Ashley Judd is one of those relatively low-key stars that I enjoy. She seems to have settled into a relatively quiet life in Tennessee with her husband, race car driver Dario Franchitti. And Ashley’s got goals bigger than the occasional film role. She was just accepted into a master’s program at Harvard’s Kennedy School, aimed at “mid-career professionals.”
Congrats to Ashley Judd, who somehow manages to be an Angelina Jolie-style without making a scene of it, Angelina Jolie-style. The actress has enrolled in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) program. The MC/MPA is designed to “increase the knowledge and skills of well established, high-performing professionals, who seek to enhance their public service careers or to move from the private sector to a leadership position in either the public or non-profit sectors.”
Former program graduates include Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Ashley Judd may not be elected valedictorian, but her classmates will definitely vote her “Easiest Name to Pronounce.”
[From Evil Beet]
I wonder what she’s planning on doing with this degree? According to Wikipedia, Ashley has a long history of being involved with charitable causes. They noted that she’s the “Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS, an education and prevention program of the international NGO Population Services International (PSI), promoting AIDS prevention and treatment.” Perhaps Ashley wants to take on a bigger role in the non-profit sector. It’s definitely an unusual route for an actress to take, and I’m excited to learn what her ultimate goal is.
Here’s Ashley attending the wedding ceremony of Salma Hayek and Francois Henry Pinault in Venice on April 25th. Images thanks to INF Photo.
