Stefany Shaheen (click for Bio)

Senior Advisor to SELA

Stefany Shaheen is a Senior Advisor to the State Early Learning Alliance (SELA), a ground-breaking initiative of Early Learning NH.    

Shaheen is an advocate, entrepreneur and business leader. She co-founded and is currently President of Good Measures, LLC, a Boston-based company that is revolutionizing the delivery of chronic care management. The Company was awarded a suite of patents by the U.S Patent Office and Shaheen is a named inventor. She was inspired to launch Good Measures following her eldest daughter's diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes and has dedicated herself to making life better for people living with chronic conditions.

Shaheen authored a New York Times bestseller, Elle & Coach, about the experience of parenting a child with Type 1 diabetes. This also led Shaheen to serve on the Board of Trustees for Joslin Diabetes Center, the world’s preeminent diabetes research, clinical care and education organization. She is currently the Vice Chair and on the Board’s Executive Committee. Shaheen was the National Chair of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Children’s Congress and served on the International Board’s Research and Advocacy Committee.

Shaheen has a successful track record of building powerful partnerships between private, public and independent sectors. She recently led the development of and launched a multimillion-dollar project to manufacture insulin-producing beta cells at scale. This reliable cell source will enable research and accelerate approval of regenerative therapies.

Shaheen is a leader in the public sector at the local, state and national levels. She served on the Portsmouth New Hampshire City Council and was recently elected to serve on the Police Commission, receiving the most votes for any office in the City’s history. After one year, Shaheen was nominated by and voted in as Chair of the Police Commission. New Hampshire Governor Lynch appointed her to serve and she became Chair of the State’s Commission on the Status of Women where she transitioned the organization from an unfunded state agency to a vibrant non-profit by merging four related entities. She is also a key spokesperson for Jeanne Shaheen who became the first woman in American history to serve as both a Governor and U.S. Senator.

A graduate of MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Shaheen was also a student delegate to the International Academy of Achievement and was recommended for a Fulbright Scholarship. Upon completion of graduate school, she also served as a researcher at Harvard Business School.

Shaheen and her husband live in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with their four children.