
Eric Heighberger ’93 B.A. (IR)
is policy director and subcommittee director for the committee on home-land security in the U.S. House of Representatives. He previously served as chief of staff for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Stephen Brownell ’87 J.D./M.P.A.
is executive vice president and general counsel at MP2 Energy LLC, a Shell Energy North America Subsidiary. He previously served as vice president and general counsel for LifeEnergy in Houston, Texas.
Michael Scherger ’07 M.P.A.
is director of the national training center for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He previously served as division chief for the U.S. Depart-ment of State in Washington, D.C.
Anupama Rajaraman ’02 M.P.A.
is mission director in Guatemala for the United States Agency for Interna-tional Development (USAID). She previously served as a deputy coordi-nator for the USAID Transformation.
Charlene Cordero ’17 M.P.A./
is senior policy advisor for public safety to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Cordero was recognized by the 2020 Latino National Security and Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders for her work in intelligence, security and policy.
Timothy Maniccia ’93 M.P.A.
is chief fiscal officer and treasurer at Hudson River-Black River Regu-lating District in Albany, N.Y. He previously served as chief of staff in the Offi ce of the Chair for the Albany County legislature.
Amir Hamzah Azizan ’90 B.S. (Econ)
is executive officer of Employees Provident Fund in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Amir previ-ously served as president and CEO of Tenaga Nasional Berhad in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Nuria Esparch ’00 M.P.A.
is a Peruvian lawyer who has been serving as the country�s Defense Minister since November 2020.
Roma Stibravy ’54 B.A. (IR/PSt)
is president of NGO Sustainability, a nonprofit organization that consults with the United Nations. Stibravy previously served as expert consul-tant for the United Nations.
Lauren Day ’10
was reappointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council, which certifi es and funds local crime stopper programs throughout the state. Day�s term ends in September 2024.
Stephen Coffin ’77 M.P.A.
published Higher Education�s Looming Collapse: Using New Ways of Doing Business and Social Justice to Avoid Bankruptcy (Rowman and Littlefield) in January 2021. Coffin also earned a Ph.D. in education, finance and economics from Rutgers Graduate School of Education.
Michele Likens ’91 M.P.A.
is program manager of bioinformatics for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF). She is currently working on launching MMRF�s CureCloud, a cloud service that hosts next generation cell-free DNA analyses for at-home patients.
David Levinthal ’02 B.A. (PPhil)
is senior Washington correspondent for Business Insider. He previously served as editor-at-large at the Center for Public Integrity.
Emily Sundman ’06 B.A. (Hist)
joined Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo as an assistant professor of veterinary medicine. Sundman, a doctor of veterinary medicine graduate from Cornell, previously served as associate director of clinical development for KindredBio in Weatherford, Texas.
Richard Madaleno ’87 B.A. (Hist/RusSt)/ ’89 M.P.A.
is the adminis-trative officer for Montgomery County, Md. He previously served as the county�s budget director.
Me’Shae Brooks-Rolling ’90 M.P.A.
has been named Upstate Minority Economic Alliance�s new executive director in Syracuse. She also owns and operates an Event-Prep Inc. franchise which specializes in planning and management for corporate and government clients.
Ashish Upadhyaya ’07 M.P.A.
serves as additional secretary and fi nancial advisor for India�s govern-ment ministry of power division.
Matthew Duncan ’09
is director of intelligence of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center at North American Electric Reliability Corp. He previ-ously served as program manager for the U.S. Department of Energy�s State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Energy Assurance.
Anthony Bullett ’84 M.P.A.
led efforts to adopt a non-discrimination ordinance in 2019 in Huntingdon, Pa., making it Pennsylvania�s first rural community and 59th munici-pality to adopt such an ordinance.
John Kazanjian ’77 B.A. (AmSt)
is senior vice president and branch manager of Raymond James Finan-cial in El Paso, Texas. Kazanjian also serves as a registered arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.