Amherst at 200: Celebrating Mind, Heart, and Community Podcast
1) 14 | Bill Ford
Former Amherst trustee Bill Ford ’83 is CEO of General Atlantic, a private equity firm that is based in New York but active around the globe in the climate, consumer, life sciences, healthcare, and te...Show More
2) 13 | Rebecca Segal
Rebecca Segal ’18 was a transfer student, a neuroscience major and Amherst’s first U.S. Army ROTC member in 24 years. Now she’s a field artillery officer and a first lieutenant. In this interview with...Show More
3) 12 | Fede and Ale Sucre
Federico and Alejandro Sucre are twin brothers who grew up in Caracas, Venezuela; attended high school in New Mexico and Wales, respectively; and then both enrolled in Amherst’s class of 2013. They co...Show More
4) 11 | Rosanne Haggerty
President Biddy Martin speaks with Rosanne Haggerty ’82, former Amherst trustee and current president and CEO of Community Solutions, about how the organization strives toward a lasting end to homeles...Show More
5) 10 | Kirk Johnson
Kirk Johnson ’82 is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He digs deep into his passion for paleontology and geology, as well as his memories of...Show More
6) 9 | Meron Hirpa
Dr. Meron Hirpa ’11 is a physician focused on public health and health equity in Cincinnati and Ethiopia. She recalls bidding an emotional farewell to her family and enrolling at Amherst as a first-ge...Show More
7) 8 | Bill Pritchard
While still an undergraduate, William H. Pritchard ’53 “decided that there was nothing in the world that I would rather do than come back and teach at Amherst”—and that’s exactly what he did. Pritchar...Show More
8) 7 | Chris Lehane
Chris Lehane ’90 is currently a global policy and communications executive at Airbnb and previously served as special assistant counsel in the Clinton White House. As a college student, he got the cha...Show More
9) 6 | Christine Croasdaile
Now a J.D./M.B.A. candidate at Howard University, Christine Ayanna Croasdaile ’17 looks back to her many activities at Amherst: majoring in Black studies and Spanish, engaging with Black and Caribbean...Show More
10) 5 | Pat Fitzgerald
As a federal prosecutor, Pat Fitzgerald ’82 has worked on multiple high-profile legal cases, including those related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Ea...Show More