Eleven new fellows have been selected for the 1996-97 Administrative Fellowship Program.

The University-wide program, now entering its eighth year, provides an opportunity to bring minority professionals into the Harvard community for a one-year work experience in academic administration.

The program is supplemented with seminars and case studies on academic administration presented by deans, vice presidents, major office directors, and faculty at the University. The goals of the program include enhancing the fellows' administrative and professional skills and clarifying their career objectives.

This year's fellows have accepted positions at the School of Public Health; the Harvard Native American Program at the Graduate School of Education; the Harvard Family Research Project at the Graduate School of Education; Harvard Law School; Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College; and the Office of Career Services in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The 1996-97 Harvard Visiting Administrative Fellows who have a one-year appointment are: Ron Armstead, Patricia Favreau, Helen Klassen, Bonnie Liu, Elliott Milford, Denise Moorehead, and Jeanne Tai. Brief biographies follow:

Administrative Fellows

Ron E. Armstead, master's in city planning (M.I.T.), B.A. (Boston State College). Armstead was a Congressional Fellow at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington, D.C. His duties included: conducting analysis of GOP's Contract on America's Impact on Veterans; monitoring White House Conference on Aging and Small Business; and coordinating the eighth Annual Veterans Braintrust hearing. He also serves as a Consultant on Secretary Jesse Brown's Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans. Armstead has won several awards including: Special Congressional Recognition Award; Boston Neighborhood Fellows Award; Outstanding Veterans Achievement Award; Drylongso Award; and the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans Administration Commendation Award. His fellowship assignment is in the Office of Community Affairs in the School of Public Health.

Patricia Spencer Favreau, J.D. (University of Virginia), B.A. (Amherst College). Favreau was a practicing lawyer at Fulbright & Jaworski in Washington, D.C. Prior to this she was an associate at Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine. While attending the University of Virginia School of Law, she was a member of the Virginia Law Review. Her fellowship is in the Office of Career Services at Harvard Law School.

Helen M. Klassen, Ed.D. (Harvard University), M.A. (North Dakota State University ), B.S. (Moorhead State University). A recipient of the prestigious Bush Fellowship for Leadership in higher education, Klassen was an assistant professor at Moorhead State University. She also served as both a director and teacher at the Circle of Life School at the White Earth Tribal Government in White Earth, Minn. Klassen has published several papers including "Retaining Minorities in Higher Education"; "American Indians in an In-Patient Treatment Center"; and "The Development of Resiliency in American Indian Adolescents." Her fellowship assignment is at the Harvard Native American Program.

Bonnie Liu, M.B.A. (Babson College), B.A. (Tufts University). Liu is an account director at Epsilon/American Express, where she develops and implements prospective student recruitment programs for undergraduate college and university admissions offices. In addition, she has worked on fundraising programs for the Disabled American Veterans, Hale House, and the Harvard Business School Annual Fund. Prior to Epsilon, she worked as director of programs for the Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and as assistant director of Admissions at Tufts University. Liu is a chairperson in the Tufts Alumni Admissions Program, a member of the Tufts Alumni Council and Asian Sisters in Action, and volunteers for Challenge Unlimited. Her fellowship is at the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College.

Elliott M. Milford, Ed.M. (Harvard University), B.S. (Long Island University). Previously, Milford was the coordinator for Project Interlock at North Shore Community College, where he managed the academic enhancement/financial assistance program for underrepresented students in the Engineering and Pre-Engineering programs of study. Prior to this appointment, he was program director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, where he was responsible for the administration, fundraising, planning, and implementation of all the Roxbury Clubhouse activities. Milford is a board member of the Salem Boys & Girls Club, Salem, Mass., and was active with the Boston-area alumni group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Formerly, he was an assistant headmaster for the Hillside School for Boys, Marlboro, Mass. His fellowship is at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he is serving as a program recruiter for the Teacher Education Addressing Mathematics and Science in Boston and Cambridge (TEAMS-BC) project.

Denise M. Moorehead, Ed.M. (Harvard University), B.A. (Radcliffe College). Moorehead is the public affairs director at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, where she is responsible for marketing and media relations. Prior to this she was the associate director for college relations at State University of New York's Empire State College. Moorehead is a member of the Child Care Resource Center and a founding member of Saratogians for Equality and Acceptance of Diversity and the Saratoga County NAACP. Her fellowship assignment is at the Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she is serving as the communication officer.

Jeanne Tai, J.D. (University of Michigan), B.A. (Barnard College). Tai's previous appointments have included consultant for the Lawyers Committee For Human Rights and practicing attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. Tai was awarded a research and teaching fellowship with the U.S. Committee for Legal Education Exchange with China where she traveled to Beijing. She is the editor and translator of several books, including Running Wild: New Chinese Writing and Spring Bamboo: A Collection of Contemporary Chinese Short Stories. Her fellowship assignment is in the Office of Career Services, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Resident Fellows

Further, four Harvard staff members have been chosen as Resident Fellows to attend the 1996-97 seminar series:

Edwina Armstrong, B.S. (Johnson and Wales University). Armstrong is assistant director of financial aid at the Kennedy School of Government, where she is responsible for managing the daily administration of federal and institutional aid, recruitment of prospective students, and counseling students on financial planning and debt management. Prior to her appointment at the Kennedy School of Government, she was a telemarketer for Connect Corp. Armstrong is affiliated with the Big Sisters Association and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators.

Brenda C. Barrett, B.B.A. (Northeastern University). Barrett is an administrator for the Harvard School of Public Health, where she is responsible for the daily administrative and financial operations of the Environmental Epidemiology department. Prior to her appointment at Harvard, Barrett was the budget administrator for Commercial Union Insurance. Previous to this position, she was owner and operator of Inhouse Boutique.

Ruth Maria Diaz, M.B.A., (Simmons College), J.D. (Vermont Law School), B.A. (University of Massachusetts). Diaz is the deputy director of staff development at Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, where she is responsible for hiring consistent with affirmative action policies; ensuring initial staff supervision; arranging staff education and training; and, with the director, conducting annual evaluations of clinical staff. Prior to her appointment at the Harvard Law School, Diaz was a managing attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services.

Ria Spencer, B.A. (Wellesley College). Spencer is a development officer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she is responsible for raising funds for financial aid and developing all aspects of solicitation strategy. Prior to her current appointment, Spencer was a project manager for the Pleasant Hill Family Life Center and a development assistant in the Major Gifts Office at WGBH Educational Foundation.

Currently, 10 former fellows are permanently employed by Harvard in diverse positions: Denise L. Bowman, administrator of the Undergraduate Teacher Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Darrell Fields, assistant professor of architecture, Graduate School of Design; Carmen Foster, director of Two-Year Programs, Kennedy School of Government; Tommy Holton, manager of Computing and Communications, Harvard Institute for International Development; Joan Reede, director of the Minority Faculty Development Program and instructor in psychiatry, Medical School; Cassandra Simmons, assistant dean for students, School of Public Health; Wenda Tai, assistant director, Office of Budgets; Marlene Vergara, senior admissions officer, Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges; Brenda White, associate dean for Enrollment Services; Kennedy School of Government; and Andre Willis, managing editor for a Harvard-based guide to African-American history and Working Group/Conference Coordinator, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African American Study.

In addition, several former fellows have maintained an affiliation with the University. These affiliations include adjunct professor at the Divinity School, lecturer for the Radcliffe Seminars, lecturer in the Extension School, and accepted graduate student in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Former fellows who have pursued opportunities outside of Harvard have also made significant strides in their careers, such as Priscilla Douglas, manager for the Public Sector Value Team at Xerox Corp., and Darnita Killian, assistant vice president for student affairs, University of San Francisco.

The Administrative Fellowship Program is a collaborative University effort. It is subsidized by the President's Office and coordinated by the Office of the Assistant to the President, where Karen Hodges Walker serves as director of the Fellowship Program. Jamie Hoyte, associate vice president, is the assistant to the President. The Office of the Assistant to the President develops and coordinates affirmative action and equal employment opportunity policies and programs, and provides advice and assistance to the faculties and departments in these areas.