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Amherst Alumni in the Field : People's Pint
When Alden Booth ’83, P’12 and Lissa Greenough ’83, P’12 opened beloved brewpub The People’s Pint in Greenfield more than 20 years ago, area farmers weren’t accustomed to selling directly to restaurants.
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Flexible Article - Featured Profiles - 02/15/2016
Lisa Osofsky ’83
United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office DirectorAs director of the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office leads a team of about 450 lawyers, accountants, digital forensics experts and others as they investigate and prosecute a select number of major economic crimes.
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David Kirp ’65
Author and professor of public policy at the University of California, BerkeleyAs author of 17 books, as well as articles and op-ed pieces, David Kirp has explored all facets of educational policy, including issues of equity and the ways in which colleges fail to graduate enough students.
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Eva Gladek ’05
Founder and CEO of MetabolicEva Gladek ’05 believes human cities and industries should work the same way. Metabolic, the business she founded in the Netherlands in 2012, promotes innovation toward a circular economy, “broadly defined as an economy that is waste-free and regenerative by design.”
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Laura Moser ’99
Author, journalist and founder of Daily ActionLaura Moser ’99 launched Daily Action in 2016, a service that texts subscribers each day with a simple, strategic political action they can take, such as calling their senator or sharing an informative video.
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