Breaking the Mold: A Conference on Careers for the Common Good

Comissioner at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

 

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Angela C. McConney has held positions with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for more than two decades. She was appointed a Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission, and served as an Administrative Magistrate for the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) after her service as the Commission's General McConney has been a Suffolk County prosecutor and the Chief Legal Counsel of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Criminal Justice Committee. The Massachusetts Bar Foundation (MBF) elected her as president, where she was the first president of color and served for two years. McConney is a proud member of the Dartmouth Class of 1990. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law and attended the American University in Cairo and the London Law Consortium.

Minister & Community Programs Director at the San Francisco Night Ministry

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John M. Brett (he/hym/hys) serves as Faithful & Fabulous Minister & Community Programs Director for the San Francisco Night Ministry where he has ministered in evolving capacities since 2014. At Dartmouth, John studied Spanish and Performance Studies, co-founded the Diversity Peer Advisors Program, and was a Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance Co-Chair. In his career John was the Program Director of The Gubbio Project, and previously directed a regional legal aid program in Washington State. He presently leads Drag Church each year in the Castro & is a founding contributor to the Drag & Spirituality Summit held yearly across North America. Each year John chaplains at Burning Man through Camp ReligiousAF. He's a candidate for ordination within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Senior Program Director at Enterprise Community Partners

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Jess Blanch is senior program director for Enterprise Community Partners in the Pacific Northwest market, where she provides catalytic funding and technical assistance to accelerate the development of affordable homes co-located with early learning and other community-serving facilities. Jess is a licensed architect in the state of Washington and an affiliate instructor at the University of Washington in the Department of Urban Design and Planning. She holds a master's degree in architecture from the University of Washington and a bachelor's from Dartmouth College.

Former Minnesota Commissioner of Health at the Minnesota Department of Health

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Jan Malcolm has served as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health under 3 governors: Ventura 1999-2003; Dayton 2018; Walz 2019-23. She received her BA from Dartmouth College in 1977 studying pre-med and got her Honorary Doctor of Laws from University of MN School of Public Health and her Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Saint Catherine University in 2020. Prior to being re-appointed commissioner in 2018, Jan was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, served as CEO of the Courage Center, and was VP of Public Affairs at Allina. Throughout her career she has sought to reform policies, practices, and systems to improve the health of all populations.

Assistant Director at the Emory Law Center for Public Service

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Corey Hirokawa is the Assistant Director of Emory Law's Center for Public Service, where she directs student pro bono opportunities and serves as the staff advisor to the Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC). Corey is also an adjunct professor teaching the Judicial Externship Course. She graduated from the Dartmouth class of '95, and after graduating from Emory Law in 2000, Hirokawa developed a civil litigation practice with the Atlanta firm Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, where her areas of focus included public interest and civil rights litigation, class actions, and appeals. Between leaving Bondurant in 2008 and joining Emory Law full-time in 2023, Hirokawa served as general counsel for several emerging technology companies, most recently in the recycling sector.

President & CEO at the Bridge Homeless Recovery Center

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Dr. David Woody, III, has served on The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center campus for nine years.  First, as Chief Services Officer, and then as President and CEO since 2018. He earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Dartmouth College, an M.S.W. degree from New York University School of Social Work, and a Ph.D. in Social Work and Social Policy from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a committed advocate for citizens and social planners crafting strategies to reduce the experience of poverty in our community and implementing models for treating others with dignity and respect.

Executive Director at Discovering Justice

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Director of Development & Communications at the Upper Valley Haven

Attorney at Vermont Legal Aid