EXECUTIVE BOARD 2012-2013
Co-President: Francis Loh
Class: 2015
Concentration: Applied Mathematics
Dorm: Mather House
Ethnicity: ½ Chinese/Japanese, ½ German/Peruvian
Francis is a sophomore in Mather House, studying applied mathematics, with interest in global health and computer science. Francis grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey, and took a gap year before attending Harvard. He spends time on Club Tennis, HAPA, reading books about everything, and singing. In his free time, you can find him in Mather Dining Hall. Francis also loves his time on Harvard Club Tennis, and in his free time, you can usually find him at some talk on campus, wandering the Annenberg dining hall, or watching House.
Co-President: Jodi Balfe
Class: 2015
Concentration: Astrophysics, Secondary in Economics
Dorm: Kirkland House
Ethnicity: ½ Korean, ½ Caucasian (Irish/German)
Jodi was born in Tokyo, then moved to the small town of Madison, New Jersey where she completed high school. She is now a sophomore majoring in astrophysics, but also is strongly interested in development economics and international law. In addition to Harvard Hapa, she is involved with the Harvard International Relations Council, volunteer tutoring, and is an undergraduate researcher in the Harvard Physics Department.
Vice-President: Andrew Das Sarma
Class: 2015
Concentration: Physics
Dorm: Eliot House
Ethnicity: ½ Indian, ½ Caucasian
Andrew was born and raised in the leafy suburbs of Washington, D.C. He divides his time at Harvard between a number of activities, including the Harvard College Consulting Group, economics research, Global Platinum Securities (a student-run investment fund), the Harvard Undergraduate Economics Association, and — of course — Harvard HAPA. He also enjoys eating, traveling, and sitting in the dining hall until late at night. Andrew earnestly looks forward to assuming the office of the Vice Presidency.
Social Chair: Stefan Poltorzycki
Class: 2015
Concentration: History and Classics, Secondary in French
Dorm: Adams
Ethnicity: ½ Polish Tartar, ½ Italian
Stefan proudly hails from Arlington, Massachusetts. His Asian half is descended from Genghis Khan. When not engaged in all things HAPA, he is President of the Club Fencing team, designs Satire V and the history magazine, runs the Japanese shogunate committee for HMUN, and plays piano around Adams House. In Adams, he occupies Snack Sector 5 (Adams F-12) where he mostly plays Electroswing music and Nintendo64. He enjoys spending summers in France and Italy, and hopes to teach history after graduating. His favorite president is Rutherford B. Hayes.
Education/Political Awareness Chair: Simon Lieu
Class: 2015
Concentration: Physics, Secondary in Statistics
Dorm: Currier House
Ethnicity: ½ Chinese, ½ Polish
Simon is currently a sophomore in Currier House, pursuing a degree in physics with
a secondary in statistics. Originally from Berkeley, CA, Simon moved to Madison,
AL at a young age and lived there until the end of high school. His hobbies include
sports (basketball, soccer, triathlons), watching IMDb 250 movies, and whistling
in the shower. Simon is also a teacher-volunteer and finance coordinator of
ExperiMentors (a Harvard PBHA organization) and a researcher at the Center for
Astrophysics.
Treasurer: Daniel Leichus
Class: 2016
Concentration: Mechanical Engineering (SB)
Dorm: Grays Hall
Ethnicity: 1/2 Canto, 1/2 Caucasian (Sicily/Lichtenstein)
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
Class of 2013
Alicia Keyes
Allan Hsiao
Hena Haines
Julianne Pelaez
Owen Wurzbacher
Emiko Zumbro
Jackie Quinn
Rayman Aryani
Michael Cherkassky
Carina Fish
George Plummer
Anjali Itzkowitz
Class of 2014
Kerry Hammond
Jason Gandelman
James Carey
Hayley Cuccinello
Samuel Coffin
Schuyler Moore
Victoria Bartlett
Madeline Zhu
Elizabeth Double
Nicole Iacopetti
Ida Hempell
Richard Ebright
Mai Hunt
Sarah Amanullah
Class of 2015
Francis Loh
Ezra Stoller
Li Murphy
Jennifer Campbell
Stefan Poltorzycki
Mike Gaudiani
Andrew C. Das Sarma
Kalina Grabb
Katharine Rainer
Erin Aoyama
Marco Gentili
Caroline Leahy
Ryan Isono
Bianca Trombetta
Alison Buchholtz-Au
Heather Pickerell
Jodi Balfe
Olivia Angiuli
Grace Chen
Lanya Olmsted
Katherine Ebright
Kiko Porte
Jeannie Sui Wonders
Seth Neel
Class of 2016
Justin Giallorenzo
Aya Tange
Eriko Kay
Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence
Jenai Akina
Bianca Trombetta
Preete Srinivasan
Reylon Yount
Garrett Lam
Dillon Cruz
Winston Boucher
Ikaika Bayley
Sophie Welsh
Dev Patel
David Roberts
Allison Biebish
Bo Yarabe
Peter Wu
Adam Vartikar
Katherine Dean
Marcus Schorow
Christine Cahill
Roland Salatino
Lucy Guo
Austin SHin
Hannah Rasmussen
Duligur Ibeling
Nikhil Benesch
ALUMNI
Yuga Cohler
Alan Ibrahim
Brittney Lind
James Winter
Sam Galler
James Fish
Lange Luntao
Louise Laciny
Alexa Ing Stern
Caitlin Low
Alisha Ramos
Pamela Matsumoto
Ingrid Pierre
Brian Eggert
Anna Trowbridge
Hilary Roberts
Grant Wonders
This is not the complete list of alumni. If you’d like your name to be included, please email us at harvardhapa@hcs.harvard.edu.