Faculty Directory

Beth Boland is former chair of the firm’s Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice and the vice chair of the firm's ESG practice. Named one of the "Most Influential Bostonians" by Boston Magazine, Beth was recently inducted into the inaugural class of the Massachusetts Lawyers Hall of Fame. Beth regularly represents corporations in connection with insider trading issues, Ponzi schemes, accounting fraud, corporate control issues, derivative actions and SEC and Attorney General investigations. Beth is the Chair of the New England Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors; she advises corporate boards and leads internal investigations and the defense of…

Meaghan Boyd is a partner in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird. She defends companies in complex environmental and toxic tort litigation in federal and state courts, and advises clients on compliance and enforcement matters involving many federal environmental statutes, including CERCLA, the Clean Water Act, and RCRA, and their state counterparts, as well as hazardous materials transportation regulations.  Meaghan has been recognized by a number of publications as a leading environmental litigator, including Law360, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Best Lawyers in America, The Daily Report, and Georgia Super Lawyers. Meaghan was also honored as Alston &…

Janis Breeze is an Epidemiologist in the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Center at Tufts Medical Center,and Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. She received her Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and her Bachelor’s degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Tufts, she worked as Manager of Scientific Programs at the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and was a Research Associate at Harvard Medical School. Ms. Breeze has worked in the academic research setting as…

Kathy L. Brenner is a writing consultant at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, working with graduate and doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars and researchers who are producing manuscripts for journal publication. She is also a speaker at Harvard Medical School for the Office of Postdoctoral Fellows, giving lectures, seminars, and workshops on writing; and conducting manuscript boot camps. Having lived overseas for many years, she has taught English as a Second Language to students and faculty in Indonesia and China; conducted management seminars in China for the hotel industry; and in South Korea, designed advanced business curriculum for lead…

Corey Briggs has more than 40+ years’ experience assisting clients from the private and public sector in resolving their most challenging technical and management problems related to industrial hygiene and employee workplace exposures; occupational health; personal and equipment safety; indoor environmental quality (i.e., mold); and occupational health and safety regulatory compliance. He has led or participated in more than 500 domestic and international regulatory compliance audits and reviews, due diligence assessments, facility inspections and management systems assessments. He has provided consulting services to industries such as aerospace, specialty chemical, oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, utilities, manufacturing, pulp and paper, financial…

Piia Brown, has over 20 years’ experience working with academic institutions, non-profits, corporations, and local, state, and federal public health programs. Her past roles include Medicaid Chief of Quality for the Louisiana Department of Health, Chief of Perinatal and Infant Health at the Washington DC Department of Health, Senior Program Manager at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Program Analyst for the Metro Nashville/Davidson County Public Health Department, and adjunct faculty for George Mason University and Lamar University. She is currently the principal consultant for Ph Solutions, a boutique public health consulting firm, and adjunct faculty for the Leadership Development…

John Brownstein is an epidemiologist and senior leader at Boston Children's Hospital, currently serving as both Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer. He also holds a professorship at Harvard Medical School and is a Medical Contributor at ABC News. In addition to his current roles, John has a background in entrepreneurship, having co-founded Circulation, Inc. (acquired by Modivcare) and Epidemico (acquired by Booz Allen Hamilton), and has served as a healthcare advisor to Uber. 

Senior Business Development Executive at Terracon | AI Thought Leader | Global Adventurer Ian Bunker is a business strategist and national AI presenter, helping industries harness artificial intelligence to drive smarter decisions and operational efficiency. As a Senior Business Development Executive at Terracon, he brings innovation, technology, and communication together to streamline complex projects and deliver real results. Ian has presented to Fortune 500 companies, multiple national conferences, and industry leaders, turning AI from a futuristic buzzword into practical strategies that drive impact. His presentations cut through the noise, making AI accessible, ethical, and immediately useful for organizations looking to stay ahead…

Manuel Castillo-Angeles, MD, MPH is a research fellow at the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. At the Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care, both his quantitative and qualitative research focuses on long-term outcomes of emergency general surgery and trauma surgery, and surgical education. After Manuel received his medical training at Cayetano Heredia University in Peru, he completed a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Prior to joining the BWH, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of…