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 variety of countries. Get a glimpse of where Heller alumni from different degree programs are today.
PhD in Social Policy
- Michael Ames, PhD’15 - President and Chief Executive Officer, Perkins
- Brenda Bond-Fortier, PhD’06 - Associate Professor, Institute for Public Service, Suffolk University
- Stephen M. Coan ’84, MMHS’90, PhD’97 - Chief Executive Officer and President, Sea Research Foundation
- Barbara Ferrer, PhD’94 - Director of Public Health, Los Angeles County
- Tom Glynn, MSW’72, PhD’77 - Former CEO and Executive Director, Massport
- Mary Grant, PhD’00 - President, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- Antoinette M. Hays, PhD’90 - President, Regis College
- Otis Johnson, PhD’80 - Scholar in Residence and Professor Emeritus, Savannah State University and former Mayor, City of Savannah, GA.
- 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
- Marsha Mailick, PhD’78 - Emeritus Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ricardo A. Millett ’68, MSW’71, PhD’74 - Principal and Founder, Millett & Associates
- Charles S. Rodgers, PhD’78 - President, New Community Fund
- Fernando M. Torres-Gil, MSW’72, PhD’76 - Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy, Director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging
- Anya Rader Wallack, PhD’07 - Senior Vice President for Strategic Communications at The University of Vermont Health Network; Associate Director at Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health, Brown University School of Public Health
MPP Master of Public Policy
- Pem Brown, MPP’11 - Senior Vice President, M+R
- Sarah Emond, MPP’09 - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
- Mimi Garcia, MA/MPP’10 - Director of Policy and External Communications, Texas Association of Community Health Centers
- Amy Glynn, MPP/MBA’13 - Senior Program Consultant, Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Sarah Gonzaga, MPP’13 - Grant Analyst, California Long-Term Care Education Center
- Calvin Harris, MPP’10 - Vice President, FleishmanHillard
- Nicole Hudson, MPP’12 - Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Brian Kennedy, MPP’16 - Policy Analyst, NC Budget and Tax Center
- Alex Lessin, MPP/MBA’14 - Director of Finance, City of Somerville Water & Sewer
- Erin Robinson, MPP’16 - Policy Analyst, Center for the Study of Social Policy
- Nicole Rodriguez, MPP’14 - Senior Researcher, Community Labor United
MBA in Nonprofit Management
- Andrea Hayes, MBA’16 - Senior Associate, CohnReznick LLP
- Jackie Hodgson, MBA’15 - Director of Consulting, Common Impact
- Ross Lohr, MBA’16 - Founder and CEO at Project Repat
- Jason Lynch, MBA’16 - Executive Director, Charity Defense Council
- Nicole McCauley, MBA’17 - Consultant, Deloitte
- Heather McMann, MBA’12 - Executive Director, Groundwork Lawrence; Senior Fellow, Institute for Nonprofit Practice
- Siiri Morley, MBA’10 - Director of Partnerships, Massachusetts, Upstream USA
- Brenna Schneider, MBA’12 - Founder and CEO, 99Degrees Custom
COEX Conflict Resolution and Coexistence
- Nathalie Rengifo Alvarez, MA SID/COEX’16 - Senior International Policy Organizer, Corporate Accountability International
- Lisette Anzoategui, MA SID/COEX’15 - Program Manager, Impact Evaluation, Social Impact
- Andrew Ginsberg, MA COEX’08 - Senior Resettlement Officer, UNHCR
- Rebecca Herrington, MA COEX/SID’14 - Developmental Evaluator, USAID Global Development Lab
- Naveed Noormal, MA COEX’16 - First Secretary, Embassy of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, London, UK
- James Orre, MA COEX’12 - Chief Officer of Water Services Development, County Government of Marsabit, Kenya
- Safia Trabelsi, MA COEX’10 - Head, Nile River Montessori, Egypt
SID Sustainable International Development
- Amrote Abdella, MA SID’07 - Regional Director, Microsoft 4Afrika
- Ali Al Jundi, MA SID’14 - Syria Project Officer, Oxfam America
- Nathalie Rengifo Alvarez, MA SID/COEX’16 - Senior International Policy Organizer at Corporate Accountability International
- Lisette Anzoategui, MA SID/COEX’15 - Program Manager, Impact Evaluation, Social Impact
- Arina Chithavong Lester, MA SID’15 - Director of Development, Community Preservation Development Corporation/Enterprise Community Partners
- Malini Sekhar, MA SID’06 - Independent Consultant, Co-founder, 2Lokas
- Dorcas Wepukhulu, MA SID’11 - African Storybook Coordinator in Kenya and Ethiopia, South African Institute for Distance Education, Kenya
MS in Global Health Policy and Management
- Ahmad Jawad Osmani, MS GHPM’11 - Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan
- Noella Bigirimana, MS GHPM’15 - Government Fellow, World Economic Forum, Rwanda
- Henrieta Madarova, MS GHPM'06 - Partner and Lecturer, Advance Healthcare Management Institute, Slovakia
- Alec Mkwamba, MS GHPM’10 - Research and M&E Technical Expert, Independent Consultant, Zimbabwe
- Tyler Morrill ’10, MS GHPM’14 - Senior Analyst, Abt Associates
- Kareem Sadik, MS GHPM’16 - Regional Economic and Food Security Analyst, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit, United Nations World Food Programme
- Rebecca Sliwoski, MS GHPM/MBA’16 - Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Kletjian Foundation
- Pamela Titi, MS GHPM’16 - Founder and Managing Director, Tunaweza Children's Center; Advocate, the Self-Advocates and Families Initiative, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation