Brandeis Magazine

Devorah (Kessner) Bader received a master’s in library and information science from San José State University in May. Michael S. Chase is U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for China. Daphna Nissanoff-Gerendash is program manager at the Change Reaction, which seeks to uplift the Los Angeles community by building connections between working people, social workers and donors. Monica Roberts is the executive director at City Year Greater Boston, an education nonprofit that recruits young adults for a year of service in public schools. Formerly, she was the Boston Public Schools’ chief of family engagement and community advancement.