Date
September 11, 2024
Time
6:00–9:00 p.m. PT
Event Type
In-person
Location
Dutch Goose,
3567 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States
This Is a Past Event

Calling all Palo Alto-based Harvard alumni! 

On Wednesday, September 11, alumni around the world will come together to welcome members of the Class of 2024 to their new cities! All Harvard University alumni who graduated between 2015 and 2024 are invited to participate.

Whether you are new to the area or have called it home for years, the Harvard community is your community—so we hope you will join us on September 11! Register with your LinkedIn profile or other social media accounts to see who's coming and connect with others before, during, and after the event.

Shared Interest Group Contact:
Harvard Christian Alumni Society, Oriana Li Halevy AB '92    
oriana_halevy92@post.harvard.edu

Contact

Harvard Club of Silicon Valley
Shaun Chaudhuri AB '15
sdchaudhuri2393@gmail.com

Attendance Policy
Registration required

Who's Coming (119 + guests)

Giora Ashkenazi
’17
Harvard College
Incoming doctoral student in sociologyStanford University
Sonya Gupta
’24
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Medical StudentStanford University School of Medicine
Xingyu Liu
’22
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Software EngineerMeta
Tina Tang
’08
Harvard College
Data scienceLinkedIn
Interested in meeting new friends and fellow alumni
Hongwen Song
’24
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Megan Coram
’23
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
PhD StudentStanford CHARM Lab
Xiaohan Yang
’23
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Data ScientistApple
Sahana Vijaya Prasad
’24
Harvard Business School
Michael Nelson
’23
Harvard Kennedy School
Promoting Economic Opportunity and Equity
Anthony Anderson
’19
Harvard Kennedy School
Venture Tech AttorneyDentons
Venture Tech & Emerging Growth Companies Attorney. Former Biden White House Staffer. X-Google product specialist
Sam Warach
’24
Harvard Graduate School of Education
FounderNextStep Health
https://samwarach.com
Jia Hu
’17
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Senior ArchitectAtelier Cho Thompson
Jason Wang
’24
Harvard Kennedy School
Special Projects LeadHOF Capital
Andrew Chang
’18
Harvard College
Psychiatry ResidentSan Mateo County Behavioral Health
Rebecca Yang
’15
Harvard Kennedy School
Senior Director, Head of Strategic Policy Initiatives Visa
Former U.S. Diplomat, Ex-Facebook, Ex-AWS. Passionate about tech, foreign policy, and alternative protein. Recently competed in the Top Chef Challenge at the Vegan Women’s Summit and completed my 110th dive. Just moved to San Francisco last month and want to make new friends and connections in the Bay Area!
Quang Nguyen
’24
Harvard University Extension School
Compliance OfficerEden Housing
Born raised In California, first generation Vietnamese-American. Worked with the White House, Federal, State, and local public housing organizations providing housing for all. Now I am into nonprofit housing development. Besides work, I take every chance to travel the world, and try the world's "drinking food." Niners fan since birth.
Brian Mott
’19
Harvard College
Pracheer Gupta
’22
Harvard Business School
Co-founder & CEOStealth Startup
Entrepreneur with a tech background. Founding team member - Pinecone.
Al-Muataz Khalil
’23
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Samantha Zepeda
’20
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jean Jung
’20
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
ProductMeta
Tai Boon Ding
’25
Harvard College
Data Science ManagerMeta
Data Scientist in the Regulatory/Trust and Safety space.
Rahimulah Rahimi
’23
Harvard College
Head of SecOps and Risk Product Portfolio Management and Business Development Head of SecOps and Risk Product Portfolio Management and Business DevelopmentCDW
Long-time tech guy focused on product, marketing, and all things related to brining products to market.
Brian Wei
’18
Harvard College
AssociateBMW i Ventures
Bartosz Garbaczewski
’22
Harvard Business School
Operations ManagementAmazon
Moshtaq Ahmed
’15
Harvard University Extension School
Founder and CEONybsys inc
I am an entrepreneur and developing products and solutions over two decades .
Taryn O'Connor
’24
Harvard College
Economics PhD StudentStanford
Tanji Holmes
’22
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Max Letoile
’17
Harvard College
Co-founder/CTOAluminio
I’m a climate tech co-founder with a PhD in Materials Science from MIT, working to eliminate critical materials usage in solar production. I’m looking to meet interesting people working inside and outside of climate.
Elbert Gong
’19
Harvard College
Software engineerGoogle
Wenhan Zhang
’21
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Product ManagerTikTok
Studied Computational Science at Harvard, have been a PM since, first at an AI startup and now at TikTok. I enjoy writing, aerial silks and dancing. Excited to meet more alums and like-minded people!
Yasmine El Baggari
’21
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Founder and CEOVoyaj
Claire Chaumont
’18
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Public health independent consultant
Wei Hung Hsu
’20
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Machine Learning EngineerFiddler.ai
Emily Wang
’18
Harvard College
Founder/CEOBeaver Health, Inc.
Douglas Yao
’23
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Startup Founder
I'm working on a drug development startup after finishing a PhD in computational biology.
Zachery Page
’24
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Veronica Behrens
’15
Harvard College
Postdoctoral AssociateStanford
I recently finished my PhD in evolutionary genetics at Stanford. I’m now a postdoctoral associate and on the job market.
Kareema Batool
’24
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Machine Learning Research Engineer
Sacha Alanoca
’24
Harvard Kennedy School
AI Policy Researcher/PhDStanford
Patric Cao
’18
Harvard College
Senior Manager, R&D InnovationAbbVie
Will Zhang
’24
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Product Manager
Tech industry, prev product manager & software engineer at LinkedIn, Snowflake, Databricks
BEN RAY
’24
Harvard College
RESEARCH ANALYSTSUTTER HILL VENTURES
Isa Berliner
’24
Harvard College
Emily Chen
’16
Harvard College
Resident PhysicianKaiser Permanente
Beth Weesner
’22
Harvard University Extension School
Founder Weesner Advisory Services
I have 30+ years of experience in various corporate and consulting roles, specializing in strategy, change management, and tech advising. Passionate about yoga, hiking, and dog rescue. I'm excited to meet fellow alumni and discuss the future of work
Shangyan Li
’18
Harvard College
Exited FounderButter Technologies
Recently sold my software startup in the food supply chain space. Hoping to meet more people in the startup space.
Samuel Ho
’23
Harvard College
Medical studentStanford
Max Hsiao
’18
Harvard College
FounderReal life studios
Jing He
’23
Harvard Law School
Fernando Espino Casas
’15
Harvard College
Global Strategy Lead, GTMGoogle
Asher Miller
’22
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Policy SpecialistCollaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Val Gaino
’24
Harvard University Extension School
FounderTerraConnect Consulting
ALM Sustainability & Environmental Management I live in Carmel Valley, where I battle groundhogs and make garage wine. I am a recent HES graduate with a background in business, education, and real estate. I've recently launched a sustainability consultancy focused on "Driving actionable change at the community level to meet global climate & biodiversity goals."
Jared Fries
’15
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Partnerships LeadGradient Learning
Charlene Wang
’15
Harvard Business School
VP of MarketingQualia
Jacob Cremers
’24
Harvard College
Co-FounderBeans
I'm working on a startup and would love to connect with people in tech and business in the area! We're building a platform that sits on top of Excel, SQL, and Jupyter Notebook that uses a canvas-style interface on the browser to make collaborative data work 10X easier and faster.
paul johnston
’23
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the HumanitiesStanford University
Dan Lee
’21
Harvard Graduate School of Education
PMLirvana Labs
Edtech PM in AI startup, hobbies include pickleball, running, and camping
Jiahui Tang
’22
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Shiyu Huang
’19
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Software engineerGoogle
Sahar Kazranian
’20
Harvard Kennedy School
Trust & Safety ByteDance / TikTok
Former management consultant and current Trust & Safety professional at a tech company. 12+ years international experience in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Europe, Sub-Sahara Africa, UK and US covering management consulting, geopolitical risk/intelligence, and technology and social media. Currently leadind a team driving global efforts to shape TikTok’s strategy with respect to misinformation, disinformation, and GenAI.
Poonam Sacheti
’21
Harvard Business School
Vanessa Chambers
’23
Harvard College
Software EngineerApple
I’m from New Orleans, and I graduated in 2023 with a concentration in Computer Science and a secondary in East Asian Studies. I’m interested in technology, travel, and languages.
Adam Petty
’18
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Student Services SpecialistStanford University
Jan Kwan
’22
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Gensler
Zain Jarrar
’18
Harvard Kennedy School
Taylour Matz
’20
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Consultant/CoachFull Circle Consulting
Hi! My name is Taylour and I am a Monterey County resident and native. I love to be outdoors, hiking, jogging, camping, you name it! I have my own consulting practice, Full Circle Consulting, that is centered around helping people to be happier at work. Essentially, I enhance workplace culture by focusing on the quality of relationships within organizations. I have a background in conflict resolution, interpersonal neurobiology, program design, and Healing-Centered Engagement. I am trained in Restorative Practice, Nonviolent Communication and certified in Bridging Differences and The Foundations of Happiness at Work, from The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. I'm looking forward to mingling and connecting with anyone who could benefit from my consulting services.
Apoorva Sarode
’19
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Priscila Udell
’23
Harvard Business School
Fernando Lorenzo
’22
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Driven by a relentless entrepreneurial spirit, I bring a unique blend of dynamism, motivation, and rich professional expertise to the table. I thrive in amplifying power people where innovative thinking, strategic management, and business developments across art, science and technology converge. With a robust educational foundation, I have demonstrated my passion and commitment across a spectrum of professional landscapes.
Rossitza Kotelova
’15
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Zoox
William Gao
’23
Harvard College
Miguel Pena
’22
Harvard Kennedy School
Resident Physician Stanford
Kishan Venkataramu
’22
Harvard Business School

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