List of Harvard Extension School alumni explained

The following is a list of notable alumni of the Harvard Extension School.

Business

• Rory Cowan, ABE ’79 - CEO, Lionbridge Technologies Inc
• Robert Maginn, ALM ’81 - CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Jenzabar Inc.
• Sal Perisano, ALM ’87 - CEO and Chairman, iParty
• Ekaterina Rybolovleva - Owner of football club AS Monaco FC
• Oreoluwa Lesi - Founder and executive director of Women's Technology Empowerment Centre
  • Armando Gutierrez Ria Cheruvu, ALB '18, ALM '20 - AI Deep Learning Researcher at Intel Corporation

Arts and media

• Jenny Allard, ALM '99 - sportswoman
• Allan Crite, ABE '68 - artist
• Robelyn Garcia, GC '20 - sportswoman, writer, author, and Arizona State University faculty
• Christine Leunens, ALM '05 - novelist
• Luis Carlos Velez, CSS ’99 - anchor reporter CNN, Caracol
• Rosy Lamb - sculptor, painter and author
• Tahnee Ahtoneharjo - artist, regalia maker, curator
• Nate Clark, ALM '23 - comedian, commentator, and author

Film, theater, and television

• Ryan Slattery, ALB ’09 - film and television actor, writer, producer
• Diane Neal, AA '18 - American actress and U.S. Congressional Candidate

Academia

• Latanya Sweeney, ALB ’95 - Professor of Government and Technology in Residence at Harvard University, Faculty Dean in Currier House at Harvard
• A. Breeze Harper ALM '07 - critical race feminist, diversity strategist, and author
• Paul Reid, ALB ’90 - writer and biographer
• Nemat Sadat, ALM '10 - LGBTI rights activist, former professor of political science at American University of Afghanistan^[1]
• Danny Yamashiro, ALM '17 - Chaplain at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and researcher on American presidents and childhood trauma.

Government

• Chester A. Dolan Jr. - President of the Massachusetts Senate (1949) and Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Francisco Santos Calderón, CSS - Vice President, Republic of Colombia
• Bradley Jones Jr, AA ’87, ALB ’88 - Massachusetts House Minority Leader
• Bruce Ayers - 1st Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Joseph R. Paolino, Jr., ALM '89 - Ambassador to Malta
• Mauricio Escanero, ALM - Ambassador and Head of the Mission of Mexico to the European Union
• Scott Taylor ALB '14 - U.S. Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district
• Álvaro Uribe, CSS ’93 - 56th President of Colombia
• Brian Mast, ALB '16 - U.S. Representative for Florida's 18th congressional district
• Chris Wakim - former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
• Gerald Oriol Jr., ALM - Haiti’s Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities
• Maliz E. Beams, CSS - Counselor of the United States Department of State
• Jamus Lim, ALM - Member of the Singapore Parliament

Non-profits

• Mark Plotkin, ALB ’79 - ethnobotanist; President, Amazon Conservation Team
• Evan R. Bernstein, Community Activist / CEO and National Director of The Community Security Service

Journalism

• Chanel Rion, ALB '15 - White House correspondent for One America News Network
• Marcela García, '05 - associate editor and columnist for the Boston Globe
• Mikaya Thurmond, ALM '18 - North Carolina television journalist

Law

• Sarah Buel, ALB '87 - attorney

Writers

• A. Breeze Harper, ALM '07 - author of books and studies on veganism and racism
• Harold L. Humes, Adjunct in Arts
• Zachery S. Mitcham-Author, '16

Others

• James Hogue
• Russ Hogue, PhD, ALM ’21 - Professional boxer, kickboxer; US Kickboxing Champion

Notes and References

1. Web site: As Russia Runs for the Closet, Afghanistan Comes Out. 21 February 2014.