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Prep alumni are fast assuming leadership roles in every sector of society - from business and law, to science and medicine, to education and the arts. Armed with an outstanding education, life-changing opportunities, and uncommonly broad perspective, they are poised to change the face of leadership in their communities, the nation, and the world.

  • Manuela Arciniegas

    (XIV/Fieldston '97, Harvard '01) MA, CUNY Graduate Center '15; PhD, CUNY Graduate Center '22
     
    Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government Team-US, Ford Foundation
     
     

  • Diahann Billings-Burford

    (VI/Grace Church '86, Poly Prep '90, Yale '94) JD, Columbia '02

    CEO, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE)
    Named to Crain's Notable Nonprofits and Philanthropy list and Sports Illustrated's 100 Influential Black Women in Sports

  • Elbert Garcia

    (IX/Fieldston '93, Columbia '97) MPA, Baruch '12

    Director of Strategic Communications, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)
    Co-Host of Que Lo Que, a podcast highlighting achievements of Dominican Americans

  • Tene Howard

    (XIII/Packer '97, Amherst '01) MA, Teachers College '04

    Executive Director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project
    Former Director of Global Programs and Community Engagement at The Packer Collegiate Institute
     

  • Michelle Wonsley-Ford

    (XIV/Brearley '97, Spelman '01) MBA/MA, Cornell '07

    Executive Director, Center for Racial Justice in Education
    Founder & CEO of LondonPlane Advisory
     

  • Ray Lopez

    (XI/Dalton '95, Amherst '99)

    Director of Programs/Director of Environmental Health Services, Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service
    2008 Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader

  • Jessica Alcantara

    (P9 XIII/Andover '04, Dartmouth '08) MA, Fordham '13; Columbia '16

    Staff Attorney, Advancement Project
    2016 Skadden Fellow
    2009-2011 Peace Corps Member

  • Abelardo Fernandez

    (VIII/Buckley '89, Riverdale '92, Brown '97)

    Director of Collective Impact & Co-Director of South Bronx Rising Together, Children's Aid Society

  • Unique Fraser Brathwaite

    (P9 V/St. Andrew's '96, Barnard '00) MA, Rutgers '06

    Executive Director, LIFT-NY

  • Anthony Wright

    (V/Riverdale '89, Amherst '93)

    Executive Director, Health Access California
    Named Capitol Weekly Top 100 Players in State Politics, 2018 and 2019
     

  • Indira Goris

    (P9 IV/Taft '95, Brown '99) MA, Columbia '03

    Director of Administration, Open Society Justice Initiative, Open Society Foundations

  • Lorraine Marulanda

    (P9 V/Choate '96, American '00)

    Head of Latin America, Southern Africa and The Middle East, Save the Children UK
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