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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: Tina Henry Bou-Saba
2d 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
1w ago00:51:25Tap 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)
2w ago00:45:21Tap 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
3w ago01:03:48Tap 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.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lizzy Ayer Wright
May 701:08:37Tap to summarizeWe start the episode with a non-profit ad from classmate Jonathan Wintrode for the Annapolis Immigration Justice Network. Lizzy worked in government intelligence after graduation, including tracking Bin Laden, later switching to consulting and now is an author. Lizzy and her husband took a sabbatical and traveled around the world with a non-profit. Upon her return, she decided to pursue a creative career and has published multiple books including: Aggressively Human (with her husband, former NFL player Steve Wright), Marinovich: Outside the Lines in Football, Art, and Addiction, and the forthcoming Saffron Spy- a novel loosely based on her work in intelligence.Check out her website and Instagram.Lizzy was a Government concentrator. She is originally from Vermont and now lives in Southern California. Lizzy lived in Pennypacker and Cabot House.
Transcribe →Harvard 2000 Podcast: Dmitry Sagalovskiy
Apr 3000:54:35Tap to summarizeDara talks to Dmitriy Sagalovskiy about the Harvard tunnels, sailing, and math education. Dmitry is an engineer who has worked at Google, with classmates as a co-founder of Hudson River Trading, a teacher, co-founder of New York Math CircleDmitry moved to NYC as a child and still lives in New York City. Dmitry lived in Mather.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Christine Chen
Apr 2301:04:03Tap to summarizeYou know and love Christine from her masterful Puns & Punctuation WA group comments- from angry vaginas to creating our beloved pony images, Christine’s sense of humor shines through from the first second of her interview. Christine talks about her love of Peloton (she has probably gone to the most live classes of anyone in this class) to her globe-trotting, baking lifestyle that we can all aspire to. Christine spent most of her college time helping others in PBHA. Follow Christine's adventures on IG and follow Madison as well!Christine lived in Matthews and Currier. She is from the SF Bay Area and lives in San Francisco.
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