• Shared Interest Groups

Shared Interest Groups

HUMAN (Harvard Kennedy School’s United Mason Alumni Network)

HUMAN will mobilize and synergize the concentrated academic knowledge, leadership skills, experiences and convening capacity of the HKS community in advancing dialog and supporting constructive change in the areas of economic growth, social services, civil society, and governance in developing countries.

Goals include:

• Strengthen and expand professional and social networks of Mason Program alumni, other HKS development-oriented program alumni, HKS alumni, and current students who are interested in international development.
•  Encourage exchange and transfer of knowledge and skills between alumni working in the field of global development and civil society in the developing countries while supporting HKS and alumni projects in related fields.
• Promote alumni involvement in HKS events by linking professional and academic interests in the area of international development.
• Foster a spirit of fraternity between HKS alumni and current students by identifying work opportunities and exchange programs in developing countries.
• Identify and encourage strong candidates in developing countries to apply to the various HKS international development-related programs.

Contact Taz Rajwani MC/MPA 2008 for more details or to join HUMAN.

Public Service Fellows Alumni

The Public Service Fellows Alumni (PSFA) Shared Interest Group was founded in 2011. The mission of the PSFA SIG is to build a professional network of Public Service Fellows in order to strengthen the Fellows’ capacity to serve and to increase opportunities to work in the field of public service. Specifically, the PSFA SIG’s purposes may include sharing information about public service career opportunities, organizing PSF-alumni-specific networking events, increasing interaction between alumni and current students, and helping to publicize the Public Service Fellowship in order to make it a recognizable brand.



Please contact any of the current officers if you are interested in joining the PSFA SIG or have any questions. Please note that membership is restricted to Public Service Fellows.

Caryn Morrow MPP 2012- Co-President
Vanessa Uchiyama MPP 2012- Co-President
Pooja Wagh MPP 2012- Co-President
Arlee Griffin Jr. MC/MPA 2010- co-Vice President

Zara Snapp MPP 2010- co-Vice President

Jeff Katz MC/MPA 2000–Student Liaison 

Shannon Roche MPP 2004- Treasurer

Aaron Roesch MPP 2012– Communications
Ali Khan MD/MPP 2010

W3D (Women in Defense, Diplomacy, and Development)

W3D is an alumni network ready to answer President Kennedy’s call to service, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” In that spirit, the women of HKS decided to create an innovative network to build on established HKS relationships. Founded with the idea that trusted relationships and inclusive groups are the key to real collaboration, the W3D alumni network aims to break down the barriers among defense, diplomacy, and development to create holistic foreign policy decisions and solutions for the United States. This alumni network also acknowledges the untapped and underutilized power of women. It will help develop and promote the role of women in leadership, keeping a focus on the common goal of sustainable peace through gender equality.

Goals include:

• Create an active network to promote increased women’s participation and representation at all levels of national security.
• Foster men’s engagement in promoting gender equality.
• Cultivate women as thought leaders in defense, diplomacy, and development.
• Promote dialogue, information sharing, and networking to support women working on global peace and security initiatives.

Liesl Carter NSF 2012
Anne O'Connell MPA 2012
Sahana Dharmapuri (Carr Center Fellow)