Saturday, June 7
8:00am - 11:00pm
Check-in at Headquarters
Cabot Library, Science Center
Please come to headquarters to check in when you arrive on campus. You will receive your name badge, favor, Reunion materials, and your House/dorm room key and assignment, if you are staying on campus. Luggage storage is available on-site. Learn more and pre-purchase your luggage storage here.
8:45-10:15am
Classmate Workshop: Re-designing Your Life
Harvard Hall 202
Take a deep breath and imagine! Join Lee and Camille for a fun, interactive session that explores your personal and highly timely opportunities to thrive, create meaning, and have impact.
We’re convinced that now is the perfect time for each of us to identify problems we care about and discover our power to advance solutions through a new combination of intuition, collaboration and personal experience. Drawing on principles of human-centered design and our conviction that you have a particular zone of genius to draw from, we’ll go through an exercise that invites you to imagine a concrete, imaginative solution to a problem that matters to you. Tune in to the voice that speaks a little louder now that we no longer need to “comp,” and intentionally design a “next chapter” in your life, through an invitation to work on a project inspired by your values. Lee, with his background in human-centered design, primary care, and healing, and Camille, with her expertise in creativity, entrepreneurship, and coaching, will guide an exercise designed to open up new possibilities for your next chapter. This program can accommodate up to 60 participants.*
Facilitators: Lee M. Sanders and Camille Landau
Camille Landau is a senior marketing leader, and in parallel, a strategic and creative coach to artists and entrepreneurs. She has collaborated in the launch of 100 new companies, and taught entrepreneurship to Masters students. Camille leads a startup collective (Steal This Idea), guiding creators across the country through the thicketed forests of their projects. She has an MFA in Film Production from U.S.C., and an MBA (Strategy & Marketing) from the Anderson School of UCLA. She is the co-author of What They Don’t Teach You at Film School: 161 Strategies For Making Your Own Movie, No Matter What (Hyperion); she is completing the book What They Don’t Teach You About Your Creative Journey: 10 Steps and the Roadmap to Take Your Big Ideas from Spark to Finish.
Lee M. Sanders, MD, MPH is Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, and Division Chief for General Pediatrics at Stanford University. He holds joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He teaches in the Human Biology Program and at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (Stanford d.School). With funding from the NIH, CDC, FDA and others -- Dr. Sanders founded and directs the Stanford Health Design Studio, which leverages AI and other novel technologies, alongside human-centered design and rigorous analytic approaches, to address health disparities. Working with colleagues across disciplines, he leads multi-disciplinary studies that aim to prevent obesity during early childhood, to mitigate the impact of immigration policy on child health, to inform education policy on the long-term consequences of preterm birth, and to improve caregiving for people with chronic conditions. Dr. Sanders’ newest venture is a global initiative to build “AI for Population Health” -- applying novel analytic tools in support of front-line public health providers in underserved communities. As a multi-lingual primary-care physician – Dr. Sanders cares for medically and socially complex children at Stanford Children’s Health and at a federally qualified health center.
9:00-10:15am
Classmate Panel: Tariffs, trade, and tumultuous times: Perspectives on ways to invest in the current environment
Emerson Hall 101
Moderator: Jim Aiello
10:30-11:15am
Classmate Workshop: AI Playground
Location TBA
Grab a front seat for the AI revolution with hands-on activities and table discussions. We'll dive into some of the latest tools with a focus on creative opportunities, and even discuss a few ethical dilemmas. Write a song, draw a picture, and redesign a Harvard elective in less than 15 minutes.. Whether you're an AI expert or just curious, this event is for you. We, the humans in the room, are the experts! Let's collaborate, learn, and imagine the future together. All are welcome to attend. This program can accommodate up to 40 participants.*
Organized by: John Emerson, Tina Lount and Duncan Wilson
John Emerson has generated over $100m in new product revenue building health tech products that make healthcare accessible to patients, providers, and institutions that support them. Recently, he has advised several AI companies. He lives in Denver, Colorado, with his family and loves exploring the Mountain West region.
Tina Lount is a tech professional with a career spanning AI startups, enterprise software, and predictive analytics. With her Harvard undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and Visual Environmental Studies and an MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford, Tina has spent over two decades at the intersection of AI and ML innovation, technical communication and training, and product development. She has worked across industries from quick-service automation to enterprise data analysis at companies including McD TechLabs, Ayasdi, Alpine Data Labs, and SAP Ariba.
Duncan Wilson is a career educator with over 30 years experience as a teacher, principal, adjunct professor, and district leader. His AB from Harvard is in History and Literature; his EdD from Columbia is in Curriculum and Instruction. He has K-12 curriculum development experience in literacy, Problem Based Learning, STEM, sustainability, and Digital Literacy. He is currently working for The Mill Institute, an Ed Start up promoting viewpoint diversity in polarized communities.
10:30-11:15am
Classmate Panel: Middle-essence: Navigating Your Next Chapter
Emerson Lecture Hall 101
Are you experiencing a midlife crisis or a midlife chrysalis? It's not uncommon for people in their 50s-60s to go through major transitions or career changes, often spurred by becoming empty nesters and/or caring for aging parents. Until recently, there wasn't much attention paid to this life stage. But now there are books, retreats, and fellowships (#AdvancedLeadershipInitiative) to help us navigate middle age with purpose and grace. Come hear stories from classmates who have made major changes in what they do, and leave with tips for navigating your own next chapter.
Moderator: Heather McLeod Grant
Panel: Heather Gunn, John Malone, Michelle Mfuni, Mark Donovan
12:00-2:00pm
Field Day and Class Lunch
Sever Tent
Come join your classmates for a BBQ lunch with an open beer and wine bar and yard games. After you eat, head into Harvard Yard for more games and activities with the other Reunion classes. Suggested dress code is casual. See you there, rain or shine!
2:00pm
Class Photo
Widener Steps, no signage permitted**
2:30-3:45pm
Class Survey Report
Location TBA
Are you interested in an in-depth statistical research analysis for the trends and opinions of your classmates? Then this session isn’t for you. But if you want a lighthearted look at who we are and how we’ve changed with a blatant disregard for margin of error calculations, then join us for a review of our Class Survey.
Organized and hosted by: Andy Freed, Tammie Ruda and Eleni Theochari
4:00-5:15pm
Classmate Panel: Gender, Race and the Rise of Authoritarianism
Emerson Hall 210
Moderator: Eileen Chow
4:00-5:15
Class of ’90 Speaks! Seven Mini-TED Talks
Location TBA
Come hear your classmates give short TED-like talks on a variety of topics ranging from responding to random texts from strangers to the current Administration.
Susan B. Glasser: A Report from Trump’s Washington
Ethan Hershenfeld: Fun with Spam
Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA: My Advice To You Is To Give Up
Linda Rottenberg: The Multiplier Effect: Changing the Language of Success
Peter Schildkraut: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Confessions of an AI Lawyer
Julio Ricardo Varela: Harvard Expectations and the Freedom to Choose Differently
Organized by Laurie Spira-Savett
Susan B. Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker based in Washington, D.C., writes a weekly column on life in Washington and is a host of the Political Scene podcast. Glasser has served as the top editor of several Washington publications, including Politico, where she founded the award-winning Politico Magazine, and Foreign Policy, which won three National Magazine Awards, among other honors, during her tenure as editor-in-chief. Before that, she worked for a decade at the Washington Post, where she was the editor of Outlook and national news. She also oversaw coverage of the impeachment of Bill Clinton, served as a reporter covering the intersection of money and politics, spent four years as the Post’s Moscow co-bureau chief, and covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She started her journalism career in the nineteen-eighties, as an intern at the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, which she later edited. Her books include “Kremlin Rising,” “The Man Who Ran Washington,” and “The Divider,” a best-selling history of Donald Trump in the White House, which she co-wrote with her husband, Peter Baker.
Ethan Hershenfeld got some festival nominations for his portrayal of Dr. Samuel Benjamin in the mockumentary "Today Is Now!" He also wrote Dr. Benjamin's satirical self-help book "Today Is Now!" available on Amazon. Ethan's comedy special "Thug Thug Jew" was briefly #1 on iTunes and Amazon. He sang with opera companies around the world including the Metropolitan Opera and Teatro La Fenice, and has appeared in shows and movies including The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, Bull, Damages, Elsbeth, Girls, High Maintenance, Madam Secretary, Manifest, The Plot Against America, Pose, Red Notice, Law&Order: SVU, Zero Day, and upcoming in Black Rabbit, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, and The Savant.
Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA is a writer, journalist, professor, systems modeler, AI (artificial intelligence)/computational and digital health expert, entrepreneur, and avocado eater, not always in that order. Currently, he is a Professor of Health Policy and Management at the City University of New York (CUNY), Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Technology and Communication in Health (CATCH) and an AI Center, and the founder/CEO of Symsilico. Dr. Lee has also written extensively for the general media. He is a Senior Contributor for Forbes, where he covers health and science, has a regular column for Psychology Today, called "A Funny Bone to Pick," maintains the “Minded by Science” newsletter, and has written for a number of other media outlets including The New York Times, Time, and The Guardian. But don’t ask him if he knows martial arts.
Linda Rottenberg is Co-Founder & CEO of Endeavor, the Global Network of Trust of, by, and for entrepreneurs in nearly 50 countries. Linda also oversees Endeavor Catalyst Funds, the global investment fund of Endeavor, which counts $540M AUM, 350+ investments, and 61 $1B+ “Unicorns” in its portfolio. She has been named “Innovator for the 21st Century” (TIME), one of “America’s Best Leaders” (U.S. News), “The World’s Mentor Capitalist” (Tom Friedman) and “The Entrepreneur Whisperer” (ABC). Linda serves on several public company boards (NYSE: GLOB; Lead Independent Director) (NYSE: OLO), (NYSE: SPARC); vice-chairs Yale’s President’s Council on International Activities; and joined the founding advisory board of Yale Ventures. Her book CRAZY IS A COMPLIMENT was a NYT bestseller. Linda is a graduate of Yale Law School; she lives in Brooklyn with her husband, author Bruce Feiler; their identical twin daughters attend Yale College.
Peter Schildkraut co-leads Arnold & Porter’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications industry team. He provides strategic counsel on AI regulation and risk management as well as spectrum use, broadband, and other TMT regulatory matters. Peter helps clients navigate the ever-changing opportunities and challenges of technology, policy, and law to achieve their business objectives at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and elsewhere. He is the author of “AI Regulation: What You Need To Know To Stay Ahead of the Curve” (2021) and was the U.S. AI regulation presenter for the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ first-ever AI Governance Training.
Julio Ricardo Varela ’90 is an award-winning journalist and senior leader in media and communications. He currently serves as Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Free Press and is also an MSNBC Columnist and founder of The Latino Newsletter. Julio was formerly President and Editorial Director at Pulitzer-winning Futuro Media, where he led teams behind Latino USA, Latino Rebels, and the In The Thick podcast. He founded Latino Rebels in 2011 and has contributed to major outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NBC News. In 2015, he received the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ inaugural DALE Award for his advocacy and leadership in Latino representation.
7:00-8:00pm
Harvard ‘90 Author Showcase and Mixer
Winthrop House JCR
Don't have all the books written by your Harvard 90 classmates? Well, don't just bleep all over your shelf. Come to the Harvard 90 author showcase and mixer on Saturday, 7:00 pm at Winthrop House JCR to meet your esteemed author classmates. This will be a great opportunity to attract more readers and trade notes with fellow authors about publishing and stuff like the comma sutra. Finally, if you are an editor or publisher, make sure you book this event as well. This could help you find the next Wilde thing.
Organized by Bruce Y. Lee
7:00-11:00pm
Class Dinner & Party
Winthrop House
The highlight of the Reunion! Enjoy dinner, drinks, and dancing on campus. Suggested dress code is summer cocktail.
