Students make a huge investment in us, and in return, we make an investment in them that extends throughout their careers. Heller alumni are committed to effecting change across a variety of sectors and social justice issues. Jump to your program to meet some of our amazing alumni:
Alumni Profiles

Bishar Jenkins, MPP'20
Health Policy Fellow, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson's Office
Toni Burke, MPP'09
Vice President and Executive Director, City Year San José/Silicon Valley

Charley Francis, MPP'10
Assistant Director of Leased Housing and Rental Services, Rhode Island Housing

Nicole McCauley, MBA'16
Senior Consultant, Deloitte

Brian Schon, MPP/MBA'11
Co-founder, True Colombia Travel & Cannúa

Brenna Schneider, MBA'12
Founder and CEO, 99Degrees Custom

Pushpita Samina, MS GHPM'15
Clinical Services Lead, Office of Health, Population, Nutrition and Education, USAID Bangladesh

Adeyemi Okunogbe, MS GHPM'12
Health Systems Specialist, Global Health Division, RTI International

Sarah Leonard, MS GHPM/MA COEX'19
Global Public Health Advisor, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Shadi Sheikhsaraf, MA SID/COEX'17
External Relations Officer, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Tarig Mohamed, MA COEX'16
Regional Program Manager for Africa and the Middle East, KARAMA

Julia Szendro, MA COEX'18
Director of Strategic Initiatives, NYC Department of Corrections

Arina Chithavong Lester, MA SID’15
Development Global Lead, Solidarity Center

Sydney Skov, MA SID'15
U.S. Foreign Service Officer; Co-founder, Free Body Project

Rodrigo Moran, MA SID'16
Head of Solutions Mapping, United Nations Development Programme

Anne Douglass, PhD'09

Rajan Sonik, PhD'17
Director of Research, Institute for Health Equity, AltaMed Health Services

Barbara Ferrer, PhD'94
Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health