Word: pbha
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dedication to BRYE and PBHA was not a passing whim. After directing BRYE his sophomore year, Joe has risen the ranks of PBHA leadership and currently serves as the organization's president. The giving guy from my first-year dorm now heads one of our largest student organizations. His caring nature now impacts the hundreds of Harvard students involved in PBHA and the thousands of Boston and Cambridge community members who benefit from PBHA programs...
...though, defies our traditional perception of the Harvard leader. On a recent afternoon, I ate lunch with Joe to catch up on various aspects of our lives. I inquired about the pressures and responsibilities of his office. He modestly hesitated, stressing the vital importance of all of the PBHA cabinet members, officers, directors and volunteers to the organization. He acknowledged the hard work but emphasized how fulfilling he found...
Chad B. Denton, '01, co-director of Aiming High for Emerson Academic Development (AHEAD), recalled an episode a few weeks ago. Joe found out that the Denton was short drivers for an AHEAD event and volunteered his services to shuttle PBHA volunteers to the event. Even at the top of the totem pole, Joe does not feel like he is above any task...
Although his friends lament that rather than Mather House, Joe resides in the brick house tucked in the corner of the Yard, his superior dedication to PBHA has not gone unnoticed. Dean Judith Kidd, Assistant Dean for Public Service and Director of Phillips Brooks House marvels at Joe's ability to balance his love for actual service itself with an understanding of the larger picture...
...never lost sight of his mission--keep PBHA student-led," Dean Kidd said over email. Fellow members of the PBHA cabinet acknowledge that, at every meeting, Joe will not only help generate new plans and strategies for the organization's future, but will also check off what they have accomplished...