Selina Howe Carter ’12 M.P.A.// ’13 M.A. (Econ)
is pursuing a dual Ph.D. in statistics and machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University. Carter was a Boren Fellow in Turkey and worked as the financial director at the Turkish Grameen microfinance program. Following that, she worked in Nampula, Mozambique, to conduct a survey on child vaccination with the Jameel Poverty Action Lab. For the last five years, she has worked as a data scientist at the Inter-American Development Bank and completed a master’s in mathematics and statistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
John Pollock ’66 M.P.A.
has penned a new book titled COVID-19 in International Media: Global Pandemic Perspectives (Routledge, 2021).
Philippe Solages ’00 J.D./M.P.A.
was confirmed as judge to the New York State Court of Claims by the New York State Senate. Solages serves as an acting supreme court justice in Nassau County, N.Y.
Tricia Heon ’93 M.P.A.
was pro mot ed to chief executive officer at the National Auto Auction Association, which is based in Frederick, Md.
Rachel Baker ’18 M.P.A.
was appointed to the position of assistant secretary for health for New York State. Baker previously served as an Excelsior Service Fellow.
Alison Weber ’15 B.A. (Anth/IR)
is working as an English community manager for Storybook, an Ecuadorian tech start-up. She does translation work, gives ESL classes and manages its English social media networks.
Peter Karpinski ’20 E.M.P.A.
was named executive vice president of operations, independent and lifestyle hotels at Pyramid Hotel Group LLC, based out of Boston, Mass. Liam Kirst ’20 B.A. (PSc) received a “40 under 40” award from the Central New York Business Journal. Kirst is a legislative aide to Senator John W. Mannion in the New York State Senate.
Maggie Fitzpatrick ’88 B.A. (PSt)
was appointed to the board of directors of VistaGen Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in San Francisco, Calif.
Ellen Sax ’80 M.P.A.
is the vice president of community engagement at MVP Healthcare and part of Berkshire Bank’s newly formed community advisory council in the Capital region of New York state.
Sun-on Gilford Law ’04 M.A. (PA)
is the new Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office’s director-general.
James A Jacobs ’74 M.S.Sc.
is professor emeritus of journalism and English at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif. Jacobs just penned a new book, Reprisal (Palo Verde, 2021), the fourth novel in the Daniel Mendoza series.
Cynthia Simison ’76 B.A. (PSc)
was named The Republican’s first woman executive editor in 195 years. The Republican is a daily newspaper based in Springfield, Mass. It is owned by Newhouse Newspapers, a division of Advance Publications.
Allison Patrick ’91 B.A. (PSc)/ ’94 M.P.A.
is the vice president of programs for the Department of Homeland Security.
Harmony Eyers-Friedlander ’14 E.M.P.A.
became the deputy commissioner of mental health and director of community services for Tompkins County, N.Y., in March 2021. She has dedicated almost three decades in educational, community-based and residential settings providing clinical services to children, youth and families.
Robert O’Neill ’74 M.P.A.
will serve on the board of directors of the National Academy of Public Administration’s Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization chartered by Congress to assist government leaders.
McGee Wester Young ’98 M.A. (PSc)/ ’04 Ph.D. (PSc)
is founder and chief executive officer at WattCarbon which measures and tracks carbon savings in buildings and is located in California’s San Francisco Bay area.
Carlos Torres ’07
is currently chief of party for the U.S. Department of Labor government-funded program in Costa Rica for the Foundation for Peace and Democracy and Partners of the Americas. Previously, he worked as a consultant for projects financed by Inter-American Development Bank, the U.S. State Department and several corporate donors for organizations such as World Vision and the Central American Public Administration Institute.
Kenza Bouanane ’21 B.A. (IR)
is serving as a legal research associate with the New York City-based non-governmental organization, Human Rights Foundation. Human Rights Foundation gives a platform to human rights activists with a focus on closed societies.
Thomas A Mandl ’05
has written a new book, Modern Paraguay: Uncovering South America’s Best Kept Secret (McFarland, 2021). The book is based on Mandl’s time in Paraguay interviewing leaders and collecting data in order to present Paraguay’s challenges, strengths and direction in a global world.
Megan S Sweeny ’99 M.P.A.
became the chief financial officer of the Service Employees International Union, which represents 2 million people in health care, public services and property service professions.