Larry Handerhan *12 SPIA
Leader, Connector, Optimist
Assistant Secretary for Programs at the Maryland Department of Human Services
Larry Handerhan *12 currently serves as the Assistant Secretary for Programs at the Maryland Department of Human Services. He has spent the past 15 years helping government organizations run better, including stints at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, the D.C. Department of Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He is a proud alumnus of the Presidential Management Fellowship program and AmeriCorps. As an MPA student at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), he was co-chair of the student government and he currently serves on the SPIA Advisory Council. He received a bachelor’s degree from Bates College and lives in DC’s LeDroit Park neighborhood with his husband, Donnelly McDowell ’06.