Professor of Psychology at Harvard and the department’s first tenured woman since 1981, considered the 'mother of mindfulness,' author of multiple books on mindfulness and health; teaches in a department that awarded 101 bachelor’s degrees in 2024‑25 and currently enrolls 65 graduate students.

Ellen Langer
*LinkedIn connection since 10/6/23

Dean and Professor of Marketing at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2023, responsible for strategic and intellectual leadership of the College of Business and Professional Studies, part of a university serving about 1,300 students.

Alphonso Ogbuehi
*LinkedIn connection since 10/10/23

President and CEO of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. in Fairfield, Iowa, leading a financial solutions firm that employs more than 900 associates and serves thousands of financial professionals nationwide.

Amy Webber
*LinkedIn connection since 5/19/22

Town Administrator of Dudley, Massachusetts since 2019, leading municipal operations in a Worcester County town of about 12,000 residents served by roughly 200 municipal employees.

Jonathan Ruda
*LinkedIn connection since 8/20/25

Chief Operating Officer at Tenstorrent, headquartered in the U.S. with offices in Austin, Texas, leading global operations, finance, HR, legal, and supply chain teams at a company with about 1,000 employees, delivering AI and RISC-V heterogeneous compute solutions across data center, IoT, and automotive industries.

Keith Witek
*LinkedIn connection since 12/12/24

Professor at Harvard Business School for over 12 years, teaching MBA and executive courses, including the elective Creating Brand Value, which has potentially exposed or promoted concepts to roughly 1,900 MBA students in Fall 2025.

Jill Avery
*LinkedIn connection since 4/6/22

Dean of the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont since 2011, responsible for growth and innovation at an AACSB‑accredited business school serving about 1,000 business students within a university enrolling over 14,300 students.

Sanjay Sharma
*LinkedIn connection since 10/4/23

President of Aerotek, headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, overseeing growth and strategic development for a staffing and workforce solutions company with more than 3,300 internal employees and a broad global presence.

Thomas Kelly
*LinkedIn connection since 11/25/22

City Manager of Hermosa Beach, California since 2026, overseeing municipal operations in a close-knit beach community of about 20,000 residents with roughly 230 city employees and a $53.6 million budget that supports seven departments.

Suja Lowenthal
*LinkedIn connection since 1/25/26

Chief People Officer at IBEX, headquartered in Washington, D.C., overseeing human resources and talent strategy for a global business process and customer experience solutions company with more than 36,000 employees worldwide.

Paul Inson
*LinkedIn connection since 5/5/22

Professor at Harvard Business School for over 18 years, author of books How to Be Bold and Deep Purpose, teacher of the MBA executive course Turnarounds and Transformation, impacting roughly 8,000 MBA students since the course began under his teaching three years ago in 2023.

Ranjay Gulati
*LinkedIn connection since 9/5/22

Dean of the College of Education and Integrative Studies at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona in Pomona, California, since 2023, overseeing academic programs and initiatives for a public university serving roughly 28,000 students.

Jenelle Pitt-Parker
*LinkedIn connection since 3/31/24

President of Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, leading a HealthPartners hospital that employs more than 3,400 staff, admits over 30,000 patients annually, and provides care across 50+ specialties in the Twin Cities area.

Jennifer Myster
*LinkedIn connection since 10/10/22

Council Member-elect for District 1 on the Wichita City Council in Wichita, Kansas, representing about 64,000 residents in a city of roughly 401,000, and a young professional focused on peace, equity, and community partnership.

Joseph Shepard
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Chief Merchandising Officer at Advance Auto Parts, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, overseeing product strategy for a retailer with about 62,800 employees and 4,781 stores across the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Bruce Starnes, III
*LinkedIn connection since 12/6/24

Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Zen priest; Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor since 2013; director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development; author of The Good Life; co-teacher of the executive education course Building a Life of Wellness; over 10,000 MD students have attended Harvard since his tenure and may have been influenced by his teaching.

Robert Waldinger
*LinkedIn connection since 6/12/22

Dean of the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, & Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, since 2024, responsible for academic leadership at a public research university enrolling over 53,000 students.

Lisa Huffman
*LinkedIn connection since 3/10/24

CEO of Genoa Healthcare in Renton, Washington, a provider of mental health and pharmacy services that is part of UnitedHealth Group and employs more than 4,000 people nationwide.

Brett Edelson
*LinkedIn connection since 1/27/23

Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice in Washington, D.C., since 2023, responsible for guiding, supporting, and coordinating the city’s 13 public safety and justice agencies in a jurisdiction of over 700,000 residents, overseeing a public safety with more than 10,300 employees.

Lindsey Appiah
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communications at U.S. Bank in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of U.S. Bancorp, the fifth-largest U.S. commercial bank with more than 70,000 employees and $495 billion in assets, serving millions of customers nationwide with a blend of branches, ATMs, and digital banking tools.

Elizabeth Kmety
*LinkedIn connection since 11/4/21

Professor at Harvard University, teaching for over 22 years, instructing first-year MBA students in the required FIELD Global Capstone course, which has served roughly 28,000 MBA students since its introduction, and author of the book Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance.

Felix Oberholzer-Gee
*LinkedIn connection since 9/16/22

Dean of the School of Business at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, since 2023, overseeing academic programs at a private university with roughly 189,500 students enrolled across undergraduate and graduate programs.

Diego Nocetti
*LinkedIn connection since 10/28/24

President & CEO of Vontier, a Raleigh‑based global industrial technology company focused on mobility and multi‑energy solutions that employs about 8,000 people worldwide.

Mark Morelli
*LinkedIn connection since 9/16/24

Deputy Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer of Salt Lake County government for over 9 years in Utah’s most populous county, where about 1.2 million residents live and the county employs roughly 5,000 people delivering services across public safety, health, and infrastructure.

Erin Litvack
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Senior Vice President and Head of Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer, headquartered in New York, leading clinical supply operations for the pharmaceutical giant, which employs about 80,000 people worldwide.

Michael Ku
*LinkedIn connection since 8/2/22

Professor of Psychology at Harvard and the department’s first tenured woman since 1981, considered the 'mother of mindfulness,' author of multiple books on mindfulness and health; teaches in a department that awarded 101 bachelor’s degrees in 2024‑25 and currently enrolls 65 graduate students.

Ellen Langer
*LinkedIn connection since 10/6/23

Dean and Professor of Marketing at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2023, responsible for strategic and intellectual leadership of the College of Business and Professional Studies, part of a university serving about 1,300 students.

Alphonso Ogbuehi
*LinkedIn connection since 10/10/23

President and CEO of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. in Fairfield, Iowa, leading a financial solutions firm that employs more than 900 associates and serves thousands of financial professionals nationwide.

Amy Webber
*LinkedIn connection since 5/19/22

Town Administrator of Dudley, Massachusetts since 2019, leading municipal operations in a Worcester County town of about 12,000 residents served by roughly 200 municipal employees.

Jonathan Ruda
*LinkedIn connection since 8/20/25

Chief Operating Officer at Tenstorrent, headquartered in the U.S. with offices in Austin, Texas, leading global operations, finance, HR, legal, and supply chain teams at a company with about 1,000 employees, delivering AI and RISC-V heterogeneous compute solutions across data center, IoT, and automotive industries.

Keith Witek
*LinkedIn connection since 12/12/24

Professor at Harvard Business School for over 12 years, teaching MBA and executive courses, including the elective Creating Brand Value, which has potentially exposed or promoted concepts to roughly 1,900 MBA students in Fall 2025.

Jill Avery
*LinkedIn connection since 4/6/22

Dean of the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont since 2011, responsible for growth and innovation at an AACSB‑accredited business school serving about 1,000 business students within a university enrolling over 14,300 students.

Sanjay Sharma
*LinkedIn connection since 10/4/23

President of Aerotek, headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, overseeing growth and strategic development for a staffing and workforce solutions company with more than 3,300 internal employees and a broad global presence.

Thomas Kelly
*LinkedIn connection since 11/25/22

City Manager of Hermosa Beach, California since 2026, overseeing municipal operations in a close-knit beach community of about 20,000 residents with roughly 230 city employees and a $53.6 million budget that supports seven departments.

Suja Lowenthal
*LinkedIn connection since 1/25/26

Chief People Officer at IBEX, headquartered in Washington, D.C., overseeing human resources and talent strategy for a global business process and customer experience solutions company with more than 36,000 employees worldwide.

Paul Inson
*LinkedIn connection since 5/5/22

Professor at Harvard Business School for over 18 years, author of books How to Be Bold and Deep Purpose, teacher of the MBA executive course Turnarounds and Transformation, impacting roughly 8,000 MBA students since the course began under his teaching three years ago in 2023.

Ranjay Gulati
*LinkedIn connection since 9/5/22

Dean of the College of Education and Integrative Studies at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona in Pomona, California, since 2023, overseeing academic programs and initiatives for a public university serving roughly 28,000 students.

Jenelle Pitt-Parker
*LinkedIn connection since 3/31/24

President of Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, leading a HealthPartners hospital that employs more than 3,400 staff, admits over 30,000 patients annually, and provides care across 50+ specialties in the Twin Cities area.

Jennifer Myster
*LinkedIn connection since 10/10/22

Council Member-elect for District 1 on the Wichita City Council in Wichita, Kansas, representing about 64,000 residents in a city of roughly 401,000, and a young professional focused on peace, equity, and community partnership.

Joseph Shepard
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Chief Merchandising Officer at Advance Auto Parts, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, overseeing product strategy for a retailer with about 62,800 employees and 4,781 stores across the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Bruce Starnes, III
*LinkedIn connection since 12/6/24

Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Zen priest; Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor since 2013; director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development; author of The Good Life; co-teacher of the executive education course Building a Life of Wellness; over 10,000 MD students have attended Harvard since his tenure and may have been influenced by his teaching.

Robert Waldinger
*LinkedIn connection since 6/12/22

Dean of the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, & Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, since 2024, responsible for academic leadership at a public research university enrolling over 53,000 students.

Lisa Huffman
*LinkedIn connection since 3/10/24

CEO of Genoa Healthcare in Renton, Washington, a provider of mental health and pharmacy services that is part of UnitedHealth Group and employs more than 4,000 people nationwide.

Brett Edelson
*LinkedIn connection since 1/27/23

Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice in Washington, D.C., since 2023, responsible for guiding, supporting, and coordinating the city’s 13 public safety and justice agencies in a jurisdiction of over 700,000 residents, overseeing a public safety with more than 10,300 employees.

Lindsey Appiah
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communications at U.S. Bank in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of U.S. Bancorp, the fifth-largest U.S. commercial bank with more than 70,000 employees and $495 billion in assets, serving millions of customers nationwide with a blend of branches, ATMs, and digital banking tools.

Elizabeth Kmety
*LinkedIn connection since 11/4/21

Professor at Harvard University, teaching for over 22 years, instructing first-year MBA students in the required FIELD Global Capstone course, which has served roughly 28,000 MBA students since its introduction, and author of the book Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance.

Felix Oberholzer-Gee
*LinkedIn connection since 9/16/22

Dean of the School of Business at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, since 2023, overseeing academic programs at a private university with roughly 189,500 students enrolled across undergraduate and graduate programs.

Diego Nocetti
*LinkedIn connection since 10/28/24

President & CEO of Vontier, a Raleigh‑based global industrial technology company focused on mobility and multi‑energy solutions that employs about 8,000 people worldwide.

Mark Morelli
*LinkedIn connection since 9/16/24

Deputy Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer of Salt Lake County government for over 9 years in Utah’s most populous county, where about 1.2 million residents live and the county employs roughly 5,000 people delivering services across public safety, health, and infrastructure.

Erin Litvack
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Senior Vice President and Head of Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer, headquartered in New York, leading clinical supply operations for the pharmaceutical giant, which employs about 80,000 people worldwide.

Michael Ku
*LinkedIn connection since 8/2/22