From time to time, we ask Williams College alumni who majored in economics or political economy to tell us about what they’ve been up to recently, and in many cases we ask them to reflect on how their undergraduate experience helped to get them where they are today and to do their jobs better. We’ve assembled these into “alumni profiles,” and provide links to them below. Our hope is that this will help current and prospective students get a better sense for the wide range of things one can go on to do with a major in economics or political economy, and the various ways that these majors, and a liberal arts education more generally, can serve one well in a subsequent career. Many of the alumni below have moved on to new things since these profiles were written, but we think these snapshots from particular times in their lives will still be helpful to students who want to learn more about what one can do with an economics or political economy major.
Alumni Profiles as of 2018-2019
- Celeste Berg, Class of 2013, Performance Analyst at San Francisco Controller’s Office
- Roosevelt Bowman, Class of 1999, Head of Foreign Exchange Trading and Strategy at MetLife
- Peter Christiani, Class of 2013, Analyst at Red Bull, MBA Student at University of Michigan
- Tracy Heilman, Class of 1988, independent consultant
- Amanda Huey, Class of 2010, physician in internal medicine at Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor
- Bill Spriggs, Class of 1977, economics professor, and Chief Economist for AFL-CIO
- Lisa Tenerowicz, Class of 1988, attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, Boston University
Alumni Profiles as of 2015-2016
- David Bilik, Class of 1994, equity analyst at a money management firm
- Julia Brown, Class of 2005, Initiative Manager at Innovations for Poverty Action, an international research non-profit that seeks to discover and promote effective solutions to global poverty
- Jennifer Doleac, Class of 2003, economics professor researching crime and discrimination
- Rebecca Foster, Class of 1992, homemaker, program evaluator, international development professional, contemplative practice teacher in prisons
- Al Funk, Class of 1992, director of software product development
- Yvonne Hao, Class of 1995, Operating Partner in North American Private Equity group at Bain Capital
- Emmanuel Holowatz, Class of 2004, Budget Analyst at US Department of Energy
- David Kensinger, Class of 1993, has worked in political campaigns, public service, and own lobbying firm
- Mike Kirwan, Class of 2008, manages portfolio of grants to anti-poverty programs at the Robin Hood Foundation
- Ben Locke, Class of 2006, Head of Analytics and Measurement Team at TripAdvisor
- Christopher Miller, Class of 1990, software tester for Epic, a healthcare software company
- Tseli Mohammed, Class of 2006, worked for a public health consulting firm, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and as an English teacher in Ecuador
- Drew Newman, Class of 2004, Chief of Staff at Single Stop, a national anti-poverty non-profit organization
- Karen Olson Diehl, Class of 2007, Director of Strategy, International Consumer Markets, Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Diego Ontaneda Benavides, Class of 2011, worked in strategy consulting in San Francisco, and then worked on strategic initiatives at an education non-profit in Johannesburg
- Felix Owusu, Class of 2011, public policy researcher, doctoral student in public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
- Jen Sleeper, Class of 2007, manager at The Walt Disney Company
- Kasia Sullivan Horner, Class of 1996, works in sports marketing at The Coca-Cola Company
- Mike Tae, Class of 1997, corporate executive at MicroStrategy, a business analytics software company
- Fumi Tosu, Class of 2001, works for the United Nations World Food Program
- Dean Weesner, Class of 2011, data scientist at Uber