Spring Break
HBS Club Primer
Issue date: 9/22/08 Section: Features
African American Student Union
Presidents: Damien Hooper
Campbell, Lauryn Hale
This Club Is About:
The African-American Student Union (AASU) utilizes its rich history, active membership and extensive alumni base to support the development, network, and community of students of African descent. We aim to support and enhance the interests of students of African descent at the Harvard Business School, while building African-American cultural awareness throughout the HBS community.
Major Event For The Year:
36th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference; Annual Fall Retreat; School-wide cultural events: SANKOFA; Social Events: Onyx, Brown Sugar I, Brown Sugar II; Career Development Events: Annual Fall Career Fair, company sponsored events (dinners, receptions, etc), career groups; Academic Workshops; Community Service activities; Monthly General Body Meetings
Website URL: www.hbsaasu.com
Email: dhoopercampbell@mba2009.hbs.edu, lhale@mba2009.hbs.edu
Asian American Business Club
Presidents: Tracy Fong, Andrew Kim
This Club Is About:
HBS' Asian-American Business Association provides a forum for the promotion, understanding and cross-cultural exchange of Asian-American business, social, academic, cultural, political and community-related initiatives. We provide a unique venue for Asian-Americans to develop strong bonds that will last throughout the time spent at HBS and beyond.
Major Event For The Year:
Annual fall retreat, interschool mixer events, golf outings, RC/EC mentoring, SABA/AABA Olympics, Lunar New Years Dinner, Alumni Dinners, Club night
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/abba/
Email: akim@mba2009.hbs.edu, tfong@mba2009.hbs.edu
Automotive Club
Presidents: Ricardo Rodriguez,
Paul Yeh
This Club Is About:
To connect students with career opportunities in the auto industry and to create a community where HBS auto enthusiasts can share and fulfill their passion for cars.
Major Event For The Year:
Free Go-Karting at F1 Boston for members, Boston Autoshow, Formula One Race Viewing Parties, on-campus car show, Lamborghini & Bentley dealership and garage tours, trip to New York Autoshow, visit to A123 Battery Systems, visit to the Skip Barber Racing School, Clean-tech Panel
Email: rrodriguez@mba2009.hbs.edu, pyeh@mba2009.hbs.edu
Boat Club
Presidents: Beth Danaher, Nathan Hall
This Club Is About:
The HBS Boat Club provides students opportunities to participate in the iconic Charles River sport, with both competitive and recreational rowing. It's a great way to enjoy the outdoors, get some exercise, and meet new people. Both sweep (one oar per person) and sculling (2 oars per person) are available, and sessions for beginners will be held in the fall. Dues are waived for coxswains.
Major Event For The Year:
Men's and Women's Entries in Head
of the Charles, spring regatta against other business schools and grad programs, weekly practices (not at the crack of dawn!), learn-to-row opportunities
Email: edanaher@mba2009.hbs.edu, nhall@mba2009.hbs.edu
Business of Sports Club
Presidents: Stephanie Meston,
Dominic Dragisich
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Business of Sports Club is to provide HBS students with a forum to discuss sports and business issues and interact with decision-makers within the sports industry (see projects/facts for more information).
Major Event For The Year:
New York City Sports Trek (Including visits to NBA, NFL, MLB, ESPN, PGA TOUR, NASCAR, New York Yankees, Madison Square Garden, NBC Universal, Creative Artists Agency, and others); Boston Celtics game and meeting with management; Fenway Park Tour and meeting with management; Speaker Series; Superbowl and Final Four Parties
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/businessofsports.html
Email: smeston@mba2009.hbs.edu, ddragisich@mba2009.hbs.edu
Business, Industry, and Government Club
Presidents: Lance Toler,
John Coleman
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Business, Industry, and Government Club (BIG) is to provide an opportunity for members
to explore the relationship between business and government in the
United States and other countries.
Major Event For The Year:
Small group dinners, speakers, debates, networking events, career treks
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/businessindustrygovernment.html
Email: ttoler@mba2009.hbs.edu, jcoleman@mba2009.hbs.edu
Canadian Club
Presidents: Bradley Mashinter,
Bryan Berg
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Canadian Club is to provide a sense of community for Canadians studying at HBS and to promote an awareness of Canada within the HBS community. We also seek to foster ties between current HBS students and HBS Canadian alumni.
Major Event For The Year:
Tremblant Ski Trip, Montreal Trip, NHL Hockey Games, Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner, The Great Canadian Curling Bonspiel
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/canadian.html
Email: cnda@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Caribbean Business Club
Presidents: Aduke Thelwell,
Graham Ward
This Club Is About:
The Caribbean Business Club (CBC) aims to support private sector and economic development in the Caribbean and to enhance the HBS community by providing greater exposure to the business and economic diversity of the Caribbean. In addition, CBC seeks to support the interests of students of Caribbean descent and to enhance the HBS experience of the overall community by providing an awareness of and connection to relevant issues and opportunities within the Caribbean community.
Major Event For The Year:
7th Annual Caribbean MBA
Conference (held in the Bahamas)
Catholic Students' Association
Presidents: Luke Fuszard,
Scott Osterling
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Catholic Student Association is to provide a support community for members of the Catholic Faith to practice and explore their beliefs. Our goal is to create a church for members of the HBS community while they are away from home or in transition to a new home.
Major Event For The Year:
Weekly Masses, Weekly Discussion Groups, Thursday dinners with other Catholic Harvard graduate schools
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu.csas/
Email: csas@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Christian Fellowship Club
Presidents: Kate Goodwin, Thomas Rajan, Drew Jackson and Nathan Dutzmann
This Club Is About:
The Christian Fellowship is an inter-denominational Christian community that is committed to being Invitational and Transformational while pursuing God together through worship, prayer, bible study and the building of a strong community as we seek to bridge our spiritual lives with our lives as business professionals
Major Event For The Year:
Fall 2007 Retreat at Camp Toah Nipi, NH; Work-Faith-Life Speaker Series; Monthly social events including beginning-of-year, Christmas, and end-of-year parties; Fall and spring semester service projects; Weekly Large Group Meetings; Small Group Bible Studies
Web URL: www.hbscf.org
Email: chfl@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Club Latinoamericano
Presidents: Gustavo De Loyola, Alfonso Diaz, Gabriel Oliva
This Club Is About:
Club Latinoamericano's mission is to improve the experience of Latin American Students at HBS and enhance the awareness by the HBS community of the region's culture and opportunities
Major Event For The Year:
XI Latin American Conference, Latin Lust Party, Winter Party, Latin American Retreat, Ski Retreat, Soccer World Cup, Squash tournament, Latin American culinary discovery, partners welcome reception, BBQs
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/latinoamericano.html
Email: gdeloyola@mba2009.hbs.edu, adiaztordoya@mba2009.hbs.edu, goliva@mba2009.hbs.edu
Democrats Club
Presidents:Adam Chepenik,
Luke Fuszard
This Club Is About: Encourage students to expand their business education at HBS to incorporate the intellectual and practical benefits of public sector and community involvement through links to national, state, and local Democratic communities. The club will also improve political awareness and involvement on campus by making political events more accessible to HBS students.
Major Event For The Year:
Donkey Kong social, Purple Mixer with Republican Club, Blue Ball formal, debate-watching parties, guest speaker series
Email: dems@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Eastern European Association
Presidents: Gene Kakaulin,
Sasha Verbitsky
This Club Is About: The primary mission of the Eastern European Association (EEA) is to facilitate professional, cultural and social activities aimed at HBS students interested in Eastern Europe. We aspire to increase awareness of growing business opportunities, improving economic conditions, and ever-exciting political events in the countries of Eastern Europe and the CIS.
Major Event For The Year:
Guest speaker series, monthly happy hours and drinks, school-wide EEA parties, panel at the VCPE conference, Russia-Ukraine trek, food Fair
Web URL: www,hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/easterneuropean.html
Email: ekakaulin@mba2009.hbs.edu, averbitsky@mba2009.hbs.edu
Energy Club
Presidents: Christine Telyan,
Kate Wattson, Puja Jain
This Club Is About: The Energy Club provides a forum for education on energy-related issues, and to serve as the main facilitator for communication between the Harvard Business School community and the energy industry at large, including the private and public sectors, NGOs, and academics.
Major Event For The Year:
Fall Energy Symposium, Energy Finance Case Competition (McCombs School), ongoing speakers, field-trips and career networking events
Web URL: www.hbs.edu.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/energy.html
Email: ctelyan@mba2009.hbs.edu, kwattson@mba2009.hbs.edu, pjain@mba2009.hbs.edu
Entertainment & Media Club
Presidents: Maureen Fan, Jack Sallay
This Club Is About: The Entertainment & Media Club ("EMC") is dedicated to serving the career, social and informational needs of Harvard Business School students interested in the entertainment and media industries, including film, television, music, publishing, new media, theatre, and the arts by providing its members with invaluable educational and career-oriented services.
Major Event For The Year:
Entertainment & Media Conference, Hollywood Trek, New York Trek, Distinguished Speaker Series with leading executives in both business and creative roles, Social Events
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/emcl/default.html
Email: hbsentertainmentandmediaclub@gmail.com
Entrepreneurship Club
Presidents: Luke Fuszard,
Scott Osterling
This Club Is About: The Entrepreneurship Club provides students with the opportunity to access important entrepreneurial resources, network with prominent entrepreneurs and share new business ideas with other entrepreneurial students.
Major Event For The Year:
Entrepreneurship Conference, Entrepreneurship Trek, breakfast and dinner series with local entrepreneurs/venture capitalists, monthly speaker/panel series and various other social/professional events throughout the year.
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/eshp
Email: mlin@mba2009.hbs.edu, afloam@mba2009.hbs.edu
European Club
Presidents: Aron Gelbard,
Christian Resch
This Club Is About: The mission of the European Club is to be the foremost gateway between HBS and Europe for students, alumni, and the business community by promoting awareness of European business, government, and culture on campus through academic, business, and many social events.
Major Event For The Year:
Multiple Euro Club Parties, Large Retreat, Regular Meetings and Gatherings, Dinners, Speaker Series, Resume books, Career events
Email: agelbard@mba2009.hbs.edu, cresch@mba2009.hbs.edu
Finance Club
President: Ken Auspaker,
Michael Jones
This Club Is About: The HBS Finance Club promotes finance related activities and careers throughout the HBS community. The Club provides an interface between the finance industry, finance faculty and HBS students. The Club caters to students with a wide variety of finance related interests - whether it is Investment Banking, Investment Management, Venture Capital/Private Equity, or Corporate Finance.
Major Event For The Year:
HBS Finance Conference; Days On Wall Street; Financial model training with Training the Street; Distinguished Speakers Series, including Roger Altman (CEO, Evercore), Jamie Dimon (CEO, JP Morgan, TBC), and John Mack (CEO, Morgan Stanley, TBC); Warren Buffet Trek (co-organizer); EC/RC mentorship events and interview preparation; Access to numerous company sponsored educational, recruiting and networking events; Social services projects with Harvard College
Web URL: www.hbsfinanceclub.com
Email: kaupaker@mba2009.hbs.edu, mjones@mba2009.hbs.edu
Globalization Club
Presidents: Malte Janzarik,
Maria Karaivanova
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Globalization Club is to raise awareness of how a rapidly changing global economy affects individuals, businesses and policy makers. The Club creates a forum for students to exchange ideas, learn from industry leaders and explore international career opportunities.
Major Event For The Year:
Exclusive networking receptions with visiting high profile speakers (latest event was a presentation, reception and dinner with Mr. Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel); Exclusive group lunches / dinners with industry leaders; Enabling platform for Club members to invite any speaker of interest to campus; Exclusive networking events (member drinks, small group dinners etc.); Globalization Club Resume Book delivered to over 40 global companies and distribution list; Free T-shirt.
Golf Club
Presidents: Chris McCarthy, Drew Thomas, Paul Thomson
This Club Is About: The Golf Club is focused on providing HBS students with opportunities to learn and play the game of golf. Golf is important networking activity where a minimum skill level is beneficial. The club helps facilitate lessons, hosts spring and fall golf events, and club members receive discounts on range balls and rounds of golf at local facilities.
Major Event For The Year:
Fall & Spring Golf Scrambles
Email: cmccarthy@mba2009.hbs.edu, dthomas@mba2009.hbs.edu, pthomson@mba2009.hbs.edu
HBS Rugby Football Club
President: Randy Goldstein
This Club Is About: The HBS Rugby Football Club provides an outstanding social and competitive experience for members of all skill levels, through rugby training, competitive local, national and international matches, and social events.
Major Event For The Year:
Weekend matches against local clubs; Fall tour, McGill University in Montreal; London Business School Tournament; Spring Break Tour, location TBD; MBA World Championship, Duke University
Web URL: www.hbsrugby.org
Email: rugb@studentclubs.hbs.edu
HBS Show
President:Lindsay Levkoff,
Jeremy King
This Club Is About:
The mission of the students who come together each year to produce the HBS Show is to execute a major musical theater production written, produced, directed and performed by members of the HBS student body. Essentially, the HBS Show is by MBA students, for MBA students, and about MBA students.
Major Event For The Year:
Sponsored TGIF (October); The Show (April)
Web URL: hbsshow.org/
Email: aalaniscue@mba2009.hbs.edu, chuang@mba2009.hbs.edu
HBS Soccer Club
Presidents: Alfonso Alanis-Cue, Charles Huang
This Club Is About: To promote the world's most-popular sport on the HBS campus and to provide both social and competitive experiences for HBS soccer enthusiasts. Our members' passion for soccer brings together students from all parts of the world for regular sports and social activities.
Major Event For The Year:
We compete in weekly league games against other graduate schools in the Boston area, attend national MBA soccer tournaments, intramural EC and RC section soccer tournament. We will also be hosting many social events throughout the year to get together and watch professional soccer games (English Premier League, La Liga, World Cup Qualifiers, etc)
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/soccer.html
Email: aalaniscue@mba2009.hbs.edu, chuang@mba2009.hbs.edu
Healthcare Club
Presidents: Jenny Vandrovec,
Alex Herzlinger
This Club Is About: The Healthcare Club provides a forum for students to learn about the business of healthcare, to interact with other students who are interested in healthcare, and to meet with leaders and key decision makers in the healthcare industry.
Major Event For The Year:
Speaker series, Healthcare conference, EC/RC buddy program, happy hours and mixers with local schools, alumni nextworking events, small group student dinners, RC guide to recruiting, charity fundraiser and volunteer excursions, local business treks, career panels, mentorship program (with Healthcare Initiative)
Web URL: www.hbshealthcareclub.org
Email: jvandrovec@mba2009.hbs.edu, aherzlinger@mba2009.hbs.edu
Hospitality & Travel Industry Club
Presidents: Thomas Leung,
Dave Kang
This Club Is About: The Hospitality & Travel Industry Club provides a forum for interested HBS students to increase their knowledge of and network with hospitality and travel companies (hotels, restaurants, airlines, gaming, spa, online travel, and real estate) and to enhance their ability to pursue careers in this industry.
Major Event For The Year:
Las Vegas Trek (fall), New York Trek (winter), local hotel, restaurant, and spa tours, senior executives from multinational hotel and airline companies slated to speak on campus.
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/htic/
Email: htic@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Human Capital Management Club
Presidents: Ami Kemppainen,
Gregg Gulinson, Henry Willener
This Club Is About: The Human Capital Management Club strives to provide future leaders a better foundation to cope with the challenges and possibilities of human capital. At our events we will cover pertinent topics that range from change management to the intersection of business and human capital strategy to building and maintaining high-performance organizations.
Major Event For The Year:
Human Capital and HR update, sponsored dinners, lectures
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/humancapital.html
Email: hcmc@studentclubs.hbs.edu
International Business & Development Club
Presidents: Michel Nehme,
Jared Miller
This Club Is About: The IBDC facilitates learning about international business and economic development challenges in order to prepare members for work in an international setting. Our events focus on promoting interesting ideas about international business and development and creating social and professional connections between our members, professors, and students from other schools.
Major Event For The Year:
Outside Speakers, small Group Dinners, fireside Chat Series with Faculty, Washington DC Trek, Wine & Cheese Mixers, International Consulting Projects
Email: mnehme@mba2009.hbs.edu, jmiller@mba2009.hbs.edu
Latino Student Organization
Presidents: Jaime Mendez,
Liz Montano
This Club Is About: LASO's mission statement is "To proudly promote the Latino culture at the Harvard Business School and throughout our careers." The club accomplishes this by supporting its membership to meet their professional, academic, and social goals.
Major Event For The Year:
RC Welcome Brunch, Fall & Spring Retreats, National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Conference in Atlanta, GA, 2 Prospective Students Days (PSD), Latino Leadership Forum with HLS/HKS, Review Sessions before Midterms/Finals, HBS Latino Alumni Association Dinner in NYC, Regular Meetings & Social Gatherings, Special Events with our corporate partners
Web URL: www.hbslaso.com/Home.html
Email: jmendez@mba2009.hbs.edu, lmontano@mba2009.hbs.edu
Latter-Day Saint Student Association
Presidents: Ryan Whitehead, Ann Christensen
This Club Is About:
The LDSSA's goal is to help club members and others draw closer to Jesus Christ and prepare for a lifetime of service to God and mankind. Through club activities members forge lasting personal and professional relationships with one another and inspire members to become leaders of integrity and faith.
Major Event For The Year:
Speaker Series, Fall Retreat, Convocation, Winter Dinner, Student Activities, Spring Retreat, Valediction
Web URL: www.hbsldssa.org
Email: rwhitehead@mba2009.hbs.edu, achristensen@mba2009.hbs.edu
LGBT Student Association
(Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender)
Presidents: Brian Elliot, John Wright
This Club Is About:
The LGBT SA is dedicated to fostering a strong, safe, and supportive lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community at Harvard Business School. Our goals are to support the LGBT community along with its straight allies, and to connect LGBT students with the greater school and business communities.
Major Event For The Year:
Recruiting dinners, Social events including those with our straight ally group (Section Q), Fall and Spring retreats, National Coming Out Day activities, LGBT Open House for HBS Admissions, attend the national LGBT MBA Conference in Washington D.C., and more
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/lgbt/
Email: belliot@mba2009.hbs.edu , jwright@mba2009.hbs.edu
Management Consulting Club
PRESIDENTS: Andrew Feinberg, Ryan Goodman
This Club Is About:
We are committed to giving you a competitive advantage by providing tailored job support, extensive networking opportunities, face-time with consulting companies and insightful information about the numerous possibilities in the dynamic fields of management consulting and corporate strategic planning.
Major Event For The Year:
Monthly Cocktail Series, Club Resume Book, Distinguished Speaker Series, Career Fair, Management Consulting Club Career Guide, Interview Workshops and Sample Case Questions
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/mccl/
Email: rgoodman@mba2009.hbs.edu
Marketing & CPG Club
Presidents: Tatiana Stadukhina,
Irina Gerry
This Club Is About:To make the club the most valuable resource for students interested in Marketing and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industries through collaboration of our members, officers, Career Services and other entities (recruiters, faculty, speakers, other HBS clubs, etc.)
Major Event For The Year:
Marketing Conference, Distinguished Speaker Series, Workshops for Skills and Career Development, Career Panels, RC/EC and Alumni Mentoring Program, Resume Review Workshops, Club Newsletter, Recruiting Support
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/student/clubs/consumerproductsandservices.html
Email: tstadukhina@mba2009.hbs.edu, igerry@mba2009.hbs.edu
Midwest Student Association
Presidents: Drew Thomas, Drew Vogel
This Club Is About: The Midwest Student Association provides opportunities for Midwesterners to interact with each other, to increase awareness of the cultures and job opportunities available in the region, and to help employers from the Midwest match their recruiting needs with the job interests of HBS students.
Major Event For The Year:
Cornhole Classic, Midwest Career Trek, Minnesota Night, Red Sox game verse AL Central
Email: dthomas@mba2009.hbs.edu, avogel@mba2009.hbs.edu
Operations Managements Club
Presidents: Chad Holzer, Ryan Buck
This Club Is About:
The Operations Management Club is committed to expanding career opportunities for HBS students in General Management, Leadership Development (rotational programs), and Operations Management across all industries. The club's mission is to give members operations exposure in order to become effective general managers. Club members include people interested in general management, operations, service management, and logistics in a wide array of industries.
Major Event For The Year:
Speaker series, EC/RC buddy program, happy hours and mixers with local schools, alumni nextworking events, small group student dinners, RC guide to recruiting, local plant and brewery tours, career panels, emails of operation specific job opportunities
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/operations.html
Email: cholzer@mba2009.hbs.edu, rbuck@mba2009.hbs.edu, hwillener@mba2009.hbs.edu
Public Speaking Club
Presidents: Lisa Kostova, Michel Nehme
This Club Is About:
The Public Speaking Club is an HBS club solely dedicated to the personal development of our members. We meet and participate in activities and training to sharpen the CRITICAL SKILL of public speaking, negotiating, and leadership development for our members' life inside and outside of classroom in HBS, and in the business world. The club offers outstanding leadership opportunities to RCs.
Major Event For The Year:
Annual Public Speaking Competition; Sales Pitch Contest (inaugural event); Public Speaking and Presentation workshops (members receive a discount for professional coach); members-only Improv workshops; lie detection test (tentative); distinguished speakers: a Toastmaster Public Speaking Champion, PR crisis expert, and others; semi-annual social events
Email: lkostova@mba2009.hbs.edu, mnehme@mba2009.hbs.edu
Real Estate Club
Presidents: Angela Johnson, Claude Drevet, Kevin Kingston
This Club Is About: The HBS Real Estate Club seeks to expand students' knowledge of the real estate industry on both professional and personal levels. The Club provides career advice and opportunities through the resources of current students, HBS alumni, and contacts in the industry.
Major Event For The Year:
Real Estate Symposium, Real Estate Trek, Excel modeling sessions, Argus training
Web URL: www.hbsrealestate.net
Email: ajohnson@mba2009.hbs.edu, cdrevet@mba2009.hbs.edu, lkingston@partners.hbs.edu
Retail and Apparel Club
Presidents: Ari Bloom,
Elle Suebjaklap
This Club Is About: The Retail and Apparel Club serves to educate its members and the entire HBS community about retail concepts, challenges, and opportunities. The club serves to provide its members with links to HBS faculty and other students with shared interests, provide career planning and recruiting contacts, and plant the seeds for entrepreneurial opportunities within the field. In 2008-2009, we will specifically focus on building a strong retail reputation among new students and recruiters.
Major Event For The Year:
Lining up industry execs and CEO's for Monthly Speaker Series, Monthly Social Events, Recruiting, Fashion Show, Fashion Industry Treks with the Lux Goods Club, Retail Conference
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/retailandapparel.html
Email: abloom@mba2009.hbs.edu; ksuebjaklap@mba2009.hbs.edu
Sailing Club
Presidents: Jose Maria Pertusa,
Ted Wiley, Lawrence Yu
This Club Is About: The Sailing Club introduces HBS students and their partners to the sailing sport and lifestyle and offers experienced sailors opportunities to advance their skills and compete in sailing events.
Major Event For The Year:
Sailing at the Harvard Sailing Center in Cambridge; winter diving lessons and PADI certification; MBA's Cup regatta in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy; Spring Break: Virgin Islands Sailing & Diving Trek (potentially with ASA certification); Group visit to New England Boat Show
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/sailing.html
Email: jpertusahonrubia@mba2009.hbs.edu, zyu@mba2009.hbs.edu, twiley@mba2009.hbs.edu
She-E-Os
President: Amanda Kalin
This Club Is About:
Female A Cappella group that provides musical entertainment to the HBS community.
Major Event For The Year:
Winter and spring concerts and additional performances
Email: sheo@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Social Enterprise Club
Presidents: Qahir Dhanani, Jessica Stannard-Friel, Christine Philpotts
This Club Is About:
The SEC provides all HBS students with the knowledge, experience, and networks needed to use their leadership and management skills to positively impact the world. Students of the SEC work in conjunction with the administration-sponsored Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) to offer opportunities for students to explore social enterprise. The SEC specifically organizes a range of programs in pursuit of this mission, which include "Interest Communities" that allow members to meet others who share specific interests and to deepen field knowledge in Education, Microfinance and Social Finance, Public Health, Corporate Social Responsibility, Foundations and Philanthropy, Arts, Entrepreneurship and others.
Major Event For The Year:
Club-wide retreats, socials, and networking events for our 300+ members; The HBS Board Fellows program, which places students as non-voting members on nonprofit boards; A range of speaker events and discussion groups; The marquee annual HBS/HKS Social Enterprise Conference in March
Web URL: www.socialenterpriseclub.com
Email: qdhanani@mba2009.hbs.edu, cphillpotts@mba2009.hbs.edu, jstannard-friel@mba2009.hbs.edu
South Asian Business Association (SABA)
Presidents: Saurabh Agarwal,
Zuber Mohammed
This Club Is About:
SABA aims to provide a cohesive forum through which members of the HBS community, and other constituents, can explore and lead initiatives related to South Asia. We define South Asia as the region comprising India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan and other areas in close proximity. Our activities are focused on the cultural, social, and business aspects of South Asia and include: talks by distinguished speakers; SABA Conference; celebrations of South Asian Culture;India Trek; and some of the most talked about parties at HBS!
Major Event For The Year:
Fall Retreat, Ekta Cultural Show, SABA Conference, India Trek, Social events, Prominent Speaker Talks, Year-end Gala, Career Networking, EC-RC Mentoring
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/saba
Email: snagarwal@mba2009.hbs.edu, zmohammed@mba2009.hbs.edu
TechMedia Club
Presidents: Humberto Moreira, Sunil Nagaraj, Raj Ramachandran
This Club Is About:
The TechMedia Club strives to build a vibrant community and make HBS a global leader in the High Tech & New Media industries through facilitating career development and recruiting efforts, enabling networking opportunities with students and industry professionals, and raising the awareness of technology and its applications on campus.
Major Event For The Year:
Cyberposium (November 15, 2008), Techmedia Alumni Panel and Dinner (Spring 2009), WesTrek, Seattle Trek, Boston Trek, Joint events with MIT/Sloan, VC/Entrepreneur Breakfast series, Industry speakers
Web URL: www.techmediaclub.com
Email: techmedia@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Texas Club
Presidents: Stephen Cravens,
Robby Markose, Jimmy Tran
This Club Is About:
The Texas Club exists to promote job opportunities within the Great State of Texas as well as to foster a network of Texas contacts among HBS students. More importantly, the club conducts social events for homesick, displaced and freezing-cold Texans as they adjust to life in New England.
Major Event For The Year:
Texas Trek, Networking events, Texas Chili Cook-Off, Group dinners, social events
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/texas.html
Email: scravens@mba2009.hbs.edu, rmarkose@mba2009.hbs.edu, jtran@mba2009.hbs.edu
The Middle East North Africa Club
(MENA)
Presidents: Dalia Rahman,
Hicham Fadel
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Club is to provide the HBS community with opportunities to experience the Middle East and North Africa Region and the Arab World in illuminating and enriching ways. We also aim to bring together the MENA community and enrich their HBS experience, as well as create and maintain a strong link among current students, MENA alumni, and the MENA business community.
Major Event For The Year:
Fall Retreat, Spring Retreat, Monthly Club Social Events, HBS MENA Business Conference (part of Harvard MENA Weekend), Movie Screenings, Panels of Speakers and Round Table Discussions, Committee to Promote More Cases about the MENA Region, EC Gala Graduation Dinner
Web URL: www.hbsmena.com
Email: mena@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Triathlon Club
Presidents: Anne Christian,
Heidi Yip
This Club Is About:
The Triathlon Club brings together like-minded endurance sports enthusiasts and provides an organized forum for training, knowledge-sharing, and competing in distance-running, triathlons and other multisports.
Major Event For The Year:
Beginning biking, swimming and nutrition clinics; weekly outdoor running and biking sessions; training build-up towards the Boston Marathon
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/triathlon.html
Email: achristian@mba2009.hbs.edu, xyip@mba2009.hbs.edu
Venture Capital and Private Equity Club
Presidents: Ari Bloom, Elle Suebjaklap
This Club Is About:
1 - To educate the HBS community in the areas of venture capital and private equity. 2 - To increase networking opportunities both within HBS and with outside enterprises. 3 - To help members in their search for career opportunities. 4 - To keep members warm this January with luxurious club fleeces, free to members while supplies last.
Major Event For The Year:
Annual VCPE Club Conference, Speaker Series, Treks, Social Events. We have an extremely ambitious and exciting slate of industry leading speakers and nationwide company visits planned for the upcoming year. In addition, we plan to make intra-club networking a focus through frequent social outings, and are initiating a brand new series of small group RC / EC dinners
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/vcpe
Email: amoura@mba2009.hbs.edu, mvonkoschitzky@mba2009.hbs.edu
Volleyball Club
Presidents: Eric Brown, Naomi Morita
This Club Is About:
To promote volleyball within the HBS community by providing an environment where HBS students and partners can play volleyball recreationally and competitively, while building relationships with others in a non-academic setting.
Major Event For The Year:
HBS Fall Volleyball Tournament, Wharton Spring Invitational, and other regional tournaments; weekly open gym practice, recreational games, and beginner clinics; Social events (AVP tour)
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/volleyball.html
Email: ebrown@mba2009.hbs.edu, nmorita@mba2009.hbs.edu
Volunteer Consulting Organization
Presidents: Laura Huddleston, Rohan Nirody
This Club Is About:
In VCO, students form teams of 3-5 to complete a consulting project for a local non-profit organization. Students first meet the participating non-profits at the annual client fair in October, and teams are paired with organizations through a mutual application process later that month. VCO's dual missions are (1) to create lasting social impact by providing non-profits with sound business advice and (2) to provide an introduction to the management consulting experience to HBS students.
Major Event For The Year:
Student-led volunteer consulting projects (year-round), VCO Client Fair (October 8), Speaker series (year-round)
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/volunteerconsulting.html
Email: lhuddleston@mba2009.hbs.edu, rnirody@mba2009.hbs.edu
Volunteers
Presidents: Eric Salsa, Mike Haynes, Jamie Viggiano
This Club Is About:
HBS Volunteers provides students with access to community volunteer activities that make a positive contribution to the Cambridge and greater Boston communities as well as other organizations and regions in need of support. Our goal is to encourage the growth of volunteerism in the HBS community by both organizing a broad variety of activities and increasing the HBS community's awareness of other opportunities.
Major Event For The Year:
RC Section Service Competition, RC Charity Auction, Seasonal Drives: Food Fight & Adopt an Angel, Summer Search Mock Case Discussion, Day of Service,
Junior Achievement, Gardner Elementary After School Program
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/volunteers.html
Email: esalsa@mba2009.hbs.edu, jviggiano@mba2009.hbs.edu, mhaynes@mba2009.hbs.edu
Wellness Club
Presidents: Sean Eldridge,
Brittania Boey
This Club Is About:
The Wellness Club encourages, educates and empowers HBS students (and partners) to integrate healthy nutrition and fitness habits into their daily lives for the betterment of themselves and their community.
Major Event For The Year:
Nutrition Series, Fitness Series, Industry Speaker Series
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/wellness.html
West Coast Club
Presidents: Tyson Clark, Serge Kassardjian, Joseph Narens
This Club Is About:
The West Coast Club (WCC) seeks to facilitate friendships and strengthen networks among HBS students who will move to the West Coast after graduation. In addition, the club fosters relationships with other Harvard graduate schools' West Coast Clubs (such as Harvard Law and Kennedy School of Government) to further broaden personal and professional networking. The club hosts events both in the Boston Area and on the West Coast throughout the academic year.
Major Event For The Year:
Tahoe/Reno Ski Weekend Trek, annual West Coast Charity Event, networking events with west coast based firms and branch offices, monthly Social Mixers, organized Game Watches for big West Coast Sporting Events
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/westcoastclub.html
Email: rclark@mba2009.hbs.edu, skassardjian@mba2009.hbs.edu, jnarens@mba2009.hbs.edu
Women's Student Association
Presidents: Mary Ellen Hammond, Anne Himpens
This Club Is About: (1) Connect and support all women at HBS through mentoring programs, networking events, speaker series, the annual conference, and social events across all sections and with other schools and organizations. (2) Promote the diversity of women's achievements and contributions. (3) Work with the HBS administration to make sure issues that are relevant to women are being addressed. (4) Lay the foundations of a powerful network of female business leaders and connect current students to HBS alumnae.
Major Event For The Year:
WSA conference (Jan 24th), Duck Tour, RC/EC buddy events, various career panels, student panels, and alumnae networking events, EC graduation luncheon, school-wide party
This Club Is About: The WSA conference is one of the largest conferences on campus, attracting ~800 women from across the Harvard community, alumnae, and the greater Boston area
Web URL: www.hbswsa.org/
Email: mhammond@mba2009.hbs.edu, ahimpens@mba2009.hbs.edu
Presidents: Damien Hooper
Campbell, Lauryn Hale
This Club Is About:
The African-American Student Union (AASU) utilizes its rich history, active membership and extensive alumni base to support the development, network, and community of students of African descent. We aim to support and enhance the interests of students of African descent at the Harvard Business School, while building African-American cultural awareness throughout the HBS community.
Major Event For The Year:
36th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference; Annual Fall Retreat; School-wide cultural events: SANKOFA; Social Events: Onyx, Brown Sugar I, Brown Sugar II; Career Development Events: Annual Fall Career Fair, company sponsored events (dinners, receptions, etc), career groups; Academic Workshops; Community Service activities; Monthly General Body Meetings
Website URL: www.hbsaasu.com
Email: dhoopercampbell@mba2009.hbs.edu, lhale@mba2009.hbs.edu
Asian American Business Club
Presidents: Tracy Fong, Andrew Kim
This Club Is About:
HBS' Asian-American Business Association provides a forum for the promotion, understanding and cross-cultural exchange of Asian-American business, social, academic, cultural, political and community-related initiatives. We provide a unique venue for Asian-Americans to develop strong bonds that will last throughout the time spent at HBS and beyond.
Major Event For The Year:
Annual fall retreat, interschool mixer events, golf outings, RC/EC mentoring, SABA/AABA Olympics, Lunar New Years Dinner, Alumni Dinners, Club night
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/abba/
Email: akim@mba2009.hbs.edu, tfong@mba2009.hbs.edu
Automotive Club
Presidents: Ricardo Rodriguez,
Paul Yeh
This Club Is About:
To connect students with career opportunities in the auto industry and to create a community where HBS auto enthusiasts can share and fulfill their passion for cars.
Major Event For The Year:
Free Go-Karting at F1 Boston for members, Boston Autoshow, Formula One Race Viewing Parties, on-campus car show, Lamborghini & Bentley dealership and garage tours, trip to New York Autoshow, visit to A123 Battery Systems, visit to the Skip Barber Racing School, Clean-tech Panel
Email: rrodriguez@mba2009.hbs.edu, pyeh@mba2009.hbs.edu
Boat Club
Presidents: Beth Danaher, Nathan Hall
This Club Is About:
The HBS Boat Club provides students opportunities to participate in the iconic Charles River sport, with both competitive and recreational rowing. It's a great way to enjoy the outdoors, get some exercise, and meet new people. Both sweep (one oar per person) and sculling (2 oars per person) are available, and sessions for beginners will be held in the fall. Dues are waived for coxswains.
Major Event For The Year:
Men's and Women's Entries in Head
of the Charles, spring regatta against other business schools and grad programs, weekly practices (not at the crack of dawn!), learn-to-row opportunities
Email: edanaher@mba2009.hbs.edu, nhall@mba2009.hbs.edu
Business of Sports Club
Presidents: Stephanie Meston,
Dominic Dragisich
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Business of Sports Club is to provide HBS students with a forum to discuss sports and business issues and interact with decision-makers within the sports industry (see projects/facts for more information).
Major Event For The Year:
New York City Sports Trek (Including visits to NBA, NFL, MLB, ESPN, PGA TOUR, NASCAR, New York Yankees, Madison Square Garden, NBC Universal, Creative Artists Agency, and others); Boston Celtics game and meeting with management; Fenway Park Tour and meeting with management; Speaker Series; Superbowl and Final Four Parties
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/businessofsports.html
Email: smeston@mba2009.hbs.edu, ddragisich@mba2009.hbs.edu
Business, Industry, and Government Club
Presidents: Lance Toler,
John Coleman
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Business, Industry, and Government Club (BIG) is to provide an opportunity for members
to explore the relationship between business and government in the
United States and other countries.
Major Event For The Year:
Small group dinners, speakers, debates, networking events, career treks
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/businessindustrygovernment.html
Email: ttoler@mba2009.hbs.edu, jcoleman@mba2009.hbs.edu
Canadian Club
Presidents: Bradley Mashinter,
Bryan Berg
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Canadian Club is to provide a sense of community for Canadians studying at HBS and to promote an awareness of Canada within the HBS community. We also seek to foster ties between current HBS students and HBS Canadian alumni.
Major Event For The Year:
Tremblant Ski Trip, Montreal Trip, NHL Hockey Games, Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner, The Great Canadian Curling Bonspiel
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/canadian.html
Email: cnda@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Caribbean Business Club
Presidents: Aduke Thelwell,
Graham Ward
This Club Is About:
The Caribbean Business Club (CBC) aims to support private sector and economic development in the Caribbean and to enhance the HBS community by providing greater exposure to the business and economic diversity of the Caribbean. In addition, CBC seeks to support the interests of students of Caribbean descent and to enhance the HBS experience of the overall community by providing an awareness of and connection to relevant issues and opportunities within the Caribbean community.
Major Event For The Year:
7th Annual Caribbean MBA
Conference (held in the Bahamas)
Catholic Students' Association
Presidents: Luke Fuszard,
Scott Osterling
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Catholic Student Association is to provide a support community for members of the Catholic Faith to practice and explore their beliefs. Our goal is to create a church for members of the HBS community while they are away from home or in transition to a new home.
Major Event For The Year:
Weekly Masses, Weekly Discussion Groups, Thursday dinners with other Catholic Harvard graduate schools
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu.csas/
Email: csas@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Christian Fellowship Club
Presidents: Kate Goodwin, Thomas Rajan, Drew Jackson and Nathan Dutzmann
This Club Is About:
The Christian Fellowship is an inter-denominational Christian community that is committed to being Invitational and Transformational while pursuing God together through worship, prayer, bible study and the building of a strong community as we seek to bridge our spiritual lives with our lives as business professionals
Major Event For The Year:
Fall 2007 Retreat at Camp Toah Nipi, NH; Work-Faith-Life Speaker Series; Monthly social events including beginning-of-year, Christmas, and end-of-year parties; Fall and spring semester service projects; Weekly Large Group Meetings; Small Group Bible Studies
Web URL: www.hbscf.org
Email: chfl@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Club Latinoamericano
Presidents: Gustavo De Loyola, Alfonso Diaz, Gabriel Oliva
This Club Is About:
Club Latinoamericano's mission is to improve the experience of Latin American Students at HBS and enhance the awareness by the HBS community of the region's culture and opportunities
Major Event For The Year:
XI Latin American Conference, Latin Lust Party, Winter Party, Latin American Retreat, Ski Retreat, Soccer World Cup, Squash tournament, Latin American culinary discovery, partners welcome reception, BBQs
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/latinoamericano.html
Email: gdeloyola@mba2009.hbs.edu, adiaztordoya@mba2009.hbs.edu, goliva@mba2009.hbs.edu
Democrats Club
Presidents:Adam Chepenik,
Luke Fuszard
This Club Is About: Encourage students to expand their business education at HBS to incorporate the intellectual and practical benefits of public sector and community involvement through links to national, state, and local Democratic communities. The club will also improve political awareness and involvement on campus by making political events more accessible to HBS students.
Major Event For The Year:
Donkey Kong social, Purple Mixer with Republican Club, Blue Ball formal, debate-watching parties, guest speaker series
Email: dems@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Eastern European Association
Presidents: Gene Kakaulin,
Sasha Verbitsky
This Club Is About: The primary mission of the Eastern European Association (EEA) is to facilitate professional, cultural and social activities aimed at HBS students interested in Eastern Europe. We aspire to increase awareness of growing business opportunities, improving economic conditions, and ever-exciting political events in the countries of Eastern Europe and the CIS.
Major Event For The Year:
Guest speaker series, monthly happy hours and drinks, school-wide EEA parties, panel at the VCPE conference, Russia-Ukraine trek, food Fair
Web URL: www,hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/easterneuropean.html
Email: ekakaulin@mba2009.hbs.edu, averbitsky@mba2009.hbs.edu
Energy Club
Presidents: Christine Telyan,
Kate Wattson, Puja Jain
This Club Is About: The Energy Club provides a forum for education on energy-related issues, and to serve as the main facilitator for communication between the Harvard Business School community and the energy industry at large, including the private and public sectors, NGOs, and academics.
Major Event For The Year:
Fall Energy Symposium, Energy Finance Case Competition (McCombs School), ongoing speakers, field-trips and career networking events
Web URL: www.hbs.edu.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/energy.html
Email: ctelyan@mba2009.hbs.edu, kwattson@mba2009.hbs.edu, pjain@mba2009.hbs.edu
Entertainment & Media Club
Presidents: Maureen Fan, Jack Sallay
This Club Is About: The Entertainment & Media Club ("EMC") is dedicated to serving the career, social and informational needs of Harvard Business School students interested in the entertainment and media industries, including film, television, music, publishing, new media, theatre, and the arts by providing its members with invaluable educational and career-oriented services.
Major Event For The Year:
Entertainment & Media Conference, Hollywood Trek, New York Trek, Distinguished Speaker Series with leading executives in both business and creative roles, Social Events
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/emcl/default.html
Email: hbsentertainmentandmediaclub@gmail.com
Entrepreneurship Club
Presidents: Luke Fuszard,
Scott Osterling
This Club Is About: The Entrepreneurship Club provides students with the opportunity to access important entrepreneurial resources, network with prominent entrepreneurs and share new business ideas with other entrepreneurial students.
Major Event For The Year:
Entrepreneurship Conference, Entrepreneurship Trek, breakfast and dinner series with local entrepreneurs/venture capitalists, monthly speaker/panel series and various other social/professional events throughout the year.
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/eshp
Email: mlin@mba2009.hbs.edu, afloam@mba2009.hbs.edu
European Club
Presidents: Aron Gelbard,
Christian Resch
This Club Is About: The mission of the European Club is to be the foremost gateway between HBS and Europe for students, alumni, and the business community by promoting awareness of European business, government, and culture on campus through academic, business, and many social events.
Major Event For The Year:
Multiple Euro Club Parties, Large Retreat, Regular Meetings and Gatherings, Dinners, Speaker Series, Resume books, Career events
Email: agelbard@mba2009.hbs.edu, cresch@mba2009.hbs.edu
Finance Club
President: Ken Auspaker,
Michael Jones
This Club Is About: The HBS Finance Club promotes finance related activities and careers throughout the HBS community. The Club provides an interface between the finance industry, finance faculty and HBS students. The Club caters to students with a wide variety of finance related interests - whether it is Investment Banking, Investment Management, Venture Capital/Private Equity, or Corporate Finance.
Major Event For The Year:
HBS Finance Conference; Days On Wall Street; Financial model training with Training the Street; Distinguished Speakers Series, including Roger Altman (CEO, Evercore), Jamie Dimon (CEO, JP Morgan, TBC), and John Mack (CEO, Morgan Stanley, TBC); Warren Buffet Trek (co-organizer); EC/RC mentorship events and interview preparation; Access to numerous company sponsored educational, recruiting and networking events; Social services projects with Harvard College
Web URL: www.hbsfinanceclub.com
Email: kaupaker@mba2009.hbs.edu, mjones@mba2009.hbs.edu
Globalization Club
Presidents: Malte Janzarik,
Maria Karaivanova
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Globalization Club is to raise awareness of how a rapidly changing global economy affects individuals, businesses and policy makers. The Club creates a forum for students to exchange ideas, learn from industry leaders and explore international career opportunities.
Major Event For The Year:
Exclusive networking receptions with visiting high profile speakers (latest event was a presentation, reception and dinner with Mr. Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel); Exclusive group lunches / dinners with industry leaders; Enabling platform for Club members to invite any speaker of interest to campus; Exclusive networking events (member drinks, small group dinners etc.); Globalization Club Resume Book delivered to over 40 global companies and distribution list; Free T-shirt.
Golf Club
Presidents: Chris McCarthy, Drew Thomas, Paul Thomson
This Club Is About: The Golf Club is focused on providing HBS students with opportunities to learn and play the game of golf. Golf is important networking activity where a minimum skill level is beneficial. The club helps facilitate lessons, hosts spring and fall golf events, and club members receive discounts on range balls and rounds of golf at local facilities.
Major Event For The Year:
Fall & Spring Golf Scrambles
Email: cmccarthy@mba2009.hbs.edu, dthomas@mba2009.hbs.edu, pthomson@mba2009.hbs.edu
HBS Rugby Football Club
President: Randy Goldstein
This Club Is About: The HBS Rugby Football Club provides an outstanding social and competitive experience for members of all skill levels, through rugby training, competitive local, national and international matches, and social events.
Major Event For The Year:
Weekend matches against local clubs; Fall tour, McGill University in Montreal; London Business School Tournament; Spring Break Tour, location TBD; MBA World Championship, Duke University
Web URL: www.hbsrugby.org
Email: rugb@studentclubs.hbs.edu
HBS Show
President:Lindsay Levkoff,
Jeremy King
This Club Is About:
The mission of the students who come together each year to produce the HBS Show is to execute a major musical theater production written, produced, directed and performed by members of the HBS student body. Essentially, the HBS Show is by MBA students, for MBA students, and about MBA students.
Major Event For The Year:
Sponsored TGIF (October); The Show (April)
Web URL: hbsshow.org/
Email: aalaniscue@mba2009.hbs.edu, chuang@mba2009.hbs.edu
HBS Soccer Club
Presidents: Alfonso Alanis-Cue, Charles Huang
This Club Is About: To promote the world's most-popular sport on the HBS campus and to provide both social and competitive experiences for HBS soccer enthusiasts. Our members' passion for soccer brings together students from all parts of the world for regular sports and social activities.
Major Event For The Year:
We compete in weekly league games against other graduate schools in the Boston area, attend national MBA soccer tournaments, intramural EC and RC section soccer tournament. We will also be hosting many social events throughout the year to get together and watch professional soccer games (English Premier League, La Liga, World Cup Qualifiers, etc)
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/soccer.html
Email: aalaniscue@mba2009.hbs.edu, chuang@mba2009.hbs.edu
Healthcare Club
Presidents: Jenny Vandrovec,
Alex Herzlinger
This Club Is About: The Healthcare Club provides a forum for students to learn about the business of healthcare, to interact with other students who are interested in healthcare, and to meet with leaders and key decision makers in the healthcare industry.
Major Event For The Year:
Speaker series, Healthcare conference, EC/RC buddy program, happy hours and mixers with local schools, alumni nextworking events, small group student dinners, RC guide to recruiting, charity fundraiser and volunteer excursions, local business treks, career panels, mentorship program (with Healthcare Initiative)
Web URL: www.hbshealthcareclub.org
Email: jvandrovec@mba2009.hbs.edu, aherzlinger@mba2009.hbs.edu
Hospitality & Travel Industry Club
Presidents: Thomas Leung,
Dave Kang
This Club Is About: The Hospitality & Travel Industry Club provides a forum for interested HBS students to increase their knowledge of and network with hospitality and travel companies (hotels, restaurants, airlines, gaming, spa, online travel, and real estate) and to enhance their ability to pursue careers in this industry.
Major Event For The Year:
Las Vegas Trek (fall), New York Trek (winter), local hotel, restaurant, and spa tours, senior executives from multinational hotel and airline companies slated to speak on campus.
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/htic/
Email: htic@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Human Capital Management Club
Presidents: Ami Kemppainen,
Gregg Gulinson, Henry Willener
This Club Is About: The Human Capital Management Club strives to provide future leaders a better foundation to cope with the challenges and possibilities of human capital. At our events we will cover pertinent topics that range from change management to the intersection of business and human capital strategy to building and maintaining high-performance organizations.
Major Event For The Year:
Human Capital and HR update, sponsored dinners, lectures
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/humancapital.html
Email: hcmc@studentclubs.hbs.edu
International Business & Development Club
Presidents: Michel Nehme,
Jared Miller
This Club Is About: The IBDC facilitates learning about international business and economic development challenges in order to prepare members for work in an international setting. Our events focus on promoting interesting ideas about international business and development and creating social and professional connections between our members, professors, and students from other schools.
Major Event For The Year:
Outside Speakers, small Group Dinners, fireside Chat Series with Faculty, Washington DC Trek, Wine & Cheese Mixers, International Consulting Projects
Email: mnehme@mba2009.hbs.edu, jmiller@mba2009.hbs.edu
Latino Student Organization
Presidents: Jaime Mendez,
Liz Montano
This Club Is About: LASO's mission statement is "To proudly promote the Latino culture at the Harvard Business School and throughout our careers." The club accomplishes this by supporting its membership to meet their professional, academic, and social goals.
Major Event For The Year:
RC Welcome Brunch, Fall & Spring Retreats, National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Conference in Atlanta, GA, 2 Prospective Students Days (PSD), Latino Leadership Forum with HLS/HKS, Review Sessions before Midterms/Finals, HBS Latino Alumni Association Dinner in NYC, Regular Meetings & Social Gatherings, Special Events with our corporate partners
Web URL: www.hbslaso.com/Home.html
Email: jmendez@mba2009.hbs.edu, lmontano@mba2009.hbs.edu
Latter-Day Saint Student Association
Presidents: Ryan Whitehead, Ann Christensen
This Club Is About:
The LDSSA's goal is to help club members and others draw closer to Jesus Christ and prepare for a lifetime of service to God and mankind. Through club activities members forge lasting personal and professional relationships with one another and inspire members to become leaders of integrity and faith.
Major Event For The Year:
Speaker Series, Fall Retreat, Convocation, Winter Dinner, Student Activities, Spring Retreat, Valediction
Web URL: www.hbsldssa.org
Email: rwhitehead@mba2009.hbs.edu, achristensen@mba2009.hbs.edu
LGBT Student Association
(Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender)
Presidents: Brian Elliot, John Wright
This Club Is About:
The LGBT SA is dedicated to fostering a strong, safe, and supportive lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community at Harvard Business School. Our goals are to support the LGBT community along with its straight allies, and to connect LGBT students with the greater school and business communities.
Major Event For The Year:
Recruiting dinners, Social events including those with our straight ally group (Section Q), Fall and Spring retreats, National Coming Out Day activities, LGBT Open House for HBS Admissions, attend the national LGBT MBA Conference in Washington D.C., and more
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/lgbt/
Email: belliot@mba2009.hbs.edu , jwright@mba2009.hbs.edu
Management Consulting Club
PRESIDENTS: Andrew Feinberg, Ryan Goodman
This Club Is About:
We are committed to giving you a competitive advantage by providing tailored job support, extensive networking opportunities, face-time with consulting companies and insightful information about the numerous possibilities in the dynamic fields of management consulting and corporate strategic planning.
Major Event For The Year:
Monthly Cocktail Series, Club Resume Book, Distinguished Speaker Series, Career Fair, Management Consulting Club Career Guide, Interview Workshops and Sample Case Questions
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/mccl/
Email: rgoodman@mba2009.hbs.edu
Marketing & CPG Club
Presidents: Tatiana Stadukhina,
Irina Gerry
This Club Is About:To make the club the most valuable resource for students interested in Marketing and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industries through collaboration of our members, officers, Career Services and other entities (recruiters, faculty, speakers, other HBS clubs, etc.)
Major Event For The Year:
Marketing Conference, Distinguished Speaker Series, Workshops for Skills and Career Development, Career Panels, RC/EC and Alumni Mentoring Program, Resume Review Workshops, Club Newsletter, Recruiting Support
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/student/clubs/consumerproductsandservices.html
Email: tstadukhina@mba2009.hbs.edu, igerry@mba2009.hbs.edu
Midwest Student Association
Presidents: Drew Thomas, Drew Vogel
This Club Is About: The Midwest Student Association provides opportunities for Midwesterners to interact with each other, to increase awareness of the cultures and job opportunities available in the region, and to help employers from the Midwest match their recruiting needs with the job interests of HBS students.
Major Event For The Year:
Cornhole Classic, Midwest Career Trek, Minnesota Night, Red Sox game verse AL Central
Email: dthomas@mba2009.hbs.edu, avogel@mba2009.hbs.edu
Operations Managements Club
Presidents: Chad Holzer, Ryan Buck
This Club Is About:
The Operations Management Club is committed to expanding career opportunities for HBS students in General Management, Leadership Development (rotational programs), and Operations Management across all industries. The club's mission is to give members operations exposure in order to become effective general managers. Club members include people interested in general management, operations, service management, and logistics in a wide array of industries.
Major Event For The Year:
Speaker series, EC/RC buddy program, happy hours and mixers with local schools, alumni nextworking events, small group student dinners, RC guide to recruiting, local plant and brewery tours, career panels, emails of operation specific job opportunities
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/operations.html
Email: cholzer@mba2009.hbs.edu, rbuck@mba2009.hbs.edu, hwillener@mba2009.hbs.edu
Public Speaking Club
Presidents: Lisa Kostova, Michel Nehme
This Club Is About:
The Public Speaking Club is an HBS club solely dedicated to the personal development of our members. We meet and participate in activities and training to sharpen the CRITICAL SKILL of public speaking, negotiating, and leadership development for our members' life inside and outside of classroom in HBS, and in the business world. The club offers outstanding leadership opportunities to RCs.
Major Event For The Year:
Annual Public Speaking Competition; Sales Pitch Contest (inaugural event); Public Speaking and Presentation workshops (members receive a discount for professional coach); members-only Improv workshops; lie detection test (tentative); distinguished speakers: a Toastmaster Public Speaking Champion, PR crisis expert, and others; semi-annual social events
Email: lkostova@mba2009.hbs.edu, mnehme@mba2009.hbs.edu
Real Estate Club
Presidents: Angela Johnson, Claude Drevet, Kevin Kingston
This Club Is About: The HBS Real Estate Club seeks to expand students' knowledge of the real estate industry on both professional and personal levels. The Club provides career advice and opportunities through the resources of current students, HBS alumni, and contacts in the industry.
Major Event For The Year:
Real Estate Symposium, Real Estate Trek, Excel modeling sessions, Argus training
Web URL: www.hbsrealestate.net
Email: ajohnson@mba2009.hbs.edu, cdrevet@mba2009.hbs.edu, lkingston@partners.hbs.edu
Retail and Apparel Club
Presidents: Ari Bloom,
Elle Suebjaklap
This Club Is About: The Retail and Apparel Club serves to educate its members and the entire HBS community about retail concepts, challenges, and opportunities. The club serves to provide its members with links to HBS faculty and other students with shared interests, provide career planning and recruiting contacts, and plant the seeds for entrepreneurial opportunities within the field. In 2008-2009, we will specifically focus on building a strong retail reputation among new students and recruiters.
Major Event For The Year:
Lining up industry execs and CEO's for Monthly Speaker Series, Monthly Social Events, Recruiting, Fashion Show, Fashion Industry Treks with the Lux Goods Club, Retail Conference
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/retailandapparel.html
Email: abloom@mba2009.hbs.edu; ksuebjaklap@mba2009.hbs.edu
Sailing Club
Presidents: Jose Maria Pertusa,
Ted Wiley, Lawrence Yu
This Club Is About: The Sailing Club introduces HBS students and their partners to the sailing sport and lifestyle and offers experienced sailors opportunities to advance their skills and compete in sailing events.
Major Event For The Year:
Sailing at the Harvard Sailing Center in Cambridge; winter diving lessons and PADI certification; MBA's Cup regatta in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy; Spring Break: Virgin Islands Sailing & Diving Trek (potentially with ASA certification); Group visit to New England Boat Show
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/sailing.html
Email: jpertusahonrubia@mba2009.hbs.edu, zyu@mba2009.hbs.edu, twiley@mba2009.hbs.edu
She-E-Os
President: Amanda Kalin
This Club Is About:
Female A Cappella group that provides musical entertainment to the HBS community.
Major Event For The Year:
Winter and spring concerts and additional performances
Email: sheo@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Social Enterprise Club
Presidents: Qahir Dhanani, Jessica Stannard-Friel, Christine Philpotts
This Club Is About:
The SEC provides all HBS students with the knowledge, experience, and networks needed to use their leadership and management skills to positively impact the world. Students of the SEC work in conjunction with the administration-sponsored Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) to offer opportunities for students to explore social enterprise. The SEC specifically organizes a range of programs in pursuit of this mission, which include "Interest Communities" that allow members to meet others who share specific interests and to deepen field knowledge in Education, Microfinance and Social Finance, Public Health, Corporate Social Responsibility, Foundations and Philanthropy, Arts, Entrepreneurship and others.
Major Event For The Year:
Club-wide retreats, socials, and networking events for our 300+ members; The HBS Board Fellows program, which places students as non-voting members on nonprofit boards; A range of speaker events and discussion groups; The marquee annual HBS/HKS Social Enterprise Conference in March
Web URL: www.socialenterpriseclub.com
Email: qdhanani@mba2009.hbs.edu, cphillpotts@mba2009.hbs.edu, jstannard-friel@mba2009.hbs.edu
South Asian Business Association (SABA)
Presidents: Saurabh Agarwal,
Zuber Mohammed
This Club Is About:
SABA aims to provide a cohesive forum through which members of the HBS community, and other constituents, can explore and lead initiatives related to South Asia. We define South Asia as the region comprising India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan and other areas in close proximity. Our activities are focused on the cultural, social, and business aspects of South Asia and include: talks by distinguished speakers; SABA Conference; celebrations of South Asian Culture;India Trek; and some of the most talked about parties at HBS!
Major Event For The Year:
Fall Retreat, Ekta Cultural Show, SABA Conference, India Trek, Social events, Prominent Speaker Talks, Year-end Gala, Career Networking, EC-RC Mentoring
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/saba
Email: snagarwal@mba2009.hbs.edu, zmohammed@mba2009.hbs.edu
TechMedia Club
Presidents: Humberto Moreira, Sunil Nagaraj, Raj Ramachandran
This Club Is About:
The TechMedia Club strives to build a vibrant community and make HBS a global leader in the High Tech & New Media industries through facilitating career development and recruiting efforts, enabling networking opportunities with students and industry professionals, and raising the awareness of technology and its applications on campus.
Major Event For The Year:
Cyberposium (November 15, 2008), Techmedia Alumni Panel and Dinner (Spring 2009), WesTrek, Seattle Trek, Boston Trek, Joint events with MIT/Sloan, VC/Entrepreneur Breakfast series, Industry speakers
Web URL: www.techmediaclub.com
Email: techmedia@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Texas Club
Presidents: Stephen Cravens,
Robby Markose, Jimmy Tran
This Club Is About:
The Texas Club exists to promote job opportunities within the Great State of Texas as well as to foster a network of Texas contacts among HBS students. More importantly, the club conducts social events for homesick, displaced and freezing-cold Texans as they adjust to life in New England.
Major Event For The Year:
Texas Trek, Networking events, Texas Chili Cook-Off, Group dinners, social events
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/texas.html
Email: scravens@mba2009.hbs.edu, rmarkose@mba2009.hbs.edu, jtran@mba2009.hbs.edu
The Middle East North Africa Club
(MENA)
Presidents: Dalia Rahman,
Hicham Fadel
This Club Is About:
The mission of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Club is to provide the HBS community with opportunities to experience the Middle East and North Africa Region and the Arab World in illuminating and enriching ways. We also aim to bring together the MENA community and enrich their HBS experience, as well as create and maintain a strong link among current students, MENA alumni, and the MENA business community.
Major Event For The Year:
Fall Retreat, Spring Retreat, Monthly Club Social Events, HBS MENA Business Conference (part of Harvard MENA Weekend), Movie Screenings, Panels of Speakers and Round Table Discussions, Committee to Promote More Cases about the MENA Region, EC Gala Graduation Dinner
Web URL: www.hbsmena.com
Email: mena@studentclubs.hbs.edu
Triathlon Club
Presidents: Anne Christian,
Heidi Yip
This Club Is About:
The Triathlon Club brings together like-minded endurance sports enthusiasts and provides an organized forum for training, knowledge-sharing, and competing in distance-running, triathlons and other multisports.
Major Event For The Year:
Beginning biking, swimming and nutrition clinics; weekly outdoor running and biking sessions; training build-up towards the Boston Marathon
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/triathlon.html
Email: achristian@mba2009.hbs.edu, xyip@mba2009.hbs.edu
Venture Capital and Private Equity Club
Presidents: Ari Bloom, Elle Suebjaklap
This Club Is About:
1 - To educate the HBS community in the areas of venture capital and private equity. 2 - To increase networking opportunities both within HBS and with outside enterprises. 3 - To help members in their search for career opportunities. 4 - To keep members warm this January with luxurious club fleeces, free to members while supplies last.
Major Event For The Year:
Annual VCPE Club Conference, Speaker Series, Treks, Social Events. We have an extremely ambitious and exciting slate of industry leading speakers and nationwide company visits planned for the upcoming year. In addition, we plan to make intra-club networking a focus through frequent social outings, and are initiating a brand new series of small group RC / EC dinners
Web URL: www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/vcpe
Email: amoura@mba2009.hbs.edu, mvonkoschitzky@mba2009.hbs.edu
Volleyball Club
Presidents: Eric Brown, Naomi Morita
This Club Is About:
To promote volleyball within the HBS community by providing an environment where HBS students and partners can play volleyball recreationally and competitively, while building relationships with others in a non-academic setting.
Major Event For The Year:
HBS Fall Volleyball Tournament, Wharton Spring Invitational, and other regional tournaments; weekly open gym practice, recreational games, and beginner clinics; Social events (AVP tour)
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/volleyball.html
Email: ebrown@mba2009.hbs.edu, nmorita@mba2009.hbs.edu
Volunteer Consulting Organization
Presidents: Laura Huddleston, Rohan Nirody
This Club Is About:
In VCO, students form teams of 3-5 to complete a consulting project for a local non-profit organization. Students first meet the participating non-profits at the annual client fair in October, and teams are paired with organizations through a mutual application process later that month. VCO's dual missions are (1) to create lasting social impact by providing non-profits with sound business advice and (2) to provide an introduction to the management consulting experience to HBS students.
Major Event For The Year:
Student-led volunteer consulting projects (year-round), VCO Client Fair (October 8), Speaker series (year-round)
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/volunteerconsulting.html
Email: lhuddleston@mba2009.hbs.edu, rnirody@mba2009.hbs.edu
Volunteers
Presidents: Eric Salsa, Mike Haynes, Jamie Viggiano
This Club Is About:
HBS Volunteers provides students with access to community volunteer activities that make a positive contribution to the Cambridge and greater Boston communities as well as other organizations and regions in need of support. Our goal is to encourage the growth of volunteerism in the HBS community by both organizing a broad variety of activities and increasing the HBS community's awareness of other opportunities.
Major Event For The Year:
RC Section Service Competition, RC Charity Auction, Seasonal Drives: Food Fight & Adopt an Angel, Summer Search Mock Case Discussion, Day of Service,
Junior Achievement, Gardner Elementary After School Program
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/volunteers.html
Email: esalsa@mba2009.hbs.edu, jviggiano@mba2009.hbs.edu, mhaynes@mba2009.hbs.edu
Wellness Club
Presidents: Sean Eldridge,
Brittania Boey
This Club Is About:
The Wellness Club encourages, educates and empowers HBS students (and partners) to integrate healthy nutrition and fitness habits into their daily lives for the betterment of themselves and their community.
Major Event For The Year:
Nutrition Series, Fitness Series, Industry Speaker Series
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/wellness.html
West Coast Club
Presidents: Tyson Clark, Serge Kassardjian, Joseph Narens
This Club Is About:
The West Coast Club (WCC) seeks to facilitate friendships and strengthen networks among HBS students who will move to the West Coast after graduation. In addition, the club fosters relationships with other Harvard graduate schools' West Coast Clubs (such as Harvard Law and Kennedy School of Government) to further broaden personal and professional networking. The club hosts events both in the Boston Area and on the West Coast throughout the academic year.
Major Event For The Year:
Tahoe/Reno Ski Weekend Trek, annual West Coast Charity Event, networking events with west coast based firms and branch offices, monthly Social Mixers, organized Game Watches for big West Coast Sporting Events
Web URL: www.hbs.edu/mba/studentlife/clubs/westcoastclub.html
Email: rclark@mba2009.hbs.edu, skassardjian@mba2009.hbs.edu, jnarens@mba2009.hbs.edu
Women's Student Association
Presidents: Mary Ellen Hammond, Anne Himpens
This Club Is About: (1) Connect and support all women at HBS through mentoring programs, networking events, speaker series, the annual conference, and social events across all sections and with other schools and organizations. (2) Promote the diversity of women's achievements and contributions. (3) Work with the HBS administration to make sure issues that are relevant to women are being addressed. (4) Lay the foundations of a powerful network of female business leaders and connect current students to HBS alumnae.
Major Event For The Year:
WSA conference (Jan 24th), Duck Tour, RC/EC buddy events, various career panels, student panels, and alumnae networking events, EC graduation luncheon, school-wide party
This Club Is About: The WSA conference is one of the largest conferences on campus, attracting ~800 women from across the Harvard community, alumnae, and the greater Boston area
Web URL: www.hbswsa.org/
Email: mhammond@mba2009.hbs.edu, ahimpens@mba2009.hbs.edu
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