Alumni Updates: DoorDash, Americans for Prosperity and UNICEF
Alumnus ’09 heads up DoorDash sustainability initiative in SF
David Kastelman ’09 has co-authored an article on DoorDash’s sustainability initiative! https://blog.doordash.com/introducing-project-dash-bbc61ac0cb8c
Kastelman is business operations manager for DoorDash’s San Francisco operation and is a member of the Aquilones, a group of Harker students who attended the G8 conference in Wismar, Germany, who were featured in a retrospective in the summer 2018 issue of Harker Magazine (page 48) https://issuu.com/theharkerschool/docs/harker_magazine_summer_2018
Graduate joins conservative political advocacy group in Washington, D.C.
Tyler Koteskey ‘11 began working for Americans for Prosperity, founded by brothers David and Charles Koch.
“Americans for Prosperity works to recruit, educate and mobilize citizens nationwide to support policies advancing a free and open society of mutual benefit,” Koteskey said. “I’m joining AFP’s headquarters policy team as an analyst focused primarily on foreign policy and criminal justice reform, where I’ll help translate the organization’s broader vision into practical policy stances that advance it. I’ve enjoyed politics since my time at Harker and it’s fulfilling to go into an office every morning to advance what I believe in.”
The organization was founded in 2004 and is a libertarian/conservative political advocacy group, according to Wikipedia. “As the Koch brothers’ primary political advocacy group, it is one of the most influential American conservative organizations,” the website notes.
Sonia Rastogi ’05 forges ahead with UNICEF work
Sonia Rastogi ’05 was noted in a post by the Taipei American School. She works for UNICEF supporting communities, especially women and girls, affected by crises, here is her bio from their website https://lnkd.in/e4_8KEs
“Sonia Rastogi serves as the GBV Guidelines Information Management Specialist. She is a gender-based violence and public health practitioner with expertise implementing and coordinating GBV, WASH, Education, Livelihoods and Youth programming in complex emergency settings. Most recently, Sonia served as the Head of Office in Bentiu, South Sudan with Mercy Corps. She is committed to developing evidence-based, accountable and intersectional programs and policies for people most affected by crisis. Prior to working in the humanitarian sector, Sonia advocated for policies and programs at the U.S. local, state and national level for women and girls living with HIV. She holds a Master in Public Health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.”
Very nice post by the Taipei American School https://www.tas.edu.tw/fs/pages/news?post=sonia-rastogi-visits-tas-in-september-20180810
Such a pleasure to see another alumna working for the greater good!
We love to hear what our alumni are doing, be it family, work or play! Send your alumni updates to news@harker.org, and don’t forget to include a photo! We’ll also include notices in the Class Notes section of Harker Magazine.
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