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List of Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni
[edit]For a list of notable Harvard University graduates, see List of Harvard University people.
This is a list of notable black alumni of Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Master of Public Policy (MPP)
[edit]DEGREE CONFERRED 1971
- Ellen J. Sirleaf, 24th President of Liberia[1] the first female President of an African Nation[2][3]
DEGREE CONFERRED 1974
- Fletcher Willey[4], American Lawyer and Co-Founder of the Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association, the first African American recruited from the State of Indiana to be appointed to a military academy and to play football at USAFA (United States Air Force Academy)
DEGREE CONFERRED 1980
- Debra L. Lee, American Businesswoman and Lawyer, former Chairman and CEO of BET and named "100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment"[5]and Author of the book, I am Debra Lee
- Luther Ragin Jr., Board Member Mcknight Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
DEGREE CONFERRED 1981
- Dr. Nicky Sheats Esq., Director of the Center for Environment, Kean University
- Dr. Michael A. Monmouth, General Orthopedic Surgeon[6]
DEGREE CONFERRED 1985
- Bryan Stevenson, American Lawyer, Professor, author and Social Activist[7]
- Gail Chavis, President of the Harvard Club of Philadelphia 2023 - 2025[8] and former Board Member of Brandywine Workshops and Archives
DEGREE CONFERRED 1987
- James Taylor, President of Mercator Advisors[9]
DEGREE CONFERRED 1988
- Tina Byles Williams, CEO, Chief Information Officer and Founder of Xponance[10]
DEGREE CONFERRED 1992
- Cheryl L. Dorsey, President Echoing Green[11]
DEGREE CONFERRED 1993
- Dr. Elizabeth A. Howell, Chair of Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Perelman School of Medicine[12][13], University of Pennsylvania
- Kim K. W. Rucker, Member of the Boards of Directors for Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Lennox International Inc., Celanese Corporation, Haven for Hope and of the Board of Trustees of Johns Hopkins Medicine. and former EVP, General Counsel and Secretary of Andeavor (Tesoro Corp.)[14]
DEGREE CONFERRED 1994
- Karin Kimbrough, Chief Economist LinkedIn
DEGREE CONFERRED 1998
- Jamal Simmons, Political Advisor at the White House
DEGREE CONFERRED 1999
- Chuck Meadows, Executive Director of Atlanta Charter Schools[15]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2001
- Jean Martin Bauer, Director, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service, United Nations World Food Program Haiti, Author of the book, The New Breadline: Hunger and Hope in the 21st Century
DEGREE CONFERRED 2005
- Afia Asamoah, Head of Legal at Waymark
DEGREE CONFERRED 2007
- Charles Carithers[16], Principal at Cornerstone Government Affairs
- Charles Reynolds[17], Career Diplomat at Unites States Department of State
DEGREE CONFERRED 2008
- Natalie Colbert, Executive Director at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center
DEGREE CONFERRED 2009
- Amoretta Morris, President Borealis Philanthropy[18]
- Desiree Cormier Smith,[19] Special Representative Racial Equity and Justice at Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor[20]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2010
- Kendra Perkins Norwood, Lawyer and Partner Reed Smith
- Naima Green-Riley[21], U.S. Service Officer at the United States Department of State
DEGREE CONFERRED 2014
- Mosses Esema, Director of Clean Energy Investing at Bank of America Merril Lynch
- Ruthzee Louijeune, American Politician and President of Boston City Council[22]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2021
- Philips Jones [23], Instructor at the United States Naval Academy
DEGREE CONFERRED 2024
- LaShyra Nollen, Leader[24][25] and Resident Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Master of Public Administration (MPA)
[edit]DEGREE CONFERRED 1981
- Donna Blackshear-Reynolds, Associate CFO for Organizational Development at NASA Johnson Space Center
DEGREE CONFERRED 1982
- Lorrie Jackson, CEO Global Shift Coaching and Consulting
DEGREE CONFERRED 1992
- Frank Eugene “Hill” Harper, American actor and political candidate,[26] known for his roles in Beloved (1998), CSI: NY, in Limitless, and in The Good Doctor
- Wanda McClain, President McClain Consulting Associates, and former VP of Community Health and Health Equity at Brigham and Woman's Hospital[27]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2000
- Kwame Manley, Partner Paul Hastings and Nominee[28] for Investigations Professional of the Year Award at Global Investigations Review Award 2024
- Jerome Holmes, American Judge US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
DEGREE CONFERRED 2003
DEGREE CONFERRED 2006
- Joanne Yoo, Partner Developing Partners International[29]
- Antonio Oftelie, Executive Director of Leadership for a Networked World
DEGREE CONFERRED 2008
- Terrence E. Gilchrist, Historian and former Treasurer and Secretary of the Harvard Kennedy School Black Alumni Association
DEGREE CONFERRED 2009
- Kimberlyn Rachel Leary, EVP Harvard Medical School[30]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2010
- Justin Steele, Principal at Google Org America[31]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2015
- Jay Lundy, Attorney, Adkins Kelston & Zavez PC
DEGREE CONFERRED 2024
- Takele Uma Banti, Ethiopian Politician, CEO of Ethio-Djibouti Railway Authority, known by Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway
Mid-Career Master of Public Administration (MC/MPA)
[edit]DEGREE CONFERRED 1971
- Robert Bunn, Attorney at Law Office of Robert Bunn
DEGREE CONFERRED 1982
- Valerie D. Bell, Lawyer, Immediate Past Chair of the Board and CEO at ST. Louis Public Schools Foundation
DEGREE CONFERRED 1991
- Jackie Weatherspoon, American Human Rights Activist
DEGREE CONFERRED 1992
- Mamadou Diallo, Member of the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Board[32]
DEGREE CONFERRED 1997
- Harry Haigwood, Private Investor
DEGREE CONFERRED 1998
- Raymond Jefferson, American Government Official and retired Military Officer
DEGREE CONFERRED 2001
- Jacqueline Y. Collins, American Politian and Member of the Ilinois Senate
DEGREE CONFERRED 2003
- Kahlil Byrd, CEO of Invest America
DEGREE CONFERRED 2004
- Carolyn P. Stennett, VP of Human Resources at Victaulic and Member on the Board of Directors at ESSA Bank Corp[33]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2008
- Amara Konneh, Liberian Politician and Minister of Finance
DEGREE CONFERRED 2009
- Dr. Hassan Tetteh, Founder and CEO of Human Care Technologies, Author of Smarter Health with AI and Member of Forbes Technology Council[34]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2010
- Dehlia Ummuna, Lawyer and Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
DEGREE CONFERRED 2012
DEGREE CONFERRED 2013
- Dr. Abdu Mukhtar, Chief Strategy Officer Dangote Group
DEGREE CONFERRED 2015
- Eugene Scott, Journalist The Washington Post
- Fatima Cody Stanford, Associate Professor at Division of Nutrition Harvard Medical School[36]
DEGREE CONFERRED 2016
- John Gibbs, Manager Ottawa County, Michigan
- Helawi Sewnet Beshah, Ethiopian Architect, Portfolio Director at Ethiopian Investment Holdings and Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandella Washington Fellow 2010.
DEGREE CONFERRED 2021
- Thoko Moyo, Global Communications Director at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation[37]
- Rodas Girma Seyoum, incumbent Secretary of the Harvard Black Alumni Society
DEGREE CONFERRED 2022
- Orandaam Otto, Nigerian Social Entrepreneur[38], Founder of Slum2School Africa[39], recognized Edward Mason Fellow 2022 at Harvard Kennedy School[40], Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandella Washington Fellow 2017.
Master of Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID)
[edit]DEGREE CONFERRED 2009
- Peter Ajak, Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center
Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education (HKSEE)
[edit]DEGREE CONFERRED 1983
- Lottie Shackelford, American Politician, Serving the longest tenure as the Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)
DEGREE CONFERRED 1984
- Chaka Fattah, American politician and current CEO, Fattah Neuroscience Global Advisor
DEGREE CONFERRED 1993
- Dr. William "Flash" Clay, SEAD Program Counselor Prince George's County Public Schools[41] and Nominee[42] for Life Changer of the Year Award
DEGREE CONFERRED 1999
- Byron W. Brown, American Politician and former State Senator of New York and the First African American Mayor of Buffalo, NY.
DEGREE CONFERRED 2003
- Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Nigerian Entrepreneur and CEO of the One Campaign
DEGREE CONFERRED 2009
- Peter Ajak, Fellow Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center
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