Harvard controversy casts spotlight on Penny Pritzker, former Obama official atop university board
Obama privately lobbied on Harvard President Claudine Gay’s behalf as she faces growing scrutiny

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Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker speaks at the Semafor World Economic Summit on April 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
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Even as Harvard continues to stand behind its embattled president, Claudine Gay, amid mounting backlash over her handling of campus antisemitism and new accusations of plagiarism, Penny Pritzker, who helms the university’s highest governing body, has so far remained...