Gene Corbin
PBHA / Monday, February 2nd, 2009 / Comments Off Gene Corbin
Class of 1955 Executive Director
Room 304
617.495.8851
corbin@fas.harvard.edu
Supports President, Executive Vice President, Secretary, Public Relations Chair, and Events Fundraiser (on Auction).
The PBHA Executive Director builds and maintains the infrastructure to sustain the organization. By working with the student leaders and members of the Board of Trustees, the Executive Director leads in shaping and carrying out the vision and mission of PBHA, acts as ambassador to the Harvard and Cambridge and Boston communities, seeks out and develops resources for PBHA, oversees the development and implementation of sound financial management practices, supervises the staff, mentors students, oversees safety and risk management, and serves as the institutional mandated reporter. With the director of the Public Service Network, the PBHA Executive Director also oversees the management of the Phillips Brooks House department and building. On campus, Gene represents public service on numerous committees and serves as the staff director of the First Year Urban Program.
Gene has been a teacher in Fort Worth, Executive Director of Stewpot Community Services in Jackson, Lead Organizer of Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) in Austin, and has worked with international development efforts in Haiti and Viet Nam. Gene currently serves on the Viet Aid Community Development Corporation; the Ella Lyman Cabot Trust; the Kennedy School of Government New England Alumni Association (Treasurer); the Harvard Club of Boston Community Service Committee; and the Boston Children’s Chorus Martin Luther King Jr. Day Concert Planning Committee. Gene’s hobbies include running, reading, jazz, and politics.
