WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY

Social

Impact

Careers

SUMMIT

Professional pathways to a more just world

NOVEMBER 11-12, 2022

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Agenda

Friday, November 11

Leyburn Library, 1st Floor

Medicine and the Social Determinants of Health

Northen Auditorium

• Amanda Dorsey ’21
• Katie Jarrell McEldowney ’14, PharmD
  
• Jamila Seaton ’09, MPH
  

From Humanities Major to Social Impact Career:

Finding Your Path

The Harte Center (Leyburn 119)

• Norman Kim-Senior ’05
• Shiri Yadlin ’12
  

Remarks from President Dudley

Hotchkiss Alumni House

Alumni only

Saturday, November 12

Leyburn Library, 1st Floor

Environment, Law, and Public Policy

Northen Auditorium

• Kevin Green ’07
• Kerriann Shabanowitz ’13, ’16L
• Tayyaba Zeb ’10L
  

Designing for Access and Equity:

Systems-Level Change Through Policy and Innovation

The Harte Center (Leyburn 119)

• Charles Allen ’99
• Cynthia Cheatham ’07
• Leah Gose ’15

Remarks from Alvin Thomas ’14

Speakers

Charles Allen ’99

Charles was elected Ward 6 D.C. Councilmember during the 2014 election cycle and was sworn in on January 2, 2015. He was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2018.

Charles is the Chair of the Council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, focusing on making the District safer and more just for all residents. In his time as Chair, he has led the Council to strengthen the District's laws around criminal justice, as well as taken important steps to create meaningful rehabilitation and reentry into the community. After W&L, Charles received a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Cynthia Cheatham ’07

Cynthia Cheatham graduated from W&L with a B.A. in Politics and Spanish and participated in the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability. After W&L, she returned to her hometown of Washington, D.C., and continued her studies at Georgetown University, receiving an M.A. from the School of Foreign Service with a focus on Latin American Studies and Government. She has worked in politics and human rights, managed a federal grant for underrepresented neuroscientists, and organized courses in Latin America.

Cynthia is currently Director, Industry Research and Education at BIO where she works on conferences that bring together investors and executives to create medicines for the future. She also manages an annual survey to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the biotechnology industry. Cynthia is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., serving as Tau Omega chapter vice-president while at W&L and currently active in the Federal City Alumnae Chapter. Cynthia has remained active as an alumna of W&L through her service on the Alumni Board of Directors, the Commission on Institutional History and Community, planning Black Alumni Reunions, the Shepherd Advisory Board, and now serves as President of the DC Alumni Chapter.

Amanda Dorsey ’21

Amanda Dorsey is a current MPH student in Global Epidemiology at Emory University. Her public health interests include birth defects and developmental disability surveillance and health equity research. Epidemiology has been a great way to merge her interests in data science with impact in the healthcare field.

Since beginning her MPH at Emory, Amanda started interning at the CDC Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities on their congenital heart defects research team. She also interns at Emory’s Center for Spina Bifida Prevention, where they advocate for folic acid fortification of staple foods worldwide, a sound method to prevent most of the world’s spina bifida. Through this work, she recently returned from Ethiopia, where her team evaluated novel initiatives by an NGO to improve spina bifida care and surveillance. Upon completion of her MPH in Spring 2023, she is planning to pursue further opportunities in academia, government, or non-profit organizations.

Leah Gose ’15

Leah Gose is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Harvard University. She is a Malcolm Hewitt Wiener PhD Scholar in Poverty and Justice and a Graduate Student Fellow this year at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Leah's research examines how community organizations shape service provision in the social safety net, respond to governmental policy and funding influences, and impact the lives of individuals. Her scholarship contributes primarily to the study of organizations and inequality/poverty, but also engages with urban sociology, political sociology, social policy, and social networks.

Kevin Green ’07

Kevin Green is a Vice President at Rare where he leads the Center for Behavior & the Environment. He and his global team collaborate with partners in more than a dozen countries worldwide to design behavior-centered solutions to challenges such as climate change, coastal overfishing, biodiversity loss, wildlife trade, and more.

Kevin holds an MA in International Development and Economics from Johns Hopkins University and a BA from W&L with majors in Sociology & Anthropology, Philosophy, and East Asian Languages & Literature. Kevin, his wife Amanda (W&L ’06), and their children live here in Rockbridge County at Yonderyear Farm, a small, sustainability-focused farm producing Certified Naturally Grown flowers and 100% grass-fed meat.

Katie Jarrell ’14

Dr. Katie Jarrell PharmD, BCCCP, is a 2014 graduate of W&L. At W&L, she completed a Shepherd internship focused on healthcare outreach and education at UAMS East in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, and was involved in the Volunteer Venture program.

After earning undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and German language, she attended West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Upon graduation, she completed two years of specialized residency training in critical care pharmacy in Charleston, West Virginia. In 2020, Katie began her current position as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy in Ada, OH. In this position, she focuses primarily on educating future pharmacists and teaches in several therapeutic modules, including cardiology, infectious diseases, GI & nutrition, and neurology. She also works clinically in the Neuroscience ICU at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, OH, and is a board-certified critical care pharmacist (BCCCP).

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Katie worked alongside pharmacy students to deliver free and accessible COVID diagnostic tests and vaccinations to Ada and the surrounding area. ONU was designated as a mass vaccination site for the state of Ohio and has delivered thousands of vaccine doses to surrounding counties. Katie has been invited to speak on topics such as COVID-19 therapeutics, sepsis, and interdisciplinary teaching and learning. She routinely provides continuing education opportunities for her peers, shares her research at local and national meetings, and is active in several professional pharmacy organizations, including OSHP, OPA, and SCCM. Areas of research include the scholarship of teaching and learning, critical care education,antibiotic stewardship, and ICU sedation.

Norman Kim-Senior ’05

Originally from Jamaica, Norman Kim-Senior graduated from W&L in 2005 as a double major in Spanish and Economics. As a student at W&L, Norman was an active member of the Gospel Choir, University Chorus, ESOL, X-C, MSA, and Track and Field. He did his Shepherd internship in the summer of 2003 at the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation in their housing department where he learned about some of the challenges of building affordable housing in a city. These experiences served as great preparation for his work in independent schools and as a program leader for service-learning trips.

After W&L, Norman moved to Pomfret, Connecticut with his wife Tran Kim-Senior, also a member of the class of 2005. He spent seven years teaching Spanish, coaching cross country, and working as a dorm parent before moving on to the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He is currently in his fifth year at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, where he lives with his wife and two kids. At Episcopal, Norman is the Director of Externships for the McCain-Ravenel Center. He also teaches Spanish, coaches boys’ JV soccer, and serves as a student advisor.

Jamila Seaton ’09

Jamila Seaton completed her bachelor’s in Mathematics and Concentration in Poverty Studies and Human Capability at W&L in 2009. Through the Shepherd Program at W&L, Jamila found her passion for finding solutions in health care, particularly related to racial health disparities. She went on to obtain her MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of South Florida before moving to Green Bay, Wisconsin where she is currently a Healthcare Economics Consultant for UnitedHealthcare.

Jamila is a proud aunt that finds every opportunity to mention her nephew, Kymani. She is involved with several community organizations in Northeast Wisconsin, including the Northeast Wisconsin Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Jamila also cofounded First World Dialysis in Kingston, Jamaica where she serves on the board of directors.

Kerriann Shabanowitz ’13, ’16L

Kerriann Shabanowitz graduated from W&L with majors in Biology and Environmental Studies and a minor in Poverty and Human Capability Studies. She went on to Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor for the Washington and Lee Law Review and as a Student Caseworker in the Black Lung Clinic.

After graduating from law school, she joined the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Administrative Law Judges as a law clerk. She worked on cases arising under the Black Lung Benefits Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, and other labor-related statutes. She currently works as an attorney with the Office of Site Remediation Enforcement in the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC, where she works on issues and cases related to Superfund enforcement.

Alvin Thomas ’14

Alvin Thomas leverages health data to promote healthy aging in human populations. Through his company StatSnips Consulting, Alvin helps businesses and academic researchers use health data to address diseases common in late life such as end-stage kidney disease. His academic work uses proteomic and genomic data to unravel the mysteries of cognitive resilience; this work may identify novel therapies to prevent or cure Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. He is the recipient of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) F99/K00 award, which supports the completion of his doctoral training in epidemiology at UNC Chapel Hill and his 2023 post-doctoral appointment at the NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

Alvin received his MSPH in International health from the Johns Hopkins University and his BS in Chemistry-Engineering at W&L, where he was a Bonner Scholar and heavily involved in the Shepherd Program in Poverty and Human Capability Studies. Follow him on Twitter @alvinthomas13.

Shiri Yadlin ’12

Shiri Yadlin graduated from W&L with a degree in Religion and Global Politics and a minor in the Shepherd Program. She currently lives in Washington, DC, and serves as a Senior Program Manager at Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), a nationwide nonprofit dedicated to expanding quality supportive housing programs to combat homelessness.

Shiri's career history includes direct service case management support to people experiencing homelessness, policy analysis and advocacy with community development organizations, and facilitation of public education campaigns related to affordable housing. Directly before joining CSH, she spearheaded the rollout of an initiative dedicated to mobilizing and equipping the faith community of DC to engage in housing justice work. Shiri holds a Master of Public Policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

Tayyaba Zeb ’10L

Tabby is an Assistant Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in Washington, D.C. She works on environmental law and policy issues related to chemical regulations under various statutes including the Toxic Substance Control Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Tabby advances the views, concerns, and interests of small businesses before federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Congress; and the White House. She was recently appointed to lead the Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. Prior to her work for the SBA, Tabby worked on environmental regulations at the National Association of Home Builders.

Tabby holds an LL.M. in environmental law from the George Washington University Law School. While pursuing her LL.M., she interned with the EPA, the Methanol Institute, and the Cyan Environmental Group. She received her J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she served as Senior Articles Editor for the Journal of Energy, Climate and the Environment.

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The 2022 Social Impact Summit is generously supported by:

• Office of the Provost
• Alumni Engagement
• Career and Professional Development
• The Dean of the College
• The Dean of the Williams School
• Health Professions
• Environmental Studies
• Law, Justice & Society
• Shepherd Program
• Office of Career Strategy, W&L Law