The following is a list of notable alumni of the Harvard Extension School. Business Rory Cowan, ABE ’79 - CEO, Lionbridge Technologies Inc Robert Maginn, ALM ’81 - CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Jenzabar Inc. Sal Perisano, ALM ’87 - CEO and Chairman, iParty Ekaterina Rybolovleva - Owner of football club AS Monaco FC Oreoluwa Lesi - Founder and executive director of Women's Technology Empowerment Centre Armando Gutierrez Ria Cheruvu, ALB '18, ALM '20 - AI Deep Learning Researcher at Intel Corporation
Arts and media Jenny Allard, ALM '99 - sportswoman Allan Crite, ABE '68 - artist Robelyn Garcia, GC '20 - sportswoman, writer, author, and Arizona State University faculty Christine Leunens, ALM '05 - novelist Rosy Lamb - sculptor, painter and author Tahnee Ahtoneharjo - artist, regalia maker, curator
Film, theater, and television Ryan Slattery, ALB ’09 - film and television actor, writer, producer Hilary Duff, ALB - film and television actor, singer Diane Neal, AA '18 - American actress and U.S. Congressional Candidate
Academia Latanya Sweeney, ALB ’95 - Professor of Government and Technology in Residence at Harvard University, Faculty Dean in Currier House at Harvard A. Breeze Harper ALM '07 - critical race feminist, diversity strategist, and author Paul Reid, ALB ’90 - writer and biographer Nemat Sadat, ALM '10 - LGBTI rights activist, former professor of political science at American University of Afghanistan Danny Yamashiro, ALM '17 - Chaplain at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and researcher on American presidents and childhood trauma
Government Chester A. Dolan Jr. - President of the Massachusetts Senate (1949) and Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives George Helmy, ALM - United States Senator from New Jersey Francisco Santos Calderón, CSS - Vice President, Republic of Colombia Bradley Jones Jr, AA ’87, ALB ’88 - Massachusetts House Minority Leader Bruce Ayers - 1st Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Joseph R. Paolino, Jr., ALM '89 - Ambassador to Malta Mauricio Escanero, ALM - Ambassador and Head of the Mission of Mexico to the European Union Scott Taylor, ALB '14, ALM - U.S. Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district Álvaro Uribe, CSS ’93 - 56th President of Colombia Brian Mast, ALB '16 - U.S. Representative for Florida's 18th congressional district Chris Wakim - former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates Gerald Oriol Jr., ALM - Haiti’s Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities Maliz E. Beams, CSS - Counselor of the United States Department of State Jamus Lim, ALM ‘18 - Member of the Singapore Parliament
Non-profits Mark Plotkin, ALB ’79 - ethnobotanist; President, Amazon Conservation Team Evan R. Bernstein, ALM ‘11 - Community Activist/CEO and National Director of The Community Security Service
Journalism Chanel Rion, ALB '15 - White House correspondent for One America News Network Mikaya Thurmond, ALM '18 - North Carolina television journalist
Law Sarah Buel, ALB '87 - attorney
Writers A. Breeze Harper, ALM '07 - author of books and studies on veganism and racism Harold L. Humes, Adjunct in Arts
Others Meryl Davis, ALM '25 - Olympic champion Russ Hogue, ALM ’21 - Professional boxer, kickboxer; US Kickboxing Champion Logan Kilpatrick, ALB '21, ALM '23 - Software engineer
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