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About Heller

Administration

Office of the Dean

  • Lisa Lynch, Ph.D.

    Dean

  • Laurence R. Simon, Ph.D.

    Associate Dean, Academic Planning and
    Director, M.A. and M.S. Programs

  • Deborah Garnick, Sc.D.

    Associate Dean, Academic Personnel

  • Constance Horgan, Sc.D.

    Associate Dean, Research

  • Ron Etlinger

    Chief Administrative Officer

  • Claudia Jacobs ’70

    Director of Communications Initiatives, the Heller School

    Director of Capacity Building, the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy

  • Kristen Stevens

    Executive Administrator and Assistant to the Dean

Educational Program Directors

  • Christine Bishop, Ph.D.

    Director, Ph.D. Program in Social Policy

  • Laurence R. Simon, Ph.D.

    Associate Dean, Academic Planning and
    Director, M.A. and M.S. Programs

  • Cristina Espinosa, Ph.D.

    Associate Director, Academics, M.A. Program

  • Joan Kaufman, Sc.D.

    Interim Associate Director, Academics, M.S. Program

  • Jody Hoffer Gittell, Ph.D.

    Director, M.B.A. Program

  • Michael Doonan, Ph.D. ’02

    Director, M.P.P. Program

  • Jon Chilingerian, Ph.D.

    Director, Executive Leadership Program

  • Sarita Bhalotra, M.D., Ph.D. ’99

    Co-Chair, Undergraduate Program in Health:
    Science, Society and Policy

Heller Administration

  • Thomas Broussard, Ph.D. ’06

    Assistant Dean, Admissions, Recruitment and Career Services

  • Ravi Lakshmikanthan, M.A. ’99

    Assistant Dean, Student Records, Enrollment and
    Financial Services

  • Doris Breay

    Assistant Dean, Academic and Student Services

Heller Board of Overseers

  • Samuel O. Thier, M.D., Chair

  • Rhonda S. Zinner, Vice-Chair

  • G. Lawrence Atkins, Ph.D. ’85

  • Neal F. Bermas, Ph.D. ’81

  • Ellen Block

  • Carmen S. Canino, M.M.H.S. ’78

  • Rosalind B. Chaikin*

  • Paul Egerman

  • Karen Feinstein, Ph.D. ’83

  • Moses Feldman ’62

  • Linda Frieze

  • Thomas P. Glynn III, M.S.W. ’72, Ph.D.’77, Immediate Past Chair

  • Leonard Goodman

  • Peter E. Heller

  • Nick Littlefield, Jr.

  • Laura Oskowitz

  • Muriel Pokross*

  • Gail Robinson, Ph.D. ’80

  • Charles S. Rodgers, Ph.D. ’78

  • Susan Rothenberg

  • M. Bryna Sanger, Ph.D. ’76

  • Lynn Schneider

  • Phyllis N. Segal

  • David F. Squire*

*emeritus

Heller Alumni Association Board

  • Paula Paris, M.M.H.S. ’79, President

  • Rosina Becerra, Ph.D. ’76, Vice President

  • Audrey Shelto, M.M.H.S. ’82, Vice President

  • Ban Al-Mah Fodh, MA ’07

  • Thomas Broussard, Ph.D. ’06

  • Eric Cahow, Ph.D. ’04

  • James Callahan, Jr., Ph.D. ’68

  • Victor Capoccia, Ph.D. ’78

  • Cecilia Rivera Casale, Ph.D. ’79

  • Matinal Chan ’91, M.M.H.S. ’00

  • Marwa Farag, M.S. ’05

  • Murray Frank, Ph.D. ’74

  • May Futrell, Ph.D. ’76

  • Lillian Glickman, MSW ’71, Ph.D. ’81

  • Oscar Harrell, Ph.D. ’95

  • Miriam R. (Lipson) Hodesh, M.B.A. ’07

  • Colin Holmes, M.A. ’07

  • Daniel Jimenez, Ph.D. ’77

  • Otis Johnson, Ph.D. ’80

  • Chrisann Newransky, M.A. ’05

  • Gustavo Payan, M.A. ’05

  • Deborah Pearlman, Ph.D. ’90

  • Scott Provost, M.M. ’98

  • Megan Briggs Reilly, M.B.A. ’03

  • Gail Robinson, Ph.D. ’80

  • Richard Scobie, Ph.D. ’72

  • Nina Silverstein, Ph.D. ’80

  • Jason Soloway, M.M. ’01

  • Lynne Sullivan, M.B.A. ’02

  • Julio Urbina, Ph.D. ’01

  • Joseph Warren, M.S.W. ’72, Ph.D. ’83

  • Ghenet Weldeslassie, M.A. ’99