Rebecca “Becky” Chetham

Becky has spent more than 35 years as part of the FAS community. Since 2006, she has served as Executive Director and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Harvard University Herbaria, overseeing administrative, financial, and research operations across an academic department and two museums with more than 300 faculty, researchers, students, and staff. Becky brings expertise in financial management, research administration, human resources, and change management in a complex environment to her new role. Her long tenure with the FAS gives her an unparalleled understanding of how this community works. Becky has contributed her perspectives to the broader planning process both informally and as a member of the FAS Workforce Planning Staff Advisory Group.