HKS Graduation 2009
July 22, 2009
Recent Work and Career Updates from KP Alumni
Kritonas Arsenis (Greece; Executive Education – 2005), in the 2009 European Parliamentary election in Greece, was elected as a member of the European Parliament as a PASOK party candidate.
Nadezhda Mihaylova (Bulgaria; Executive Education – 2008), in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, was elected as a member of the European Parliament as a Blue Coalition party candidate.
Kyriakos Pierrakakis (Greece; MPP ’07) graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master's in Technology Policy in June 2009. This autumn, he will commence work towards his D.Phil. in International Relations at St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford (Department of Politics and International Relations).
Damir Tokic (Bosnia-Herzegovina; MPP ’08) is working at the OSCE Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a national political officer in the Head of Mission’s Cabinet.
Vesselin Valchev (Bulgaria; Executive Education – 2007) was appointed as the Bulgarian Ambassador to Cyprus, and will begin his ambassadorial duties as of 1 September. Prior to this appointment, he serves as the head of office of the deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs at the Council of Ministers.
Kokkalis Program Alumni Contact Database
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new alumni contact database. This list of contact information is similar to the alumni directory available to all HKS alumni, but it contains only Kokkalis degree program and executive education fellows. In order to access the database, log in with your post-Harvard account here; from the control panel you can update your contact information as well as your privacy preferences. If you have not yet set up your post-Harvard account, click ‘new user’ after accessing the above link and follow the directions. Please remember that this database is only available to Kokkalis Program alumni.
Keep us informed by updating your contact information so that you can remain an important and engaged part of the Kokkalis Program alumni network!