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Ariana Mattice-Lybrand, MPA ’21 works as an Impact and Operations Analyst with a nonprofit organization called BlueHub Capital, which is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that is focused on building healthy communities where low-income people live and work.

Gladys Valverde, MPA ’22 was offered a position as an Advisory Associate with KPMG upon graduation. She hopes to use her experience and knowledge gained through the MPA program to improve public systems and be a voice for the most vulnerable. 

Katy Clayton, MPA ’21 graduated in December with an offer from the SUNY Research Foundation where she works as a school evaluation analyst with the SUNY Charter Schools Institute.

Macy Hayes, BA '22 is this year's Department of Public Administration and Policy Valedictorian. She also received the First Penguin Undergraduate Research Award for her honors thesis, “The Future of Climate Action: Evaluating Three Prospective Solutions to the Climate Crisis.”

Sophia Loukides, BA '22 is this year's Department of Public Administration and Policy Valedictorian. She has centered her life around leadership, activism, and community service.

Meghan Brink, BA '22 is this year's Department of Political Science Valedictorian. She served as editor-in-chief of the Albany Student Press, interned for POLITICO, and will be moving to Washington, D.C. to work for Inside Higher Ed as a policy reporter. 

Hailey Khatchatourian, BA '22 is this year's School of Criminal Justice Valedictorian. She served as an undergraduate student committee member on the Independent Review Committee for the University Police Department, and will be enrolling in George Mason University’s Criminology, Law, and Society Doctoral Program.

Interim Rockefeller College Dean Julie Novkov responded to the news of a leaked draft of a decision on a Mississippi abortion case with an analysis published by The Washington Post.