Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jasmin Sethi

Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jasmin Sethi

Author: Harvard College Class of 2000 January 1, 2026 Duration: 32:18

Today, Eileen talks to entrepreneur Jasmin Sethi, CEO of Sethi Clarity Advisers. Jasmin works with clients to improve efficiency in compliance using AI, identify opportunities in regulated sectors such as retirement plan access, and align business strategies with evolving government and philanthropic policy goals – in particular to broaden access to retirement plans for underserved communities. Jasmin also shares how she had to get creative and advocate for herself to navigate the challenges of being a blind person studying applied math and economics as an undergrad. And she shares her post-graduation life lessons about having fun, knowing when to change the rules, and the power of partnership to make meaningful change happen. Jasmin lived in Thayer Hall and Adams House and went on to earn a dual JD-PhD in economics at Harvard.


What happens after the cap and gown are put away? Harvard College Class of 2000: The Podcast explores that long, winding road. This isn't a formal reunion report but a series of conversations with classmates, catching up on more than two decades of life. You'll hear about careers that took unexpected turns, personal milestones, and the perspectives that only time and distance can provide. We also circle back to our shared origin point, swapping stories about those formative Cambridge years-the moments that stuck, the lessons that mattered, and the quirks of a particular time and place. Each episode is a different story, a unique path stemming from a common starting line. It's a chance to reconnect with voices from the past and discover where they've landed in the present. Tune in for a thoughtful, often surprising, and deeply human look at the journey from then to now, all through the specific lens of this class. This podcast is created by and for the Harvard College Class of 2000, offering a genuine audio chronicle of our group's evolving narrative.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 79

Harvard College Class of 2000: The Podcast
Podcast Episodes
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Levine [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:20
Matt started his career as a Latin teacher in Wellesley, using that Classics degree. Matt then pivoted to law school and clerked and worked as a lawyer briefly before pivoting again into investment banking. Matt then wor…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lizzy Ayer Wright [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:37
We start the episode with a non-profit ad from classmate Jonathan Wintrode for the Annapolis Immigration Justice Network. Lizzy worked in government intelligence after graduation, including tracking Bin Laden, later swit…
Harvard 2000 Podcast: Dmitry Sagalovskiy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:35
Dara talks to Dmitriy Sagalovskiy about the Harvard tunnels, sailing, and math education. Dmitry is an engineer who has worked at Google, with classmates as a co-founder of Hudson River Trading, a teacher, co-founder of…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Christine Chen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:03
You know and love Christine from her masterful Puns & Punctuation WA group comments- from angry vaginas to creating our beloved pony images, Christine’s sense of humor shines through from the first second of her intervie…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Ana Torres [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:29
Eileen interviews Ana Torres, who was one of our speakers at “The Paths We’ve Traveled” event at reunion. Today, Ana continues to share insights from her “life of extremely low probability events.” At Harvard, Ana lived…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Kaitlin McGaw [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:55
Dara talks to Kaitlin about her Grammy and Emmy-winning career with the Alphabet Rockers and we hear more about the JV women’s hockey team that came up in earlier episodes! Follow Kaitlin on her Instagram. Listen to her…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Yayoi Shionoiri [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:29
Dara talks to Yaoi Shionoiri, who is an art lawyer- a career we have not yet seen on the podcast! Yayoi has worked for a museum, art company, artists’ estates, and is now at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn (go visit her!). Y…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Mary Ann Cockerill Walter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:31
Eileen talks to linguist Mary Ann (Cockerill) Walter about her love of languages, living and teaching in 10 different countries (she’s currently at the University of the Virgin Islands!) and discovering Arabic and lingui…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Anna Malsberger Laurent [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:27
Dara talks to Jonathan Dawid about his late fiancee Anna Laurent, known as Anna Malsberger in college. Anna worked in graphic design and documentary film after college and studying at Mass College of Art. Anna’s love of…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Andrea Volfova Filipi [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:55
Dara talks to Andrea about “life being extraordinary” and “mulling over grand plans for the future.” Andrea discusses moving to the United States to attend Harvard, soon after the end of the cold war. She has always been…