School of CED Alumni

The School of CED participants are from all sectors of the community development and community economic development field and from all parts of the world. They work at all levels of activity from field staff to senior management, from practitioners to policy makers. Whether our students and graduates are found in the private sector or in government service they have all shared the common experience of values based education that promotes participation, social and economic justice and sustainable development. Current students and alumni are connected by geographic proximity and cohort participation. Events are held to include all those living in a particular geographic area. Also, events are arranged based on cohort groups that allow former students to reconnect and reacquaint. Most of all we come together based on our shared experience.

Students come from many places both within the United States of America and from around the world. Below are maps that pinpoint the location of SCED graduates. There may be one near you!

• School of CED Alumni Map
• SCED Regional Alumni Network Map

You can read about the School of CED  it's Alumni here

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The field of community economic development includes employment opportunities with nonprofit organizations (NGOs), businesses that use a double bottom line of both social and economic performance, e.g., socially responsible businesses, socially responsible investing, etc., as well as governmental agencies that evaluate their work using both social and economic indicators of success.

To receive job postings or submit job openings to the U.S.-based or International electronic employment distribution list send an e-mail to w.lett@snhu.edu .

CED MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
A major element of professional development and skills building is sharing with colleagues through meetings, conferences and symposia. The range of forums and diversity of topics offer something for everyone. Please submit conference and meetings announcements that may be of interested to other alumni. Also sign-up to receive event notices on the electronic distribution list of your choice.

To receive or submit U.S-based or international conference and event announcements send an e-mail to w.lett@snhu.edu .

Below are examples of SCED graduates working in the field:

Housing
Alan (Ted) Wilkerson is a program manager of the New Hampshire Housing and Finance Authority. Ted has worked in the housing industry as a carpenter right on up to the resident Low-income Housing Tax Credit specialist for a small northern New Hampshire housing development organization. He has continued up the ladder in the housing field to his present position as a hands-on housing expert who is one of the few people in the nation with a working understanding of the New Market Tax Credit Program.

Community Finance
Emily Kaminsky is the Fund Manager for Community Capital of Central Vermont in Barre Vermont. She was named Vermont and New England Regional Financial Services Champion of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration in June of 2005.

Faith-based
Rev. Luis Cortes has been at the forefront of the faith-based community economic development movement. His work through Hispanic Clergy United of Philadelphia resulted in the founding of Nueva Esperanza, a community development corporation. Rev. Cortes through Nueva Esperanza has engaged in business development activities, housing construction projects and the establishment of a high school.

International Development
Rukia Masasi is a quiet non-assuming woman from Tanzania. Her mild demeanor might cause you to underestimate her power. Rukia was a key contributor to the creation of the Community Economic Development Masters Degree Program at the Open University of Tanzania.