“I am really excited,” said Currier House Committee secretary Lacey R. Whitmire ’05. “In just a year, she has thrown herself into learning the Harvard system—what classes we’re taking, what we do in our spare time, learning the acronyms of student groups. That’s not an easy task for an outsider, she’s shown a lot of enthusiasm.”
“I think that [O’Brien] is a really good administrator,” said Michael J. Wu ’06, a student member on the Hilles committee. “She was really great at leading meetings, and she’s very receptive to student concerns. I think [her appointment] is a great choice.”
“[O’Brien] is a great communicator in terms of bringing student concerns in a conversation to College administrators,” said Divya A. Mani ’05.
Mani, who is also a Crimson editor, is a member of the Undergraduate Council’s Campus Life Committee and a Currier House resident.
“She’s been very proactive in coming up with real solutions. From my point of view, we need more people like her in the administration—she’s very creative and quick-thinking,” Mani adds.
—Staff writer Risheng Xu can be reached at xu4@fas.harvard.edu.