Twelve new Administrative Fellows announced for 2008-09

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Twelve new Administrative Fellows announced for 2008-09
Continuing the legacy of a flagship leadership developmentfellowship for high-potential academic administrators of color, 12new fellows have been selected for the 2008-09 class of theAdministrative Fellowship Program (AFP). The seven visiting fellowsare talented professionals drawn from business, education, and theprofessions outside the University, while the five resident fellowsare exceptional professionals currently working at Harvardidentified by their department and selected by the fellowshipprogram review committee as having the leadership potential toadvance to senior administrative positions.
Coordinated by the Office of the Assistant to the President, theAFP launched the program year with a one-day orientation at theHarvard Faculty Club in September. President Drew Faust welcomedthe sponsors and 12 new fellows as she led a discussion onHarvard’s ongoing commitment to diversity within its pursuitof academic and administrative excellence.
Entering its 20th year, AFP is a University-wide program thatprovides outstanding professionals an opportunity to learnleadership by working in a significant academic administration rolein the Harvard community for one year. AFP reflects Harvard’sstrong commitment to addressing the underrepresentation of ethnicminority groups within the University’s administrative workforce.
The program is supplemented with educational seminars and casestudies on various aspects of higher education leadership andacademic administration. The program faculty is composed of Schooldeans, vice presidents, major office directors, and faculty acrossthe University. The goals of the program include enhancing thefellows’ administrative and professional skills andclarifying their career objectives. Harvard Visiting Administrative Fellows:
Manon “Misko” Beaudrie (Anishinabe, Michigan, andManitoba), B.A. (University of Michigan), M.Ed. (HarvardUniversity). Beaudrie brings a commitment and passion fortransformation through education. Most recently an inclusionspecialist with the Multicultural Center at The Ohio StateUniversity, she managed events and programs involving AmericanIndian culture and heritage. At the University of British Columbia,Beaudrie served as the Community Liaison coordinator for theInstitute for Aboriginal Health (IAH). Her work with IAH and theAboriginal Capacity and Developmental Research Environment focusedon community outreach to promote the well-being of First Nationsthrough access and representation in health disciplines. Beaudrieis a member of the Three Fires Lodge of the traditional Midewiwin(Grand Medicine) Society and has been initiated at the firstdegree. Her traditional name is Miskodagaaginkwe, and she is amember of the Fish Clan (Rainbow Trout). Beaudrie’sfellowship assignment is in the Harvard Project on American IndianEconomic Development at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Ceilyn Boyd, B.A. (Stanford University), M.A. (BrandeisUniversity), M.LIS. (Simmons College). For nearly two decades, Boydwas a scientific visualization, computer graphics, and applicationsdevelopment programmer and project manager at several research andcommercial organizations. She also spent seven years as the soleproprietor of an art glass studio and has taught art technique toadults and teens in the Boston area. Upon perceiving the burgeoningand strategic importance of information analysis and management inmany of today’s fields, Boyd then chose to delve into thefield of digital librarianship. Her current research involvesdigital asset management and preservation; analyzing andfacilitating access to preserved assets using visualizationtechnologies; and ethics in Internet research. Boyd is alsointerested in the study of online communities and developingstrategies for ethically preserving the born-digital artifacts ofthese and other communities for future scholarly inquiry. Herfellowship assignments are in the Office for Information Systemsand the Weissman Preservation Center at the Harvard Library.
Elva DeLeon Caballero, B.S., M.A.S., and postgraduate certificationin nonprofit management (University of Texas, Dallas). Caballerobrings more than 15 years of management experience in scholarshipadministration, leadership development, and diversity initiativeswith noted accomplishment in both nonprofit and corporate sectors.Her most recent work experience includes serving as intellectualcontent development manager and education manager for the NationalSociety of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA). As intellectual contentdevelopment manager, she worked on the development of executiveleadership and professional development programs; workshops for theorganization; and an annual national conference. As educationmanager she was responsible for administration of a yearly $1million scholarship program; the management of pre-M.B.A.literature and outreach programs; and relationships withuniversity, corporate, and nonprofit partners. Prior to NSHMBA,Caballero worked as diversity and community relations specialistfor Blockbuster Inc., where she managed a cross-functional seniorleadership diversity council under the guidance of the chief globaldiversity officer. Caballero’s efforts focused on developingthe company’s diversity strategic plan and goals. Herresponsibilities also included managing corporate giving andcommunity relations supporting local and national partners throughcash and in-kind donations. Prior to Blockbuster, Caballero servedas Texas regional director for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund,developing and executing strategic fundraising and outreach goalsfor the state of Texas. Her fellowship assignment is inHarvard’s Office of Human Resources.
Karen T. Craddock, Ed.M. (Harvard University), Ph.D. (TuftsUniversity). Craddock’s professional and scholarly backgroundis in developmental psychology and family studies. Her dissertationresearch examined the construct of psychological resistance tomarginalization among young black mothers wherein she discoveredoptimal and suboptimal patterns of resistance across affect,behavior, and cognition. Giving attention to the socioculturalcontext in human development, education, and relationships,Craddock has focused on marginalized communities, which hasamplified her work on family support, equity, and psychosocialprocesses. Further inquiry of psychological functioning andadaptation prompt current research on the cultural-relationalconstructs of healing and wellness—particularly among blackwomen and families. Craddock’s work on personal narrativeinforms her content and methods, while developing current practicein ethnographic qualitative research, consultation, teaching, andwriting. She brings an extensive background in program evaluationand research at a broad level, including work on Fast Track (anational intervention project for at-risk families); the TuftsUniversity Massachusetts Healthy Families Evaluation; and the NewEngland Quality Research Center for Head Start at EducationDevelopment Center, where she developed survey instruments andconducted data collection, coding, and analysis. Craddock’sprior community and direct service experience is as an earlychildhood program manager at the Boston Children’s Museum anda parent counselor for Work/Family Directions. She also has servedon various education and community boards, building bridges betweenresponsive research and effective practice. Craddock’sfellowship assignment is in the Project to End Health Disparitiesat the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).
Mitalene Fletcher, B.A. and B.Ed. (Queen’s University,Canada), M.A. and Ph.D. (New York University). Fletcher’sprofessional background is in teacher development, educationevaluation, and arts in education. She was the program director forthe Paul A. Kaplan Center for Educational Drama at the CityUniversity of New York (CUNY), where she created graduate coursesand teacher development programs to introduce interactive,arts-based strategies into classrooms at all levels of education.As an adjunct instructor at New York University and CUNY, shetaught graduate courses in assessment and strategies for promotingliteracy. Her evaluation work includes an examination ofundergraduate arts curricula at the University of Pretoria’sFaculty of Education, and her doctoral dissertation examinesteacher education in post-apartheid South Africa. She began hercareer teaching secondary school history and theater in Toronto andin England. Fletcher serves as chairperson for the Doris WarnerMemorial Scholarship Committee (established in honor ofBoston’s first black female school principal), and she serveson the education committee for South Africa Partners.Fletcher’s fellowship assignment focuses on internationalprojects with the Research, Innovation, and Outreach group in theGraduate School of Education.
Denise Porché, B.A. (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth),M.S.W. (Boston University). Porché brings a broadadministrative and social work background along with her work onlocal, state, and national committees. She directs the Office forChild Protection for the Catholic Diocese of Fall River, where sheis responsible for managing compliance and education initiatives inresponse to the clergy sex abuse scandal. Porché is thefounder of the National Safe Environment Leadership Conference,which convenes directors annually across the United States toaddress sex abuse prevention in the Catholic Church. In addition,she directs the Catholic Campaign for Human Development by managingfund allocations, providing technical assistance to communityorganizations, and promoting an annual appeal. Her professionalexperience also includes providing consultation to communitiesimpacted by immigration raids. Porché is a member of numerousboards, representing her interests in leadership development,social justice, and the arts. Porché’s fellowshipassignment is in the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race &Justice at Harvard Law School.
Beverly Tyler, B.S. (Duke University), M.B.A. (MassachusettsInstitute of Technology), M.Phil. (New York University). Tyler hasworked in a variety of industries, focusing primarily on projectmanagement and operations management. She has worked as a businessanalyst at Delta Air Lines, implementing information technologyprojects for cargo and reservations. In addition, she worked atDell for several years leading an international operations teamthrough the launch of several workstation products. Most recently,Tyler worked as the director of operations at KIPP Gaston CollegePreparatory in North Carolina, implementing operational andorganizational changes at the school. Her research at NYU focusedon status, stereotypes, and social networks. Tyler’sfellowship assignment is in the Faculty of Arts and SciencesRegistrar’s Office, where she will be designing and executingresearch initiatives that focus on diversity at Harvard College andthe Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Harvard Resident Administrative Fellows:
Joy Fortune, B.S. (American University). Fortune is currently afinancial administrator within the Dean’s Office of HarvardCollege. Prior to coming to Harvard, she was a senior financialanalyst at Salem State College and served as manager of facilitiesfinancial services at American University. Fortune alsoparticipates in youth volunteer activities, and her past experienceincludes tutoring minorities and low-income students through theYWCA; participating in youth ministries through her local church;and most recently, leading the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT) chapter of the Junior Achievement Program toCompany of the Year for the Eastern Massachusetts region in 2008.In addition, Fortune and her husband lead a nationally basedtelephone evangelism ministry each week and enjoy sharing the hopeof their faith through various creative means.
Alexis S. Harding, B.A. (Wilberforce University). Harding iscurrently pursuing a master’s in human resource managementand has been employed at Harvard Medical School (HMS) as anemployment specialist since October 2006. She has 10 years of humanresource management experience, eight of which were in thecorporate sector. Prior to HMS, she worked for a large informationtechnology staffing and services company. She held severalpositions throughout her tenure including recruiter, recruitmentmanager, and account executive, as well as roles in promoritonalopportunities. Harding is a native of Cambridge, Mass.; however,after obtaining her bachelor’s degree, she remained inSouthfield, Mich., for five years before returning toMassachusetts. Upon her return she became active in thepolitical arena where she successfully led her elderbrother’s school committee campaign in 2006. An active memberin her community, she has served on the board of directors forCambridge Pop Warner and the Community Art Center Alumni. Herfraternal affiliations include the Order of the Eastern Star andAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Dianne M. Le, B.A. (University of California-Berkeley), Ed.M.(Harvard University). Le is currently the associate director ofadmissions and placement at the Harvard Business School. In thiscapacity, she oversees the admissions, career placement, andmarketing for nine doctoral programs. Prior to coming to Harvard,she worked at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at TuftsUniversity, where she assisted the executive associate dean andmanaged issues surrounding student life and community building. Shehas worked at Stanford University and has completed internships atthe United States Department of Commerce, the International TradeAdministration, and the Office of Massachusetts State Rep. DeborahBlumer, where she conducted research on charter schools inMassachusetts. She is currently the chair of the DocNet Consortiumof Business Doctoral Programs, an affiliate of the Association toAdvance Collegiate Schools in Business (AACSB), with a membershipof more than 60 institutions.
Kerri L. Noonan, B.A. and M.S. (Boston University), Ed.M. (HarvardUniversity). Currently, Noonan is the assistant director ofadmissions at HSPH. She has 12 years of experience in highereducation administration including six years at HSPH. Prior tocoming to Harvard, Noonan worked in communications and humanresources for Johnson & Johnson. She has served as a member of theBoston University College of Communication Alumni Board ofDirectors and is a current member of the Harvard Graduate School ofEducation Recent Alumni Circle Committee.
Amy Whitish, B.A. (University of Wisconsin, Madison), M.A.(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Whitish is currently aprogram coordinator at LASPAU (Latin American Scholarship Programof American Universities): Academic and Professional Programs forthe Americas, an affiliate of Harvard University. She has beenworking in the field of international education for nearly 10years. Prior to coming Harvard, Whitish worked as a study abroadadviser at Brandeis University and Harvard University, as a staffassistant for the Global Master of Arts Program at the FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy, and as an ESL and Spanish instructorat both Education First International Language School and theUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Whitish has served as aPeace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, taught ESL toFulbrighters in Managua, Nicaragua, and studied in both Mexico andSpain. She is currently an active participant in BASAA (Boston AreaStudy Abroad Advisors): New England Study Abroad Community andNAFSA (National Association of Foreign Student Advisers):Association for International Educators.
Of the many former visiting fellows who remained at Harvard aftertheir fellowship assignment, 19 are currently employed at theUniversity in permanent staff positions. Others decided to pursueopportunities outside of Harvard, typically at colleges anduniversities or other institutions in the nonprofit sector.
The AFP is a collaborative effort between host departments and theOffice of the Assistant to the President, with fellowship stipendsunderwritten in part by the President’s Office. The programis coordinated by the Office of the Assistant to the President,where Teresa Malonzo serves as program coordinator and James Hoyteis the associate vice president/assistant to the president.