Maxwell Class Notes
John Mandyck ’89 B.A. (PSt)/ ’92 M.P.A.
published an article in the Harvard Business Review titled “What If Banks Had to Disclose the Climate Impact of Their Investments.” Mandyk is the CEO of Urban Green Council, a visiting scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an adjunct faculty member for the University of Connecticut School of Business.
Jonathan Edelberto Martinex ’14 B.A. (IR/PSt/PSc)
is head of U.S. federal affairs for Haleon, a healthcare company based in Washington, D.C. He previously served as the director of federal government affairs at GlaxoSmithKline, a global biopharma company.
Adam Miller ’19 M.A. (IR)
is a research analyst at the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, an organization that tracks political violence globally.
Robyn Moore ’96 M.P.A.
was appointed managing director of Piper Sandler Companies, an investment bank headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn.
Seth Mulligan ’05 M.P.A.
is the new director of innovation and partnerships at the Griffiss Institute, a talent and technology development company based in Rome, N.Y
Parker Leland Nash ’21 M.P.A.
is a program assistant for the German Marshall Fund’s security and defense policy team in the Washington, D.C., office. The German Marshall Fund is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works on issues critical to modern transatlantic interests, such as democracy, security and geopolitics, technology, and innovation. It drives policy debate through analysis, community-building and cultivating leadership.
Mark Newsome ’07 E.M.P.A.
was promoted to vice president and senior partner of U.S. Federal Healthcare, IBM Consulting. The Armonk, N.Y.-based business discovers, designs and develops advanced information technology through consulting services.
Ife Olatunji ’06 B.A. (Anth)
has spent the last four years as a media educator with Facets Multimedia, a Chicago, Ill.-based nonprofit that connects people to independent ideas through transformative cinema. Olatunji teaches media literacy, narrative editing and documentary filmmaking.
Alejandro Perez ’02 M.A. (IR)
is the senior vice president of policy and government affairs at the Washington, D.C.-based World Wildlife Fund, an organization that seeks to preserve wildlife globally.
Jennifer Rafael ’94 B.A. (PSc)
is working at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association as the director of communications and marketing. The Alexandria, Va., organization is dedicated to the general welfare of federal workers and retirees.
Syedur Rahman ’77 Ph.D. (PA)
has retired after a 40-plus year career in international education administration. He served as director of international sponsored programs at Northern Virginia Community College and, before that, was director of international programs and coordinator of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at Penn State University.
Tapan Ray ’06 M.A. (PA)
was re-appointed to the board of directors of CMS Info Systems, a cash management and payment solutions company based in Mumbai, India.
Timothy Robb ’90 B.A. (PSc)
has joined World Insurance Associates LLC as general counsel. World Insurance Associates LLC is a national brokerage specializing in personal and commercial insurance lines, bonding, employee benefits, financial and retirement services and human capital management solutions.
Claire Rupert ’14 B.A. (IR)
is the country director for parts of Europe/ NATO in the office of the Regional Affairs Directorate, for the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs. Rupert oversees foreign military sales cases for Italy, prepares senior leaders for engagements with their Italian counterparts, and serves as the main point of contact for the Italian air attaché to the U.S. in the Pentagon.
Joseph Serbun ’16 M.P.A.
has joined CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., as a market research and customer insights consultant. Prior to this, Serbun served as a project manager and research lead for the federal elections team at Fors Marsh Group, a market research firm in Arlington, Va.
Charri Hern Shairer ’89 M.P.A.
joined Providence Community Housing, an organization that provides affordable homeownership in New Orleans, La.
Scott Shuster ’92 B.A. (PSc)
through his real estate company, 11 Development, completed the conversion of a church and rectory in Cambridge, Mass., into a single family residence and condominiums. In addition, Shuster has continued his 20-year relationship in a leadership role with the Jimmy Fund, an organization which raises funds for pediatric cancer research for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston
Debra Rahmin Silberstein ’81 B.A. (Econ)
an estate planning attorney, was named Family/Elder Law Trailblazer by the National Law Journal, a periodical based in Washington, D.C.
Robert Simpson ’01 M.P.A.
has been confirmed to serve on the Empire State Development Board of Directors. Empire State Development promotes job creation and business development to create a strong and growing economy for the state of New York.
Robin Lamott Sparks ’91 M.P.A.
was named executive director of the Community Health Network of Connecticut Foundation.