Alumni News & Notes

Eric Alexander ‘78 is President of Institutional Services at Wall Street Access, New York. He is also a member of Emerson's Board of Trustees.

Rael Ammon ‘08 is with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. She is in the office of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Jordan Support in the U.S. Department of State.

Candace Baer ‘81, MA ‘83, is the Vice President of Human Resources at Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island.

Jeff Bellows, MA ‘02, is Managing Director in Global Public Relations & Marketing, Resources Global Professionals, Boston, MA/Irvine, CA. 

Alyse Nelson Blooom ‘97 is co-founder and President of Vital Voices Global Leadership Network in Washington, D.C.

Lydia Bradley ‘07 is the Boston Program Manager at Strong Women, Strong Girls, a non-profit organization dedicated to building leadership in college women and self-esteem in young girls.

David Calusdian ‘89, MA ‘91, is Executive Vice President and Partner at Sharon Merrill Associates in Boston.  

Jennifer Colella ‘08 is a freelance writer for various publications. She most recently wrote an essay in the Winter 2009 issue of the Radcliffe Quarterly (“Think Globally, Act Locally”). 

Phil Craft ‘96 is the Director of Communications for Elon University School of Law in North Carolina. 

Ken Crannell ‘55, MA ‘57, is the CEO for Crannell Consulting, MA.

Javier Curtichs, MA ‘92,  is President of Tinkle Communications in Madrid, Spain.

Owen Eagen, MA ‘97, is the Division Manager of the Los Angeles office for the Saint Consulting Group, overseeing operations in Southern California, Arizona and Hawaii. 

Cassandra Fox ‘07 is with the Guest Services/Private Events Staff at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Konstantina Georgaki, MA ‘08, is an account executive at Mullen Advertising Agency based in Boston.

Lexie Gross, MA ‘01, is Director of Business Development MedTouch, an interactive health care marketing organization in Cambridge, MA.

Brandi Hale ‘93, MA ‘95, is the Executive Director of Fundacion Infantil Ronald McDonald in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Patrick Kenney III ‘83 is a design consultant for the Chesapeake Framing Company in Kensington, Maryland. 

Jeff Kimball ‘89, MA ‘90, is a public relations and fundraising consultant for the Kimball Group in Connecticutt. 

Philip Maggi, MA ‘93, is Vice-President of External Affairs at Idaho Technology.  The biotech company recently received a military contract to run tests on the H1N1 virus.

Nancy Michaels ‘86, MA ‘89, is CEO and President of growyourbusinessnetwork.com, a company devoted to empowering business owners around the world with strategies to live a financially secure life.

Patrick Morris, MA ‘96, founded 57th & Irving Productions, an independent film financing and production company. 

John Murphy, MA ‘01, is the Vice President of the American Insurance Association's Northeast regional office.  

Sam Presti ‘00 is general manager of NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder.

Larry Rasky ‘78 is Chairman of Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications in Boston. He is also Vice Chair of Emerson's Board of Trustees.

Erika Rydberg ‘09 is a graduate student in the Media and Public Affairs program at George Washington University.

Janice Scangas, MA ‘94, is founder and executive director of the Corfu Foundation, a global, non-profit organization dedicated to helping people and organizations reconnect with spiritual principles that serve the common good. 

Christopher Smalley, MA ‘93, is a Freelance Publicist and Voiceover Artist, CPS Productions.  He has also produced two films on public diplomacy. 

Lauren Sucher, MA ‘96 is the Director of Public Affairs for the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C.

Eric Tollar ‘09 is the Communication Director for Citizens Against Road Tolls, Boston, MA.

Angelique Torres, MA ‘07, is a Senior Human Resources Administrator in the University Relations and Diversity Programs at Genzyme Corporation, a biotech firm in Cambridge, MA. 

Katie White-Morris ‘06 is the Director of Media Relations of 57th & Irving Productions, an independent film financing and production company. 

Brett Winterble ‘93 is host of the Covert Radio Show, a nightly radio program examining issues related to national security, international affairs, and the war on terror.

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