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Harvard College Class of 2000: The Podcast
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Join us as we talk to classmates and hear what they've been up to the past 25+ years and reminisce about our time at Harvard.
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Povich
2d ago00:53:36Tap to summarizeMatt talks to Dara about his work in astronomy, starting with his work after graduation continuing work on his thesis related to astronomy, which is what he teaches now at Cal Poly Pomona. Matt started his career serving 27 months in the Peace Corps in Tanzania teaching physics and leading expeditions on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Learn more about Matt’s work and research here. At Harvard, Matt played multiple instruments and did tae kwon do (and is a black belt!). The Milky Way Project on Zooniverse (very cool citizen science website- check it out!) Link to his Zoom background imageMatt lived in Grays East and Currier House and concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Matt is from Maine and lives in Southern California.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Marisa Echeverria
1w ago00:55:10Tap to summarizeMarisa talks to Dara about how her experiences at Harvard solidified her love of acting and launched her acting career. Marisa was part of On Thin Ice (where she met her husband, Paul), Gilbert & Sullivan Players, the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club, and the Signet Society, and she was also a FAP proctor for three years. After earning her MFA at NYU, she did theater in New York City. Marisa and Paul moved back to California to start a family, and now we can see her in TV and film, including Loot which our classmate Matt Hubbard created. She was also in the world premier of Jersey Boys and recently directed Ceiling in the Floor, a play she co-created with a friend that interweaves art, mental illness, and grief. You can follow her career on IMDB and IG. Marisa lived in Massachusetts Hall and Mather and Adams and was a Literature concentrator. She is from Pasadena and lives there now.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Arden O'Connor
2w ago00:48:10Tap to summarizeArden talks to Dara about her journey since college. Soon after graduating, she started a home for foster kids, Rediscovery House, which was directly related to her volunteer work at PBHA. Arden’s twists and turns include going to HBS, having (and beating) acute myelogenous cancer in her 20s, and working in the healthcare industry before starting her own company. Intent Clinical is a concierge provider for behavioral healthcare services, based on her own and her family’s needs. Arden also served on the board of the Harvard Club of Boston soon after college.Arden mentioned the Paths Less Traveled event at our 25th reunion, which you can listen to here.Arden lived in Matthews and Pforzheimer and concentrated in English and American Literature and Language. She is from Newton and lives in Boston.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Tina Henry Bou-Saba
3w ago00:57:11Tap to summarizeTina talks to Dara about her journey from Harvard to investment banking to HBS to Victoria’s Secret and then tying it all together, running her own investment firm, CXT Investments, which focuses on emerging brands in beauty, personal care, and health and wellness (including investing in a classmate, Patricia Santos’ company!). Tina has her own podcast talking to founders and investors called There is No Alternative (TINA)- available on any podcast app.Tina lived in Canaday and Leverett and concentrated in Social Studies. She is from New Jersey and lives in San Francisco.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lauren Wiliams
Jun 1800:51:25Tap to summarizeLauren talks to Dara about her journey from studying math at Harvard to becoming the math department’s only female professor where she studies algebra and combinatorics. She recently won the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. Lauren talks pulling all-nighters in college and Helen Vendler’s mathematical way about talking about poetry. Lauren is a runner, which she started doing with her college roommate, Jenny Hoffman, who is ALSO a Harvard professor! Lauren also tells us the behind the scenes story of PfoHo stealing the Adams’ House gong which started the PfoHo-Adams House war of 1999. Harvard Gazette article on LaurenNYT article on First ProofLauren’s InstagramLauren lived in Pennypacker and Pforzheimer and concentrated in math. She is from Southern California and now lives in Cambridge.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Anna Rathbun (Jung Eun Oh)
Jun 1100:45:21Tap to summarizeAnna talks about her journey from South Korea to Florida, coming with no English at all. Anna is a musician who wrote her thesis on Mahler and met her husband through music. Anna pivoted from music (including teaching) to finance - she now runs her own private wealth firm, Grenadilla Advisory (also on IG).The episode ends with Anna singing Mahler- a short German Lied (song)- and the second song is Anna singing Richard Strauss.Anna lived in Greenough and Eliot. She is originally from South Korea and grew up in Florida. She now lives in Ohio. Anna was an Economics concentrator.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Niki Santo
Jun 401:03:48Tap to summarizeNiki talks to Dara about her journey in the world of higher ed- from studying at Harvard and the University of Cambridge to working at multiple universities, focusing on innovation and education. Niki recently had a big pivot to become the co-founder and CEO of Swaza, a non-invasive nanofluid technology to reverse acute oxygen loss. Niki has been involved in Harvard since her days as the Mather HoCo finance chair to being the President of the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley during COVID, to her current role as a member of the Harvard Alumni Association Board of Directors. Niki lived in Hollis South and Mather. She was a Biology concentrator. Niki is from the SF Bay Area and lives in Berkeley.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Laela Sturdy
May 2800:39:24Tap to summarizeDara talks to Laela Sturdy about Florida, basketball, and working at Let’s Go and liquor crew at reunion. Laela has gotten multiple degrees after college and now is the head of CapitalG, Google's growth fund- investing in companies you know like Waymo, Stripe, Duolingo, and Cloudflare. Laela lived in Greenough and Eliot and was a Biochemical Sciences concentrator. Laela is from South Florida and lives in San Francisco.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Ben Krefetz
May 2100:43:56Tap to summarizeBen talks to Dara about data science, visiting breweries all over the U.S., including in every county in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and biking across the U.S. Follow Ben’s adventures via his biking and beer blog and IG. The tv news article about him is here: https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Man-bikes-across-country-visits-breweries-512657991.htmlBen lived in Matthews and PfoHo and Quincy. He was a Physics concentrator with a math minor. Ben is originally from Worcester and lives in Cambridge.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Levine
May 1400:28:20Tap to summarizeMatt started his career as a Latin teacher in Wellesley, using that Classics degree. Matt then pivoted to law school and clerked and worked as a lawyer briefly before pivoting again into investment banking. Matt then worked as a blogger with Elie Mystal (episode 9). You can read Matt’s daily articles for Bloomberg called Money Stuff and listen to his podcast- look for it in your podcast player. When he wasn’t in First Nights or studying Latin, he ran Tequila Tuesdays at Cabot and helped Bryan Leach woo his wife (episode 17).Check out Matt’s website and LinkedIn profile.Matt lived in Greenough and Cabot. He was a Classics concentrator. He is originally from Syosset, NY and lives in Westchester.
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