CED's Ph.D. Students

(Ph.D. Candidates have completed course work, passed Comprehensive Examinations, and are currently engaged in dissertation)

	Innocentus Alhamas, Ph.D. student (Tanzania). Ph.D. Candidate in absentia. Faculty, Open University of Tanzania.
	Darlene Atta, Ph.D. student. Bio pending.
	Lynson Beaulieu, Ph.D. student (Boston, Massachusetts). BA in Child Development, California State University, Northridge. Director, Programs and Strategic Leadership, Schott Foundation for Public Education. Responsible for leadership and management of a grant-making portfolio for public engagement and will building in public education in Massachusetts and New York. Formerly, Director of Site Operations, National Black Child Development Institute, Washington, DC, and other program since 1983. Author and editor of various technical reports on educational equity, and member of Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian Americans in Philanthropy, the Association of Black Foundation Executives, Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, the Advisory Council of the Partnership for America’s Economic Success, and others.
	Antoinette Bolaños, Ph.D. student (Philippines; residing in Manchester, NH). MBA in Development Management, Asian Institute of Management, Philippines (Distinction); Graduate Studies in Applied Business Economics, Center for Research & Communication, Philippines; Microenterprise and Development Institute, SNHU; MS, Medicinal Chemistry, University of Houston, Texas. MS and BS in Chemistry, University of the Philippines at Diliman. Consultant in Microfinance. Projects: Pilot implementation of MFI impact assessment of a church-initiated NGO, People’s Alternative Livelihood Foundation, co-funded by OIKO Credit; Certified Instructor in Microfinance Distance Learning for Global Learning Network, United Nations Capital Development Fund, World Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo Development Learning Center; impact assessment training of Philippine partners of OIKO Credit. Formerly, Program Director of Microfinance Management Office, Asian Institute of Management; Development Management Consultant, KPMG Consulting LP (Canada), in Pasig. She has studied, trained and written on Microfinance. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, United Way community indicators and strategic philanthropy study.
	David Carney, Ph.D. student (Hancock, New Hampshire). BA, MA in Public Policy, New England College. CEO, Norway Hill Associates, a political campaign and issue management firm. He has served as political consultant to Texas Governor Rick Perry since his first campaign in 1998, and through two successful reelections making him the longest serving Governor in Texas. He has worked with dozens of statewide and congressional campaigns. In 1996 he served the Dole for President primary campaign as Senior Adviser, then traveled with Vice Presidential nominee Jack Kemp as Senior Adviser. Previously, he was a consultant to Majority Leader Bob Dole in intergovernmental affairs, working with Governors, Members of Congress, other elected officials and private sector interests; and Deputy Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, responsible for overseeing the committee’s political operations. He served the Bush-Quayle ’92 campaign as Director of Political Affairs and National Field Director. He joined Bush-Quayle after three years at the White House Office of Political Affairs, where he was a Special Assistant to the President and also Director of Political Affairs in the Bush White House. David began his career in politics as Field Director for John Sununu’s 1980 run for the US Senate, and served in the same capacity during his successful campaign for Governor two years later. He served as co-manager of Governor Sununu’s successful reelection campaigns, and as Special Assistant to the Governor and Deputy Chief of Staff. David is a former trustee of New England College.
	Patricia Christensen, Ph.D. student (Somerville, Massachusetts). MBA Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma; BA in Economics, and BBA (International Business), Park University, Parkville, Missouri. Accounts Manager, Grassroots Campaigns, Inc.  in Boston, an organization engaged in financing grass roots campaigns in a dozen states. Previously she worked for several years as a Peace Corps Volunteer at  the NGO Pleyada Chervonograd, Ukraine; and at the AmeriCorps as a VISTA Volunteer for Jumpstart  at Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
	Cynthia Clemons, Ph.D. student (Whitsett, North Carolina). MA in European Economic History, North Carolina Central University; BA in Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lecturer, School of Business & Economics, Department of Business Administration, North Carolina A & T State University;  and Co-Chair, NC A&T State University Research and Economic Development University Cluster for Leadership and Community Development. Formerly, she was Vice President of Business Development, North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development. She was a Fulbright/Hayes scholar in China, sponsored by the University of Hawaii East/West Center for Asian Studies; and Small Business Advocate of the Year, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. She is now Chairperson, City of Greensboro Minority/Women Business Enterprise Advisory Committee; Chairman, Business Revitalization Committee, East Market Street CDC; Executive Committee Member, North Carolina Indian Economic Development Commission; Chairperson, Greensboro Venture Capital Loan Fund, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce; and member, North Carolina Center for Rural Economic Development, North Carolina Statewide Business Resource Alliance.
	Tobey Davies, Ph.D. student (Belmont, New Hampshire). MS in CED, New Hampshire College. Director, Center for Community Economic Development & Disability, School of Community Economic Development, SNHU. Formerly,  Project Coordinator, Project Dollars and Sense, Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, studies on workforce opportunity and asset development for people with disabilities. Co-author of several publications on disability policy with faculty from the Applied Research Center at SNHU and the Institute on Disability at UNH. Research interests in asset development for people with disabilities.
	Liberty Dhliwayo, Ph.D. student (Africa; residing in New Hampshire). Bio pending.
	Dwanda Farmer, Ph.D. student (Atlanta, Georgia). Bio pending.
	Michelle Foster, Ph.D. student (Guyana; ; residing in West Virginia). MS in CED, SNHU; MS in Engineering Management, Marshall University Graduate College, South Charleston, West Virginia; chemical engineering graduate studies, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; BS in Chemical Engineering, City College of New York. Executive Director, Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action, Dunbar, West Virginia, an organization specializing in job training and economic empowerment, affordable housing development and home ownership, and family social services. Formerly, Senior Process Engineer, Union Carbide Corporation, West Virginia.
	Benjamin Frost, Ph.D. student (Milford, New Hampshire). JD, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; MA in Geography, Syracuse University; NY (Herbert Lehman Fellow in Regional Economic Development); BA in Geography, Colgate University, NY (High Honors in Geography). Senior Planner, New Hampshire Office of Energy & Planning; Adjunct Faculty, Keene State College and Southern New Hampshire University (Business Law, Geography, Land Use Planning). Formerly, Executive Director, Upper Valley Lake Sunapee RPC, Lebanon, NH, responsible for a bi-state regional planning commission serving 30 municipalities. He has authored professional reports and publications in Law and Planning, Master Planning, Smart Growth, and Regional Planning. He is a member of the New Hampshire Municipal Lawyers Association (founding Board of Directors), NH Bar Association (former Chair, Municipal & Governmental Law Section), NH Planners Association (Executive Board & Legislative Liaison), American Planning Association (Northern New England Chapter Executive Committee), American Institute of Certified Planners, and the Association of American Geographers.
	Joe Honeycutt,  Ph.D. student (Florida). MBA in Real Estate, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Partner in a Philadelphia commercial development firm and Principal in a Jacksonville consulting firm serving urban affiliates of Habitat for Humanity. He works in finance, New Markets Tax Credits, modular/panelized affordable housing production, and sales facilitation of Habitat affiliate mortgages through securitization and loan pools. Former CEO of HabiJax, the largest Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the US, producing 100-200 homes per year; and President of a national commercial construction firm. Memberships: Project Management Institute, Association of Fund Raising Professionals, National Committee on Planned Giving, and Christian Community Development Association; board, Automated Builders Consortium. Research interest in asset development and affordable housing with a focus on home ownership and its impacts on public education.
	Victoria Hu Poirier, Ph.D. student (Las Cruces, New Mexico; residing in New Hampshire). MSICED SNHU; BBA Economics summa cum laude (Outstanding Graduating Senior for the College of Business, Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Crimson Scholar [Dean’s List]) New Mexico State University. 2007 Rotary Ambassador Scholarship to India. Founding CEO, Mariposas de New Mexico --a partnership of Native American, Hispanic, and other women who share ownership of a fashion accessories/wearable art company. Developed concept, training, and successfully wrote grants for over $1,000,000 from US HUD, New Mexico Arts, and NADBank Community Adjustment and Development Program for NAFTA-displaced workers, and recruited over $305,845 in in-kind donations. Formerly, Artistic Director of Mujeres Mariposas, a nonprofit federally-funded training program to train low-income rural women to make high-end wearable art and home accessories; Organizer of Aspirando, a nonprofit textile arts training program for low-income women in Roswell, New Mexico, to make high-end wearable art and home accessories (precursor to Mariposas de New Mexico).
	Balasubramanian (Balu) Iyer,  Ph.D. student (India; residing in San Francisco). MS in Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; BE in Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (Durgapur, India). Director, Field Operations, The Asia Foundation(San Francisco), responsible for management of country offices and operations in South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka). Formerly, Asia Program Director, International Development Exchange, where he oversaw operations and partnerships in Bangladesh, India, Philippines and Nepal; he also worked with Aga Khan Rural Support Program and ActionAid  in India. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, studies of United Way community indicators and strategic philanthropy, and Weed & Seed national best practices. Research interests in micro-credit and participatory development. He plans to run again in the San Francisco marathon.
	Deborah Jackson,  Ph.D. student (Georgia). JD in Law, Rutgers Law School; MA Political Science & International Affairs, Rutgers Graduate School; BA History and African American Studies; Teacher Certification, Princeton University. Deborah is an attorney with over 20 years of experience. Her practice focuses on community and economic development. She provides legal and technical assistance to community development organizations, nonprofits and start-up businesses. She has served as the project coordinator for a municipal government's redevelopment planning and has facilitated community participation in planning efforts. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, studies of United Way community indicators and strategic philanthropy, and Weed & Seed national best practices. Research interest in public involvement as a trigger to citizen empowerment in federally-funded community development programs.
	Eric Jacobs, Ph.D. student (formerly of New York; residing in Hampstead, New Hampshire). MA in CED Policy, School of Community Economic Development, Southern New Hampshire University. BA in Political Science and Urban Studies, Queens College. Manager, Applied Research Center, School of Community Economic Development, SNHU. Instructor, School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, Adjunct Lecturer, LaGuardia Community College/City University of New York. Formerly, Executive Director, Jackson Heights Community Development Corporation, New York; Director of Housing, Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation, New York. Eric currently serves on the Hampstead Master Plan Advisory Committee, and served on various neighborhood preservation and development boards in New York City. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, studies of homelessness in Manchester (NH), and Women Rising Workforce development (NJ).
	Ana Klincic, Ph.D. student (Croatia; residing in New Hampshire). MS in ICED, SNHU (summa cum laude). Ana works in international Microfinance development, including rural and post-conflict microfinance, business development, portfolio management, and Microfinance regulation. She is an experienced business development trainer with over 400 training sessions, and a MicroSave certified trainer of Participatory Appraisal Market Research Tools. Ana practiced in Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Republic, and Zambia where she managed lending for Pulse Holdings Limited. She was Research Committee Chair, Association of Microfinance Institutions, and worked with CARE, CARE Bosnia, Centre for Education and Research (Croatia), ICMC, IDEAS, MFC, Microenterprise Development Institute, Partner MicroCredit Institution, and UNDP. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, studies of United Way community indicators and strategic philanthropy. Her research interest is in the feminization of Microfinance and whether empowerment is really a goal in traditional programs.
	John Knorr Ph.D. student (Nottingham, New Hampshire). M.Ed. in Adult Education, Widener University, Chester, PA (Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education); Bachelors of Applied Science (Hotel and Restaurant Management), Widener University (President’s List). Assistant Dean, Hospitality Program, School of Business, SNHU; and General Manager, SNHU Hospitality Center.
	Richard Koenig,  Ph.D. student (Detroit, Michigan). MCP in Urban Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; BS in Economics, Wesleyan University; certificates in construction, land use, real estate finance. Member American Planning Association (APA) andcertified by the American Institute of Certified Planners(AICP). Richard recently moved from Chicago to Detroit where he is starting a community development consulting firm. Former CEO, Housing Opportunity Development Corporation, the only community-based affordable housing development nonprofit serving Chicago’s northern suburbs. He ran the agency for nine years and developed over 200 units of affordable housing in twelve projects worth over $30 million. He spent six years at the Illinois Housing Development Authority funding affordable housing, and served on many nonprofit boards. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, studies of United Way community indicators and strategic philanthropy, Weed & Seed national best practices, and the Latino Diaspora. His research interest is in whether and how tenants of affordable rental housing improve their lives as a result of its availability.
	Woullard Lett, Ph.D. student (Manchester, New Hampshire). MS in Community Economic Development, SNHU; BA in Community Law/Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University. Coordinator, Alumni Office, School of Community Economic Development; and Adjunct Lecturer, MS Program in Community Economic Development, SNHU. Formerly, Recycling Center Manager, Bethel New Life; and Environmental Program Associate, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, Illinois. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, study of asset development for people with disabilities.
	Willie Logan, Ph.D. student (Florida). MBA University of Miami; BBA in Accounting, University of Miami; Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Program for Professionals in Urban & Community Development, and the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government; Development Training Institute Bank of America Leadership Academy; Leadership Florida; Toll Fellow, Council of State Governments. He is founder/CEO of Opa-locka Community Development Corporation in Miami-Dade County. He served in the State of Florida House of Representatives for eighteen years, as Democrat Speaker Designate, and for one term as Mayor of the City of Opa-locka. He has served on numerous for-profit and nonprofit boards, including the National Congress of Community Economic Development, and Human Service Coalition of Florida. Research Associate, Applied Research Center, study of the Latino Diaspora. Research interest in the market, financial, regulatory, and proprietary factors mediating transitioning to continued affordability of expiring use tax-credit syndication properties.
	Patricia Machado, Ph.D. Candidate in residence (Dracut, Massachusetts). MBA Western New England College, Springfield MA; BS in Business Administration and Management,  University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Adjunct Faculty, Department of Economics,  University of Massachusetts at Lowell; Technology Facilitator, Lowell Adult Education Center; and Lecturer in Economics, School of Community Economic Development, Southern New Hampshire University. Awarded a 2007 competitive grant to attend the National Assessment of Adult Literacy Data Set training in Washington DC sponsored by the US Department of Education. Research interests in the interface between education and community economic development.
	Lukumu "Nico" Matabasi, Ph.D. student (Congo; residing in Worcester, Massachusetts). MBA, Providence College; MPP, University of Tel Aviv, Israel; BA Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural, Democratic Republic of Congo. 2007 Research Fellow, FINCA International (Washington, DC) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo), and in West Africa (Savings For Change, Mali). Formerly, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Israel (diplomat in charge of economic and political desk). Recent reports include “Reconstruction et Développement des Services Financiers en RDC: une Approche basée sur la Microfinance.“ In Revue Congo-Afrique, 417 (A paraître), September-November 2007. “Rapport de Recherche sur l’Evaluation des Clients EPC-Mali.“ FINCA International, Bamako, Mali, July 2007 (with B. Beyene). Research Assistant, Applied Research Center.
	Megan O'Neil,  Ph.D. student (Chicago, Illinois). Bachelor of Science degree: Rhetoric, double minor in Linguistic Anthropology & Deaf Studies, University of Texas at Austin (magna cum laude). As an independent consultant, she provides technical assistance and training to poverty reduction authorities about disability issues, and develops curricula to meet the needs of people with disabilities. Previously she was a Project Manager at the World Institute on Disability (WID), producing EQUITY e-newsletter and presenting training programs to the disability and asset building community. She received the prestigious 2006 American Association of People with Disabilities Paul Hearne Award, recognizing emerging leaders in the disability community. Prior to WID she was the National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research Scholar at the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research, and a teaching assistant at Texas School for the Deaf in Austin.teaching assistant at Texas School for the Deaf in Austin.
	Charles Rand, Ph.D. student (Philadelphia, PA). MBA in Finance, McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley College, Boston; MA, School of Community Economic Development, Southern New Hampshire University; BA in Philosophy, Mount Allison University, Canada. Director, External Affairs, Center for Literacy (Philadelphia, PA), the largest community-based literacy provider in the United States; direct all planning, development, communications, and marketing functions. Formerly, Vice President of Philanthropy, Hallmark Health Corporation (Massachusetts), chief development officer of a $600m multi-hospital nonprofit healthcare system. Research Associate, Applied Research Center. Research interests in social venture philanthropy.
	Melanie Renfrew, Ph.D. student (Manchester, New Hampshire). MS in CED, School of Community Economic Development, Southern New Hampshire University; MS in Business Administration, School of Business, SNHU; BS in Business Administration, School of Business, New Hampshire College. Community Work Incentive Coordinator, Granite State Independent Living (New Hampshire); Adjunct Faculty in Microeconomics and Management Information Systems, Hesser College, Nashua, NH; Adjunct Faculty, New Hampshire Community Technical College, Bedford, NH. Formerly, Program Developer, Assisted Housing Division, New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority.
	Hector Rivera, Ph.D. student (New York City). Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Baruch College, New York; graduate coursework in Urban Affairs, Long Island University Graduate School of Science, Brooklyn, NY; BS in Biology, City College of New York. CEO, Loisaida Community Development Corporation. Formerly, Vice President, La Fuerza Unida Community Development Corporation, and Managing Director, Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation.
	David Santiago, Ph.D. student (Añasco, Puerto Rico). MBA, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; BSBA in Computer Information Systems, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (Magna Cum Laude, Honor Roll, National Dean’s List). Consultant, Puerto Rico Community Foundation, San Juan, responsible for content management and research of the REDTS Project (“Red Digital del Tercer Sector”--a web-based directory providing information on civil society organizations); and instructor on small business development, Compañía de Comercio y Exportación de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, responsible for teaching business planning and management. Formerly, Economic Development Specialist, Economic Development University Center, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. David has participated in research and publications in areas such as financing Community Economic Development, economic diversification, small & medium business planning and agricultural development in Puerto Rico.
	Pedro Santiago, Ph.D. student (San Juan, Puerto Rico). Executive Director, La Red de Apoyo a Grupos Comunitarios, Puerto Rico, a community nonprofit advocacy intermediary. Formerly, Executive Director, San Juan Neighborhood Housing Services, Puerto Rico. Active in community boards. Research Assistant in projects at the University of Puerto Rico under the sponsorship of the Applied Research Center. His research interest is in the economic development and poverty alleviation roles of social enterprises by the Mita Goddess Congregation in alleviating poverty among its members in Puerto Rico.
	Miyako Schanely, Ph.D. candidate (New York). MBA, William Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, NY (Dean’s List, Frederick Kalmbach Scholarship, American Society for Quality Control Scholarship. American Association of University Women Scholarship); BS Engineering Management, United States Military Academy (Dean’s List). Executive Director, SUNY Colleges in the North Country, Fort Drum, NY, where she leads a consortium of 9 SUNY colleges that serve Northern New York. Formerly, Director of Educational Services, Samaritan Medical Center, and Adjunct Business Instructor, SUNY Oswego, SUNY Potsdam,  and Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY. Vice-chair and board member, Jefferson-Lewis Workforce Investment Board, Ambassador committee, Greater Watertown and North Country Chamber of Commerce, Membership committee, Association of the United States Army (Fort Drum chapter), Past board member & president, Thousand Islands Area Habitat for Humanity.
	Rebecca Seib, Ph.D. candidate (Beverly, Massachusetts). MS in Community Economic Development, Southern New Hampshire University; graduate coursework, Penn State University; BA in Anthropology, University of Illinois; professional certificates: Economic Development Financial Professional (NeighborWorks), and Indirect Cost Analysis, (US Department of Labor). Community Economic Development Specialist, Rural Initiative and Community Economic Development, NeighborWorks® America. Responsible for research and implementation of regional community economic development strategies that strengthen rural communities. Formerly, research consultant, International Funders for Indigenous Peoples, Fredericksburg, VA; and  Associate Director of Grantmaking, First Nations Development Institute, Fredericksburg, VA. Rebecca has presented and written on issues and evaluation of programs serving indigenous peoples. Research Associate, Applied Research Center. Research interests in the economic development of indigenous peoples.
	Sanjeev Sharma, Ph.D. student (Nepal; residing in Hooksett, New Hampshire). MBA, School of Business, SNHU; MS in International Community Economic Development, SNHU. Senior Program Assistant, Microenterprise and Development Institute, School of CED, SNHU. Formerly, Manager, Applied Research Center, SNHU; and Program Consultant, Higher Secondary Education Board, Kathmandu, Nepal.
	Davaasuren Sodnomdarjaa, Ph.D. student (Mongolia; residing in Maryland). MA in Development Economics (first honors), University of Manchester (England); MS in Economics & Sociology (honors), National University of Mongolia. In Mongolia she was Director, Microfinance Management Office; Coordinator, Sustainable Livelihoods Project (both funded by the World Bank); consultant, National Poverty Alleviation Program, Government of Mongolia & World Bank. Lecturer, Economics Department, National University of Mongolia. Research: Economic Development Concepts, Government of Mongolia; National Economic Security of Mongolia, Asian Development Bank. Author: Economic Development, Intermediate Microeconomics (textbooks), Inequality in a Transitioning Economy (chapter in Economy: Theory and Practice. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Association of Economic Education). Research interests in economic development, income distribution & poverty. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, United Way community indicators study.
	Karen Song, Ph.D. student (South Sutton, New Hampshire). MA in Political Science, State University of New York at Albany; BA in Human Studies, Bradford College, Massachusetts. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, study of Weed & Seed national best practices. Formerly, Staff Development Coordinator, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord.
	Victor Vasquez,  Ph.D. student (Washington State). MPA Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; BS with honors University of Oregon. Former Deputy Administrator of Rural Development, US Department of Agriculture, where he worked in the creation of Rural Empowerment Zones, and Enterprise Communities. Victor started as a laborer and went to school on the GI Bill. He has worked in employment opportunity, business development, public policy, and management of rural development projects. Research Assistant, Applied Research Center, study of the national Latino Diaspora. Research interest in the effects of regional population growth and available business supports on Latino small business development and economic impact on the Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon and Washington).
	Peggy Wright, Ph.D. student. Bio pending.