HUWIB Alumni A network for HUWIB members to continue their involvement after graduation

What does your job entail? Feature development is the group within the studio responsible for buying material and guiding projects towards production. We split our time between the buying and the development process: we sift through potential material, such as scripts, books for adaptation or IP that can be optioned and developed into a story, while also working with our writers and directors to develop already existing projects. Once we get the green light and a project goes into production, we keep a creative eye on the filmmaking process and are actively involved in overseeing the editing, marketing and publicity. What is your favorite thing about what you do? It’s fun to work in a business where each day presents new and exciting challenges. It’s almost impossible to give someone a thorough rundown of the filmmaking process because each film takes a completely unique path to existence, and sometimes represents … Continued

We’re looking for volunteers to be an HUWIB Alumni City Rep in New York, LA, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Boston. What is a City Rep? City Reps help us access and maintain our HUWIB Alumni Network in major cities. The responsibilities are very manageable: help us spread the word about relevant events, plan 3-4 low-key networking events per year, and provide feedback to the board about what you and other HUWIB Alumni would like to see from the Board! It’s a great way to stay involved with the HUWIB organization without being a taxing commitment on your busy life. Okay I’m interested – now what? Please email mcszpak@gmail.com with an indication of your interest. What if I don’t see my city?  If you’d like to start a City Reps program in your city, let us know – we’re always open to expanding the program where there is demand.  

We are excited to announce our 2013 partnership with Ivy Exec, an exclusive career network for the most successful professionals worldwide. As part of our partnership, Ivy Exec is offering HUWIB Alumni a complimentary 3 months of its Premium, All-Access membership. In addition, you will have the chance to leverage Ivy Exec’s unique Mentor Network comprised of high profile executives and influential power brokers, or even become one. Click here to apply for your free 3 month membership!

We are proud to announce Juliet Bailin (Class of ’15) as the recipient of this year’s HUWIB Summer Education and Experience Grant. This summer, Juliet will be working for a global nonprofit called Endeavor to help them catalyze long-term economic growth by researching, selecting, mentoring and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. Help us make it happen! To help her pursue this unpaid internship, HUWIB Alumni will fund half of her summer expenses; HUWIB undergraduates will funding the other half. We have pledged $1,500 by August, and hope you can join us in helping Juliet achieve her goals. Click here to contribute! On behalf of Juliet & the 2013 Board – many thanks in advance; we appreciate your generosity!   Read on to learn more about Juliet’s plans and her commitment to HUWIB and other on-campus activities: About the internship: This summer, I will be working for a … Continued

On April 4th, Sheryl Sandberg visited Harvard as part of her Lean In book tour. She gave a speech which was widely attended by the Harvard community, including undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, and Drew Faust. Sandberg spoke about taking initiative and changing the business world to one in which there is gender equality and took questions from the audience – including some of the men! Check out photos from the event.

Call for volunteers! We are building a committee to create, develop and implement (alongside the HUWIB Alumni Board) one or more new initiatives that will support enable the organization to further its mission and key objectives for year. Strategic thinking and the strengthening of our value proposition to best engage, serve and grow the HUWIB Alumni organization are amongst our top priorities. An independent body with a fresh outlook, a narrow focus, and an entrepreneurial spirit can best achieve this type of innovative thinking; this is the vision for the new Strategic Advisory Committee. The committee will be composed of 3 members and The advisory committee will be composed of 3 members and is a limited time commitment. If you’d like to get involved with the Alumni Board on a smaller scale, this is the perfect way to do it. If you are interested in being a part of the … Continued

We are excited to announce this year’s Alumni Board: President: Nicole Gonzalez ’09 Treasurer/Fundraising: Sun-Young Chung ’09 Programming: Mary Caroline Szpak ’11 Strategic Relations: Meghan Doherty ’08 Undergraduate Relations: Neeral Gandhi ’12 Strategic Communications: Christy O’Neil ’09 Many thanks to our outgoing President, Seema Amble, for all of her hard work. As we transition into a new year and new leadership, we’d also like to thank our dynamic network of Harvard women for your enthusiasm for HUWIB, your attendance at our events, and your financial support of the organization. We are thrilled about the year to come, and so appreciative of our HUWIB alumni and your continued and amazing achievements. Looking forward to another great year!

Dear HUWIB Alumni, Hope this finds you well! As the 2013 Co-Presidents, we are excited to work with all of you as well as this year’s Alumni Board. We are particularly grateful to have your continued participation and support for the organization. Your engagement is one of the most unique and important aspects of HUWIB and we hope to make this year’s partnership particularly fulfilling. Additionally, we would like to thank Lauren Dai, 2012 Alumni & Advisory Board Chair, for her outstanding innovations and insight last year. We are now delighted to introduce CiCi McMullen, our 2013 Alumni & Advisory Board Chair. Kavya, CiCi, and I are very excited to work with the Alumni Board to shape this into an outstanding year for the undergraduate and alumni HUWIB communities. Thank you! We look forward to staying in touch, Rena & Kavya Co-Presidents, 2013 HUWIB Undergraduate Executive Board Rena Wang Psychology, … Continued

The Alumni Board works to deliver professional resources to the HUWIB community after graduation – take a look at what we accomplished in 2012: Undergraduate Relations Planned the first joint undergraduate & alumni on-campus programming event: a “Power Up Your Brand” workshop and networking exercise with Sandy Lish, Principal & Co-Founder of the The Castle Group Continued the Summer Mentorship Program that connects HUWIB undergraduates and HUWIB alumni at their companies (10+ successful matches) Involved 30+ HUWIB alumni as Corporate Mentors Had 20+ HUWIB alumni attend IBC. This year, alumni participated in panels and ran a cycle of mock interview/resume review preparation for undergraduates Provided support to HUWIB associates by conducting recruiting season resume reviews as well as speakers for In Focus sessions Worked with undergraduates to engaged advisory board members to have the first in-person events: a dinner with the CEO of Citizens Group, Ellen Alemany and an “Inside … Continued

What does your job entail? General Assembly is a global network of campuses designed to foster community in the areas of technology, business, and design. We offer various educational tools for teaching people practical skills in those 3 key areas. As an Education Program Producer, I essentially function as a product manager for our long-form courses, which meet 2x/week for 8-16 weeks. We’ll start with an idea for long-form course, do market research to see if it’s a viable opportunity, then work with curriculum designers to build content, market the course, handle student admissions, source instructors, find space, manage the student experience, and even help work with GA Hiring Partners who might be interested in sourcing new employees from the course. What is your favorite thing about what you do? I love meeting students and hearing about why they want to take these courses. Whether they are professionals looking to … Continued