Andress Appolon has focused her life's work on facilitating public-private partnerships that promote sustainable economic development throughout the global marketplace. A true inter-disciplinarian, Ms. Appolon’s career spans across both the public and private sectors as well as domestic and international spheres.
Ms. Appolon is currently a Senior Associate in Public Finance at Siebert Brandford Shank, the #1 minority-owned municipal securities firm on Wall Street. As a U.S. public finance professional, Ms. Appolon assists state and local governments with their infrastructure financing needs. Her clients include the states of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts and the cities of Atlanta, Cleveland, Columbus, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. She is currently the primary financial analysts on the inaugural bond financing to restructure the State of New York’s Worker’s Compensation Second Injury Fund. Prior to joining Siebert Brandford Shank, Ms. Appolon worked in UBS Investment Bank’s Municipal Securities Group where she provided analytical and technical support to numerous municipal issuers including state-level power authorities. In these capacities, Ms. Appolon has built particular expertise in helping government issuers develop restructuring and refinancing plans in response to the recent financial crisis.
Prior to joining the public finance sector, Ms. Appolon served as the Small and Medium Enterprise Officer with US Agency for International Development in Port-au-Prince, Haiti where she managed a $16 million micro-finance program and spear-headed a portion of the national economic recovery plan. Ms. Appolon also served as Economic & Commercial Advisor to the US Ambassador to Mali where she assisted the Malian government with the privatization of the vital cotton production sector. In both positions, Ms. Appolon was charged with the creation and promotion of partnerships and alliances across the public and private sectors.
Ms. Appolon’s passion and appreciation for the value of interdisciplinary approaches to everyday problems has developed through a lifetime of practical experiences bolstered by academic exploration and rigor. As an undergraduate, Ms. Appolon spent a year in Cape Town, South Africa examining the opportunity for cross-cultural communication and reconciliation in township theatre. Her work culminated in a study published by the Robben Island Museum. Through a series of papers, she spent the following year examining the impact of globalization on the Caribbean and the consequences of US intervention on Chilean development. Finally, Ms. Appolon combined her practical knowledge with her quantitative expertise in her graduate thesis where she examined the implications of federal transportation policy on local and region public transportation systems.
Ms. Appolon holds an MPP in Public Infrastructure Finance from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelors of Humanities and Arts in International Relations and Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.
Stephanie Bell
Rose - JD/MPP ’84 AB ‘79 President, Goldman Sachs
Foundation
Stephanie Bell-Rose is a Managing Director of
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and founding President of The Goldman Sachs
Foundation, a $200 million international foundation whose mission is to
promote excellence and innovation in education and to improve academic
performance and lifelong productivity of young people worldwide. One of
the top ten U.S. corporate endowments, the Foundation utilizes grants,
private equity investments, loans, and business expertise to advance
its mission. The Foundation was awarded a gold medal in 2003 by the
Council on Foundations for describing groundbreaking philanthropic
strategies in its first publication series, "Ideas into Action." In
2004 the Foundation was awarded the Council's top prize for its annual
report, and a bronze medal for its site.
Ms. Bell-Rose specializes in high-impact social investments to promote
the development of young people and their families. Her philanthropic
work extends from America's inner cities and rural communities to
Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Deeply committed to developing the
full potential of all people, she has emphasized the needs of the
underserved.
Prior to her appointment at Goldman Sachs, Ms
Bell-Rose served as Counsel and Program Officer for Public Affairs at
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she directed legal affairs and
designed philanthropic initiatives in education and public policy in
the U.S. and abroad.
Her corporate work is complemented by publications
and articles, including, recently: Immigration and Opportunity: Race,
Ethnicity and Employment in the U.S. (co-editor, Russell Sage Press);
"The Corporate Role in Developing Leaders: From the Sidelines to the
Frontline," in College Board Review; "African-American High Achievers:
Developing Talented Leaders," in The State of Black America; and "The
Contribution of Immigrant Women," in Radcliffe Quarterly; Developing a
Success Orientation" in Education Week, "Using Performance Metrics to
Assess Impact," in Nonprofit Earned Income (Jossey-Bass), and
"Maximizing Impact through Strategic Philanthropy," a Goldman Sachs
Foundation monograph.
As a recipient of Harvard University's Rockefeller
Fellowship, she spent a year in Caracas and Mexico City studying urban
development in Latin America.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, she earned an A.B.
with honors from Harvard College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and
an M.P.A.
Ms. Bell-Rose is Trustee and Board Vice President
of The Barnes Foundation, Trustee of American Museum of Natural
History, and Advisor to Harvard University's Hauser Center for
Non-Profit Organizations and the Cooke Foundation's Community College
Transfer Initiative Advisory Board. She serves on the Dean's Council of
Harvard Law School and Harvard's University Committee on Student
Excellence and Opportunity. She is a member of the Executive Leadership
Council, the Contributions Council, the Business-Higher Education
Forum, The Economic Club of New York and the Council on Foreign
Relations where she serves on the Chairman's Advisory Council and the
Membership Committee.
She is the recipient of the Fay Prize from
Radcliffe College, leadership awards from the Westchester Children's
Association and The Links of New York City, and the National Council of
Negro Women, and a congressional citation for her work on behalf of
children. She was recently named one of twenty-five influential women
in business by the Network Journal. Ms. Bell-Rose resides in
Westchester County with her husband, Dr. Christopher Rose, and their
three sons.
Rudy Brioche - MPP '00 Legal Advisor, Federal
Communications Commission
Rudy
Brioché, legal advisor for media issues, most recently served as
legislative counsel to Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ). His duties
included assisting in the development of legislation regarding the UHF
discount, LPFM, spectrum management, the digital television transition,
Voice over Internet Protocol, broadcast indecency, public interest
obligation standards and sponsorship identification. Prior experience
includes serving as law clerk to Judge Andre M. Davis on the U.S.
District Court and to Chief Judge Robert M. Bell of the Court of
Appeals of Maryland and practicing commercial litigation for law firms
in Baltimore and Washington D.C. Throughout his legal career, Rudy has
served as an international monitor of the South African Truth and
Reconciliation Commission.
Rudy received his J.D. from the University of
Maryland Law School where he served as student body president and
editor of the leading national business law journal, The Business
Lawyer. Rudy also earned a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard where
he also served as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of African
American Public Policy. Rudy received his B.A. from Rutgers College.
Nicole Campbell - MPP ‘05 Vice President,
Deutsche Bank America's Foundation
Founder, Black Policy Conference
Nicole Campbell is Vice President of the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation responsible for managing the foundation's investments in support of public education initiatives concentrated in New York City. In her role, Nicole has developed a strategy focused on improving outcomes for immigrant students and connecting community development corporations and education reform organizations to improve academic outcomes in specific neighborhoods across New York City. She also designed Deutsche Bank’s signature commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, Teachers as Leaders engaging public and private stakeholders to increase the number of African-American males that graduate from college and serve as teachers in New York City public schools. Ms. Campbell also works with senior level bankers and engages them in strategic philanthropic initiatives. Her prior experience includes developing strategies for community engagement with the New York City Department of Education, working with the Government of the Dominican Republic to evaluate the nation's adult education programs, and coordinating Africare's Digital Village Project in South Africa. Ms. Campbell is on the board of Achievement First Brownsville and a member of the Winning Strategies for Young Black Men leadership team. Nicole is also an ABFE (Association for Black Philanthropy Executives) Fellow.
Nicole received her Masters in Public Policy with a concentration in Political and Economic Development from the John F. Kennedy School of Government where she founded the 1st Annual Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Black Policy Conference. Nicole received her B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College and was awarded the John Woodruff Simpson Fellowship for International Affairs.
Dr. Cheryl Dorsey - MPP/MD ‘92 President, Echoing Green
Foundation
An
accomplished social entrepreneur with expertise in health care, labor
issues and public policy, Cheryl Dorsey was named President of Echoing
Green in May 2002. She is the first Echoing Green Fellow to lead the
social venture fund, which has awarded more than $22 million in
start-up capital to 400 social entrepreneurs worldwide since 1987.
As a medical student committed to improving access
to quality health care for poor families, Cheryl received an Echoing
Green Fellowship to launch The Family Van, a community-based mobile
health unit that provides basic medical and outreach services to
at-risk residents of inner-city Boston neighborhoods.
As a public policy innovator, Cheryl served as a
White House Fellow from 1997-1998, serving as Special Assistant to the
U.S. Secretary of Labor, advising the Clinton Administration on health
care and other issues. She was later named Special Assistant to the
Director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Labor Department, where she
helped develop family-friendly workplace policies and spearheaded the
labor secretary's pay equity initiative.
Most recently, Cheryl served as the first Director
of Public Health Initiatives at Danya International, Inc., where she
developed products and services aimed at substance abuse treatment and
prevention, child and family services, minority health and community
outreach.
Cheryl has received numerous awards and honors for
her commitment to public service, including the Pfizer Roerig History
of Medicine Award, the Robert Kennedy Distinguished Public Service
Award and the Manuel C. Carballo Memorial Prize. Cheryl currently
serves as a board member of CORO, a leadership development organization.
She holds a B.A. in History and Science from
Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges, an M.D. from the Harvard Medical School and
an M.P.P. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Christopher Edley -
MPP ’78 JD ‘76 Dean, School of Law - Boalt
Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Christopher
Edley, Jr. joined Boalt Hall as dean and professor of law in 2004 after
23 years as a professor at Harvard Law School. He earned a law degree
and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard, where he served as
an editor and officer of the Harvard Law Review. Edley's academic work
is primarily in the areas of civil rights and administrative law. He
has also taught federalism, budget policy, Defense Department
procurement law, national security law, and environmental law. Edley
was co-founder of the Harvard Civil Rights Project, a renowned
multidisciplinary research and policy think tank focused on issues of
racial justice. His publications include Not All Black and White:
Affirmative Action, Race and American Values and Administrative Law:
Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy.
Following graduation, Edley joined President
Carter’s administration as assistant director of the White House
domestic policy staff, where his responsibilities included welfare
reform and social security. He served as national issues director
throughout the 1987-88 Dukakis presidential campaign, and as a senior
adviser on economic policy for President Bill Clinton’s transition team
in 1992. In the Clinton administration, he worked as associate director
for economics and government at the White House Office of Management
and Budget from 1993 to 1995. There, he oversaw a staff of 70 civil
servants responsible for White House oversight of budget, legislative,
and management issues in five cabinet departments (Justice, Treasury,
Transportation, Housing & Urban Development, and Commerce) and a
diverse group of more than 40 autonomous agencies, including: FEMA,
FCC, General Services Administration, SBA, SEC, CFTC, EEOC, and the
bank regulatory agencies. In 1995 he was also special counsel to the
president, directing the White House review of affirmative action. He
returned to the Clinton White House in 1997 as a consultant to the
president’s advisory board on the race initiative.
From 1999-2005, Edley served on the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights. In 2001, he was a member of the Carter-Ford
National Commission on Federal Election Reform. He is currently a
trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation and The Century Foundation, and
a member of the National Academy of Public Administration, the Council
on Foreign Relations, and the executive committee of the advisory board
for the Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the
National Academies of Sciences. Edley holds a B.A. from Swarthmore
College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an MPP.
Jacqueline Greer is
currently a second-year Master in Public Policy student focusing on
domestic and educational policy. Most recently, she worked at the
Boston Public Schools Institute for Professional Development on the
Dimensions of Effective Teaching. She worked at the Social Policy
Action Network (SPAN) in Washington, D.C. and with the New Teacher
Project in the DC Teaching Fellows program.
In addition, Jacqueline mentored and served on the
board of the Higher Achievement Program in Washington, D.C. She holds a
B.A. with a concentration in public policy studies from the University
of Chicago.
Brandon Hudspeth - MPP ‘06 U.S. Department of State
Brandon Hudspeth is a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service. Most recently, he served as a Political-Military Affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. His next overseas posting will be at the U.S. Interest Section in Havana, Cuba. Prior to joining the State Department, Brandon worked in the international news division at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia.
Brandon graduated from Harvard University’s Kennedy School in June 2006 with a Master in Public Policy. He attended Harvard as a Thomas R. Pickering Fellow and focused his studies on international security policy and negotiation. While at the Kennedy School, Brandon traveled to the United Arab Emirates to assess Dubai’s e-Government initiative.
Brandon received a B.A. in Political Science from Morehouse College in 2002 where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. His foreign languages include Persian and Spanish.
Ray Jefferson - MPA/MBA ‘98 Consultant, McKinsey &
Co.
Raymond
(Ray) M. Jefferson just accepted an offer to join McKinsey Consulting
in their Leadership and Organization Practice for the Asia-Pacific
region. He will be based in Singapore and focus on organizational
transformation, leadership training and development, and executive
coaching for CEOs and executives, their senior staff and employees in
multinational corporations, NGOs and governments throughout Asia.
Prior to this, Ray served as the Deputy Director
for the State of Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development
and Tourism (DBEDT) – the number two position in the Department. DBEDT
is a diverse Cabinet agency whose mission is to support business,
create jobs, and improve Hawaii’s standard of living by diversifying
the economy, expanding existing businesses, and attracting new economic
activity.
Together with the Director, he co-led a department
of 230 team members, with a total operating budget of $182 million,
focused on promoting Hawaii business, both in the U.S. and abroad.
DBEDT’s portfolio included the following responsibilities for the
State: international relations, international business, foreign trade,
small business development, the Hawaii Film Office, developing arts and
culture as an economic sector, research and economic analysis, energy
policy, science and technology policy, venture capital initiatives,
ocean sciences and homeland security as an economic sector. He was a
core member of the State’s economic team and advised the Director on
many issues, including internal leadership and managerial practices,
the ASEAN relationship, homeland security, and relationships with the
U.S. Commerce and State Departments. Some of his accomplishments at
DBEDT included the following:
Led DBEDT’s organizational turnaround and
leadership transformation resulting in unprecedented positive morale,
capacity, efficiency and productivity.
Led the conception, planning and implementation
of the Inaugural Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit’s international
agenda. The Summit garnered 650 attendees and international media
exposure for Hawaii. It brought together VIP representatives from 19
nations to include Secretary Tom Ridge, U.S. PACOM Commander Admiral
Fargo, Governor Ishihara of Tokyo, and Ministers, National Security
Advisors, Ambassadors, business leaders and heads of NGOs from
throughout Asia. Considered the world’s largest HLS event in 2003, it
was the highest level international event that the State of Hawaii has
convened thus far.
Led the first-ever ASEAN Ambassadors Tour of
Hawaii, in cooperation with the US-ASEAN Business Council, to develop
new, broad-based relationships between Hawaii and the ten member
nations of ASEAN.
Jefferson graduated from West Point in 1988 with a
major in leadership. He then had an 11-year career as an Army Officer
with Infantry and Special Forces units – the Presidential Honor Guard,
3rd Ranger Battalion and 1st Special Forces Group, respectively.
In 1995, while attempting to protect his teammates
from a hand grenade detonating prematurely, he lost all five fingers on
his left, non-dominant hand. After recuperating, Jefferson majored in
Strategic Management, and graduated in 1998 with distinction as a
Littauer Fellow. Beginning Harvard Business School that fall, he
engaged in a variety of leadership and social entrepreneurship
endeavors there and was fortunate enough to be recognized with several
honors and distinctions (to include being one of three in his class to
receive the Dean's Award for outstanding leadership).
Upon graduation, he served as a White House Fellow
from 2000-2001 with work assignments as a Special Assistant to the U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and at the State Department with the Under
Secretary for Management.
Afterwards, Jefferson served as a Fulbright Fellow
in Singapore from 2001-2002 where he analyzed how public sector
leadership is exercised in Singapore's Asian, multi-cultural
environment. In addition to engaging with senior public sector
officials such as the Prime Minister, Ambassadors and Permanent
Secretaries, he also surveyed the state of social entrepreneurship and
contributed to it through volunteerism.
Jefferson was selected for national recognition as
one of two recipients to receive the inaugural Harrison H. Schmitt
Leadership Award from Secretary of State Colin Powell in July
2003. The award honors recent alumni of the U.S. Fulbright Student
Program who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership in, and
dedication to, public service, mutual understanding and learning.
Additionally, in September 2003, he was recognized with the Rising
Star Award from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
This is an annual alumni award instituted in 2001 that recognizes the
outstanding achievements of recent Kennedy School graduates who have
“hit the ground running” as public sector leaders. Recently, he was
selected as a Delegate to the British American Project. The Project
aims to strengthen international relations and business links between
Europe and North America by bringing together proven leaders from the
two countries who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields.
Jefferson, 39, was raised in Guilderland, New York
and now lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, which he considers to be home. He is
conversant in Mandarin, French and Arabic, and enjoys participating in
Toastmasters and Renaissance Weekend.
John H.
“Skip” McKoy is Executive Vice President for the Anacostia Waterfront
Corporation (AWC), the organization that is charged with overseeing
implementation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, a 25-year plan
to clean and restore the Anacostia River and redevelop land adjacent to
the River that has been barren or underutilized. The plan also calls
for revitalizing nearby neighborhoods.
Prior to joining AWC, Mr. McKoy was an independent
management consultant providing management analysis and team-building
for firms, and group problem-solving for organizations and communities.
He is formerly President and CEO of DC Agenda, a
non-profit organization working to strengthen civic organizations and
improve the way local government functions in Washington, DC.
Prior to that, he held several executive level
positions in both public and private sector organizations. He
previously worked for Lockheed Martin IMS, where he held the positions
of Vice President of Communications Industry Services and Senior
Regional Vice President. He managed units providing telecommunications
and data processing services to state and local governments. Mr. McKoy
was Managing Partner for Team Management Associates, a management and
leadership development consulting firm, whose clients included The
Rockefeller Foundation, Port Authority of New York, United Negro
College Fund, and Harvard Community Health Plan. He was also Assistant
Vice President of Acquisitions at The Milton Company, a residential
townhouse development company in the Washington area.
Mr. McKoy worked several years for the District of
Columbia Government as the Planning Director for the Mayor’s land-use
planning and zoning policy office. His federal government experience
includes several years as a program manager at Action Agency (Peace
Corps and Vista).
Other past accomplishments and affiliations
include: member of a crisis management team that saved a New England
city poverty program whose funding had been threatened by the federal
government; designed and lobbied for three new federal programs to help
elderly and fixed income citizens; negotiated historic passage of San
Francisco Bay area’s first effective comprehensive environmental
policies; and was fluent in conversational Spanish while serving as a
volunteer in Latin America.
Skip was a member of the Board of Directors of the
DC Humanities Council and served on the Boards of the DC Chamber of
Commerce, Mentors, Inc., Sasha Bruce Youthworks, Leadership Washington,
and as a Member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, The
Washington Committee, and the National Forum for Black Public
Administrators.
He received a BA from Hamilton College, Clinton,
NY; a master’s degree in City Planning from the University of
Pennsylvania; and a master’s degree in Public Administration.
Queen Nworisara-Quinn is currently an Investment Officer in the Private Sector Department of the African Development Bank. Prior to joining AfDB she was a management associate with Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank working within the Securities and Fund Services business unit. Her previous experience in the development field included consulting with the UNDP Global Sustainable Business Initiative and working with Partners for Development (PfD) in Nigeria, where she conducted program evaluation for reproductive health and microfinance programs.
Prior to attending graduate school, Queen served as the Program Manager and International Programs Coordinator for the International Institute for Political and Economic Studies (IIPES); an economics and conflict management institute for students from the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, developed by the Fund for American Studies—an educational non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.
She is a graduate of Penn State University and received her Master’s in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, with a concentration in International Trade and Finance. Queen currently resides in Tunisia with her husband Matthew.
Dr. Donald M. Stewart
Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Former President, Spelman College
Donald M.
Stewart has been President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chicago
Community Trust since 2000. Previously, he served as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the College Board for 12 and one half years
and an adjunct lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government for three
years. From July 1, 1999 until June 1, 2000 he was Senior Program
Officer and Special Advisor to the President of the Carnegie
Corporation in New York City. Stewart is the former president of
Spelman College, in Atlanta. He also served as an associate dean and
assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and as a staff
member of the Overseas Development Division of the Ford Foundation with
assignments in Nigeria, Egypt, and Tunisia.
A former member of the Mayo Clinic’s Board of
Trustees and the Visiting Committee, Don Stewart is also an advisor to
or trustee of the Independent Sector; Common Cause; Grinnell College;
the Committee for Economic Development; The New York Times Company; the
Campbell Soup Company; and Sotheby’s.
Stewart earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at
Grinnell College in 1959, with highest honors in political science. He
received a Master of Arts in political science as a Woodrow Wilson
Fellow at Yale University in 1962. At Harvard, he earned Master of
Public Administration and Doctor of Public Administration degrees in
1969 and 1975, respectively.
In addition, he studied international law,
organization, and economics at the Graduate Institute of International
Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1960 to 1962, and completed the
Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration in the summer of 1983.
Fletcher ("Flash") H. Wiley President & COO, PRWT
Securities Inc.
Fletcher H. “Flash” Wiley
graduated with honors from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965,
and continued his studies as a Fulbright Scholar in Paris, France at
L’Institut Des Etudes Politiques. Following service as a Captain in the
U.S. Air Force, Mr. Wiley resigned his commission to pursue graduate
studies. In 1974, he received his Masters in Public Policy and his law
degree from Harvard Law School.
For more than two decades, Mr. Wiley worked as a
practicing attorney concentrating in the areas of corporate and
commercial law, small business development, entertainment law, and real
estate. On September 1, 1996, Mr. Wiley resigned as a Senior Partner
with the Boston Law Firm of Goldstein & Manello, P.C. to join PRWT
Services, Inc., a Philadelphia based products and services company, as
a principal of the company and its Executive Vice President and General
Counsel. In 1999, Mr. Wiley became President and Chief Operating
Officer of PRWT Holdings, the entity created to manage the growing
family of PRWT enterprises.
Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of several
for-profit business organizations, including two public companies: the
TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE), and Boston Acoustics, Inc. (NASDAQ). He is
also “Of Counsel” to Bingham McCutchen LLP, one of the nation’s largest
law firms, where he specializes in corporate and commercial law.
Additionally, Mr. Wiley is an investor and principal in several
commercial real estate development and management ventures.
Mr. Wiley is extensively involved in civic and
charitable activities. For example, in 1984 he founded and chaired
until 1990 the Governor’s Commission on Minority Business Development.
He also served as a Director of the Economic Development and Industrial
Corporation of Boston from 1980 to 1993. In 1994, he stepped down from
a seven-year involvement as President, and then National chairman, of
the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association, Inc., to assume
a two-year term as Chairman of the Board of the Greater Boston Chamber
of Commerce. He is a benefactor of Crispus Attucks children’s Center,
Inc.; a founding member of the Harvard Law School Black Alumni
Organization; a former Director of the New England legal Foundation;
trustee of the U.S. National Park Foundation’s African American
Experience Fund; and Overseer of the New England Region Anti-Defamation
League. He is also the recipient of numerous civic and professional
awards.
Mr. Wiley is a member of the Bars of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts and District of Columbia, and belongs to
the American, National, and Massachusetts Bar Associations. He and his
wife, Benaree Pratt Wiley, reside in Brookline, Massachusetts. They
have two children Pratt (27) and B.J.
Rudy
Brioché, legal advisor for media issues, most recently served as
legislative counsel to Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ). His duties
included assisting in the development of legislation regarding the UHF
discount, LPFM, spectrum management, the digital television transition,
Voice over Internet Protocol, broadcast indecency, public interest
obligation standards and sponsorship identification. Prior experience
includes serving as law clerk to Judge Andre M. Davis on the U.S.
District Court and to Chief Judge Robert M. Bell of the Court of
Appeals of Maryland and practicing commercial litigation for law firms
in Baltimore and Washington D.C. Throughout his legal career, Rudy has
served as an international monitor of the South African Truth and
Reconciliation Commission.
An
accomplished social entrepreneur with expertise in health care, labor
issues and public policy, Cheryl Dorsey was named President of Echoing
Green in May 2002. She is the first Echoing Green Fellow to lead the
social venture fund, which has awarded more than $22 million in
start-up capital to 400 social entrepreneurs worldwide since 1987. 
Christopher
Edley, Jr. joined Boalt Hall as dean and professor of law in 2004 after
23 years as a professor at Harvard Law School. He earned a law degree
and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard, where he served as
an editor and officer of the Harvard Law Review. Edley's academic work
is primarily in the areas of civil rights and administrative law. He
has also taught federalism, budget policy, Defense Department
procurement law, national security law, and environmental law. Edley
was co-founder of the Harvard Civil Rights Project, a renowned
multidisciplinary research and policy think tank focused on issues of
racial justice. His publications include Not All Black and White:
Affirmative Action, Race and American Values and Administrative Law:
Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy.
Jacqueline Greer is
currently a second-year Master in Public Policy student focusing on
domestic and educational policy. Most recently, she worked at the
Boston Public Schools Institute for Professional Development on the
Dimensions of Effective Teaching. She worked at the Social Policy
Action Network (SPAN) in Washington, D.C. and with the New Teacher
Project in the DC Teaching Fellows program. 
Brandon Hudspeth is a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service. Most recently, he served as a Political-Military Affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. His next overseas posting will be at the U.S. Interest Section in Havana, Cuba. Prior to joining the State Department, Brandon worked in the international news division at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia.
Raymond
(Ray) M. Jefferson just accepted an offer to join McKinsey Consulting
in their Leadership and Organization Practice for the Asia-Pacific
region. He will be based in Singapore and focus on organizational
transformation, leadership training and development, and executive
coaching for CEOs and executives, their senior staff and employees in
multinational corporations, NGOs and governments throughout Asia. 
John H.
“Skip” McKoy is Executive Vice President for the Anacostia Waterfront
Corporation (AWC), the organization that is charged with overseeing
implementation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, a 25-year plan
to clean and restore the Anacostia River and redevelop land adjacent to
the River that has been barren or underutilized. The plan also calls
for revitalizing nearby neighborhoods. 
Donald M.
Stewart has been President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chicago
Community Trust since 2000. Previously, he served as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the College Board for 12 and one half years
and an adjunct lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government for three
years. From July 1, 1999 until June 1, 2000 he was Senior Program
Officer and Special Advisor to the President of the Carnegie
Corporation in New York City. Stewart is the former president of
Spelman College, in Atlanta. He also served as an associate dean and
assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and as a staff
member of the Overseas Development Division of the Ford Foundation with
assignments in Nigeria, Egypt, and Tunisia. 
Fletcher H. “Flash” Wiley
graduated with honors from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965,
and continued his studies as a Fulbright Scholar in Paris, France at
L’Institut Des Etudes Politiques. Following service as a Captain in the
U.S. Air Force, Mr. Wiley resigned his commission to pursue graduate
studies. In 1974, he received his Masters in Public Policy and his law
degree from Harvard Law School.