Monday, May 9, 2022
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Schedule of Events
Mistress of Ceremony: Kerri Raissian – Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
Welcome Remarks: Mohamad Alkadry – Director, School of Public Policy
Dean’s Remarks: Juli Wade – Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Student Speaker: Paula A. Norato, MPA ‘22
Presentation of Awards
Keynote Speaker and Distinguished Alumni Award Winner: Natalie Braswell, MPA ‘02 – Connecticut State Comptroller
Presentation of Graduates
Alumni Council Speaker: Larisa Kottke, MPA ‘13 – President, School of Public Policy Alumni Council
Closing and Recessional
Master of Public Administration Graduates
• Angela Nosa Aisevbonaye • Christopher Amaya • Megan Marie Andrews • Laura Bedoya • Alyssa Benoit • Sylvia Boucher • Grace Gui Mei Brangwynne • Malachi X. Bridges • Emily Burnett • Ryan Chester • Samantha M. Cocchiola • Alexis A. Cortes • Ethan P. Couillard • Yaw Owusu Darko • Carly Faustina DeLuca • Yusuf M. Dirow • Rita Maroun Elkhoury • Miranda R. Garcia • Jude N. Hage • Ian W. Hall • Madelyn S. Hart • Thomas Heuschkel, Jr. • Michelle L. Hill • Katya Hunt • Phillip Michael Hyman • Aaron Isaac • John Michael Kelly • Cameron K. Kranich • Jordan Rose Kubik • Devin Lickollari • Joshua L. Marcus • Lucy M. Marinelli • Nicole M. Marino • Marcella Micillo • Paula Alejandra Norato • Kimberly Chiamaka Okeke • Jase Ramon Olavarria • Katherine L. Pasutto • Anna Rebecca Pratt • Emily P. Quader • Jonathan S. Richter • Pamela G. Rochette • Olivia L. Sappington • Ben Allen Stanek Schutz • Anna R. Shugrue • Andrew Silva • Logan Singerman • Michelle Elizabeth Skowronek • Camille Y. Thomas • Emily A. Tomanelli • Caesar Arnel Valentin • Codi Wayton • Brandon Whitburn • Shelby Michelle Williams • Daniel H. Zeidan
Master of Public Administration Fellows
• Asmaa A. Al-Hashimi • Nana Amos • Taijah J. Anderson • Paul Clep • Thomas J. Clynch IV • Beverne Cordner • Rebecca Dahl • Lucia I. Feeney • Janice O. Floyd • Ramonita Garcia • David A. Grant • Jessica Hinman • Kathleen Susan Holgerson • Mercedes M. MacAlpine • Mary McCallister • Robert C. Osborne • Lindsay Raymond • Dennis Rinaldi • Jody Terranova • Dorothy D. Venditto • James York II
Master of Public Policy
Eileen J. Arias • Jake E. DeFrancesco • Norell A. Ferguson • Claire Elizabeth Hill • Aven Kelley • Jorge Isaac Monroy-Palacio • Samuel H. Newton • Emery L. Ng • Jacqueline Riberdy • Natalie M. Roach • Claudia Elizabeth Rodriguez • Yasmeen F. Saeed • Ryan M. Scala • Caylee C. Short • Shaun K. Simoneau • Victoria Szantyr • Nicholas Tatro • Alex L. Wang • Christopher T. Wilson
Master of Arts in Survey Research
Rebecca M. Conto • Melissa F. Dellacato • Timothy King • Alyson A. Miller • Rebecca Perron • Alex Saunders • Jodi A. Walton