October 11, 2017 Dear Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz: We, the students of Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon, thank you for being a model of stalwart leadership in a time of crisis. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, you took each day’s challenges in stride, assessed those issues of gravest concern, and cast politics aside. You created and used your platform to defend the rights of the vulnerable, regardless of its impact on your reputation. You provided the necessary facts of the crisis with deliberate and forthright words, forcing our nation and the world to grapple with a looming humanitarian crisis of our own making. In the midst of intense suffering you walked through San Juan’s flooded streets, handed out solar lanterns to your citizens, but most of all you comforted them. At the same time, you coordinated relief efforts, oversaw distribution of supplies, and advocated for stronger U.S. support to lift San Juan’s residents out of crisis. Rather than use your power to isolate yourself from the devastation, you chose to wade through floodwaters, a hyper-partisan U.S. government, and logistical barriers in order to save as many lives as possible. Your courageous leadership in the streets of San Juan in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria inspires our work and strengthens our resolve. Through such efforts, you faithfully embody Heinz College’s founding vision of “Educating men and women for intelligent action.” As students studying public policy, management, and information systems, we are compelled to lift our voices in solidarity with you and our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. News that most of the island may be without power until 2018 is unacceptable, and we urge Americans across the country to provide financial support to help those affected by Hurricanes Maria and Irma in the U.S. territories in the Caribbean. We firmly believe that a united response is required and any financial support we can provide these territories is critical moving forward. Heinz College students are committed to sustainable, long-term rebuilding efforts throughout the Caribbean and we look forward to engaging in a future dialogue regarding the ways in which we can be most helpful in this work. Thank you, Mayor Cruz, for being an exemplary leader whose “heart is in the work.” With our deepest respect, Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College Students & Alumni
Aatir Siddique
Clayton Oeth
Kathryn MacAulay
Rashmi Singh
Abdullah Khan
Colleen Cadman
Kunal Kumar Gupta
Raunak Jodhawat
Ada Tso
Dan Hoyt
Kunal Mathur
Rebekah Geiselman
Adelina Chavez
Daniel Dowdy
Lauren Renaud
Rehana Mohammed
Aderin Falana
Daniel Menges
Lauren Saunders
Robert Burack
Aiswariya Raja
Darshan Mohan
Leo Ip
Robert Santamaria
David Guyott
Libby Mucciarone
Rod Gingrich
Alejandra Salazar
Prasanna Kumar
David Mitre Becerril
Lilli Kashef Hamadani
Rodolfo Scannone
Alex Romoff
Dyvonne Body
Lina Osorio
Rondell Magic
Alex S. Sandoval
Eileen Patten
Linda Kuster
Alfredo Trejo III
Ela Sehic
Lucy Daynes
Ali Siegel
Elisha-Kim
Mahesh Kumar
Alvaro Gonzalez
Velazquez
Mallory Nobles
Sara Elaine Jackson
Amanda Coston
Emily Bippus
Marc Rosenberg
Sarah B Weber
Amanda Johnson
Emily M. Snoek
Maria Fernanda
Sarah Pesi
Andre Akeem Simon
Emily Wazlak
Montiel
Shidong Li
Andres Felipe
Emma Northcott
Maria L. Ibarra
Shirley Li
Salcedo Noguera
Desmangles
Jordan Salvador Ayala
Erin Kucic
Rodriguez
Skye 'Aulani
Andrew Lewis
Erin Persson
Mary Ellen Benedict
Cardenas
Andrew Wasser
Erin Welch
Matt Crespi
Sonya Acosta
Annie Julian
Eugene Leventhal
Matthew Rogotzke
Stefan Hermanek
Apoorva Reddy
Felix Tettey
Mayo Sonko
Stephen Xie
Franz Wayne Rivera
Meeti D Purani
Subhankar Sett
Arslan Aziz
Gilbert Resendez
Meghan Clark
Tania Taloute
Athena Motavvef
Grace Luetmer
Meghna Jani
Thomas Coughlin
Athena Motavvef
Gursmeep Hundal
Melissa Hannequin
Tiffany Taulton
Bailey Brents
Hardik Gupta
Michaela Webster
Bao Le
Imane Fahli
Monica Annette
Beth Beyer
J. Alexander Killion
Anthony
Tirna Singh
Bradley Nosse
Jackie Speedy
Nadine Fares
Tobie Irvine
Brandon McComas
Jafar Haider
Nanda Firdaus
Tony Bae
Briana Elzey
James Reid
Yasmar
Tushar Gabhane
Carina Carbetta
Jason Griess
Natalie Crofts
Urmi Sengupta
Caroline Johnson-
Jennifer Knippenberg
Ngani Ndimbie
Varun Joshi
Neelapu
Hall
Antilles Elem ’84-‘87 Tina Yankovich
Jenny Keyt
Nicholas Chubb
Victoria Zuber
Chanelle Labash
Jessica Mardo
Nicole Gans
Xi Wang
Chelsea Jones
Jessica Young
Nikki Smith
Yoshio Kainosho
Cheryl Rozinski
Jimmy McHugh
Nurlaili Fajriyah
Yun Meng
Chris Bell
Joel Rubin
Olivia Green
Zachary Tillman
Chris Worley
Jorge Solera Camino
Owen Stevenson
Christian Spivey
Jose Eduardo Oros
Pratomo
Christie Joesbury
Chavarria
Soerjosaputro
Claire Capshew
Joseph Marren
Qinqi Dai
Clarissa Paz
Juan Lopez
Rachmat Fathoni
