Professional distinction. Strong social conviction. Our alumni form a network of more than 16,000 achievers all over the world. About 60 percent of these scholars remain in Columbia’s backyard (the greater New York area), ready and available to offer mentoring and job referrals to our students.
Our Alumni are directors and leaders of social work agencies and institutions throughout the nation and the world, deans of other schools of social work and citizens focused on bettering their world.
Some of our more distinguished alumni include:
- Denise Colon-Greenaway (’95), special assistant to New York City administrative judge and special counsel for Interdisciplinary Court Based Programs. Administers the Guardian Ad Litem Program, the only program in the nation designed to assist developmentally delayed and physically impaired adults.
- Herman Stein (’41, ’58 D.S.W.), former dean and provost at Case Western Reserve University. Senior adviser at UNICEF for eight years. Consultant to UN Division of Social Development and other UN agencies. Awards received include the Katherine A. Kendall Award of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, the CSWE Significant Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NASW Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Gail Nayowith (’81), executive director of the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, also serves on an independent panel developing long-range policy on how New York City deals with homeless families.