Alumni Class Notes
Class of 2009 Summer Internships (May 2008)
Jenelle Akerstrom: Learning Point Associates
Monica Almonacid: Innovations for Poverty Action
Jake Ament: City of Chicago
Rachel Anderson: Ounce of Prevention Fund
Winnie Bahrmasel: Stevenson Center on Democracy
Jennifer Barbour: Learning Point Associates
Erin Barringer: City of Chicago
James Blatchford: Edward Teach
Michael Bradow: Shorecap Exchange
Elise Braun: Deloitte
Katie Bui: LMI
Elise Chor: Learning Point Associates
Robert Collinson: City of Chicago
Meg Currie: New Orleans Redevelopment Authority
Ted Dabrowski: Chicago Transit Authority
Michael Deuser: Chicago Transit Authority
Anthony Earley: Bain & Company
Leslie Eldridge: U.S. Department of State
Angela Erickson: Economic Development Agency
Lynn Espedido: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Alexis Gagne: Chicago Transit Authority
Aaron Galeener: State of Illinois
Shabaka Gibson: Exxon Mobil
Dalmar Hussein: African Development Bank
Bhavna Jaisingh: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Cemere James: Illinois Action for Children
Whitney Johnson: Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
Jamie Johnston: Center for Migrant Advocacy - Philippines
Jennifer Jordan: Navigant Consulting
Alison Junkin: City of Chicago Mayor's Office
Andrew Kim: The Wilds
Tabitha Knerr: Learning Point Associates
Christine Kolb: Chicago Community Trust
Don Laackman: Chicago Public Schools Education Fund
Erika Larsen: Shaw Environmental
Alicia Loucks: U.S. Department of State
Alexander Louie: LMI
Michael Lynch: Defense Intelligence Agency
Alan Mascarenhas: City of Chicago
Julie Mierwa: Food and Water Watch
Roopa Modur: State of Illinois Treasurer's Office
Alicia Moy: University of Chicago Medical Center
Adriana Obregon Andria Vazquez: Innovations for Poverty Action & Grameen Trust
James Pappachen: O-H Community Partners
Michelle Park: Department of Health and Human Services
Antonio Plascencia, Jr.: Education Pioneers
Snapper Poche: National Park Service
Zi-Xiang Shen: Navigant Consulting
Susan Silver: New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Melissa Slaughter: Shorebank
David Small: University of Chicago Medical Center
Meredith Sparks: Deloitte
Victoria Strokova: The Heritage Foundation
Didi Swartz: Chicago Public Schools/Chicago Public Education Fund
CJ Szafir: Chicago Metropolis 2020
Martin Torres: Ounce of Prevention
Laura Williams: Below the Line
Shannon Williams: Scott Balice Strategies
Aaron Winn: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Di Zhang: U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicese
Class of 2007
DeAndrea Gumbs, MPP’07 is working at the City of New York’s Department of Youth and Community Development. (May 2008)
Kristopher Natoli, MPP’07 is a current student at Boston University School of Law and expects to graduate in 2010. (May 2008)
Scott Nelson, MPP’07 has taken a new job as Senior Application Definition Analyst with id8. (May 2008)
Class of 2006
Phylicia Lyons, MPP’06 addressed attendees at the White House Summit on Inner-City Children and Faith-based Schools on April 24, 2008. (May 2008) more>>
Class of 2005
Tamara Robinson, MPP’05 has been touring the country with C-SPAN's Campaign 2008 bus engaging students in the political process. (May 2008) more>>
Class of 2004
Karla Avila, MPP’04 has moved to New York City where she is the Program Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean with Episcopal Relief and Development. (May 2008)
Alexandra Forter Sirota, AM/AM(SOC)’04 is the Director of Policy and Research at Action for Children North Carolina, a leading statewide nonprofit committed to improving the lives of North Carolina children and families. (May 2008) more>>
Class of 2003
Amanda Alpert Knight, MPP’03 is the Chicago Executive Director of RISE, a national non-profit organization that is focused on attracting and retaining high quality teachers in schools in low income communities in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Chicago is RISE’s first expansion. (May 2008)
Class of 1999
Joi B. Dozier, MPP'99 was promoted to the rank of captain in the United States Air Force. (June 2008) more>>
Class of 1996
Rudy Lohmeyer. MPP/MBA’96 writes, “Starting on May 16th, I will be taking a several month leave of absence from the State Department. My family and I will be in Sweden spending some long overdue time with our extended family and look forward to returning to Washington in the fall.” (May 2008)
Class of 1992
Brian L. Colbert, AM’92 writes, “I returned to the U.S. from Turkey on January 1, 2007 (yes over a year ago). From February 2003 until June 2006, I was an assistant professor teaching in the International Relations Department and the Graduate Program of European Studies at the Izmir University of Economics. I taught several courses including international law and political theory and also helped graduate students write thesis projects. While living abroad, my girlfriend and I traveled extensively throughout Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. We were married in Tuscany in June 2006 and traveled for a 6-month honeymoon. I am currently president of Broadband Mechanics. BroadbandMechanics produces People Aggregator, a white-label social networking platform which provides Facebook/MySpace features to existing websites. I am currently based in San Fransisco and can be reached at brianc@broadbandmechanics.com. (June 2008)
Class of 1991
Alfredo Gómez, MPP’91 received the 2008 Minorities in Public Policy Studies (MIPPS) Minority Annual Alumnus Award at a dinner presentation with SSA’s African American (AASA) and Latino Student (LSA) Associations during Alumni Weekend. (June 2008)
Reika Suzuki, AM’91 writes she has been working as a lawyer since April 2000. She represented the families of the fishermen on the Japanese boat, Ehimemaru, with which the U.S.S. Greenville collided. Currently, she working both on a class action case of drug-induced casualties of anti-cancer agent called 'Iressa,' as well as other cases of option and securities dealings. She mainly represents the plaintiffs. (May 2008)
Class of 1981
In January, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter appointed Terry Gillen, AM’81 as Senior Advisor to the Mayor for Economic Development (May 2008)
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