About HAFFS

Our mission statement: Harvard Alumni for Free Speech is dedicated to preserving and promoting free expression, academic freedom, and viewpoint diversity throughout the global Harvard-Radcliffe community.

Who we are: We are a non-political, non-partisan, and independent corporation, open to all members of the global Harvard-Radcliffe community, including students, alumni, faculty, and administrators. HAFFS is not a unit of, affiliated with, or in any way endorsed by Harvard University.

We are a volunteer organization with no paid staff at this time. If you agree with our mission and wish to support our efforts, please volunteer to help by emailing us at Contact@HarvardAlumniforFreeSpeech.com. If you would like to hear from us on an ongoing basis, please subscribe to our email list, which is not made public.

HAFFS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Board of Directors:

George Kurzon, President (Harvard College, 1951)
William Schmalzl, Secretary and Treasurer (Harvard Law School, 1977)

Advisory Board:

Dorian Abbot (Harvard College, 2004, PhD 2008)
Samuel J. Abrams (Harvard University M.A., Ph.D. 2010)
Alan R. Borlack (Harvard Law School, JD, 1972)
J. Kennerly Davis, Jr. (Harvard Law School, 1974)
John Evangelakos, Chair (Harvard College, 1981)
Jeffrey S. Flier (Dean, Harvard Medical School, 2007-2016)
Lachlan Forrow (Harvard Medical School, 1983​)
Jesse M. Fried (Harvard College,1986; Harvard GSAS,1989; Harvard Law School 1992; Dane Professor of  Law, Harvard Law School)
Edward J. Hall (Harvard, Norman E. Vuilleumier Professor of Philosophy)
Julie Hartman (Harvard College, 2022)
Adam Kissel (Harvard College,1994)
Stephen M. Kotran (Harvard College, 1985)
Jason H. P. Kravitt (Harvard Law School, JD, 1972)
Kerry McDonald (Harvard University, 2001)
Alexandra Mihalas (Harvard Law School, 1991)
Carl Neuss (Harvard Business School, 1985)
John O’Donnell (Harvard Business School, 1977.  HAFFS Co-Founding Director Emeritus)
Richard Parker (Williams Professor of Justice, Harvard Law School)
Ken Perlman (Harvard Law School, 1972)
Mark Ramseyer (Harvard Law School, 1982)
Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo (Harvard College, 1993)
Marc Rotenberg (Harvard College, 1982)
Reihan Salam (Harvard College, 2001)
Jeremy Silverman (Harvard Business School, 1981)
Sarah May Stern (Harvard Business School, 1985)
Nadine Strossen (Harvard College 1972, Harvard Law School 1975)

Of Counsel:

Filiberto Agusti (Harvard Law School, 1977)

Programming Committee:

Jordi Calvet Bademunt, Chair (Harvard Kennedy School, MC/MPA 2023)