People Archive

Andy Schechter ’90

Andy Schechter was a four-year varsity soccer player for the Clark Men’s Soccer Team. His team went to the NCAA tournament during his first season in 1986, and he served as co-captain of the team as a senior. After graduating in 1990, Andy spent a season as the Men’s Soccer Team Assistant Coach before he…

Parker Freedman ’21 (he/him)

Parker Freedman graduated from Clark in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Management. He played basketball as a freshman and sophomore, and was a member of the Clark University Investments and Trading Society (CUITS), where he served as president during his junior and senior years. One of his favorite Clark experiences was…

Emilee Cocuzzo ’18, MBA ’19 (she/her)

Emilee Cocuzzo is currently a Senior Management Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she leverages data analytics and visualizations, strategy, and change management to drive impactful change for the government and empower our citizens. She is also an adjunct professor at Clark University, where she teaches about building businesses and crafting investor pitch decks in…

Alex Turgeon ’16, MBA ’17 (he/him)

Alex graduated from Clark University in 2016 with a B.A. in Business Administration, minoring in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, followed by his MBA in 2017, concentrating in Marketing, Information Management, and Business Analytics. Alex is currently the CEO of Valere Digital & Head of Growth at Valere Labs, building, launching, and scaling over 100+ successful web…

Thomas Hicks ’93

Thomas Hicks is a Commissioner with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). Prior to his nomination and appointment to the EAC, Commissioner Hicks worked in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration, handling issues relating to campaign finance, election reform, contested elections and oversight of both the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and the…

Garrett W. Abrahamson ’07, MBA ’08

Garrett Abrahamson graduated from Clark with a bachelor’s degree in political science and, in 2008, a master’s in business administration. While on campus, he served on the Student Council and Student Alumni Relations Committee, and spent three years as a resident adviser (two of those in Wright Hall). Garrett has stayed connected to Clark as…

Danielle Strandson ’14 ’15 (she/her)

Danielle is a marketing professional currently working for the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International, where she also serves on the DEI council. After earning a B.A. in International Development and Social Change and an M.A. in Community Development and Planning at Clark, she built a career in marketing for nonprofits…

Jennifer Laponte ’16

Jennifer graduated from Clark University in 2016 with a major in Political Science and minor in Geography. Following that she worked for several years at StreetScan, examining the quality of street and sidewalk features with visual and mapping software for towns across the US and Canada. She is now taking natural science illustration courses with…

Vladi Highland ’16, Psy.D.

Vladi is a licensed clinical psychologist. He has particular experience treating adolescents struggling with mood dysregulation, LGBTQ+ identity, and children with complex developmental trauma. Vladi completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Clinical Child Psychology Specialty Program at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Vladi earned an MS and Psy.D. in clinical psychology from…

Katie Bogen ’15

Katherine (Katie) Bogen (M.A.) is a Ph.D. student in the Clinical Psychology Training Program at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, where she studies the intersections of violence-related trauma and human sexuality. She also works as a sex educator affiliated with the South Shore Sexual Health Center in Quincy, MA. A 2015 Clark graduate, Katie…