Benjamin Clark ’00 M.P.A.
is co-executive director for the Insti-tute for Policy Research and Engage-ment at the University of Oregon. The institute partners with nonprofi t organizations to engage with the public.
Kazumasa Mise ’04 B.S. (Econ)
is chief executive offi cer and member of the board of directors at Rakuten Trade.
Katie Lichtig ’84 M.P.A.
retired from her position as assistant city manager and chief operating officer for the city of Santa Monica (Calif.) in 2020. She previously served as city manager for Malibu and San Luis Obispo in Calif.
Pamela Fessler ’80
published Carville�s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice(Liversight) in July 2020. It tells how leprosy patients in the U.S. were treated as if they were inmates for much of the 20th century.
Elise Roberts ’16 (PSc)
is a policy research analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton and a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the Maxwell School. She previously served as a research and practice associate at the Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law (formerly the Institute of National Security and Counterterrorism).
Kate Farrar ’04 M.P.A.
is State Representative, 20th District, in Conn. She previously served as executive director for Connecticut Women�s Education and Legal Fund in Hartford, Conn.
Daniel Martindale ’92 B.A. (PSc)
is regional vice president of the Capital Region South (Warren-Washington-Albany) of the Arc, New York, the largest service provider for those intellectually and developmentally disabled. He also serves on the Board of Gover-nors of the Arc, New York, repre-senting Warren, Washington and Albany counties.
Jamie Takashai ’17 B.A. (Econ)
is a 1st lieutenant for the New York-Army National Guard and is execu-tive officer for the 719th Composite Truck Co. Takashai recently joined the Paramus (N.J.) Police Depart-
Scott Rayder ’92 M.P.A.
is execu-tive director of the Alabama Water Institute for the University of Alabama.
Carol Gifford-Bloom ’81 Select (PSc)
is a community relations specialist for Lancaster (Pa.) Vision-Corps and Manheim Township (Pa.) commissioner.
Joyjit Roy ’95 M.P.A.
is executive vice president of global programs at Winrock International. He previ-ously served as vice president at ACDI/VOCA, providing operational support across the organization to improve project workfl ows.
Adriano Udani ’04 M.P.A.
is an associate professor of political science at the University of Missouri, St. Louis and director of the Public Policy Administration Program. He also serves as a research advisor for the Community Innovation and Actions Center, the university�s applied and community-partnership based research center.
Steven Mitchell ’90 B.A. (Econ)
is a financial advisor at Procyon Partners in Shelton, Conn.
Danita Nias ’99 M.S.Sc.
is the new president and chief executive offi cer for the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin counties in Fla. She previously served as vice president for Florida Atlantic University.
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.
John Powers ’96 J.D./M.P.A.
was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is currently a partner at Hancock Estabrook, LLP.
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.