VPAL Team

Muniba Hassan is an Associate Product Manager working on market research, learner feedback analysis, and new product development. Before joining VPAL, she worked on AdTech, network engineering, and public health research and policy. In addition to her...

Michaela Buccini is the Digital Marketing Specialist for the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, where she oversees Harvard Online's social media presence and email marketing efforts. Michaela previously worked at The Huntington, one of...

As an Instructional Design Lead, Stephanie (Steph) Wooler collaborates with faculty to create online courses for Harvard Online. Since receiving her doctorate in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard in 2012, her career in secondary and higher...

Alix Bigley is the Senior Marketing and Communications Manager for the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, managing marketing and communications efforts for VPAL and Harvard University’s centralized catalog of online courses. Previously...

Jim Casale is the Director of Marketing and Product Management at VPAL, where his team helps to research, launch, and market online courses to a global network of learners. His team owns our direct sales channels to individual learners as well as...

As Manager for Special Projects, Sarah Zeiser leads strategic and operational projects on behalf of the Vice Provost, including key communications and research initiatives. Before joining VPAL in 2022, Sarah worked as Project Manager and Special Assistant...

Martin Puchner is Byron and Anita Wien Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard, where he also founded the program in Theater, Dance, and Media. In addition to developing several online courses, he has run an annual summer school in...

As an Instructional Technologist at VPAL, Liz helps implement course content on the edX and HSBO Learning Platforms. Prior to joining VPAL, Liz worked in a variety of educational roles including working in adult education with Boston’s immigrant...

JoAnne Sweeney joined VPAL at Harvard University in 2021 as Project Manager to begin working with and providing support to teams that develop online courses. She has extensive experience with cross functional collaboration and life cycle workflow. In her...