Brandeis Magazine

Stacey Ann Watt, Heller MBA’20, is interim chair of the anesthesiology department at the University of Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She also serves as program director of the anesthesia residency and pediatric anesthesia fellowship; clinical professor of anesthesiology at the Jacobs School; chief of anesthesia for Kaleida Health; and site director for Oishei Children’s Hospital. Diana Filar, GSAS PhD’21, is a tenure-track assistant professor in English at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, in Kings Point, New York. Alexander Blocker, Heller MA’22, leads a statewide coalition of 24 organizations advocating for public-education funding in Virginia. He says his Heller School studies in mediation/negotiation, community organizing, project planning, and fundraising prepared him for this work. Charly Stoever, Heller MBA’22, writes, “I’ve been running my own money-coaching business for three years and traveling the world as a digital nomad. My blog and podcast, called ‘Unicorn Millionaire,’ helps first-gens learn how to invest like millionaires.”