Pragmatic idealists, social justice champions and audacious thinkers, Heller alumni are leading the charge to disrupt the status quo in a broad range of industries and countries. Get a glimpse of where Heller alumni from different degree programs are today.
PhD in Social Policy
- Christian Bijoux, PhD’23 - Deputy Director, Community Development and Enhancement, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Founding Partner, Bijoux Consulting Group
- Brenda Bond-Fortier, PhD’06 - Professor, Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University
- Stephen M. Coan ’84, MMHS’90, PhD’97 - Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, The National Association of Police Athletic / Activities Leagues, Inc.
- Brooke Evans, PhD’19 - Senior Research Associate, Coimagine Health
- Barbara Ferrer, PhD’94 - Director, Los Angeles County’s Public Health Department
- Tom Glynn, MSW’72, PhD’77 - Former CEO and Executive Director, Massport
- Mary Grant, PhD’00 - President, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)
- Antoinette M. Hays, PhD’90 - President, Regis College
- Otis Johnson, PhD’80 - Professor Emeritus, Savannah State University and former Mayor, City of Savannah, GA
- Freada Kapor Klein, PhD’84 - Founding Partner, Kapor Capital; Founder, SMASH
- Jeff Lurie, PhD’87 - Owner, Philadelphia Eagles
- Michael H. Levine, PhD’85 - Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon; Founder and former Executive Director, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
- Ricardo A. Millett ’68, MSW’71, PhD’74 - Principal and Founder, Millett & Associates; Principal Associate, Community Science, and former President, The Woods Fund in Chicago
- Linda Mills, PhD’94 - President, New York University (NYU)
- Charles S. Rodgers, PhD’78 - President, New Community Fund
- Bryna Sanger, PhD’76 - University Professor of Policy and Management, The New School
- Jessica Santos, PhD’15 - Director, Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research
- Fernando M. Torres-Gil, MSW’72, PhD’76 - Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy, Director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging, UCLA
- Anya Rader Wallack, PhD’07 - Principal, Health Management Associates
- Susan Windham-Bannister, PhD’77 - President and CEO, Biomedical Growth Strategies
MPP Master of Public Policy
- Abby Alexanian, MBA/MPP’16 - Independent Consultant and Coach
- Pem Brown, MPP’11 - Senior Operations and Finance Manager, Center for WorkLife Law, UC Law San Francisco
- Audrey Etlinger Cohen ’07, MPP’10 - Director of Sexual and Reproductive Health, Cambridge Health Alliance
- Emilia Dunham, MPP/MBA’15 - Director, Reentry Policy and Programs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Sarah Emond, MPP’09 - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
- Mimi Garcia, MA/MPP’10 - Founder and Principal, Just Collaborative
- Amy Glynn, MPP/MBA’13 - Director, Community Health Evaluation and Reporting, Mass General Brigham
- Brian Kennedy, MPP’16 - Senior Policy Analyst, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- Alex Lessin, MPP/MBA’14 - Finance Director: Treasurer/Collector, Town of Truro, MA
- Erin Robinson, MPP’16 - Director of Outreach & Strategic Campaigns, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
- Nicole Rodriguez, MPP’14 - President, New Jersey Policy Perspective
MBA in Nonprofit Management
- Abby Alexanian, MBA/MPP’16 - Independent Consultant and Coach
- Isaac Montes, MBA/MA SID’17 - Director, Communications, Hacienda Community Development Corp.
- Jackie Hodgson, MBA’15 - Community Relations Manager, NH Fidelity Investments
- Stephanie Hurley, MBA’17 - Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, The Possible Zone
- Ross Lohr, MBA’16 - Founder and CEO at Project Repat
- Nicole McCauley, MBA’17 - Manager, Deloitte
- Heather McMann, MBA’12 - CEO, Groundwork Lawrence
- Roger Perez, MBA/MA SID’16 - Senior Program Officer, GitLab Foundation
- Leah Sakala, MBA/MPP’17 - State Policy Manager at Alliance for Safety and Justice
- Jessica Sanon, MBA’18 - Founder and CEO, sySTEMic Flow
- Brenna Schneider, MBA’12 - Chief Social Innovation Officer, Ascentria Care Alliance
COEX Conflict Resolution and Coexistence
- Nathalie Rengifo Alvarez, MA SID/COEX’16 - Latin America Climate Campaign Director, Corporate Accountability International
- Isaac Cudjoe, MA COEX’18 - Co-CEO, Peace First
- Andrew Ginsberg, MA COEX’08 - Senior Durable Solutions Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Rebecca Herrington, MA COEX/SID’14 - CEO, Headlight Consulting Services, LLC
- Sarah Leonard, MS GHPM/MA COEX’19 - Global Public Health Advisor, CDC
- James Orre, MA COEX’12 - Chief Officer of Water Services Development, County Government of Marsabit, Kenya
- Shadi Sheikhsaraf, MA SID/COEX'17 - External Relations Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Julia Szendro, MA COEX’18 - Director of Strategic Initiatives, NYC Department of Corrections
SID Sustainable International Development
- Amrote Abdella, MA SID’07 - EMEA Strategic Pursuit, AWS Professional Services, Amazon Web Services
- Abdishakur Ahmed, MA SID’20 - Senior Energy and Climate Fellow, ICE Institute
- Nathalie Rengifo Alvarez, MA SID/COEX’16 - Latin America Climate Campaign Director, Corporate Accountability International
- Isaac Montes, MBA/MA SID’17 - Director, Communications, Hacienda Community Development Corp.
- Ambreen Khan, MA SID’19 - Fashion Designer, Ambreen Khan
- Arina Chithavong Lester, MA SID’15 - Director of Resource Development, Solidarity Center
- Rodrigo Moran, MA SID’16 - Director of Business Development, Aracari Studios
- Roger Perez, MBA/MA SID’16 - Senior Program Officer, GitLab Foundation
- Shadi Sheikhsaraf, MA SID/COEX'17 - External Relations Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
MS in Global Health Policy and Management
- Noella Bigirimana, MS GHPM’15 - Deputy Director General, Rwanda Biomedical Center
- Lesly Joseph, MS GHPM’16 - Research Assistant, Boston University Henry M. Golden School of Dental Medicine; Instructor, State University of Haiti Dental School
- Sarah Leonard, MS GHPM/MA COEX’19 - Global Public Health Advisor, CDC
- Henrieta Madarova, MS GHPM'06 - Partner, Advance Healthcare Management Institute, Slovakia
- Alec Mkwamba, MS GHPM’10 - Epidemiologist, United Nations Volunteers
- Tyler Morrill ’10, MS GHPM’14 - Senior Policy Analyst, Abt Associates
- Leah Ratner, MS GHPM’10 - Attending Physician, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Kareem Sadik, MS GHPM’16 - Head, Refugee Registration and Eligibility Division, United Nations World Food Programme
- Pamela Titi, MS GHPM’16 - Founder and Managing Director, Tunaweza Children’s Center