HBAS Local Chapter

Los Angeles

Connect with Harvard Black alumni across Los Angeles through cultural events, community engagement, and professional connection.

Chapter President
Maiya Williams
AB ’84 · President
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Maiya Williams

President
Harvard College AB ’84

Maiya Williams has been writing and producing television shows for thirty years. The first Black woman editor of the Harvard Lampoon, Maiya graduated with honors in History and Literature and immediately moved to Hollywood where she got a job on the short-lived sitcom Charlie and Company.
 

Her more well known credits include the live season of Roc, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Wayans Brothers, Mad-TV, The Wanda Sykes Show, Futurama, and most recently The Haunted Hathaways.

About the Los Angeles Chapter

The HBAS Los Angeles chapter connects Harvard Black alumni working across the entertainment industry, business, education, and public service. The chapter brings together alumni across Southern California through community gatherings, cultural programming, and professional connection.