![]() ![]() As a connecter of clients and faculty, I was able to observe the transformative learning power that connections with the HBS community can have on the problems that health care leaders are trying to solve. As a portfolio director for the Custom Programs Executive Education team I had a front-row seat to the challenges and opportunities faced by clients working in health care delivery, life sciences, and medical device technology. Over the last seven years, I had the tremendous opportunity to witness the impact that HBS’s intellectual capital can have on leaders in a variety of sectors, including health care. What’s a highlight from your career here at HBS? In doing so, I was able to study the research and teaching of many of HBS’s leading experts and incorporate that knowledge into my educational programs. This role required me to develop a well-informed point of view of how the resources that I control might benefit the needs of my clients and students. I moved to HBS to work in Executive Education, where I had the chance to collaborate extensively with faculty and staff to design custom programs that connect the School’s research with the adult learning needs of non-profit and corporate clients. First as a student at the Graduate School of Education, then leading student-facing social change programs for the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), and finally at HBS. I have been at Harvard for more than 15 years. The importance of playing an active role in the success of my community was modeled for me throughout my childhood, and has played a strong role in my sense of duty as an adult. I was a member of my student council, a summer camp counselor, an organizer of blood drives, and very active in persuading New Hampshire legislators to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Their passion for service and neighborly generosity took root in me. Their honeymoon was spent as Peace Corps volunteers in Sierra Leone they started a community gardening project in my hometown of Plymouth, NH, which was profiled on WGBH’s The Victory Garden, despite already having an acre of vegetables growing at home they both worked as teachers and counselors and remain very active in their church. ![]() My parents have modeled the importance of civic engagement and collective impact for as long as I can remember-even before I was born. Along the way, I have discovered that I have a passion for building programs that maximize the impact of the Harvard community. I’ve followed a path in and out of various roles in support of education for all ages, from early education to adult learners. I have spent my career working in the non profit, government, and higher education sectors. Please share your condolences, messages, stories and sign an online guest book at caught up with Harvard Business School’s new director for the Health Care Initiative (HCI) to learn more about her background, career highlights, and new role. The Baker-Gagne Funeral Homes and Cremation Service is assisting the family with the arrangements. Visitation Saturday October 5, 9-11 AM at the Baker-Gagne Funeral Home, 85 Mill St., Wolfeboro followed by a graveside service in Townhouse Cemetery, Tuftonboro. Besides his parent he is survived by a brother Keith Gravlin of Epping, and a sister Ariana Gravlin of Epping, step-brothers Michael, Thomas, Scott, John and a step sister Christine cousins Corey, Ryan and Dan and many relatives and friends. Casey is a graduate of Kingswood High School and he worked as a chef at the Wolfeboro Inn for several years. Born in Cambridge, MA son of Susan (Carmichael), the late Stephen Newton, step Mother Nancy Newton and his birth mother Tracey D’Amico-Gravlin, he grew up in Stoughton, MA and moved to Wolfeboro in 2004. Newton, 28 formerly of North Main St., Wolfeboro passed Sept.
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