Jasmin Johnson Glaeserr mpp married Micha Glaeser (a gsas phd candidate) on 10 August, 2013, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Present at the wedding were hks alums Jo Aylor mpp, Kathrin Bimesdorfer mpp, and Jared Glanz-Berger mpp 2011, Professor Mathias Risse, and many other friends from the Harvard community.
Selene Sunmin Lee mpp is currently working as an education officer fi for unicef’s Nepal fice. “I am implementing and monitoring offi projects to educate and empower adolescents, especially adolescent girls (through adolescent club activities, homework clubs, sports clubs, life skills sessions, community Young Champions, pre-vocational activities, wash and menstrual hygiene management orientations, and communication campaigns). I have been working in Kathmandu since March 2012 and will stay here until March 2014.” Bryon Line hksee served U.S. Strategic Command in Omaha as a counterintelligence analyst, focused on China and East Asian foreign intelligence threats. “Involved also as a central committee member with both the Nebraska Democratic Party and the Douglas County Democratic Party. And painting a lot too.”
A Stake in the Ground
Mary Lydon hksee is executive director of
from the field
the Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana. “My time with the women and professors at the Women in Leadership program impacted my life greatly and it continues to keep on giving.”
Aaron Magezi hksee continues his public service career by joining “The Authority” in Washington, dc, as manager of treasury planning and operations, serving the good citizens of Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, dc. He completes his Johns Hopkins University master in public management and policy degree next year. “It’s been a truly exciting and fast-paced year, and Hilda, my amazing and beautiful wife, has kept me well grounded! Our twins, David and Daniel, turn two. Happy Birthday!”
Tase Odibo hksee writes, “My husband, Moses Odibo hksee 2007, 2008, 2010, and I just welcomed to the world our fi first granddaughter, Eliana. We are all doing fine. My cleaning services business and the women’s counseling group are also thriving. I have recently been speaking at women’s seminars at home and in the United Kingdom. The participatory experience at the fiped also helped me a lot. Thanks and love from my family to you all.”
MARTHA STEWART
Brendan Rivage-Seul mpp recently fifinished a one-year diplomatic tour at the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he served as a special assistant to U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham. Brendan will move back to Washington, dc, in late February 2014 to begin an assignment as a staffer in the fice of Secretary of State John Kerry. offi
The more local . . . the more likely to survive you are.
bill forry mc/mpa 2010
“Everyone’s anticipating the imminent demise of newspapers,” says Bill Forry mc/mpa 2010. “In our experience, the more local and the more niche, the more likely to survive you are.” Forry should know. He’s the editor and publisher of Boston Neighborhood News, a group of local newspapers and websites that cover specifi fic neighborhoods, such as Dorchester, and specifi fic communities, such as Irish Americans and Haitian Americans, in the Boston area. The busy news year has probably helped. Marty Walsh, a state representative from Dorchester, was elected to replace Mayor Tom Menino, who spent two decades in City Hall, and Forry, who had covered Walsh’s career from the beginning, was a sought-after analyst, adding his voice to cable coverage of the election. Boston was also prominent in the news world following the Marathon bombings, in April 2013, and Forry’s Dorchester neighborhood was at the center of one of the most anguishing stories: the death of eight-year-old Martin Richard, whose mother, sister, and father were all hurt in the blast. Forry’s relationship with the family allowed him to speak about their great pain, as both a friend and a journalist, to national and international media. Forry’s family, too, has contributed to the news cycle. His wife, Linda Dorcena Forry mc/mpa 2013, was elected in May 2013 to the state senate, becoming the first Haitian American to represent a historically Irish American fiefdom. That feeds (if they needed feeding at all) Forry’s deep roots in the community — which in turn feed his commitment. “The importance of having local people own and manage and have stewardship over the community news outlets is still an important asset for us,” Forry says. “It distinguishes us from corporate entities that don’t have a personal stake in what happens in a place.” s RDO harvard kennedy school 55