About The Harbus
Mission
For over 80 years, The Harbus has served as Harvard Business School's student-run newspaper. Since our founding in 1937, we have strived to provide quality news that informs, educates, and provokes thought on campus.
About
The Harbus News Corporation is an independent, self-funded non-profit news organization run by students. We publish The Harbus, a publication that brings free news to the Harvard community available both in print and online.
Distributed free of charge to members of the Harvard Business School community, The Harbus includes interviews with CEOs, features on HBS companies from startups to established corporations, perspectives on pressing issues worldwide, as well as various content by the HBS community. Readers include Harvard faculty, staff, students, alumni, as well as other affiliates worldwide.
Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Alex Qi
Alex Qi (MBA '27) is from Irvine, California. He studied philosophy, politics, and physics at New York University. Prior to HBS, he worked in corporate strategy and M&A at Northrop Grumman in Virginia.
Chief Executive Officer
Pranav Bharadwaj
Pranav Bharadwaj (MBA '27) is from London, UK. He studied Economics & Management at the University of Oxford before beginning his career in consulting at OC&C. He then moved into healthcare operations, most recently serving as Head of Strategy & Operations at Cera, one of Europe’s fastest-growing health tech companies. He is passionate about health policy, economics, and the role of technology in transforming public services.
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Editor, Community
Ruby Liu
Ruby Liu (MBA ‘27) has lived in every region of the US, but says that she’s from Ohio and Texas. She graduated from UT Austin with a bachelors and masters degree in Accounting. Prior to HBS, she worked with several startups, nonprofits, and at Deloitte. Her writing has been featured in several literary journals including BarBar Literary Magazine, Stoneboat Literary Journal, and Juhea Kim’s now discontinued Peaceful Dumpling. Outside of work, Ruby enjoys reviewing books on instagram (@rubyrecreads), nature walks, and fun earrings.
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Editor, Community
Keerthi Medicherla
Keerthi Medicherla (MBA ’27) is originally from McLean, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in Computer Science and Global Studies in 2022. Prior to HBS, Keerthi worked as a software engineer at JPMorganChase in Seattle, WA.
Editor, Community
Parina Anand
Parina Anand (MBA '28) is originally from Agra, India. She graduated from Delhi Technological University with a degree in Computer Engineering. Prior to HBS, she worked at Citi and later as a product manager across the startup and nonprofit sectors, focusing on financial inclusion and maternal health in India. Outside of work, she loves reading and experimenting in the kitchen with new cuisines.
Editor, Business
Nora Panholzer
Nora Panholzer (MBA '27) is from Vienna, Austria. She studied Law (LLM) and Business (BSc) at Vienna University of Economics and Business. Prior to HBS, Nora worked as Consultant at McKinsey and Company.
Editor, Business
Kenny Chu
Kenneth Chu (MBA '28) is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from the University of Chicago with degrees in Economics and Global Studies. Before HBS, he worked at the Washington Nationals, a Major League Baseball team based in Washington, D.C.
Editor, Business
Annie Fang
Annie Fang (MBA ’28) was born in Taipei and grew up in Shanghai. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Global Affairs and Economics. Prior to HBS, Annie worked in management consulting at McKinsey in San Francisco.
Editor, Business
Shreyas Raman
Shreyas Raman (MBA ’28) is originally from Mumbai, India. He graduated from Yale University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, and began his career building race cars at the Mercedes Formula 1 team in the UK. Prior to HBS, he worked in climate tech in New York City, and spends his free time with a book, camera, or guitar.
Editor, Tech
Emily Counceller
Emily Counceller (MBA '28) is from Indianapolis, IN. She studied Economics at DePauw University before beginning her career at Eli Lilly and Company in commercial forecasting. Prior to HBS, she spent 5 years on Lilly’s corporate VC team. In her spare time, you can find her climbing rocks, yapping, sampling pastries, and hanging with her husband and cat.
Editor, Tech
Kacey Sorenson
Kacey Sorenson (MBA '28)
Editor, Culture
Roshni Goela
Roshni Goela (MBA ’28) grew up in Mumbai, India. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame, studying Economics and Education, School & Society. Prior to HBS, Roshni worked in Data & Analytics at Skechers (Los Angeles), and as a business transformation lead at a leading FMCG company in India. She loves travel, spontaneous adventure, and making amigurumi (crochet stuffed animals).
Editor, Culture
Sneha Sinha
Sneha Sinha (MBA ’28) is from Memphis, Tennessee. She finished her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Business Analytics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Prior to HBS, she worked in Merchandising Analytics at the AutoZone Store Support Center in Memphis. Outside of work, Sneha enjoys reading and watching sports.
Editor, Politics
Brandon Goldstein
Brandon Goldstein (MBA '28) grew up in Indonesia and Singapore, and graduated from Northeastern University and Boston University with degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to HBS, Brandon worked on jet engines at GE Aerospace, in engineering, supply chain, and transformation roles. He loves airplanes and democracy.
Strategy and Operations
Aakanksha Chandra
Aakanksha Chandra (MBA '28)
Strategy and Operations
Archi Das
Archi Das (MBA '28) grew up in Queens, NY. She graduated from Boston University with a degree in Business and Statistics. Prior to HBS, Archi worked as a consultant and chief of staff in McKinsey's NY office. She's always open to recommendations for good books or movies.
Strategy and Operations
Shivani Dixit
Shivani Dixit (MBA ’28) grew up in Las Vegas, NV, and graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in Economics. Most recently, she worked in New York at Henkel Search Partners, a boutique executive search firm focused on alternative asset managers. Before that, she worked at a body-care company and in strategy consulting at L.E.K. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring new neighborhoods and spending time with friends and family.
Strategy and Operations
Emily Schelble
Emily Schelble (MBA '28) has lived in Texas, Boston, and (most recently) Colorado. She studied Information Systems and Computer Science at Boston College before working in Consulting at Deloitte. Emily has a 2-year-old golden retriever named Finnegan and loves to paint.
Photographer
Asha Malani
Asha Malani (MBA ’28) is originally from Saratoga, CA. She graduated from Rice University where she studied Cognitive Neuroscience. Asha worked at Nestlé as a Brand Manager for Gerber before HBS. Outside of work, she loves digital photography, scuba diving, and trying new restaurants.
Advisory Board
Trevor Fetter
Trevor Fetter is Faculty Chair at Harvard Business School, where he has taught since 2019, focusing on MBA courses in financial reporting, leadership, and corporate accountability. A graduate of Stanford and HBS, he began his career in investment banking before holding senior leadership roles at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Tenet Healthcare, where he served as CFO and later CEO, growing the company into a $20 billion enterprise and launching major healthcare businesses like Conifer Health Solutions and United Surgical Partners International. He also founded Broadlane, a successful healthcare supply chain company. Since retiring from Tenet in 2017, Fetter has remained active as a corporate director, investor, and advisor, serving on boards of major companies and nonprofit organizations. Recognized as a top corporate director by the Wall Street Journal, he is also engaged in philanthropic efforts and shares community involvement with his wife, Melissa Fetter, with whom he received a humanitarian award in 2017.
Allison Murphy
Allison Murphy is the Chief Operating Officer at Axios, where she leads operations and helps scale the company’s fast-growing digital media and local journalism initiatives. A Harvard Business School graduate, she is a digital media executive with a strong focus on product strategy, innovation, and organizational transformation, known for building high-performing teams. Prior to Axios, she held senior leadership roles at The New York Times across product, ad innovation, and commercial operations, and also worked at Capital One in fraud prevention. Earlier in her career, she was a consultant at The Bridgespan Group. Murphy is actively engaged in shaping the future of journalism, particularly through the use of AI to expand high-quality local news, and is recognized as a forward-thinking leader in the evolving media landscape.
Gabriel Handel
Gabriel Handel is Assistant Dean for Administrative and Educational Affairs at Harvard Business School, where he focuses on school-wide strategy, planning, and cross-functional initiatives, working closely with leaders across HBS and Harvard University to drive major projects and institutional priorities. His responsibilities span strategic and financial planning, technology and campus development, major events, community engagement, and alumni relations. He also plays key governance roles across multiple Harvard initiatives, including the Harvard Innovation Lab and Advanced Leadership Initiative, and serves on various boards and committees related to technology, policy, and academic programs. Handel has been instrumental in key efforts such as digital transformation initiatives, campus planning, the launch of the D^3 Institute, and leading aspects of the school’s COVID-19 response.