Darya is the Director of US Engagement for Leaders’ Quest, an international cross-sector social enterprise that works with leaders to create a more equitable and sustainable world.
Category Archive: Alumni
Alumni in the News: EPSM Graduates Excel as EDF Climate Corps Fellows
“I’m always amazed by what can be accomplished when you throw a bunch of really creative and intelligent people into one room for just an hour—let alone for nearly a week,” says Lisabeth Tremblay. The newly-minted Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy alumna, along with fellow classmate Zachary Koser, recently spent four …
Nonprofit Management Alumna Erika Nonken Applies Philosophy Background to Consultancy Work
“My training in philosophy…..helps me be able to take about 10,000 steps back and ask bigger, more underlying questions that usually arise in a staff or board meeting. This helps me notice what’s not being said, the contexts in which their work is being done, and the impact of those contexts.”
GPIA Alumna Mary Robbins on the Economics of Paternity Leave
Alumna Mary E. Robbins recently co-authored an article for Time Magazine discussing the conflict around paternity leave in Brazil for city employees, which may be extended from 5 days to 30 days. The article reads: Many government officials at the local and federal level in Brazil… believe allowing 30 days of paternity leave will disrupt worker productivity and …
GPIA Alumna Ashlee Tuttleman Designs Social Impact Programs Increasing Profits for Rwandan Coffee Farmers
Ashlee is the Social Enterprise Project Manager at Sustainable Harvest Rwanda, where she designs and implements social impact programs that improve information exchange among coffee origins and along the coffee supply chain. Programs she designs reinvest premiums earned through coffee processing back to the farmers.