Holly Taylor Sargent is Senior Associate Dean for Advancement and Senior Director for University Women’s Initiatives at Harvard University. After serving for 15 years as the Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and External Relations at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Sargent was promoted to a University-wide position in October 2004. During her time at the Kennedy School, Sargent was responsible for all relationships between the School and its major external constituencies: alumni, the Harvard community, volunteer committees, friends, donors, and the general public.

Under her leadership, the Kennedy School’s development team raised $208 million as a part of Harvard University’s last capital campaign. In her role at the University, Sargent is responsible for identifying and engaging new sources of principal gift support for new and ongoing projects related to University priorities, with a particular focus on the international community, non-Harvard individuals, and women. Sargent serves on the board of directors of the Maine Bank and Trust Company and the North Cambridge Family Opera. She is the founding director of the Council of Women World Leaders. She is a 1978 graduate of Harvard College with a major in Government, and has done graduate work in Political Science at Rice University.