About Heller

Leadership

Administration

  • Maria Madison, ScD  •  Interim Dean
  • Joanne Beswick, MS GHPM'12  •  Executive Administrator and Assistant to the Dean
  • Lynn Davis  •  Assistant Dean, Admissions
  • Ravi Lakshmikanthan, MA SID'99  •  Associate Dean, Global and Strategic Initiatives
  • Elena Lewis, GSAS MA'11  •  Director, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity
  • Dianne Qualter  •  Director of Administration and Operations
  • Andrew Swienc  •  Associate Director of Financial Operations, Administration, and Budget
  • Cindy Thomas, PhD'00  •  Associate Dean, Research
  • Jasmine Waddell  •  Assistant Dean, Career Development
  • Darren Zinner, PhD  •  Associate Dean, Academics

Educational Program Directors

  • Lisa Lynch, PhD  •  Director, PhD Program
  • Alexandra Piñeros-Shields, PhD'07 •  Director, MPP Program
  • Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, PhD  •  Director, MBA Program
  • A.K. Nandakumar, PhD  •  Academic Director, Global Programs; Director, MS in Global Health Policy and Management
  • Sandra Jones, PhD  •  Interim Director, MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence
  • Joseph Assan, PhD  •  Director, MA in Sustainable International Development
  • Darren Zinner, PhD  •  Director, Undergraduate Program
  • Brenda Anderson, PhD  •  Director, EMBA Program
  • Michael Doonan, PhD'02  •  Director, Online Programs

Heller Board of Advisors

  • Jeanette C. Takamura, PhD'85, Chair
  • Gerben DeJong, PhD'81, Vice Chair
  • Adwoa Asare, MBA'19
  • G. Lawrence Atkins, PhD'85
  • Jules Bernstein '57
  • Barbara Nobles Crawford, PhD'84
  • Isaac Cudjoe, MA COEX'18
  • Sarah Emond, MPP'09
  • Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD'83*
  • Anita Hill
  • M. Ihsan Kaadan, MS GHPM'16
  • Constance F. Kane, PhD'85
  • Jonathan D. Katz, PhD'81
  • Michael S. Jellinek, MD
  • Charles Nalyaali, MA SID'98
  • Paula Paris, MMHS'79
  • Deborah K. Polivy, MSW'72, PhD'78
  • Sari A. Rapkin
  • Nicole Rodriguez, MPP'14
  • Sean C. Rush
  • M. Bryna Sanger, PhD'76
  • Audrey Shelto, MMHS'84
  • David F. Squire*
*EMERITUS/A

Heller Alumni Association Board

  • Isaac Cudjoe, MA COEX'18, President
  • Parisa Kharazi, MS GHPM'13, Vice President
  • Bria Price, MPP'19, Vice President
  • Nicole Rodriguez, MPP'14, Immediate Past President
  • Laura Alpert '96, MM'98
  • Oluwaseun Ayanniyi, MS GHPM'12
  • Jacqueline Daniels Braunthal, MMHS'84
  • Sara Chaganti, PhD'18
  • Sheldon Gelman, PhD'73
  • Shirley Girouard, PhD'88
  • Alexandria Glaize, MA SID'17
  • Carmen Hicks, MPP'14
  • Bishar Jenkins, Jr., MPP'20
  • Farhat Jilalbhoy, MA SID'14
  • Ty Leisey, MA COEX/SID'17
  • Sara Miller '11, MBA/MA Hornstein'16
  • Rodrigo Moran, MA SID'16
  • Ahmad Naveed Noormal, MA COEX'16
  • Jessica Pacheco-Estevez, MM'98
  • Shayna Jones Perry, MPP'18
  • Prince Mujumbe Salama, MA SID'20
  • Sheilanee Shona Sen, MBA/MPP'15
  • Anupama Sharma, MS GHPM'08
  • Jarnail Singh, MA SID'13
  • Jeanette C. Takamura, PhD'85
  • Roberta Ward Walsh, PhD'89
  • Mary Ward, MBA'19