Student Leadership

My name is Dev Ahuja, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Cleveland, Ohio, in Eliot House studying Government and Economics. I am the Chair of the Governance Lab (GovLab), Harvard's first dedicated incubator for social impact startups. 

Over the next year, I am looking...

My name is Sam Bernbaum, and I am a freshman (Class of 2028) from Winter Park, Florida studying Economics and Psychology. I am the Director of Membership, which is responsible for enhancing the social life and sense of community within the IOP. 

Over the next year, I am looking...

My name is Kelly Bokoum, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Hagerstown, Maryland in Quincy House studying Government and Economics with a citation in Mandarin Chinese. I am the Chair of the Community Action Committee (colloquially known as CAC!), which is the Institute of...

My name is Daniel Cabrera, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from a small town on the Oregon Coast called Bandon. I am currently living in Cabot House, studying both History & Literature and Government. This year, I'm honored to serve as Co-Chair of the Politics of Race and...

My name is Nicolette, and I am a senior (Class of 2025) from West Milford, New Jersey in Winthrop House studying Government with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy. I am the Co-Chair of CIVICS, which places motivated undergraduates in classrooms throughout the Boston...

My name is Layla Chaaraoui and I am a junior (Class of 2026) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Pforzheimer House studying Government, Global Health and Health Policy, and Spanish. I am so excited to serve as one of the Co-Chairs of Citizenship Tutoring this year, a program...

My name is Laasya, and I am a junior (Class of 2026) from Massachusetts in Dunster House studying History and Government. I am the Director of Internships and Career Services, and I will be overseeing and helping organize coffee chats with visiting speakers, summer and term time...

My name is Scarlett, and I am a freshman (Class of 2028) from Boston, MA in Weld planning to study Social Studies! I am super excited to be co-chair of Politics of Race & Ethnicity (PRE), a program which brings in speakers and engages in service work relating to topics around the...

My name is Keren Elmore, and I am a junior (Class of 2026) from New York City in Kirkland House studying Government with a focus in Public Policy. I am one of the 2025 Directors of Diversity and Engagement at the Institute of Politics, working to foster diversity, equity, and...

My name is Cole Hahn, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from the suburbs outside Kansas City, living in Adams House and concentrating in Government with a secondary in History. I am the Chair of the Campaign & Advocacy Program, which brings in experienced campaign and...

My name is Natalie, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Newton, MA, in Adams House, studying Social Studies. I am the Chair of the Policy Program, an undergraduate-run think tank that produces policy reports for government officials, nonprofits, and community organizations...

My name is Sebastian, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Azusa, CA in Leverett House studying Government and Anthropology. I am a Co-Chair of CIVICS, which brings civic education to elementary school classrooms in the Boston area. Over the next year, I hope to grow our...

My name is Anjali Krishnamurti and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Branchburg, New Jersey in Quincy House concentrating in Social Studies. I serve as the Co-Chair of the JFK Jr. Forum Committee, which plans and operates speaker events that highlight perspectives from...

My name is Annika Krovi, and I am a freshman (Class of 2028) from Greenville, South Carolina in Holworthy studying Social Studies and Global Health & Health Policy. I am the Chair of the Conferences Committee, which hosts and organizes several flagship, bipartisan political...

My name is Anoushka Lal, and I am a freshman (Class of 2028) from Chicago, Illinois, living in Holworthy Hall and studying Government and History. I am thrilled to serve as the Director of Internal Affairs, whose role is to optimize and support the daily operations and long-term...

My name is Dominick Lombard, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Westerly, Rhode Island in Adams House studying Honors Social Studies. I am the Co-Chair of the Harvard Votes Challenge (HVC), Harvard's flagship non-partisan organization dedicated to voter empowerment...

My name is Sydney Massey, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Little Rock, Arkansas in Winthrop House. I am studying Government with a secondary in Environmental Science and Public Policy. I have the pleasure to serve as the Chair of Women's Initiative in Leadership, which...

My name is Bahar Moradi, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Rocklin, California in Kirkland House studying Social Studies and Middle Eastern Studies. I am Co-Chair of the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Committee, which organizes and staffs speaker events with leaders from...

My name is Lily O'Donoghue-McDonald, and I am a junior (Class of 2026) from Seattle, Washington in Dunster House pursuing a double concentration in History & Literature and Government! I am the Co-Chair of Harvard Votes Challenge which is our undergraduate, non-partisan Get Out...

My name is Dhara Patel, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Modesto, California in Dunster House studying Government & Integrative Biology. I am the Director of Organizing and Special Projects, which leads efforts in community outreach, aiming to extend the reach of IOP...

My name is Carly Ramos, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Boston, MA in Pforzheimer studying Neuroscience and History of Science. I am the Co-Chair of The Citizenship Tutoring Program (Cit Tut), which guides employees from various Harvard Departments and the Greater...

My name is Santiago Salazar, and I am a junior (Class of 2026) from Santiago, Chile in Leverett House studying Neuroscience and Psychology. I am the chair of the IOP's Research & Strategy Group, which works with non-profit, public sector, and private clients to solve complex...

My name is Jordan Schwartz, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Alliance, Ohio living in Currier House studying Government. I serve as the Chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project (HPOP), which runs the flagship Harvard Youth Poll, the premier survey on the political...

My name is Chris, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Cherry Hill, NJ in Leverett House, double concentrating in Chemical & Physical Biology and Government with a secondary in Music. I am Co-Chair of the Policy Program at the IOP, which equips undergraduates with hands-on...

My name is Jonah Simon and I am a junior (Class of 2026) from Deerfield, Illinois studying government. I am the President of the Harvard Political Review, a student-run publication of politics, policy, and culture. I'm looking forward to spending the next year working with our...

My name is Will Smialek, and I am a Sophomore (Class of 2027) from Dublin, Ohio in Adams House studying Government. 

This year, I am thrilled to take on the role of Co-Chair for Fellows & Study Groups (FSG), a program that invites distinguished individuals to the Institute of...

My name is Jack Tueting, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Batesville, Virginia in Adams House studying Government. I am the Chair of the Harvard Political Union, the oldest collegiate debate society in the Western Hemisphere. We are the center for debate on Harvard's...

My name is Jocelyn Xu, and I am a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Chatham, NJ in Eliot House studying Economics and Social Studies. I am the Co-Director of Diversity and Engagement for the IOP, responsible for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the IOP. 

Over the...

My name is Angelina Xu, and I am a freshman (Class of 2028) from Boyds, Maryland in Matthews Dorm studying Applied Math in Economics and Government. I am the Co-Director of Membership, which means I'm in charge of building community across the different IOP programs, as well as...

My name is Zoe, and I'm a sophomore (Class of 2027) from Conroe, Texas in Pforzheimer House studying Government. I'm the Co-Chair of the Fellows and Study Groups Program — we bring prominent figures to the Institute of Politics as Resident Fellows, where they're tasked with...