Meet our Graduates
The first-in-the-nation Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy was founded by Betty Taymor in 1968 as a demonstration project at Simmons College. At that time it was called the Program for Women in Politics and Government as it was developed to provide opportunities for women in government at a time when such opportunities were few and far between. After a two year hiatus, the Program then moved to Boston College, where it remained for 20 years.
In 1992, with support from the Chancellor and women faculty, the Program moved to the University of Massachusetts Boston where it became full-time. It also began to attract a more diverse student body and now boasts one of the highest levels of diversity of any graduate program on campus. There are now over 650 women in Massachusetts, across the nation, and around the world who were trained in the Program for leadership roles in politics, government, and public policy. They are a great source of information, connections, and mentoring for new students.
Graduates of the Program include four women who were elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives—including the current Majority Leader Lida Harkins (’87) and the Honorable Elizabeth Malia.(’89). Susan Tracy (’83) also served in the legislature before running for the U.S. Congress; she now runs her own governmental strategy company, Strategy Group, Inc. Others have gone on to serve in elected office at the municipal level and/or to hold leadership positions in the Offices of Senators Kennedy and Kerry, and Congressmen James McGovern, among others.
In the public policy arena, our graduates move into jobs in government relations/affairs, faculty positions, and as directors of major non-profits. Here is a full list from 1969 through our most recent class of 2007.
Year Graduated |
First Name |
Last Name |
2007 |
Jacqueline |
Baker |
|
Blonde |
Beauchamp |
|
Sarah |
Briggs |
|
Kristen |
Brouker |
|
Nicole |
Bukowski |
|
Lori |
Dameron |
|
Alexis |
Del Visco |
|
Rachael |
Hohenberg |
|
Kimberly |
Jerdon |
|
Lucinda |
Kallis-Hilbert |
|
Christina |
Knowles |
|
Jessica |
Lee |
|
Ify |
Malo |
|
Morgan |
Marconi |
|
Donata |
Martin |
|
Jessica |
Martin |
|
Wanda |
Rosario |
|
Paulina |
Steffens |
|
Jessica |
Yazhari |
2006 |
Nicole |
Agusti |
|
Erin |
Bradley |
|
Judith E. |
Bromley |
|
Michelle |
Demars |
|
Amanda |
Dye |
|
Anne |
Forman |
|
Stacie |
Hargis |
|
Dalie |
Jimenez |
|
Megan A. |
Kearns |
|
Jessica |
Marshall |
|
Amy E |
McQuiggan |
|
Heather |
Mincey |
|
Stephanie D. |
Mitzenmacher |
|
Laurin |
Mottle |
|
Abigail |
Newcomer |
|
Malo |
Onyinye Patricia |
|
Sarah |
Rial |
|
Vivien |
Roman |
|
Cheri |
Selby |
|
Brandi |
Tague |
2005 |
Lisa |
Allen Brown |
|
Jill |
Ashton |
|
Laura |
Booth |
|
Sarah |
Chaisson Warner |
|
LaKay |
Cornell |
|
Shawn |
Daugherty |
|
Amelita |
Escareal |
|
MaryAnn |
Fitzgerald |
|
Shayne |
Harrington |
|
Colleen |
Heffernan |
|
Jennifer |
Hodsdon |
|
Julie |
Holstrom |
|
Susan |
Kafka |
|
Cathy |
Levin |
|
Abigail |
McCabe |
|
Beth |
Melnikas |
|
Saige |
Reisler |
|
Robin |
Rich |
|
Maria Lucrecia |
Rodriguez |
|
Janine |
Ting |
|
Vivien |
Wekesa |
|
Miryam |
Wiley |
|
Joanne |
Wilkinson |
|
Nancy |
Wong |
2004 |
Kimberly |
Carvalho |
|
Johanna |
Dobrich |
|
Kathleen |
Fitzpatrick |
|
Bridget |
Flanagan |
|
Patience |
Fomunyam |
|
Martine |
Gomes |
|
Charlene |
Johnson |
|
Analia |
Lemmo |
|
Charlotte |
Lumpkins |
|
Kelley |
MacDonald |
|
Sarah |
McManus |
|
Michaella |
Morzuch |
|
Cecilia |
Okafor |
|
Jeongseon |
Park |
|
Korri |
Piper |
|
Deborah |
Roif |
|
Jamie |
Sand-Golderger |
|
Deitra |
Schneeberg |
|
Jennifer |
Shakespeare |
|
Kelly |
Sonsava |
|
Abigail |
Thorp |
|
Caitlin |
Tobin |
|
Leslie |
Vienneau |
2003 |
Corrina |
Balash-Kerr |
|
Nuvia |
Ball-Burrell |
|
Iraida (Elena) |
Blanco |
|
Mary |
Bouchard |
|
Elizabeth |
Goodwin |
|
Lynne |
Grayton |
|
Katherine |
Griswold |
|
Jennifer |
Herbert |
|
Deborah |
Hogan |
|
Barbara |
Miranda |
|
Tsige |
Negash |
|
Sarah |
Nichols |
|
Brenda L. |
Pedraza |
|
Kathryn |
Quinn |
|
Mariamawit |
Sileshi |
|
Linda |
Skurchak |
2002 |
Claire |
Benedict |
|
Laurel |
Collins |
|
Kerri |
Dixon |
|
Jen |
Fahy |
|
Christina |
Gasbarro |
|
Rhonda Beattie |
Hewett |
|
Heather |
Kissel |
|
Anne Marie |
McIntyre |
|
Vayamena |
Nemorin |
|
Berline |
Rousseau |
|
Theresa |
Schofield |
|
Marianne |
Steele |
|
Nicole |
Tiffany |
|
Catherine |
Tsui |
|
Bridgette |
Wallace |
|
Shannon D. |
Wilbur |
|
Stephanie |
Williams |
2001 |
Leah Marie |
Barrault |
|
Cecilia |
Blaine |
|
Ida R. |
Candreva |
|
Tonya M. |
Clawson |
|
Joan M. |
Corsaro |
|
Bobbie G. |
Drake-Saucer |
|
Walkiria |
Frias |
|
Rosemary |
Hernandez |
|
Ann M. |
Higgins-Haughey |
|
Angela B. |
Jolie |
|
Ben |
Lunine |
|
Sharon |
Mulenga |
|
Mercy K. |
Watson |
|
Wendy C. |
Woodfield |
2000 |
Catherine C. |
Anderson |
|
Meghan B. |
Barry |
|
Heidi |
Blair-Esteves |
|
Dawn |
Booth |
|
Marie F. |
Celestin |
|
Kristin L. |
Chase |
|
Victoria E. |
Crisp |
|
Denise M. |
Donovan |
|
Marlene |
Dorfeuille |
|
Edith |
Dreezer |
|
Jennifer |
Flagg |
|
Sandra L. |
Gorski |
|
Kathleen A. |
Grady |
|
Claudine M. |
Guerrier |
|
Lisa M. |
Gurgone |
|
Beth A. |
Kaplan |
|
Jona |
Lai |
|
Meghan A. |
McCaig |
|
Jennifer |
Raymond |
|
Liesa M. |
Steiner |
|
Marie A. |
Wagner-Clarke |
1999 |
Kristen D. |
Andriola |
|
Kimberly |
Burke |
|
Carline |
Desire |
|
Suzanne W. |
Dumont |
|
Elizabeth C. |
Gawel |
|
Maura E. |
Greaney |
|
Shelly M. |
Harter |
|
Gaea L. |
Honeycutt |
|
Linda |
Kutch |
|
Carolyn A. |
MacNeil |
|
Myriam M. |
Ortiz |
|
Cynthia J. |
Shelton |
|
Maria-Joao S. |
Silva |
|
Calista S. |
Suk-Yee Tse |
|
Lisa K. |
Sussman |
|
Cynthia L. |
Wegel |
1998 |
Rosario |
Ateku |
|
Chikako |
Atsuta |
|
Sandra |
Beattie |
|
Katie |
Brown |
|
Jodi |
Cohen |
|
Andrea |
Delgado |
|
Grace |
Doherty |
|
Catherine |
Graham |
|
Jennifer |
Hoegen |
|
Lisa Marie |
Howard |
|
Cheryl |
Krochmal |
|
Maryanne |
McHugh |
|
Mary Ann |
Mroz |
|
Margaret Jane |
O'Connell |
|
Susan |
St. Pierre |
|
Kim |
Tomlinson |
|
Katherine |
Tsioulcas |
|
Holly |
Walsh |
1997 |
Carolyn A. |
Castro-Donlan |
|
Karen |
Charles |
|
Jennifer Morehouse |
Cramer |
|
Jeanne |
Dunlea |
|
Wanjiro |
Gathira |
|
Anne |
Gathuo |
|
Bonnie |
Johnson |
|
Pamela |
Laquidara |
|
Shawntell |
Manning |
|
Shani |
Mason |
|
Maureen |
McCarthy |
|
Susan |
Mills |
|
Aileen |
Mullahy |
|
Jacquelyne L. |
Payne-Thompson |
|
Joyce |
Perkit |
|
Carol |
Senter |
|
Cyndy |
Taymore |
1996 |
Elizabeth C. |
Aristorenas |
|
Anne M. |
Beauregard |
|
Kathleen P. |
Bilotta |
|
Diane |
Carr |
|
Florence A. |
Che |
|
Anne E. |
Connolly Saganic |
|
Kimberley M. |
Courtney |
|
Delores A. |
Deloatch |
|
Lizabeth J. |
Flash |
|
Irana |
Hawkins |
|
Christine |
Lecesse |
|
Juliet M. |
Leydon |
|
Barbara A. |
McEndarfer |
|
Brenda A. |
Menard |
|
Melissa |
Montelione |
|
Carla K. |
Moran |
|
Caroline Woolf |
Nudelman |
|
Diane L. |
O'Connell |
|
Patricia R. |
Pina |
|
Eileen Leahy |
Preston |
|
Stacey |
Torchia |
|
Lisa L. |
Weinberg |
|
Elizabeth C. |
Wright |
1995 |
Joyce E. |
Bartlett |
|
Carrie L. |
Bernier |
|
Julia |
Campeti |
|
Amy E. |
Conway |
|
Mary N. |
Gambon |
|
Amy J. |
Kobeta |
|
Kerrie L. |
Lirosi |
|
Stacy |
Malone |
|
Eleanor A. |
McGarry |
|
Francine |
Pado |
|
Vaughan |
Ramon |
|
Jennifer |
Ranciato |
|
Jessica |
Ranciato |
|
Susan H. |
Rohrbach |
|
Diane |
Staffier |
|
Ann H. |
Stewart |
|
Bernadette W. |
Wo |
1994 |
Wonjen |
Bagley |
|
Patricia |
Benalayat |
|
Michelle |
Ciccolo |
|
Sandra |
Clark |
|
Rina S. |
Coronel |
|
Karen |
Feder |
|
Janine |
Feodoroff |
|
Mary C. |
Garippo |
|
Karen A. |
Harraghy |
|
Kelly Ann |
Hasson |
|
Maureen |
Hogan |
|
Kathleen |
Hughes |
|
Kathleen |
Kapsalis |
|
Jean |
Kennedy |
|
Shahtaj H. |
Khan |
|
Suzanne Gall |
Marsh |
|
Heidi Wabrek |
McCormack |
|
Michelle |
Perez |
|
Elise |
Richer |
|
Lauren |
Ross-Gray |
|
Rebecca J. |
Shugrue |
|
Janet |
Taylor |
|
Erin April |
Webb |
|
Andrea Kim |
Worrall |
1993 |
Janet |
Barr |
|
Karen E. |
Berchtold |
|
Penny |
Brigham |
|
Patricia |
Buddenhagen |
|
Colleen |
Cook |
|
Elizabeth |
Cummings |
|
Barbara |
Davis |
|
Karen Fox |
Heindl |
|
Kathleen |
Horrigan |
|
Susan |
Hughes |
|
Cynthia |
MacDougall-Winston |
|
Cynthia |
Moran |
|
Mona |
Patel |
|
Sue |
Pucker |
|
Susannah |
Sallin |
|
Neerja |
Sharma |
|
Lara |
Szent-Gyorgyi |
|
Christina |
Verrette |
1992 |
Jocelyn H. |
Bernson |
|
Lysette |
Burgos |
|
Robin |
Clopper |
|
Zoraida |
DeFreitas |
|
Ellen |
Gorowitz |
|
Patricia |
Gray |
|
Karen |
Joseph |
|
Cheryl |
Joyce |
|
Rebecca |
Kaplan |
|
Maril |
Kuklis |
|
Nancy |
Lightman |
|
Brenda |
Marchand |
|
Elizabeth |
Moore |
|
Allison |
Moroz |
|
Jeannie |
Nakano |
|
Erin |
O'Connor |
|
Margaret |
O'Grady |
|
Debra |
Page |
|
Margaret |
Storch |
|
Peg |
Strickland |
|
Cheryl |
Sullivan |
|
Virginia |
Tarabocchia |
|
Lisa |
Thompson |
|
Cori |
Uccello |
1991 |
Bliss |
Austin-Spooner |
|
Jennifer |
Baratz |
|
Deborah |
Brickman |
|
Irene |
Buck |
|
Judy |
Capobianchi |
|
Mona |
Carpenter |
|
Pamela Wade |
Collins |
|
Diane |
D'Arrigo |
|
Hannah |
Diozzi |
|
Nancy |
Donahue-Pescinslci |
|
Annie |
Dunbar |
|
Lisa |
Emond |
|
Sharon |
Evans |
|
Sue |
Finegan |
|
Christine |
Fitzgerald |
|
Rosalyn |
Frontiera |
|
Sarah |
Gates |
|
Margaret |
Kelley |
|
Julia |
Ketterer |
|
Sam (K.A.) |
Kocincki |
|
Martha |
Leavitt |
|
Marjorie |
Lee |
|
Rosaline |
Lowe |
|
Janet D. |
Michaud |
|
Joan D. |
O'Neil |
|
Nicole J. |
Payne |
|
Sara |
Schoman |
|
Michele |
Simione |
|
Chartis Langmaid |
Tebbetts |
|
Deborah J. |
Tian |
|
Karen E. |
Williams |
|
Kate |
Williams-Ruzecki |
1990 |
Darcy J. |
Arcand |
|
Catherine |
Barrett |
|
Jan C. |
Boterf |
|
Carlisa M. |
Brown |
|
Jillian |
Dickert |
|
Mary |
Foley-Powers |
|
Laura |
Glynn |
|
Donna (Deceased) |
Gold |
|
Carol |
Graffam |
|
Lisa K. |
Hussey |
|
Gloria |
Jolley |
|
Joan |
Lepage |
|
Anne M. |
Maloney-Lucey |
|
Judy S. |
Moore-Perez |
|
Kathleen Connors |
O'Brien |
|
Karen |
O'Donnell |
|
Sherry Ann |
Quindley |
|
Maribel |
Quinones-Rosario |
|
Rosamond S. |
Smith |
|
Denise |
Tarbox |
|
Christine Power |
Thielman |
|
Heidi |
Wallis-Wildy |
|
Connie K. |
Wilhite |
|
Susan M. |
Young |
1989 |
Cynthia L. |
Anderson |
|
Mary |
Banach |
|
Tina V. |
Beazer |
|
Mary Ann |
Brown |
|
Janice P. |
Burling |
|
Barbara A. |
Carney |
|
Lesley |
Cowan |
|
Diane Thomas |
Doering |
|
Elizabeth |
Downey |
|
Bernard & |
Elaine Frieden |
|
Ayser |
Elamin |
|
Marjorie |
Elsden |
|
Elizabeth |
Flanagan |
|
Rene |
Franks |
|
Karen |
Ingerman |
|
Roberta |
James |
|
Regina |
Jones |
|
Liz |
Malia |
|
Mary B. |
Snead |
|
Marie C. |
Ventullo |
|
Jane |
Waldfogel |
|
Diane M. |
Walsh |
|
Barbara |
Wilkins |
1988 |
Martha |
Bagley |
|
Diane |
Branley |
|
Amelie |
Gelfand |
|
Sharon |
Hartley |
|
Susan |
Kaim |
|
Pamela |
Kliger |
|
Patricia |
Kottman |
|
Naomi |
Lev |
|
Jacqueline |
Mann |
|
Hulya N. |
Misra |
|
Patricia J. |
Moreno |
|
Margaret A. |
O'Malley |
|
Juliet W. |
Onderdonk |
|
Toby M. |
Penn |
|
Linda S. |
Spears |
|
Janet McGrail |
Spillane |
|
Anna |
Sykas |
|
Susan |
Travers |
|
Laureen B. |
Walker |
|
Lisa |
Walker Sanderson |
|
Alice |
Wilson |
|
Barbara |
Zia |
1987 |
Ann |
Adorn |
|
Elaine |
Ber |
|
Anne |
Bransfield |
|
Clare |
Burke |
|
Elizabeth M. |
Campbell |
|
Nancy (deceased) |
Coster |
|
Christine Hardiman |
Cristo |
|
Lida E. |
Harkins |
|
Maryellen |
Herd |
|
Kathy |
Horvath |
|
Alison |
Joseph-Dickinson |
|
Ines |
Koskinen |
|
Catherine |
Kuchinski-McCormick |
|
Susan |
MacKay |
|
Annie |
McCauley |
|
Karen B. |
Piscopo |
|
Cathy |
Rawding |
|
Susan E. |
Ring |
|
Lauren R. |
Sheridan |
|
Mary Ann C. |
Sterry |
|
Joyce M. |
Trotman |
|
Mimi |
Turchinetz |
|
Ilga B. |
Wohlrab |
|
Maura T. |
Zlody |
1986 |
Elizabeth |
Boulger |
|
Gene F. |
Doherty |
|
Patricia |
Duffy |
|
Tobi |
Eisenthal |
|
Linda |
Gagnon |
|
Toni |
Goldberg |
|
Caryl |
Goodman |
|
Gail |
Horrigan-Corey |
|
Wendy |
Kalish |
|
Ann |
Kurkjian |
|
Elizabeth |
Little |
|
Sheila |
Lyons |
|
Victoria |
Sears |
|
Linda |
Watlack |
|
Patricia A. |
Wulftange |
|
Nancy |
Yellin |
1985 |
Mary Beth |
Bouvier |
|
Hilary Petersen |
Falo |
|
Karen |
Karidoyanes |
|
Teana |
Krasover |
|
Joan Merritt |
Kraus |
|
Gail |
Ludington |
|
Susan |
MacDonald |
|
Katherine M. |
Martin, Esq. |
|
Linda Lee |
McLaughlin |
|
Kathleen Q. |
Norman |
|
Gail D. |
Peters |
|
Mary J. |
Powers |
|
Dolores A. |
Randolph |
|
Joanne M. |
Russell |
|
Geraldine A. |
Shea |
|
Sarah |
Smyth-Clancey |
|
Roseanna |
Stanley |
|
Mary Jane |
Toolan |
|
Naomi |
Tuchman |
|
Rosamond B. |
Vaule |
|
Kerri |
Watkins |
|
Elizabeth B. |
Wood |
1984 |
Kimary Ann |
Baddour |
|
Shelley |
Beeby |
|
Elssie R. |
Brown |
|
Cheryl |
Delgreco |
|
Valerie |
Elmore |
|
Marjorie Jane |
Goldstein |
|
Phoebe |
Kent |
|
Elizabeth |
Kovacs |
|
Kathleen |
Krauter |
|
Jeanne |
Levesque |
|
Anne |
Lunt |
|
Mary Jane |
Noel |
|
Maryellen |
Quigley |
|
Vera L. |
Walker |
|
Emily A. |
Winterson |
|
Barbara Sullivan |
Wyser |
1983 |
Nancy |
Binner |
|
Dora |
Federico |
|
Susan Golden |
Jacobson |
|
Patricia |
Kaczmarczyk |
|
Susan |
Tracy |
|
Virginia Cora |
Ward |
|
Lynda A. |
Wik |
1982 |
Susan |
Boylan |
|
Susan |
Buckley |
|
Saran |
Gillies |
|
Lorraine |
Harrington |
|
Regina |
Hopkins-Buckley |
|
Jocelyn |
Jones |
|
Luann |
Kline |
|
Anne |
Madaus |
|
Cynthia |
Nolan |
|
Sally J. |
Rizzo |
|
Barbara J. |
Talkov |
|
Kathleen |
Weisbuch |
|
Carol |
Ziebarth |
1981 |
Kathleen |
Alexander |
|
Barbara |
Bolton |
|
Lillian |
Colavecchio |
|
Karen Grasso |
Courtney |
|
Dawn Brennan |
Daly |
|
Susan E. |
Laing |
|
Anne M. |
Richardson |
|
Evelyn |
Riesenberg |
|
Gale C. |
Ross |
|
Pamela |
Schofield |
|
Mary Alice |
Stanton |
|
Maryellen |
Walker |
|
Patricia A. |
Walsh |
1980 |
Annette |
Bloom |
|
Michelle |
Breedy |
|
Candace |
Carter |
|
Gretchen |
Condon |
|
Charlyne |
Costin |
|
Nancy |
Fisher |
|
Susan |
Fletcher |
|
Mary |
Guilfoyle |
|
Deborah |
Hauser |
|
Gail |
Jacobson |
|
Katherine |
Lord |