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
Assoc. Professor & Exec. Director, Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation, UMass Boston
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