Class Of 2007 - The Institute For Responsible Citizenship

ROBERT BLAND

Williams College
Robert Bland, a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, majored in History with a concentration in International Studies at Williams College. While there, he was a writing tutor and served as a Residential Advisor to freshman. During the summer of 2005, Robert worked in Nairobi, Kenya with Save Africa’s Children to help open an educational facility for children orphaned by AIDS. After completing two years as a Mississippi Teaching fellow, Rob is enrolled in a PhD program in History at the University of Maryland.

JAY L. FINCH

Villanova University
Jay Finch, a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and a Cleveland Boys Hope Girls Hope Scholar, received his Bachelor of Arts in the Villanova University Honors Program. His campus activities included being the Founder and President of the Villanova Debate Society, Communication Director for the Black Cultural Society, Student Chief of Operations at the National Hispanic Institute, and Assistant for the Center for Responsible Leadership and Governance. Jay currently works for Goldman Sachs in New York. As an Institute scholar, Jay interned at the World Bank.

CALVIN J. HADLEY

Howard University
Calvin Hadley double-majored in Political Science and Afro-American Studies in the Howard University Honors Program. He was a Howard University Trustee Scholar, United States Achievement Academy Collegiate All-American Scholar, and member of the Charles R. Drew Honor Society. His campus activities included being a member of the NAACP Howard University Chapter and serving as university student ambassador. During the fall of his freshman year, Calvin studied abroad in Paris and then studied in Ghana during the summer of 2005. He aspires to start his own NGO. After graduating from Howard in 2008, Calvin spent a year in Senegal as an English teacher. He is now completing his master’s degree at the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at New York University. In Calvin’s first summer with the Institute, he interned for the United States Department of Labor. In 2007, he interned for Africare. Calvin returned to the Institute for a third summer in 2008 to serve as a summer fellow.

ANTHONY L. HARBOUR, JR.

University of California—Berkeley
Anthony Harbour graduated with a degree in Political Science and African American Studies, with a concentration of images in the media, at the University of California—Berkeley. To support his education, Anthony worked as both a peer advisor in the Berkeley Career Center and financial coordinator in the African American Student Development Office. He also volunteered his time as a staff writer for Onyx Express, which is the only black run publication on the Berkeley campus. Anthony has interned for a public relations firm in New York City and as a publicist for Focus Films in San Francisco. In 2006, Anthony interned at NBC News. The following summer, he interned at the production company Video/Action, where he accepted a job offer soon afterwards. In 2009, Anthony served the local DC community as the relations coordinator for Food and Friends, a non-profit organization that prepares and delivers food to people with life challenging illnesses. He currently participates in the Coro Fellows Program in Pittsburgh.

JOHN D. HARPER

Oberlin College
John Harper received degrees in African American Studies and Vocal Performance at Oberlin College. John has performed both nationally and internationally in such productions as Snapshots with acclaimed Broadway director Kenny Leon (Atlanta, GA), The Magic Flute with the Rome Festival Opera (Rome, Italy), and Little Women with the Oberlin Opera Theater (Oberlin, OH). Outside of the arts arena, he worked to support the students of color initiative on Oberlin’s campus as co-founder of the Admissions Student Advisory Council, a group aimed at increasing minority student recruitment and enrollment at Oberlin. John aspires to become a professional opera singer and one day hopes to open an arts-based community school to support underserved communities across the country. He now works at a charter school in Cleveland while preparing to attend a graduate program in Vocal Performance. During his first year as an Institute scholar, John interned at the National Endowment of the Arts. In the summer of 2007, he interned at the Arc in Washington, DC. John returned to Washington the following year to assume the role of Institute summer fellow.

JULIAN HILL

Northwestern University
Julian Hill majored in philosophy at Northwestern University, where he was a Gardner-Exum Scholar, D.C. Alumni Club Scholar, Honors Society member, and the Lincoln Laureate. While at Northwestern, Julian was President of the Black Student Alliance (FMO), the first Student Director on the Northwestern University Alumni Association’s Board of Directors, and a Resident Assistant. He studied abroad in Spain during his junior year. During the Institute, he interned with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor and with the Georgetown Law Center’s Criminal Justice Clinic. In 2014, he will graduate with a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

STEFAN LALLINGER

Brown University
Stefan Lallinger graduated from Brown University with majors in Political Science and Development Studies in 2008 and received a Masters degree with distinction in History from the University of New Orleans in 2011. While at the Institute, he interned at the Polaris Project and the Office of then-Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware. Stefan joined Teach for America in New Orleans in 2008, forgoing Medical School at Brown University. He is currently the Principal of Langston Hughes Academy, a public school in the Gentilly area of New Orleans, LA.

JAMES A. NORTEY, II

Baylor University
James Nortey studied Philosophy and Criminal Justice at Baylor University’s Honors College, where he earned the distinction for being on the Dean’s List every semester. He worked as a senior community leader (residential advisor) and was a Sunday school leader. He was the Chief Justice of the Student Court, an assistant head delegate of the Model United Nations, and earned an Everyday Hero award at Baylor. Though James’ parents are from Ghana, he was born in Dallas, Texas and is a lifetime resident of the state. He is currently enrolled in his final year at Harvard Law School. He one day hopes to become a Supreme Court Justice. During his first summer at the Institute, James interned at Friedman Billings Ramsey Group. He then interned at the FBI Office of Law Enforcement Coordination the following summer.

Chuck Redmond

University of South Carolina
Chuck Redmond has earned a 4.0 GPA as an International Business major at the University of South Carolina. Last summer he interned at Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina. He hopes to pursue a career that combines his interests in business and law. His hometown is Greer, South Carolina.

DEREK J. SYKES

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Derek Sykes majoredin Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was repeatedly listed on the Dean’s List. His campus activities included being president of the Black Student Movement, which is the second largest organization on campus with over 400 members. He was also an active member in the Mu Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, serving as the education chair. In the local community, Derek tutored for Chapel Hill Public Schools as part of the AVID program. Since receiving his Master of Accountancy from the University of North Carolina, Derek has accepted a position with KPMG in Washington, DC. In 2006, Derek interned at the DC Housing Authority. And during his second summer at the Institute, he interned at Ginnie Mae (Government National Mortgage Association).

DAVID E. WILFORD

La Salle University
David Wilford, a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, majored in Social Work at La Salle University. He is a youth minister at his local church and plans to be a pastor and social worker in the future. David received 1st runner-up for the National Association of Social Work BPD Fellowship program and is a member of Phi Alpha, a national social work honor society. He currently works for Delaware Hospice as a social worker and is pursuing a graduate degree in counseling. In addition to his passion for serving others, David enjoys music. He is the former director of La Salle’s gospel choir and in 2010, he appeared as a contestant and finalist on BET’s reality television show Sunday’s Best. In David’s first summer with the Institute, he interned at the United States Department of Labor in the Office for Faith-based and Community Initiatives. During the summer of 2007, he interned at the NHP Foundation.

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