Alumni Outcomes

Program alumna Gretchen Gasteier, left, at a fundraising event at Whitman-Walker Clinic with LGBT rights advocate Peter Rosenstein

The Graduate Certificate in LGBT Health Policy and Practice complements a variety of professional and educational goals. Our alumni have gone on to win awards for their contributions to the LGBT community, and they enhance their workplaces and communities as executives, organizers, health care workers and much more.

Select Notable Alumni

Dr. Ntlotleng Mabena, ’18, visionary women’s health and rights activist and medical doctor from South Africa.
Adrian Shanker, ’17, founder and executive director, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, and award-winning activist and organizer.

Kelli Selwyn, ’17, recipient of the Early Career Award from the American Public Health Association
Chris Obermeyer, ’15, HIV biomedical prevention advisor, USAID
Nicholas Grant, ’14, president-elect, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, and clinical psychologist, U.S. Navy

"I developed unique expertise, built relationships with colleagues and found opportunities to test new projects before implementing them in my organization. This program was immensely helpful."

Adrian Shanker
Certificate '17; Founder, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center

Recent Alumni Employers

Alliance for Public Health
Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Center for LGBT Evidence-Based Applied Research
Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, Boston Medical Center
Colorado State University
Eris Enterprise Consulting
Garnering Change Psychotherapy
Florida Gulf Coast University

National Minority AIDS Council
Peace Corps
Susan B. Anthony Center, University of Rochester
Therapy Group of DC
University of Florida Student Health Care Center
University of Pennsylvania Health System
University of the Philippines
USAID
Whitman-Walker Health

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"The LGBT Program has given me the health background and expertise necessary to examine and revise health curricula and standards to ensure they are relevant and taught appropriately to reduce the health disparities LGBTQ youth experience. ... This is a tangible success as I fight to ensure LGBTQ youth receive the health education they so desperately need and deserve!"

Chris Obermeyer
Certificate '14