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HV Board 2025

 
 
 

Sahar Maisha

Co-President

 

Sahar is a junior in Dunster House studying Computer Science. She’s deeply interested in entrepreneurship and has built AI-powered tools to streamline sustainable ingredient transparency. She’s active in Harvard’s startup community and co-leads Women in Entrepreneurship. Outside of startups, she enjoys visiting new restaurants and writing and performing comedy skits.

 
 
 

Moniola Odunsi

Co-President

Moniola is a junior at Harvard from North Potomac, Maryland, studying economics with a secondary in computer science. She is passionate about entrepreneurship, particularly in driving innovation within the apparel, beauty, and retail industries. Her experience includes a past internship at McKinsey, an upcoming one at J.P. Morgan, and her current work on a venture connecting college students with local service providers. Outside of startups, she enjoys creative writing, playing tennis, and traveling.

 
 
 

Julia Montgomery

Senior Advisor

 
 
 

Ari Kaufman

Co-Director of VentureWorks

Ari is a sophomore in Adams studying Social Studies and Math. He’s passionate about AI and entrepreneurship, and developed an AI tutor for Harvard’s math department, used weekly by over 600 students. Aside from this, Ari passionate about freediving, skiing, and camping.

 
 
 

Sophia Rascoff

Co-Director of VentureWorks

Sophia is a sophomore in Adams concentrating in Government with a secondary in sociology. She is from Los Angeles and founded a social media app in high school. Outside of Ventures she serves on the board of Women in Entrepreneurship, illustrates for the Harvard Independent, produces theatrical productions, and is an intern on the a16z Tech Week team.

 
 
 

Matteo Cagliero

Director of Events

Matteo is a Sophomore at Harvard studying Applied Math to CS. Originally from Milan, Italy, he’s passionate about Space, AI, and anything in the consumer space. He’s always looking for new people to learn from so do reach out!

 
 
 

Vennela Jonnala

Co-Director of VentureWorks

Vennela is a rising junior living in Currier House, studying Computer Science and Economics. Some areas of entrepreneurship she is interested in include fintech and proptech, and she wants to learn more about deep and defense tech. Outside of startups, she likes hiking and roadtrips!

 
 
 

Olivia Zhang

Director of Marketing

Olivia Zhang is a Harvard sophomore originally from McLean, Virginia studying Economics with a secondary in Global Health. Olivia is the founder and CEO of Cancer Kids First, the world's largest youth-led cancer nonprofit and does immense work in advancing health equity. She loves utilizing social media and online marketing to drive organizations and businesses forward.

 
 
 

Arhan Chhabra

Director of Partnerships

Originally class of 2026 studying CS and economics, I left Harvard on a leave of absence to pursue my startup Rove (rovemiles.com) full-time after doing the Y Combinator accelerator. We're now based in New York City working on our 'universal airline mile', helping the average consumer access travel-hacked rates and earn miles on their everyday spend.

 
 
 
 

Nataly Decid

Co-Director of Alumni & Advisor Relations

Perhaps concentrating in cs, gov, and/or mechE. I'm interested in technologies that enhance human creativity and autonomy — particularly through machine learning, robotics, and/or blockchain. Big fan of mountains, water, and caffeine.

 
 
 

Merhawi Ghebrelul

Co-Director of Alumni & Advisor Relations

Hello, my name is Merhawi Ghebrelul and I'm currently a sophomore studying Neuroscience and Economics. My entrepreneurial interests lie in the healthcare industry. Give my pre-med background, I find medical startups extremely unique. Outside of Harvard Ventures I spend my time playing golf and spending time with friends. A fun fact about me is that I sang the national anthem at a Red Sox game.

 
 
 

Rumi Nagpal

Director of Pdcasts

 
 
 

Arav Bhargava

Co-Director of Podcast

Arav is a first-year student from Mclean, Virginia. He is interested in music production and his favorite startup is Interlune.

 
 
 

Brian Zhou

Director of Finance

Hey, I'm Brian. I'm a rising sophomore in Adams House concentrating in computer science and statistics. My interests are fairly disparate between computer science and the social sciences, and I tend to branch out. I'm currently working on applied37, writing scout checks, and I would love to hear about what you're working on! Please reach out at brianzhou.org

 
 

Hanming Ye

Director of Communications

I’m a rising sophomore in Quincy studying math and neuroscience. I work on biologically-plausible learning algorithms that perform better than their counterparts in conventional ML. Within the venture space, I’m interested about robotics and BCI. Feel free to reach out!