Heller School Board of Advisors
The Heller School Board of Advisors has been in existence since Heller’s early years, counting notables such as Eleanor Roosevelt among its ranks. The board serves as a critical resource of ideas, experience, energy, and as a community champion. Members of the advisory board share their gifts in service to the Heller School’s mission by providing the school with their professional expertise that is congruent with programs of Heller; their diverse knowledge of constituent perspectives; their connections to local, national or international resources, colleagues or peers; their philanthropic support and other forms of needed assistance. Read the full list of board of advisors members and their bios.
Stories about Members of the Board of Advisors

Bryna Sanger, PhD’76
Giving back to the next generation of policy professionals
From conducting urban policy research and teaching students at The New School, a private research university where she’s spent the bulk of her career, to advocating for social services and proposing policies as board chair of United Neighborhood Houses (UNH), Sanger’s impact has been felt throughout New York City.

Barbara Nobles Crawford, PhD’84
Opening doors, changing systems for underrepresented and marginalized people

Jules Bernstein ’57
Labor of Love
A Washington, D.C.-based labor lawyer who has advocated for workers’ rights for more than a half-century. Along with his wife and law partner, Linda Lipsett, Jules established the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice at Brandeis University.

Constance Fairweather Kane, PhD’85
Empowering women, children through education in Ghana

Sarah Emond, MPP’09
From the inaugural MPP class to president of ICER

Adwoa Asare, MBA‘19
Merging finance and social good through social impact investing

Farhat Jilalbhoy, MA SID’14
A career rooted in social impact

Isaac Cudjoe, MA COEX’18
Inspiring a community action group cultivating literacy

Ihsan Kaadan, MS GHPM’16
From a war zone to a global pandemic: A doctor’s experience on the front lines