List of Harvard Extension School alumni
# List of Harvard Extension School alumni

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
* 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

## Others

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