CEB Elects New Leadership Team

Moira E. Forberg ’11 and Stephen G. Anastos ’11 will lead the College Events Board this upcoming year after winning last night’s elections to become chair and vice-chair, respectively.

“I just think it’s going to be a really great year, and we have some good events lined up that we think the student body is going to appreciate and enjoy,” Forberg said.

In an effort to explore new outlets for smaller-budgeted programming, Forberg and Anastos said the CEB also seeks to improve the board’s traditional major events.

Forberg and Anastos noted that many of this year’s board members are new to the CEB, and both said they hoped that their fresh outlook would expand the group’s programming.

Supplementing the CEB’s three core programs—Yardfest, the Harvard-Yale Pep Rally, and the fall welcome back celebration—is Harvard Thinks Big, a collaboration between the CEB, the Undergraduate Council, and Harvard Undergraduate Television where well-known Harvard professors can speak on a topic of their choosing.

The event is scheduled for Feb. 11.

But while expanded programming is possible, so are reductions, Forberg said, adding that she wasn’t sure whether the Dinner and a Movie events would continue.

Similar events would “certainly” take place, though, since “they’ve been very successful in the past,” she said, adding. “But we don’t want to be tied down.”

The CEB—created in 2006 to take over event planning from the UC—had been allotted $200,000 annually to plan five or six major events.

But due to the financial crisis last year, the College administration instituted sweeping budget cuts, reducing the CEB’s budget.

Though he didn’t anticipate any further cuts in the future, Anastos said the CEB is prepared for the possibility.

“We’ll take the punches as they come,” Anastos said. “I can’t imagine our budget being limited any more.”

Other newly elected executive board members include Kimberly J. Farrell ’11 as secretary, Beau M. Feeny ’13 as publicity director, and Crystal Y. Coser ’12 as recruitment director.

Samson G. Stein ’10 will lead Yardfest, while Robert E.T. Tainsh III ’10-’11 will head the welcome back celebration and Jocelyn G. Karlan ’12  will manage the fall pep rally.

—Staff writer Danielle J. Kolin can be reached at dkolin@college.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Naveen N. Srivatsa can be reached at srivatsa@college.harvard.edu.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

CORRECTION: February 2, 2010

An original version of the Feb. 2 news article "CEB Elects New Leadership Team" incorrectly spelled the name of Stephen G. Anastos ’11.