Office of the Dean
Lisa Lynch, Ph.D.
Dean
Laurence R. Simon, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Planning and
Director,
M.A. and M.S. Programs
Deborah Garnick, Sc.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Personnel
Constance Horgan, Sc.D.
Associate Dean, Research
Ron Etlinger
Chief Administrative Officer
Claudia Jacobs ’70
Director of Communications Initiatives, the Heller School
Director of Capacity Building, the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
Debbie Shapiro Katz, MA '97
Associate Director for Development and
Alumni Relations
Kristen Stevens
Program Administrator and Assistant to the Dean
Educational Program Directors
Christine Bishop, Ph.D.
Director, Ph.D. Program in Social Policy
Laurence R. Simon, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Planning and
Director,
M.A. and M.S. Programs
Maria Cristina Espinosa, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Academics, M.A. Program
Joan Kaufman, Sc.D.
Interim Associate Director, Academics, M.S. Program
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Ph.D.
Director, M.B.A. Program
Michael Doonan, Ph.D. ’02
Director, M.P.P. Program
Jon Chilingerian, Ph.D.
Director, Executive Leadership Program
Co-Chair, Undergraduate Program in Health:
Science, Society and Policy
Heller Administration
Thomas Broussard, Ph.D. '06
Assistant Dean, Admissions, Recruitment and Career Services
Ravi Lakshmikanthan, M.A. ’99
Assistant Dean, Student Records, Enrollment and
Financial Services
Doris Breay
Assistant Dean, Academic and Student Services
Heller Board of Overseers
Thomas P. Glynn III, M.S.W. ’72, Ph.D.’77, Chair
Chief Operating Officer
Partners Health Care
Rhonda S. Zinner, Vice-Chair
Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Foundation
G. Lawrence Atkins, Ph.D. ’85
Executive Director, Public Policy and Reimbursement
Schering-Plough Corporation
Neal F. Bermas, Ph.D. ‘81
Chester Black
Founder/Managing Member
Angel Healthcare Investors, LLC
Ellen Block
Carmen S. Canino, M.M.H.S. ’78
Rosalind B. Chaikin*
Nancy A. Dreyer ’72
Paul Egerman
CEO
eScription, Inc.
Karen Feinstein, Ph.D. ’83
President
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Moses Feldman ’62
Linda Frieze
Leonard Goodman
Peter E. Heller
Nick Littlefield, Jr.
Foley Hoag LLP
Laura Oskowitz
Muriel Pokross*
Julius B. Richmond**
Dept. of Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Gail Robinson, Ph.D. ’80
Vice President
Health Services Research Evaluation
Abt Associates
Charles S. Rodgers, Ph.D. ’78
Susan Rothenberg
M. Bryna Sanger, Ph.D. ’76
Lynn Schneider
Alan D. Solomont
Solomont Bailis Ventures
David F. Squire*
Samuel O. Thier, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Emeritus
Massachusetts General Hospital
Joan Wallace-Benjamin, Ph.D. ’80
*emeritus
**deceased
Heller Alumni Association Board