Nuria Esparch ’00 M.P.A.
is a Peruvian lawyer who has been serving as the country�s Defense Minister since November 2020.
Marilyn D Shaw ’68 M.P.A.
retired from practicing energy law at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld LLP in Washington, D.C. She currently serves as co-president of the Garden Club of Madison in Madison, N.J.
Mohammad Mahmodi ’08 E.M.P.A./ ’09
is a research fellow at Yale Law School. He previ-ously served as an independent attorney, and executive director of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Lisa Hoeschele ’03 M.A. (PA)
serves on the Stakeholder Steering Committee that guides the process to merge the New York State Offi ce of Mental Health (OMH) and the New York State Offi ce of Addiction Services and Supports into a single state agency, the Offi ce of Addiction and Mental Health Services.
Eric Heighberger ’93 B.A. (IR)
is policy director and subcommittee director for the committee on home-land security in the U.S. House of Representatives. He previously served as chief of staff for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Stephen Brownell ’87 J.D./M.P.A.
is executive vice president and general counsel at MP2 Energy LLC, a Shell Energy North America Subsidiary. He previously served as vice president and general counsel for LifeEnergy in Houston, Texas.
Charles Zorn ’79 M.A. (Econ)/ ’81 Ph.D. (Econ)
is vice provost for undergraduate education at Indiana University Bloomington.
Shiro Gnanaselvam ’93 M.P.A.
was named chief executive offi cer of Social Impact, a global develop-ment consulting fi rm in Arlington, Va. Gnanaselvam was previously chief operating offi cer and executive vice president at Social Impact.
DeChane Dorsey ’91 B.A. (PSc)
has been named executive director of AdvaMed Accel, a division which specializes in helping smaller start-ups with medical technology development. Dorsey previously served as vice president of payment and healthcare delivery policy for AdvaMed.
Colin Seale ’07 M.P.A.
is author of Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Frame-work to Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students (Prufrock Press), which challenges students to think critically about law.
Edward Marshall ’71 M.P.A.
authored Leadership�s 4th Evolution: Collaboration for the 21st Century (Cognella Academic Publishing), which covers a wide range of critical business challenges from Microsoft IT upgrades to DuPont implementing change in their information systems. Marshall is currently serving as adjunct professor in management at Fuqua School of Business and Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.
Jason Yaley ’05 B.A. (PSc/IR)/ ’06 M.P.A.
is interim chief management offi cer at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, LLC in Arlington, Va. He previously served as advisor for INDAIS in San Fran-cisco, Calif. and has held a variety of leadership positions in national security and the aerospace industry.
Mark Cohen ’00 B.A. (Soc)
works on special projects for the U.S. Department of State, where he previously served as medical director.
Stacy Reinstein ’99 B.A. (IR/PSt)
is a freelance strategic consultant for communications and policy. She previously worked as a senior policy analyst for Arizona�s State Supreme Court.
Jane Nicholson ’04 B.A. (Geog/IR)/ ’13 M.P.A.
was selected to be part of Next City Vanguard�s cohort for 2020. Next City is a journalistic nonprofi t; the Vanguard program specializes in crafting innovative responses to global development challenges at the community level.
John Beadles ’75 Ph.D. (SSc)
authored Stained with Blood and Tears: Lynchings, Murder, and Mob Violence in Cairo, Illinois, 1909-1910 (Saluki Publishing). Beadles� book describes the horror of mob lynching during the Jim Crow era.