Alumni Profiles

Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) alumni embark on widely divergent career paths after graduation. Whatever their background, they apply their skills and knowledge to professional endeavors that suit their individual goals. The following alumni have volunteered to be a resource for prospective students. If you would like to connect with them, please email CCT Admissions For more, see Alumni Spotlight.

Alumni Profiles

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Adam Marcus

CCT 2003

Cyber Security Analyst at Phoenix Cybersecurity

Adam Marcus

Rachel Taschenberger

CCT 2006

Director of Branding, Content, and Sponsorship at SOS Children’s Villages USA

Rachel Taschenberger

Sylvester Placid

CCT 2007

Communications Manager for NASA IT services at Leidos

Sylvester Placid

Mason Weintraub

CCT 2008

Senior Consultant at Cause Craft Consulting

Mason Weintraub

Kasia Podbielski

CCT 2010

Director of Training at National Public Radio

Kasia Podbielski

Carlos Martinez

CCT 2010

Chief Design Officer at Bamba

Carlos Martinez

Mary Somyak

CCT 2011

Insights Manager at Instacart

Mary Somyak

Deron Hogans

CCT 2012

User Research at Slack

Deron Hogans

Josh Hubanks

CCT 2012

Senior Manager at Qvest.US

Josh Hubanks

Jeremy Pesner

CCT 2013

Senior Technology Policy Analyst, Bipartisan Policy Center

Jeremy Pesner

Nida Ahmad

CCT 2013

Independent Scholar and Sport for Development Consultant

Nida Ahmad

Cecilia Daizovi

CCT 2016

Chief Brand Strategist – Higher Education at Deloitte

Cecilia Daizovi

Megan Buchheit

CCT 2016

Digital Account Manager at Lautman Maska Neill & Company

Megan Buchheit

Sam Redd

CCT 2016

UX Writer at Navy Federal Credit Union

Sam Redd

Jaime Gonzalez-Capitel Martorel

CCT 2016

Content Marketing Manager at Resolution GmbH

Jaime Gonzalez-Capitel Martorel

Ellen Kaufman

CCT 2018

Associate Instructor at Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, & Engineering

Ellen Kaufman

Lina McVey

CCT 2018

Intranet Webmaster at ICMA-RC

Lina McVey

Katherine Chow

CCT 2018

Senior Internal Communications Specialist at Seagate Technology

Katherine Chow

Lucy Obus

CCT 2018

Staff User Experience Researcher at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Lucy Obus

Chen Shen

CCT 2018

Researcher at New England Complex Systems Institute, Boston

Chen Shen

Jameson Spivack

CCT 2018

Senior Policy Analyst at the Future of Privacy Forum

Jameson Spivack

Xinyu Fan

CCT 2018

User Interface & User Experience Designer at Homesnap

Xinyu Fan

Anacorina Velasco Rodriguez

CCT 2019

Associate Product Manager, HBO Max at WarnerMedia

Anacorina Velasco Rodriguez

Janhvi Bhojwani

CCT 2019

Associate Reporter, NBC News

Janhvi Bhojwani

Hélène Lerno

CCT 2020

Advisor at KPMG Belgium

Hélène Lerno

Kristi Dawn Riggs

CCT 2020

Director of Communications and Senior Correspondent at Today News Africa

Kristi Dawn Riggs

Evelyn Dan Epelle

CCT 2020

Broadcast Journalist and Head of Department, KAFTAN TV

Evelyn Dan Epelle

Tong Wu

CCT 2020

Paid Social Manager at Dentsu International

Tong Wu

Kevin Ackermann

CCT 2020

PhD Candidate at Northwestern University

Kevin Ackermann

Paola García Acuna

CCT 2024

Marketing and Administration Coordinator at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Paola García Acuna

Dhriti Gupta

CCT 2024

Legal Analyst at Discord

Dhriti Gupta

Salomón Flamenco

CCT 2024

Recent CCT Graduate; Host of Minority Report Podcast

Salomón Flamenco

Aakansha Chacko

CCT 2024

Content Strategist Intern at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Aakansha Chacko

Kashaf Rashid

CCT 2024

AI Contributor at Outlier

Kashaf Rashid

Randy Cantz

CCT 2024

Policy Associate at Freedom Technologies

Randy Cantz

James Doyle

CCT 2024

Recent CCT Alumni

James Doyle

Mac Milin Kiran

CCT 2024

Innovation Scholar, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Mac Milin Kiran

Maria Fernanda Chanduvi

CCT 2024

Content Strategist, Democracy Forward

Maria Fernanda Chanduvi

Parisa Bruce

CCT 2024

Recent CCT Alumni

Parisa Bruce

Kelsey Paul

CCT 2024

Social Media Producer, Voice of America

Kelsey Paul