The Honorary Board is composed of individuals, who have demonstrated outstanding support to the HCF or to Harvard University.

The current Honorary Board is composed of nine members:

• His Excellency US Ambassador Craig Stapleton (College 1967 , HBS MBA 1970)
• Alain Cornet-Vernet (GSD 1965), former HCF President
• Philip Kimbrough (HLS 1980), former HCF President
• Sally Williams-Allen (GSE 1965), former HCF President
• Douglass Carver (College 1965), former HCF President
• Jacques Salès (HLS 1967), former President of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association
• Claire Mays (College 1981), Vice President for College Interviewing
• Ned Gubbins (College 1994), former HCF President
• Elias Chedid (HLS 2000), former HCF President