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...launched his public service career in 1987 when he co-founded City Year, a program designed to place 17- to 24-year-olds in yearlong service projects. The program quickly flourished, and President Bill Clinton used it as a model when he created AmeriCorps, a national service organization...
...combination.”FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVEThough Gorodentsev said she would love to continue working at Harvard, one of her greatest passions lies beyond the Yard. She previously served as the administrative director for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at the School of Public Health, a program that delivers antiretroviral treatment to millions of HIV-positive individuals. Though Gorodentsev worked chiefly for Africa in the PEPFAR program, her interests abroad have not been confined to that continent.While working for the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in the mid-1990s, Gorodentsev?...
...Rebecca D. Onie ’98-’97, co-founder and CEO of Project HEALTH will be awarded a $500,000 grant, which can be used for any purpose. “The award is an extraordinary opportunity: it gives us a forum to talk about [public health] at time when the health care debate is really heating up,” said Onie, who founded Project HEALTH with Chief of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center Barry S. Zuckerman during her sophomore year at Harvard. Onie had worked in the Housing Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services...
Flaherty came in second place with about a quarter, and City Councilor Sam Yoon, Boston’s first Asian-American elected official and the only Asian-American ever to run for public office in the City, finished third with approximately 20 percent of the vote. Real estate developer Kevin McCrea finished last...
...life,” came to power in 1993 and has since either run unopposed or dominated elections with a large majority of votes. He has maintained approval ratings in the low 70s over the past few years despite the economic slump and criticism of Boston’s public school system, according to surveys by the Boston Globe. A poll from May found that 57 percent of Boston residents claimed to have met the Mayor personally...