yehuda Maes is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 2018 with a BS in mathematics. Prior to law school, Yehuda worked as a portfolio analyst at BlackRock. He spent his 1L summer working at Martin Kenney & Co. Solicitors in the British Virgin Islands and his 2L summer at Paul, Weiss in New York.

Katherine Ko
Vice President, Communications

Saeed Ahmad
Vice President, Communications

Anand Balaji
Vice President, Communications

Lauren Pansegrau
Vice President, Operations
Lauren is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. She spent her 1L summer on the Distressed & Corporate Special Situations team at Angelo Gordon in New York. Prior to law school, she was an investor in the Special Opportunities Group at GIC, focusing on defensive and dislocation-triggered opportunities across asset classes. Lauren began her career as a credit analyst on the Leveraged Finance team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Finance.

Nicholas Gonzalez
Vice President, Operations
Nicholas is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from the University at Albany, SUNY in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Prior to law school, Nicholas worked as an actor in New York. He appeared as a series regular on the Netflix Original Series, Orange is the Black, as Emiliano Diaz and appeared in the Oscar-nominated film, Begin Again, as Zach. After graduating in 2019, Nicholas worked as a corporate paralegal at Cooley LLP in New York and was an SEO Law Fellow at Cleary Gottlieb. During his 1L summer, he worked at Cooley’s New York office. Nick’s involvements on campus include the Board of Student Advisers, Harvard Business Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law, La Alianza, and HL Central.

Millen Trujillo
Director, Social Good
Millen is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. Millen graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a dual degree in Political Science and Geography. Prior to law school, Millen competed for UCLA Athletics as a member of their D1 Track & Field Team. He spent his 1L summer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and returned to Simpson Thacher for his 2L summer as a Conrad Harper Diversity Fellow. He split his time between Simpson Thacher’s New York and Los Angeles offices.

Elena Torres-Pepito
Director, Social Good
Elena is a second-year student at Harvard Law Law School. She is from Sacramento, CA, and graduated from UCLA in 2021 with a degree in Economics. Elena spent her 1L summer at Fisher Potter Hodas in Florida. Her other campus involvements include La Alianza and West Coast Club.

Cindy Yuan
Director, Alumni Relations
Cindy is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019 with a BA in Political Science and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School concentrating in Finance. Prior to law school, Cindy worked as a business consultant at Mastercard Advisors. Cindy spent her 1L summer interning for Judge Patty Shwartz of the Third Circuit and her 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. On campus, she is also a notes editor on the Harvard Law Review.

Alfredo Rosales
Director, Alumni Relations
Alfredo is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Finance and Accounting. He spent his 1L summer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Prior to law school, he worked at Wells Fargo in numerous business units including Home Mortgage, Corporate Treasury, and Investment Banking. Before joining Wells Fargo, he interned at an immigration law firm in San Antonio, Texas. On campus, he is also involved with Student Government, Harvard Immigration Project, and Harvard Business Law Review. Alfredo is a sports enthusiast and loves spending time with his family.

Steven Hess
Director, In-House Programming
Steven is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School, originally from Los Angeles, California. He graduated with High Honors from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Economics and Accounting in 2018. Prior to HLS, he worked as an assurance associate in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s Los Angeles office. He is also a licensed CPA in California. He spent his 1L summer working in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance and his 2L summer at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles.

Aaron Mashian
Director, In-House Programming
Aaron is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School, originally from Los Angeles, California. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California with a BS in Business Administration. Aaron spent his 1L summer working as a legal intern for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, a multinational retail REIT. He subsequently took time off from HLS during the Spring 2021 semester to work for BentallGreenOak, a real estate private equity firm. Aaron split his 2L summer by working in the Debevoise & Plimpton NY office and returning to BentallGreenOak.

Jessie Lin
Director, Symposium

William Yao
Director, Symposium

Hope Miller
Director, Symposium

Jee Young Kim
Director, Sponsorship

Yara Hejazi
Director, Sponsorship
Yara is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude from UCLA in 2017 with a B.A. in Political Science. While studying at UCLA, Yara created and led Vote for Our Future (now the Bruin Political Union), a non-partisan student organization that increased voter registration by approximately 700% and broke UCLA’s all-time voter registration record in 2016. Before law school, Yara worked as a Litigation Paralegal at Sheppard Mullin in Los Angeles for two years. He also helped provide free legal services to underserved communities as a Law Clerk for Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County. In his free time, Yara loves to play and teach guitar, watch sports (especially Rams, Lakers, & Dodgers games), listen to podcasts, and follow politics.

Farrah Kalach
Director, Sponsorship

Daniel Sweeney
Director, Social and Engagement

Jessica Early
Director, Social and Engagement

Jenna Pedranti
Director, Social and Engagement

John Quin
Director, Professional Development

Beau Bayh
Director, Professional Development

Jiwon Kim
Director, Treks

Harrison Makurak
Director, Treks

Asiya Jaffer
Director, Diversity and Inclusion

Katie Kelleher
Director, Diversity and Inclusion

Itay Kazaz
Director, Conferences

Andy Law
Director, Conferences

Samantha Strimling
Advisor, Social Impact

Jack Blaisdell
Advisor, Venture Capital

Vincent Cao
JD/MBA Representative
Vincent is a JD/MBA candidate at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Distinction from Stanford University with a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science. Prior to law school, Vincent was an Investment Professional at Point72 and focused on public equity investments within the financial services and technology sector. He spent his 1L summer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a 1L Scholar in their New York office.

Armin Aghaei
JD/MBA Representative
Armin is a JD/MBA candidate at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He graduated with Distinction from the Schulich School of Business with an International Bachelors of Business Administration where he specialized in Finance and Economics. Prior to law school, Armin worked for Arthur D. Little Brazil in financing the development of a new smart city project. In his previous summer he worked at Torys LLP in Toronto. He also worked at Kirkland and Ellis as a summer associate.

Kareem Stanley
JD/MBA Representative
Kareem is a JD/MBA candidate at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Prior to law school, Kareem worked in engineering roles at ExxonMobil and Zenith Energy Terminals, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company. In his previous summer, he interned at Kirkland & Ellis’ Houston office and NextEra Energy’s venture capital group. He also spent a summer at BDT & Company. In his free time, he loves playing basketball and going on scenic bike rides.

Forrest Lin
JD/MBA Representative
Forrest is a JD/MBA candidate at Harvard Law School and the Wharton School. He graduated cum laude from Yale College in 2016. Prior to law school, Forrest led corporate development at Solar Philippines, and he was a renewables-focused private equity investor at Ares Management. He began his career as an investment banker at BofA Merrill Lynch. This past summer, he worked on the investment team at Blackstone in New York, and he spent his 1L summer at Latham & Watkins in New York.

Dean Dioguardi
JD/MBA Representative

Matisse Rogers
1L Representative
Matisse is a first-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019 with a B.A. in public policy, focused on racial inequity, and a minor in writing. Matisse began her career in public affairs consulting at Penta (formerly Hamilton Place Strategies) in Washington, D.C., where she worked in the corporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy and communications space.

Yanni Cho
1L Representative

Sean Wynn
1L Representative

Alex Ratzker
1L Representative

Leon Yang
1L Representative
Leon is a first-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College, where he majored in Applied Mathematics and Economics and minored in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Prior to law school, Leon worked as an investment banking analyst at Bank of America in the healthcare group, where he focused on acquisitions and financings across the life sciences and healthcare services verticals.

Danielle Mikaelian
1L Representative

Charlotte Watts
1L Representative

Nilofar Vakili
1L Representative
Nilofar is a first-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the George Washington University in 2020, where she majored in International Relations. Prior to law school, Nilofar worked as a consultant for Deloitte’s Government and Public Services division. On campus, she is also involved with the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project and the Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA). Her legal interests lie in the intersection of business, technology, and law.

Angie Cui
1L Representative

Giovanna Traiman Coji
LLM Representative
2021-22
- Christian Hodges
- Eric Zilber
- Kimberly Guo
- Kaholi Kiyonami
- Mazelle Etessami
- Joseph Langkilde
- Meera Midha
- Tayo Awoyinfa
- Madelyn Chen
- David Dapaah-Afriyie
- Jun Yoon
- Genevieve Antono
- Ata Nalbantoglu
- Clara Carvalho e Silva
- Maria Alicia Fernandez Garcia
- Laureano Genin
- Maayan Amiel
2020-21
President: Trevor Lutzow
- Joey Tsang
- Victor Roh
- Daniel Wynbrandt
- Caroline Zhang
- Jessica Ljustina
- Nika Shahery
- Florene Frenot
- Saem Kim
- Ray Wang
- David Brown
- Mo Zia
- Parker Davis
- Irene Muthoni
- Facundo Nazur
2019-20
Presidents: Amy Zhang, Nancy Zhu
- Leo Ding
- Joseph Yim
- Grace Zhu
- Ross Evans
- David Friedman
- Jake Cruz
- Zac Dearing
- Joe Kurtenbach
- Vincent Yang
- Coleman Saunders
- Madeline Salinas
- Alex Kamath
- Chrysonthia Horne
- Caroline Shinkle
- Pedro de Elizalde
- Daiva Sindaraviciute
- Alessandra Corona
- Maria Geigel
- Zanudeen Makorie
- Bruno Sciannaca
2018-19
Presidents: Elizabeth Ferrie, Heather Lee
- Jarrod Hall
- Liz Fillman
- Carol Lin
- Helena Buitrago
- Panna Balla
- Tammuz Huberman
- Tracy Cui
- Jennifer Klein
- Richad Hirani
- Stephanie Mazursky
- Abdulaziz Almoosa
- Kike Aluko
- Phil Caruso
- Joseph Diaz
- Memme Onwudiwe
- Riley Hawkins
- Ethan Ross
- Li Pan
- Shams Haidari
- Joanna Cornell
2017-18
Presidents: David Kafafian, Jianjian Ye
EVPs: Heather Lee, Elizabeth Ferrie
- Aviv Lazar
- Alejandro Bascoy
- Stephanie Mazursky
- Jane Jeong
- Tracy Cui
- Richad Hirani
- Carol Lin
- Jennifer Klein
- Phil Caruso
- Andrei Ignat
- Arjun Adusumilli
- Helena Buitrago
- Li Pan
- Bobby Lindsey
- Eric Goodwin
- Jerry Ting
- Charles Zhong
- Madison McGreal
- Jake Sussman
- Jason Ethridge
- Rick Houghton
- Ndu Okereke
- Tony Ji
- Taro Tan
- Pranav Mittao
- Zac Dearing
- Ross Evans
- Sarah Greene
- Akua Abu
- Vincent Yang
- King Xia
- Parker Davis
- Grace Zhu
- Nancy Zhu
2016-17
Presidents: Dan Wertman, Kisho Watanabe
EVPs: Jianjian Ye, David Kafafian
- Brooke Stanley
- John Abraham
- Alejandro Bascoy
- Melissa Verrilli
- Renée Gagné
- Loren Shokes
- Jason Ethridge
- Lawrence Slusky
- Aviv Lazar
- Michael Pascual
- Jeff Cui
- David White
- Arjun Adusumilli
- Christina Care
- Diane Mokoro
- Peter Arnaboldi
- Jonathan Conrad
- Jerry Ting
- Jillian Simons
- Madison McGreal
- Bala Sekaran
- Natalie Vesti
- Ndu Okereke
- Philip Caruso
- Monica Kwok
- Alex Kamath
- Rob Holowka
2015-16
Presidents: Camden Nunery, Alexander Rienzie
EVPs: Jessica Cohen, Dan Wertman
- Kathleen Iannone
- Robert Holowka
- Bala Sekaran
- Brooke Stanley
- Kisho Watanabe
- Lawrence Slusky
- Brad Tarrash
- Joseph Costa
- Alice Nofzinger
- Jason Wasser
- Kal Blassberger
- Aaron Rizkalla
- Valerie Wood
- Sandeep Chhabra
- Lauren Anstey
- Eric Zepp
- Varun Aggarwal
- John Abraham
- Rohan Taneja
- Samuel Chang
- Amy Dreisiger
- Corey Jones
- Mike Contillo
- Goetz Lingenthal
2014-15
Presidents: Ian Kessler, Romeen Sheth
EVPs: Ashley Cheung, Camden Nunery
- Samuel Krawiecz
- Alex Rienzie
- Samuel Chang
- Nidhi Chappidi
- Soobin Kim
- Emily Lichtenheld
- Aaron Rizkalla
- Ruotao Wang
- Sandeep Chhabra
- Albert Chen
- Corey Jones
- Lea Malewitz
- Tiffany Quach
- Brad Tarrash
- Joe Costa
- Jess Cohen
- Robert Holowaka
2013-14
Presidents: Ben Arfa, Michael Delgado
EVPs: Ashley Cheung, Ian Kessler
- Romeen Sheth
- Samantha Morin
- Aaron David
- Soobin Kim
- Jacques Anderson
- John Schoettle
- Elyka Anvari
- Derrick Davis
- Michael Mirochnik
- Emily Du
- Ezra Serrur
- Jordan Weber
- Michael Ingram
- Steven Li
- Ruotao Wang
- Brendan Liverman
- Patrick Bassey
- Joseph Costa
- Emily Lichtenheld
- Nidhi Chappidi
- Michael Klinger
- Chi Zou
- Caitlin Wood
- Tiffany Quach
2012-13
Presidents: Ben Arfa, Katherine Petti
- Kyle Watson
- Steven Li
- Jimmie Strong
- Ross MacConnell
- Sherry Xie
- Caitlin Wood
- Jordan Weber
- Jacques Anderson
- Michael Mirochnik
- Samantha Morin
- Limore Torbati
- Brendan Liverman
- Elyka Anvari
2011-12
Presidents: Peter Krause, Jr., Matthew Schoenfeld
- Details forthcoming
2010-11
Presidents: Koby Sadan, Matthew Schoenfeld
- Hillyer Jennings
- David Back
- Jake Lee
- Joo-Hee Chung
- Peter Zuckerman
- Dion Chu
- Suneal Bedi
- Jonathan Allred
- Peter Krause, Jr.
- Alex de Richemont
2009-10
Presidents: Will Boothby, Justin Fung
- Nathaniel Fischer
- Alykhan Shivji
- Marisa Cruz
- Max Perkins
- Kathleen Cui
- Jacob Robinson
- Mike Rozensher
- Tsz Hin Kwok
- Nicole Thompson
2008-09
Presidents: G.J. Ligelis, Jr., Alex Tai
- Marshall Silver
- Chris Johnson
- Adora Asonye
- Vladimir Bosiljevac
- Megon Walker
- Ping Song
- Ariella Shkolnik
- Tarek Saghir
- Stephanie Selmer
- Sajid Sharif
- Will Boothby
- Justin Fung
- Eugenio Labadie
- Steve Sorkin
2007-08
President: Ben Wu
- Alex Tai
- G.J. Ligelis Jr
- Nicholas Foley
- Eugenio Labadie
- Sarah Miller
- Octavian Timaru
- Chris Lee
2006-07
President: David Moss
- Andrew Chen
- Meredith Petrin
- Oscar Hackett
- Millie Tadewaldt
- Sid Shenai
- Andrew Steinman
2005-06
Founders
- Bryce Klempner
- Adam Gerchen
- Andrew Ellenbogen
- Anthony Uccellini
- Sabastian Niles
- Shaun Mathew
Professors
- David Wilkins
- Guhan Subramanian
Alumni
- Chairs: Mark Gordon, Shaun Mathew
- Lyle Ayes
- Phil Bakes
- Ronit J. Berkovich
- Jim Brennan
- Nancy Browne
- Brackett Denniston
- Andrew Feldstein
- Michael Gillespie
- Niloofar Razi Howe
- Ian Kessler
- Sarah Kim
- Jeff Kindler
- Alan Klein
- Peter Krause
- Peter Krause, Jr.
- Jody LaNasa
- Kevin Mohan
- James Morphy
- Christopher Ortega
- Ed Pallesen
- Alexander Rienzie
- Adam Rosenberg
- Nick Sakellariadis
- Anthony Scaramucci
- Matthew Schoenfeld
- Ryan Schwarz
- Romeen Sheth
- Damon Silvers
- Susan Soh
- Deirdre Stanley
- Barry Volpert
- Andrew Woeber
- Jason P. Young