{"id":1235,"date":"2022-09-29T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hlsorgs3stg.wpenginepowered.com\/halb\/?page_id=1235"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:40:39","slug":"board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/halb\/board\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Robert Pedersen
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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 summers in the SDNY Bankruptcy Court, Paul, Weiss, and Apollo Global Management. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tyler Windsor <\/strong><\/strong>
President<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler is a third-year student 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. He spent his 1L summer at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and his 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shriya Srikanth<\/strong><\/strong>
Chief of Staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shriya is a third-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. She spent her 2L summer at Cooley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eleanor Rankin
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Eleanor is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. She completed her first year at Washington and Lee University School of Law. She graduated with 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 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kourosh Moghaddassi
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Kourosh is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California in 2024, majoring in Economics with two minors in Finance and Data Science. Prior to law school, Kourosh worked as an investment banking analyst at MUFG in the Financial Sponsors Group. He will spend his 2L summer at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City, and 1L summer at the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sam Malhotra<\/strong>
Chief Operations Officer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sammy is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated with high distinction from Cornell University in 2022 with a B.S. in Policy Analysis and Management and a minor in Business. Prior to law school, Sammy worked as a Financial Analyst for J.P. Morgan Wealth Management in New York City. Sammy spent his 1L summer at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and his 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Justice Crawford<\/strong><\/strong>
Chief Communications Officer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice is a second-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 a M.S. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Before law school, Justice worked on 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. Justice spent his 1L summer at the NBA working in their in-house Legal Department. For his 2L Summer, he will be a Summer Associate at Sheppard\u2019s Century City (LA) office on the Corporate team. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chelsea Hamlet<\/strong><\/strong>
Chief Development Officer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelsea is a second-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. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ben Apple
<\/strong>Chief Treks Officer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated cum laude from University of Florida in 2024 with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in European Union Studies. He spent his 2L summer at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lexie Gagnon<\/strong>
Director, Communications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lexie is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. She graduated with highest distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Economics and a minor in Psychology. She spent her 1L summer at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in their Northern Virginia office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Claire Rider<\/strong>
Director, Communications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claire is a third-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 and her 2L summer at Skadden in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ryyan Pritchett
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Ryyan is a second-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. She split her 1L summer between Bank of America and Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matthew Hirschfeld<\/strong>
Director, Professional Development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Reuter<\/strong>
Director, Professional Development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 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, and his 2L summer at Latham & Watkins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Adam Bazzi
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Adam is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated from the University of Michigan\u2019s 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. Adam spent his 1L summer at Kirkland & Ellis in New York City and will be returning for his 2L summer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jake Haston<\/strong>
Director, Operations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake is a third-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 and 2L summers with King & Spalding in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christian Law<\/strong>
Director, Operations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated from Columbia University in 2023 with a B.A. in Psychology on the pre-medical track. Prior to law school, Christian worked as a clinical research associate in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center. He spent his 1L summer at Kirkland & Ellis and I Squared Capital in Miami.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jordyn Allen<\/strong>
Director, Conferences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordyn is a third-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 and 2L summer at Gibson Dunn in Dallas and as a legal intern for the ACLU of Florida during her 1L summer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Madison DiLenge
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Madison is a third-year 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 at Cornerstone Research. She spent her 1L summer in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of New York and her 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine, & Moore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hassan Sachee<\/strong>
Director, Conferences<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hassan is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in History. He spent his 1L summer working as a judicial intern in the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Josh Kauderer
<\/strong>Director, Sponsorship<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lisa Moomaw
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Lisa is a second-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. She spent her 1L Summer at the office of the New York State Attorney General.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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James Rao<\/strong>
Director, Sponsorship<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James is a second-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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Timothy McDonald<\/strong>
Director, Sponsorship<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim is a third-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 and 2L summer at Weil in New York. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sohini Bhattacharjee<\/strong>
Director, Social & Social Good<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sohini (Soh) is a second-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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brooke Harrington<\/strong>
Director, Social & Social Good<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooke is a third-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\u2019s Office of Media and Entertainment. Brooke spent her 2L summer at Davis Polk & Wardell in New York. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jackson Law<\/strong>
Director, Social & Social Good<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology while studying the Pre-Medical curriculum at Columbia University. Prior to law school, Jackson worked as a clinical researcher in sports medicine and orthopedics. He spent his 1L summer at Desmarais in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kennedy Benjamin<\/strong>
Director, Diversity & Inclusion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022 with a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics and a minor in Consumer Psychology. Prior to law school, she spent three years as an M&A analyst at Euclid Transactional. She spent her 1L summer at Innocence & Justice Louisiana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kayla Williams<\/strong>
Director, Diversity & Inclusion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kayla Williams is a third-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 and 2L summer at Cravath, Swaine, and Moore in New York City. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Portia Inzone<\/strong>
Director, Treks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portia is a third-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. She spent her 2L summer at Simpson Thacher & Barlett. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ari Motwani
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Ari is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Tulane University with a BA in Philosophy. He spent his 1L summer at the Missouri Attorney General\u2019s Office and will be joining Paul, Weiss in New York City for his 2L summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jasmine Bacchus<\/strong>
Director, Alumni Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jasmine is a third-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\u2019s Corporate Development team Microsoft, where she worked on M&A deals and venture investments. She spent her 1L and 2L summers at Gunderson Dettmer in Boston.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bella Bagatelos<\/strong>
Director, Alumni Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella is a second-year 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. She spent her 1L summer in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Central District of California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Senniah Mason<\/strong>
Director, Alumni Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senniah is a third-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 and her 2L summer at Paul Hastings in Century City. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Henry Dai<\/strong>
Director, Alumni Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School. He graduated in 2022 from Georgetown\u2019s School of Foreign Service, where he studied Economics and International Relations. He spent his summer at Milbank in DC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Colette Kanbarian
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Colette is a third-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 and her 2L summer at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Presidents<\/strong>: Anna Albuquerque, Derek Wu<\/p>\n\n\n\n