title: List of Harvard Extension School alumni
text: # List of Harvard Extension School alumni
  
  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
  * Luis Carlos Velez, CSS ’99 - anchor reporter CNN, Caracol
  * Rosy Lamb - sculptor, painter and author
  * Tahnee Ahtoneharjo - artist, regalia maker, curator
  * Nate Clark, ALM '23 - comedian, commentator, and author
  
  ## Film, theater, and television
  
  * Ryan Slattery, ALB ’09 - film and television actor, writer, producer
  * 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
  * 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 - 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 - Member of the Singapore Parliament
  
  ## Non-profits
  
  * Mark Plotkin, ALB ’79 - ethnobotanist; President, Amazon Conservation Team
  * Evan R. Bernstein, Community Activist / CEO and National Director of The Community Security Service
  
  ## Journalism
  
  * Chanel Rion, ALB '15 - White House correspondent for One America News Network
  * Marcela García, '05 - associate editor and columnist for the Boston Globe
  * 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
  
  * James Hogue
  * Russ Hogue, PhD, ALM ’21 - Professional boxer, kickboxer; US Kickboxing Champion
  