Serve on the Heller Alumni Association Board
Upon graduation from the Heller School, you are automatically a member of the Heller Alumni Association, which is led by a board of up to thirty Heller alumni. The Heller Alumni Association Board is active in recruitment, outreach, fundraising and events. Alumni Board members provide direction to the Alumni Association and provide important leadership to the Heller School.
For more information or to express interest in serving on the board, email the Heller Alumni Office.
2008 Alumni Board Members
- Gail Robinson, Ph.D. '80, President
- Rosina Becerra, Ph.D. '76, Vice President
- Audrey Shelto, M.M.H.S. '82, Vice President
- Ban Al-Mah Fodh, MA'07
- Ruth A. Brandwein, Ph.D. '78
- Thomas Broussard, Ph.D. '06
- 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
- Gerald M. Eggert, M.S.W. '71, Ph.D. '73
- 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
- Daniel Jimenez, Ph.D. '77
- Adam Kessler, M.B.A. '05
- Chrisann Newransky, M.A. ‘05
- Ruth Palombo, Ph.D. '03
- Paula Paris, M.M.H.S. '79
- Gustavo Payan, M.A. '05
- Deborah Pearlman, Ph.D. '90
- Scott Provost, M.M. '98
- Diana Marginean Schor, M.A. '03
- Richard Scobie, Ph.D. '72
- Lynne Sullivan, M.B.A. '02
- Joseph Warren, M.S.W. '72, Ph.D. '83
- Ghenet Weldeslassie, M.A. '99
Volunteer Opportunities
There are many other opportunities to volunteer as well. Heller Regional Chairs outreach to Heller Alumni Association concentrations in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C. We also encourage Heller alumni to serve on a board committee before committing to becoming a board member and to provide valuable input by serving on other internal Heller committees, such as the planning committee for Heller’s 50th anniversary in 2009.
Committees of the Heller Alumni Association Board include: Outreach and Communications/Career Mentoring, Nominating, Fundraising, Event Planning, and Student Recruitment. Committees meet via conference call. There is also a Heller representative to the Brandeis Alumni Association board.
To start getting involved or for information on any of the following volunteer opportunities, email us at the Heller Alumni Office.
Heller Alumni Admissions Council (HAAC)
Your firsthand knowledge of the Heller School makes you a valuable resource to the Admissions Office at Heller. Prospective students gain valuable insight from talking to alumni. Who better to answer the questions of what to expect from a Heller education than individuals who have gone through the program themselves? The types of activities you can participate in include:
- Allowing a prospective student to contact you.
- Making congratulatory calls to accepted students.
- Distributing information at conferences, your workplace or your undergraduate alma mater.
- Attending events where prospective students may be in attendance.
- Agreeing to be profiled or quoted on the Heller School web site or in other promotional materials.
- Speaking at information sessions.
- Participating in recruiting events, such as graduate school fairs.
Heller Career and Mentoring Network
The Heller Career Network is a two-way job network. First, Heller Alumni are an important resource about information for job-seeking students and other alumni looking for information about career fields, job trends, job responsibilities, and organizations. Secondly, your organization may be looking for qualified candidates.
Opportunities for involvement are:
- Serving as an informational resource to students and alumni in starting their job search
- Mentoring students
- Participating in Career Panels, alumni discussion panels convened throughout the academic year to showcase the careers and paths to those careers that Heller alumni have chosen
- Forwarding information about internship or permanent job openings to the Heller Jobs Data bank and to appear in the weekly Heller Bulletin
