August 2022 New Employees
September 13, 2022
Welcome to HLS!
We’d like to welcome 20 New Employees to Harvard this month!
Patricia Alejandro
Clinical Instructor
Department: Transactional Law Clinic
Fun Fact: I am currently reading Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents.
Tirzah Anderson
Faculty Assistant
Department: FSS
Joining HLS from: Barnard College
Fun Fact: I grew up on a military base in southern Spain.
Melani Baez
Administrative Support Assistant
Department: FSS
Joining HLS from: HLS HR
Fun Fact: My favorite restaurant is TGI Fridays!
Rebecca Blemur
Faculty Assistant
Department: FSS
Alex Kagan
Program Coordinator
Department: Religious Freedom Clinic
Elizabeth Kaplan
Director of Health Care Access and Clinical Instructor
Department: CHLPI
Rebecca Kilberg
Technologist in Residence
Department: HLS Library
Guzzo
Program Manager
Department: Berkman Klein Center
Joining HLS from: Edgelands Institute (a pop-up institute at the BKC). I am originally from Brazil
Fun Fact: I am obsessed with Notion, a note-taking app.
Gary Hackett III
Applications Analyst
Department: ITS
Joining HLS from: HarbourVest Partners
Fun Fact: I am a classically trained actor and chef outside of work. I studied Theatre in college and ran a private chef business before transitioning into tech.
Erika Hanson
Clinical Instructor,
Department: Health Law and Policy Clinic
Nicholas Lindseth
Program Coordinator
Department: Berkman Klein Center
Eliza Lockhart-Jenks
Clinical Instructor
Department: Criminal Justice Institute
Joining HLS from: CPCS, Youth Advocacy Division
Fun Fact: I have a feisty two year old daughter named Lumen.
Alma Martinez Ramirez
Paralegal
Department: Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program
Rachel Matthews
Clinical Instructor
Department: Animal Law and Policy Clinic
Joining HLS from: PETA Foundation
Fun Fact: I’ve walked the entire 32-mile shoreline of Manhattan in a day (but I much prefer hiking in the mountains of West Virginia).
Jeff Newton
Donor Engagement Coordinator
Department: Development
Joining HLS from: The Massachusetts Coalition For Occupational Safety And Health
Fun Fact: I am a big fan of biking around town.
Leah Prescott
Associate Director for Collections
Department: HLS Library
Joining HLS from: Georgetown University Law Library
Fun Fact: I enjoy caring for my 12 bonsai trees.
Amanda Pugliese
Associate Director, Development Marketing and Communications
Department: Development
Joining HLS from: Watertown
Fun Fact: I have two dogs; a Corgi named Layla and a rescue named Aurora.
Mark Richter
Admissions Officer
Department: JD Admissions
Joining HLS from: Brunswick, ME
Fun Fact: I am a Bad Bunny superfan.
Rebecca Rinkevich
Program Director, Rebooting Social Media
Department: Berkman Klein Center
Francie Sullivan
Alumni Relations Event Coordinator
Department: Alumni Relations
Joining HLS from: Harvard Medical School (employer), College of the Holy Cross (college), and Baltimore
Fun Fact: I am recently extremely invested in Formula 1 car racing, and am going to a race in Italy in September.
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