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Center for Public Leadership Fellowship Programs 3

Louis Bacon Environmental Leadership Fellowship 4

Dubin Fellowship for Emerging Leaders 14

Emirates Leadership Initiative Fellowship 28

George Leadership Fellowship 40

Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship 58

Sheila C. Johnson Leadership Fellowship 70

David M. Rubenstein Fellowship 84

U.S. Latino Leadership Fellowship 120

Wexner Israel Fellowship 126

Zuckerman Fellowship 138

Index of Fellows 159

Center for Public Leadership Fellowship Programs

Student fellowship programs are at the heart of the Center for Public Leadership’s mission to forge leaders capable of solving pressing problems across the sectors of business, government, and civil society. Offering tuition support and a robust leadership development curriculum, our ten fellowship programs are magnets for attracting the world’s most promising emerging leaders and change-agents.

• Louis Bacon Environmental Leadership Fellowship: For students from the government, business, and NGO communities dedicated to preserving and enhancing our shared environment.

• Dubin Fellowship for Emerging Leaders: For students who have demonstrated the ability to thrive in the face of adversity and who are committed to forging transformative change in their communities.

• Emirates Leadership Initiative Fellowship: For student leaders from the UAE and across the Arab world pursuing advanced training in public management and leadership development.

• George Leadership Fellowship: For students pursuing joint degrees at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School in their third year who are designing their final capstone experience.

• Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship: For students who are social activists and agents of social change.

• Sheila C. Johnson Leadership Fellowship: For students dedicated to improving the lives of African-American communities in the U.S.

• David M. Rubenstein Fellowship: For first year joint degree students at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School preparing for careers in cross-sector leadership.

• U.S. Latino Leadership Fellowship: For leaders addressing disparities in Latino and underserved communities in the U.S.

• Wexner Israel Fellowship: For outstanding mid-career leaders serving in the government and public sector in Israel.

• Zuckerman Fellowship: For students who hold or are working toward degrees in business, law, or medicine to obtain a master’s degree at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, or Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to become leaders for the common good. ABOUT THE The Louis Bacon Environmental Leadership Program brings together emerging leaders LOUIS BACON from the government, business, and NGO ENVIRONMENTAL communities dedicated to preserving LEADERSHIP and enhancing our shared environment. PROGRAM Fellowships are awarded to students who have a primary focus on developing leadership abilities to impact environmental public policy and practice. Bacon Fellows receive full tuition, health insurance, and a living stipend, and are eligible for summer internship funding. The Bacon Fellowship also includes a potential slot for an academic fellow or practitioner to support and enhance the fellowship experience.

Bacon Fellows participate in a yearlong co-curricular program designed by the Center for Public Leadership (CPL) which includes weekly leadership skill-building workshops and seminars, an annual retreat, a field experience trip focused on the environment, and opportunities to connect with fellows in their own cohort and across the other fellowship programs at CPL.

The Louis Bacon Environmental Leadership Program connects fellows with highly accomplished national and international leaders, providing them with the skills to: foster sustainable environmental impact; build cross-sector partnerships to accomplish key goals; and inspire new ideas and innovative change in the policies and programs that safeguard natural resources and promote a healthy global ecosystem.

Bacon Fellows also have access to an unparalleled array of resources and scholars focused on the environment, including the Environment and Natural Resources Program at HKS, led by former director of the Massachusetts State Energy Office Henry Lee, and the Harvard University Center for the Environment, led by Professor Dan Schrag, a former member of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

4 ABOUT LOUIS BACON

Louis Bacon is a conservation philanthropist who has spent more than two decades supporting efforts to protect natural resources in the United States and abroad. Mr. Bacon is the Chairman of The Moore Charitable Foundation, Inc. (Moore Charitable), which he founded in 1992.

Moore Charitable supports conservation nonprofits that protect and preserve threatened landscapes, habitats, and water bodies. Mr. Bacon has protected more than 210,000 acres of land in perpetuity across the United States.

Mr. Bacon has received several honors including the 2010 Colorado Association of Conservation Districts’ Ranch Conservationist of the Year award, the esteemed Audubon Medal in 2013, and the Chairman’s Leadership Award from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. In addition, Mr. Bacon received the prestigious Land Trust Alliance President’s Award, the Foreign Policy Association Medal, and the 2016 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award.

Mr. Bacon is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Moore Capital Management, LP, a private investment management firm.

A native of North Carolina, Mr. Bacon earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School and holds a BA in American Literature from Middlebury College. He is a Founding Donor of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. He serves on the Board of Overseers at Columbia Business School and the Leadership Council of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School. Mr. Bacon is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Foreign Policy Association, a member of the No Labels Founders Council, and the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation.

5 LIA CATTANEO HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of Virginia, BS in Civil Climate change is the most complex, pressing Engineering and Environmental problem of my generation that affects billions Sciences with Highest Distinction, of people around the world. Solving it 2016 requires concerted research efforts and large- scale collective action. As a Washingtonian, a Truman Scholar, and the daughter of a PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS former civil servant and political appointee, Center for American Progress: I believe government is the only leader that Research Associate for Energy and can effectively evoke the change required. Environment Policy Subsequently, I have focused my career around bridging the gap between scientists, U.S. Department of Transportation engineers, and policymakers. For example, Office of the Secretary: Policy in college, I helped to persuade the University of Virginia to institute the Analyst world’s first nitrogen footprint reduction goal based on my scientific research The Earth Partners: Consultant and contributed technical analysis that formed the basis of Israel’s climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. Harry S. Truman Scholar 2015 Serving as the climate expert for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation— U.S. Synchronized Figure Skating under Presidents Obama and Trump—and as an author on the National National Champion 2017 Climate Assessment Transportation Chapter inspired me to address the role of transportation in meeting U.S. mitigation goals. We need to electrify vehicles, deploy energy-efficient trains, implement market-based strategies in the aviation sector, and use big data to reduce congestion. But what’s captivated me most is the technological transformation that is about to rock the transportation world: autonomous vehicles. This revolution threatens to undo the progress we have made to cut emissions and to bring low-cost transportation to underserved communities, but deployed correctly, it could be a major climate solution. At the Center for American Progress, I wrote primarily about how governments can foster climate- and social-justice-conscious policy to promote shared, autonomous, and electric vehicles.

Pursuing an MPP at Harvard Kennedy School will allow me to continue developing the skills necessary to advance evidence-based climate solutions, and to lead a generation of bold, thoughtful people who share my vision for a sustainable future. I am honored to join the Center for Public Leadership as a Louis Bacon Environmental Leadership Fellow, and I look forward to learning from and with my exceptional colleagues.

BACON BACON FELLOWS Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019 6 PATRICK LYNCH HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Vanderbilt University Law School, My career as a public advocate began on New JD, 2010 York’s Hudson River. As a first-year law student I interned for the Hudson Riverkeeper, the Environmental Law and Policy flagship program of the now-global Waterkeeper Annual Review: Executive Editor, Alliance. At Riverkeeper I saw how people working 2009-2010 across the fields of law, policy, science, and Cal Turner Program for Moral communications were defending the public’s right Leadership in the Professions: to clean water. Fellow, 2008-2009 During my second year, I interned for a statewide Fairfield University, BA in Economics land trust and served as a Cal Turner Fellow, and English Literature, Honors looking at moral leadership in the professions. Program with Distinction, 2005 With faculty support I also traveled to India to visit public interest attorneys and co-founded a legal education nonprofit, partnering with journalists to reach people outside academia. These experiences demonstrated how cross- PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS sector and cross-border collaboration enriches our lives and our work, a IUCN/WCPA Transboundary philosophy I packed up alongside my bags when I relocated to Chile in 2010. Conservation Group: South America Working for the last eight years in Latin America has shown me that Regional Coordinator environmental advocacy is a universal cause. It is also a matter of public World Commission on health. Climate change and associated problems like water scarcity threaten Environmental Law: Member communities in every part of the world. This is true regardless of how a particular country uses (or undermines) its environmental laws and policies. Chilean Free-Flowing Rivers Network: Member As a Bacon Fellow I will learn to communicate more effectively, lead with conviction, and serve as a beacon for others dedicating their lives to the Futaleufu Riverkeeper: International public sector. Institutions like Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Center Director, Executive Director for Public Leadership were built to envision how future leaders should approach issues like public health and the environment. At HKS I will tap Law School Transparency: Co- into the impressive talent pool, learning from faculty and peers. I will study Founder, Policy Director community engagement and civic participation, and how research can shape public policy.

Following the Fellowship, I will take these new skills and knowledge with me as I continue my public service career. This includes mentoring younger advocates so they continue the work afterwards. Finally, I will keep on forging coalitions and advocating for strong and healthy communities. Despite the occasional rhetoric to the contrary, we can achieve much more on this planet by breaking down barriers than building walls.

7 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 Founder andDirector House ofGenius SãoPaulo: Co- Consultant Sustainable Development United Nations Headquarters: Technical Advisor Secretariat: International and São Paulo State Environmental PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Maximilian University, 2011 DAAD ScholaratLudwig- Service inLatin America, 2012 Botín Foundation Fellow forPublic School, Bachelor ofLaws,2013 University ofSãoPaulo, Law ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS BACON MARTINA MÜLLER FELLOWS essential leadershipskillsfor mypublicservicecareer. are also dedicatedtopreserving theenvironment and helpingmetostrengthen is acrucialcomponentinthispath,connectingmewith emerging leaderswho public policies. The LouisBacon Environmental Leadership Fellowship atCPL analysis-related competenciesto betterplanandcarryoutenvironmental complement mylegalbackground withspecificeconomic,managerial, and I amnow pursuingaMaster inPublic Policy atHarvard Kennedy Schoolto structured projects, andassisted intheplanningofconservation strategies. Environmental Secretary, where Icoordinated internationalcooperationefforts, in thischallengeby working asCabinet Advisor totheSãoPaulo State goodwill intoactionatthenationalandlocallevel. Ihave personallyengaged Goals (SDGs).Currently, thestruggleliesintranslatingallinternational agreements inthisfield:the2030 Agendaandits Sustainable Development the United Nations inNew York tothenegotiationsof oneofthelandmark Brazilian Bar Association, Ihadtheuniqueopportunityofcontributing at After finishingmylegaldegree in Brazil in2013andbeingadmittedtothe are tobeavoided, and I amdeterminedtobepartofthistransformation. problems andpoliticalinstabilities. Action mustbesteppedupifsucheffects natural resources andmore naturaldisasters,leadingtoheightened social current scenariocanleadtoasharpdeclineinhumanwell-being, withless biodiversity loss. Apart from disastrous consequencestonature itself, the environmental challenges,inparticularrelated toclimatechangeand The worldisfacingever-increasing a career inenvironmental policymaking. personal interest intomyprofession, building For me,itwasonlylogicaltotranslate this a truepassionforconservation from earlyon. parks –experienceswhichhelpedmedevelop protect andrehabilitate springsandurban the tropical rainforest andvolunteering to was filledwith weekends spentcampingin joined theGirl Guides asakid.My childhood Nature firstsparked myenthusiasmwhenI NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile 2018-2019Book .

KATIE SEGAL HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Tufts University, BS in Biology, I decided to commit my life to environmental Political Science, and Environmental protection at age twelve, when I realized the Studies, cum laude, 2014 pollution so common in my native Los Angeles was preventable. I have since explored interests ranging from marine debris to tropical biodiversity, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and have supported environmental nonprofit, ICF Consulting – Regulatory, private, and government organizations at all Economics, Environment, and levels. For the past four years, I have had the Energy Team: Analyst opportunity to advise government agencies on a wide array of environmental policy issues Massachusetts Department of through my role as an Analyst on the Regulatory, Environmental Protection: Drinking Economics, Environment, and Energy team at ICF Water Program Intern (a consulting firm with a public policy focus). My team works with various Tufts University Office of agencies, including the U.S. EPA and the Massachusetts Department of Sustainability: Eco-Rep Program Environmental Protection (MassDEP), on topics ranging from economic Co-Coordinator analysis to vehicle electrification.

Nancy W. Anderson Award for Whether assessing fossil fuel subsidy reform options for the Vietnamese Environmental Sustainability government or analyzing contamination trends at EPA Superfund sites, each diverse perspective leads me to the same conclusion – we need more dynamic and collaborative leadership to achieve sustainable policy. We also need policy that is informed by science. At HKS, I will challenge myself to become an interdisciplinary leader working at the science-policy interface. I am eager to partner with Bacon Fellowship peers and mentors to lead environmental protection in 2018 that sustains communities in 2118.

As a Bacon Fellow, I am interested in exploring the potential for states to serve as climate innovation laboratories, something I first recognized when I supported MassDEP throughout the Global Warming Solutions Act regulatory development process. My ICF team and I helped MassDEP analyze hundreds of public comments, analyze data, and facilitate stakeholder hearings. Through this project, I became passionate about helping subnational leadership develop scalable policies reflective of the scientific urgency for action. With the support and feedback of my Bacon Fellow teammates, I will focus on honing skills in negotiation, communication, decision making, and team management. I will also seek opportunities to engage with peers working in other policy areas so that we can create collaborative, mutually beneficial solutions. As a Bacon Fellow, I hope to inspire change from the ground up.

9 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL TagBalay Foundation: President The S.E.E.D.Institute: President Acting Vice Chairperson Commissioner (Undersecretary) & Republic ofthePhilippines: Climate ChangeCommission, Philippines: President &CEO Corporation, Republic ofthe Natural Resources Development PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS laude, 2001 in Management Engineering, cum Ateneo deManila University, BS Ecology, 2013 and Technology, MScinIndustrial Norwegian University ofScience ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS BACON VERNICE FELLOWS MID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 VICTORIO cultivate thenecessarybridgesforrealization ofsuch. development andclimatechangemitigation/adaptation andtoestablish MC/MPA program, by enablingmetofurtherdevelop myideasonsustainable bigger tasksahead.Ibelieve theBacon Fellowship willgreatly complementmy to invest timeinstrengthening mypublicadministrationskillstoprepare mefor Yet, despitethehugeopportunitiesbefore me,Ihave beenadvisedby myelders corporate bodytaskedtoconserve anddevelop thecountry’s naturalresources. CEO oftheNatural Resources Development Corporation,themaingovernment This year, Iwasgiven anotherchallenge when IwasappointedasPresident/ the President. Philippines ratified the Paris Agreement, despite initial strong public objections of Vice ChairpersonoftheCommission.It wasduringmytermas Vice Chairthatthe And whenPresident Duterte cameintooffice,Iwasdesignatedasinterim Acting and onlyfemaleClimateChangeCommissionerundertheOffice ofthe President. and the Office of the President). This caused me to be appointed as the youngest assessments inthecountry(Puerto Princesa, Metro Manila, thewholePhilippines I earnedmostofmyspursafterconductingpioneeringgreenhouse gasemission by climatechange. work withfarmers,fisherfolk,andindigenouspeoplebeingthosemostaffected brought metoPalawan (country’s lastecologicalfrontier), asIwishedtodirectly planning tooltointegrateenvironmental concernsintoeconomicendeavors. It the Environmental Impact Assessment systeminthePhilippines, beingthemain systems towards such.It inspired metostreamline andreduce corruptionin deepen myunderstandingofsustainabilityandhow tocreate andredirect sustainability”) inNorway, asIwantedto studies inIndustrial Ecology (“science of This lifedirection ledmetopursuegraduate sustainable development, asmyadvocacy. resources, Ichosetheenvironment, specifically political situationrelative toitabundantnatural grim realities ofthePhilippines’ socio-economic the corporatesector. After beingfacedwiththe to publicservice,refusing attractive offers from “man forothers,”Idecidedtocommitmylife existence. Influenced by the Jesuits tobea Early inlife,Isoughtthemeaningofhuman NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile 2018-2019Book .

JENNY ZENG HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Yale University, BA in Political I grew up along Florida’s panhandle, where the Science with Distinction, magna Gulf of Mexico is simultaneously our greatest cum laude, 2013 resource and greatest threat of devastation. My hometown’s economy depends in large part on pristine beaches and clear waters. Yet, these same PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS waters generate the hurricanes that leave many New York State Governor Andrew without electricity, temporarily displaced, and Cuomo Federal Affairs Office: burdened with repair costs. As I learned about Associate Director of Federal Affairs the relationship between climate change, extreme weather, and other environmental risks, I became Amazon.com: Associate Vendor convinced that something must be done to protect Manager and keep our environment from worsening. Rise Inc.: Policy Advisor and For the past few years, I served New York State as Governor Cuomo’s lead Political Research Lead on federal environmental and agricultural issues. I gained a broad view of Sino Group: Corporate Social the politics and policy behind the state of our environmental regulatory Responsibility Intern system, and I directed political strategy on federal issues regarding air emissions, water quality and infrastructure, Hurricane Sandy recovery, clean The Women’s Campaign School energy, and more. The experience of working on a range of policy problems at Yale: Women in Government with Congressional members, federal agencies, and advocacy groups taught Fellowship Participant me to balance diverse and competing interests. Moreover, I was continually fascinated by how climate and the environment are interconnected with Richard U. Light Fellowship: other issues, including agriculture, transportation, health, economic Chinese Language Study at the development, and social justice. For example, I often noticed that opponents University of International Business to climate policies expressed concern regarding potential negative impacts & Economics in Beijing on low-income populations without acknowledging that many already suffer under the status quo. Lower-income communities—from my Florida hometown to New York and elsewhere—are disproportionately vulnerable to climate-related increasing temperatures, worsening air quality, sea level rise, and extreme weather events.

I am pursuing an MPP at Harvard Kennedy School in order to gain more skills to help me advance policies that will protect the environment and transition our world to a clean energy economy that benefits everyone. I am excited and honored to join the Center for Public Leadership as a Louis Bacon Environmental Leadership Fellow, and I look forward to learning from the other CPL fellows and developing myself as a leader.

“Being a Bacon Fellow has proven to be one of the best aspects of my life at Harvard. Over weekly evening meetings, special lectures, and cohort trips, I not only explored environmental issues in depth but also bonded with the other fellows in a way that goes far beyond the Kennedy School. The Bacon Fellowship gave me the support and guidance I need to pursue an environmental leadership path!”

Martina Müller Harvard Kennedy School Bacon Fellow MPP Candidate ABOUT THE The Dubin Program for Emerging Leaders provides generous opportunities for Harvard DUBIN PROGRAM Kennedy School (HKS) students with a FOR EMERGING demonstrated commitment to transformative LEADERS leadership for the public good. Dubin Fellows are master’s degree students at Harvard Kennedy School who have demonstrated strong character, academic excellence, the ability to thrive and lead in the face of adversity, and a commitment to making a transformative impact on the communities they serve. They are awarded a scholarship up to full tuition and health fees, and participate in an enriching co-curricular experience designed to enhance and engage their development as the next generation of public leaders.

In order to facilitate an outstanding fellowship experience and create the broadest possible impact of the program on the entire Harvard Kennedy School, the Dubin Program for Emerging Leaders also supports the following:

• Summer Internships—for both fellows and non-fellows, the program offers Summer Fellowship Grants for HKS students engaging in unpaid summer internships or research projects that relate to leadership and public service.

• Dubin Emerging Leaders Speaker Series—designed to engage both the Dubin Fellows and the broader HKS community in discussions on leadership from academics and practitioners in many disciplines, we invite speakers from around the globe to impart their leadership lessons.

• Field Experience—Dubin Leadership Field Experience trips offer HKS students the opportunity to lead a policy-focused field experience trip to examine innovative policy solutions to deep- rooted societal challenges.

14 ABOUT GLENN DUBIN

Glenn Dubin is the founder and principal of Dubin & Co., a private investment company based in New York. Mr. Dubin co-founded Highbridge Capital Management LLC, an alternative asset management company in 1992. During his tenure as CEO, Highbridge evolved from a multi-strategy hedge fund into a diversified alternative asset management institution with over $35 billion of capital under management. In 2009, Highbridge was acquired by JP Morgan Asset Management, and Mr. Dubin remained at the helm to oversee the transition—a transition considered by many to be an example of a model succession. In 2013, Mr. Dubin resigned as Chairman and CEO of Highbridge to focus on Dubin & Co. and the founding of Engineers Gate LP, a proprietary quantitative trading company. Engineers Gate, comprised of seventy-seven employees including twenty-six PhDs, has committed itself to building a next generation operating and technology platform for systematic trading strategies across global liquid markets.

In 2012, Mr. Dubin, along with a prominent group of investors, acquired Castleton Commodities International LLC (formerly Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy), a global merchant energy company active in the physical and financial commodity markets and infrastructure investing. In 2015, CCI acquired Morgan Stanley’s Global Oil Merchanting business, and the combined company now ranks as one of the world’s leading independent energy merchants. Mr. Dubin is the lead shareholder and Non-Executive Chairman of the company.

Mr. Dubin is a Founder, Board Member, and former Board Chair of the Robin Hood Foundation, a philanthropic organization in New York that applies investment principles to charitable giving. Since its founding in 1988, Robin Hood has raised and invested over $2.5 billion in the most effective poverty-fighting programs in New York City. Mr. Dubin is also a Board member of Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Museum of Modern Art and is a member of the Dean’s Executive Committee of the Harvard Kennedy School. Mr. Dubin graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook with a BA in Economics.

15 RUMANA AHMED HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE The George Washington University, I was never interested in politics, yet, amidst BA in International Affairs, the inevitable surroundings within the White Concentrations: International House, I found my niche in harnessing the Economics & Development, magna power to lift the voices of those most affected cum laude, Dean’s Honor; GW by policies and to raise awareness around Alumni Association Award, 2011 issues affecting everyday Americans. September 11, 2001 changed our world; it changed everything I wanted to be and needed to do. PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS While it ignited my passion for social and The White House, National political equality and inclusion stemming from Security Council: Senior Advisor, the discrimination and injustice I faced, I never Strategic Communications & Global imagined it leading me to stand before the Engagement President of the United States.

The White House, Office of Public For the last five and a half years, I served as an advisor for strategic Engagement: Acting Liaison & communications and public engagement throughout various White Executive Assistant House offices. Despite the challenges of being a young minority female as the only hijab-wearing woman working in the West Wing, I found an The White House, Office of opportunity to build foundations and networks that promoted inclusion Presidential Correspondence: Senior and better reflected our nation’s diversity on a range of issues. I directed Analyst initiatives across communities and sectors on a range of domestic issues U.S. Department of Commerce: including healthcare reform, STEM education for African Americans, gun Policy and Strategic Planning Intern violence prevention, and climate preparedness. After joining the National Security Council, I advised the Deputy National Security Advisor on a wide U.S. Senate, Office of Senator range of issues: the Iran Deal, some U.S.-Cuba policy changes, protection Barbara Mikulski: Foreign Policy of persecuted populations and policies affecting Muslim American Intern communities. I also worked on efforts to promote global entrepreneurship among women and youth in developing countries. West Wingers, Penguin Random House: Co-author My appointment was set to expire in the summer of 2018 yet I chose to remain a voice and resource on issues related to Cuban and Muslim National Security Council Special communities through the transition in administrations since January Act and Performance Award 2017. Eventually, reckless policy maneuvers with reverberating impacts Certificate of Congressional pushed me to move on. As I continue to speak, write, and pursue my Recognition for Public Service graduate studies as a CPL Dubin Fellow, I hope to extend my network, knowledge, and skills as a public leader, policy influencer, and advocate for empowering women, youth, and minority communities with my fellow faculty and students.

DUBIN FELLOWS Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019 16 JOSHUA BALTODANO HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of California, Berkeley, I grew up making choices based on BA in American Studies with High circumstances that presented themselves, and Honors, 2014 which were contingent upon available resources. I am the son of a Nicaraguan civil war refugee, a San Francisco Treasure Island Job former special education student, a high school Corps, 2008 dropout; I re-entered into vocational training as a Job Corps student, and most recently, have been PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS overseeing Job Corps at the federal level for the U.S. Department of Labor for the past four years. U.S. Department of Labor, Office While there were moments in my life where I felt of Job Corps: Program Manager, disempowered, a unique transformation occurred Contracting Officer Representative, when I began making conscious choices that kept Workforce Program Specialist me involved in the decision-making processes. U.S. Department of Labor: Emerging One conscious choice I made was decreasing the educational Leader Recipient achievement gap for African Americans and Latinos when I served San Francisco Juvenile Justice as Student Trustee at City College of San Francisco (CCSF). The task Commission: Chair was a tall order so I built a coalition among students, faculty, and administrators. Initially, we requested an equity report from the Planning City College of San Francisco: Student and Strategic Department that disaggregated students by race and Trustee ethnicity. The findings detailed wide disparities with only 7% of African Americans and 12% of Latinos transferring to four-year universities, who City College of San Francisco: Student placed at the lowest basic skills courses. Body President Moving forward, I collaborated with two Trustees on the Board and facilitated CCSF’s first-ever Equity Hearings. Based on student input, we convinced the Chancellor to expand basic skills courses so students can realistically transfer within two years, centralized all student resources, and implemented cultural awareness trainings for faculty. As a result of our work from 2009-10, the achievement gap shrunk substantially. Today, 24% of African Americans and 32% of Latinos who place at the lowest basic skills courses can transfer to a four-year university.

As I relate this story of success, I wish to note the fact that the conversation should be centered on dismantling the systemic barriers that make me an exception rather than a norm. The Master in Public Policy program and the Dubin Fellowship will strengthen my vision by helping me develop methods and practices to affect change in our country’s workforce and educational system.

17 17 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Committee Director ofNational Executive Amnesty International Australia: Fellow Centre for Australian Progress: Policy: Research Officer Australian Councilof Trade Unions, Resources: Policy Adviser Development, Jobs, Transport and Department ofEconomic PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 2005-2007 Commonwealth LearningScholar, Media &Communications,2007 University ofMelbourne, BA in Diploma ofEconomics, 2017 University ofLondon,Graduate ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS DUBIN CASSANDRA DEVINE FELLOWS workers affected by globalizationand technologicalchange. I plantojointheglobalmovement toimprove conditionsforlow paid lot from theexcellent facultyandfrom fellow students.Upon graduating, the CenterforPublic LeadershipasaDubin Fellow, andfeelIcanlearna kit toaddress theseproblems. Iamparticularlyexcited tobeinvolved in help meachieve thisvisionby providing mewithabiggerconceptualtool The Harvard Kennedy School Master inPublic Administration degree can distributed, andwhere peoplehave accesstodecentworking conditions. My visionisforaworldwhere thefruitsofpeople’s laborare fairly the world. phenomenon, andmore mustbedonetoprotect low paidworkers around in theOECD,butIamacutelyaware thatwork exploitationis aglobal on adailybasis. Australia hasthesecond-highestrateofinsecure work problematic working conditions facedby millionsoflow paidworkers Party andthetradeunionmovement dramaticallyopenedmyeyes tothe after graduatingfrom university. My involvement inthe Australian Labor the majorimpetusformydecisiontojoinstruggleworkers’ rights struggles facedby somanyotherlow-income working families,anditwas My background hasgiven meanintenselypersonalunderstandingofthe this allowed metocreate apathwayout of poverty. from childhood.Iwasfortunateenoughtoreceive agreat education,and misstepsawayfrombeing onlyafew disasterisonethatIcarrywithme worked several casualjobsatatimetopaythebills,andthatfeelingof unemployment. As asingleparent, mymother both myparents have faced longperiodsof I grew upinaworking classhousehold,and This trend isadeeplypersonaloneforme. countries around theworld. backlash from theworking classinmany of jobinsecurityleadingtoagrowing political crisis are stillbeingfelttoday, withhighlevels Depression. The effects ofthisglobalfinancial period ofeconomicinstabilitysincetheGreat A years few ago,theworldfaceditsgreatest NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

IMANI FRANKLIN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Law School, JD Candidate, From ages three to eighteen, I commuted 2019 from my black Atlanta neighborhood to a predominantly white, wealthy, conservative Stanford University, BA in school. My nagging, daily sense of otherness International Relations and Arabic was offset by the school’s diversity club, where I with Distinction, 2013 built community with a handful of black, Muslim, Honors in Stanford’s Center on working class, and LGBT students and developed Democracy, Development and the deep solidarity with those who experienced any Rule of Law (CDDRL) form of marginalization. I came to see my world through the lens of identity-based oppression U.S. State Department Critical and developed a commitment to understanding Language Scholarship, Arabic and disrupting such injustices.

During college, I was exposed to international contexts around how one’s class, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS race, citizenship, gender, sexuality, and religion overwhelmingly determine life’s Harvard Law Review: Editor opportunities from birth. These issues went from being theoretical to tangible for me during my work at the Ford Foundation. For the first time, I engaged Southern Center for Human Rights: with human rights activists on the frontlines of the issues I cared about—from Legal Intern Kenyan HIV/AIDS rights activists at the United Nations to Dalit feminist leaders combating heightened violence against India’s lower-caste women. Their stories U.S. Department of Justice, Human solidified my determination to advance international human rights throughout Rights and Special Prosecutions: my career. Legal Intern In particular, I am focused on social justice in the Middle East and North Africa. Public International Law and Policy In Jordan, I worked with the Gaza Refugee Camp’s Community Development Group: Summer Associate Office. On the verge of shutting down, it had been crippled by a combination Ministry of Labor and Social of Jordan’s exclusionary citizenship laws and poor United Nations Relief Development, Saudi Arabia: Evidence and Works Agency management. I learned how rights-based challenges for Policy Design (EPoD) Intern on the ground are often caused by policy decisions made by national and international agencies that have little to no substantive interaction with the Mercy Corps, West Bank and Gaza: communities impacted by their decisions. My goal is to strengthen human Policy Intern rights and development in the MENA region by making U.S. foreign policy a facilitator of, rather than a barrier to, locally led movements for justice in the Think Unlimited, Jordan: Program Arab world. Through the HKS-HLS joint degree program, I am learning legal Coordinator and policy strategies for addressing international human rights violations. Ford Foundation, Gender, Sexuality, Furthermore, the Dubin Fellowship gives me a nurturing and inspiring and Reproductive Justice: Tom Ford community of change-makers, which challenge each other to think boldly and Fellow in Philanthropy hold each other accountable over time to our original values and missions.

19 19 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Flinn Scholar Truman Scholar Early ChildhoodInnovation Prize IDEO, Gary CommunityInvestments: Institute: Bulldog Award Georgetown University Health Policy Children’s Health Fellow Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies: Annie ECaseyFoundation, Packard of Health Policy Children’s Action Alliance: Director Senior Director Development &Health Board: State of Arizona, EarlyChildhood Initiatives Graduate Intern UnitedHealth Group: Strategic PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS University of Arizona, BS, 2009 of Public Health, MPH, 2013 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS DUBIN JOE FU FELLOWS opportunity tocontinuemyjourneyasalifelongstudentandleader. grateful toMr. Glenn Dubin andtheCenterforPublic Leadershipforthe large partduetothegenerous supportofmanywhobelieved inme.Iam push metobecomeabetterleaderandperson.Icanpursuemygoalsin community willholdmeaccountabletotheimportantwork aheadand The Dubin Fellowship ismyfamilyawayfrom home.Iknow thatthis innovation toaddress thewhole childandfamily. across private, public,and nonprofit sectorsto remove silosandharness healthcare, socialservices,andeducation.It isimportant forleaders child healthadvocate. Iamfocusedonbridgingthedividebetween my homestateasaagencyadministrator, policyexpert,andfearless able tocontributethisgoalby working in As afirst-generation American,Ihave been reach hisorherfullestpotential. and education.Iwantevery childin America to high-quality, affordable, andefficienthealthcare access toeconomicandsocialmobilitythrough to makesure thatchildren andfamilieshave to thenext. To sustainthesevalues, we need community in America from onegeneration of preserving opportunity, freedom, and My storyhastaughtmeabouttheimportance NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

TIMOTHY (TIM) HUANG HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard FXB Center for Health and Every summer of my childhood, I would excitedly Human Rights, Child Protection await the arrival of my late grandfather who would Certificate Program visit us from Taiwan, full of affection and gentle encouragement. To this day, I draw inspiration Stanford Graduate School of from the stories of his humble childhood growing Education, MA in Curriculum Studies up orphaned in rural China. The kindness of his and Teacher Education, 2014 teacher who took him in and ensured that he Stanford University, BA in Human received quality education enabled him to become Biology, 2014 a civil engineer. He paid it forward for the rest of his life, supporting my parents to immigrate to the United States and providing scholarships to PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS disadvantaged youth. I want to dedicate my life UN Global Study on Children Deprived to ensuring that the world’s most marginalized children and youth receive of Liberty: Regional Child Participation equitable opportunities to thrive in honor of my grandfather. Lead Since college, I have worked internationally, from the townships of South United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): Africa to the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, to address systemic barriers Child Protection Intern and opportunity gaps facing young people. At the Royal Academy, I conducted community-based research across Bhutan and made policy Bhutan Youth Development Fund: recommendations on expanding selection criteria in the King’s government Program Officer welfare initiatives, increasing educational access for thousands of low- income students in the national financial aid program and lab school. The Royal Academy, His Majesty the Meanwhile, managing youth empowerment programs at the Bhutan King’s Secretariat: Researcher Youth Development Fund and strengthening child protection systems Omidyar Network International Public through UNICEF have taught me about the multitude of challenges and Service Fellow innovations in sustainable development, both at the grassroots and global levels. Dalai Lama Fellow My aspiration is to unleash the promise of children and youth for a more just and sustainable world. I aim to mobilize international nonprofits, funders, and governments to advance the rights of children in emerging, critical areas such as early learning with nurturing care, restorative juvenile justice, and child protection in migration and displacement. The Center for Public Leadership’s diverse community of passionate peer leaders, faculty, and practitioners enables me to leverage collective wisdom for social change. With the community and tools I gain from the Dubin Fellowship, I strive to pay it forward in my late grandfather’s spirit, empowering children and youth to shape the trajectory of our world’s future.

21 21 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Humanity in Action: Fellow Dechert: Summer Associate Mission totheU.N.:Intern U.S. Department ofState, U.S. Analyst Goldman Sachs &Co,Compliance: Program Director Global Youth United: Founder and PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS magna cumlaude,2015 in Political SciencewithHonors, University ofPennsylvania, BA 2021 Harvard LawSchool,JDCandidate, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS DUBIN KATHERINE MATEO FELLOWS Dubin Fellow attheCenter forPublic Leadership. forward todeveloping alongsideacommunityofbold changemakersasa to develop during my timeattheU.S.Mission totheU.N.Finally, Ilook further honeskillsinpolicy research and implementation—skillsIbegan coursework focusedonpublicfinanceandgovernment agencies.Ihopeto a Compliance Analyst atGoldman Sachs. To doso, Iplantoenroll in experience working attheintersectionoffinanceand regulatory lawas deficient educationalopportunities.Iplantobuildon myprofessional by identifyinginnovative waystosever thelinkbetween poverty and analytical andpracticalskillstoaddress complex,systemicproblems As ajointdegree studentwiththeHarvard LawSchool,Iwork togain working toaddress. cadres ofeagerstudentsintimatelyconnectedtothe issuestheyare It hasbeenaprivilege towork through thecity’s toughestproblems with homelessness, substanceabuse,andhungerintheirown communities. have organized around budgetcutstoPhiladelphia’s publicschools, advocacy, anddesignthinking.Over it’s nine-year existence,GYUstudents experience-based instructiononproblem solving,leadership, social supplements publichighschooleducationinPhiladelphia with I foundedGlobal Youth United (GYU),anonprofit organization that race orethnicity, zipcode,ortheirincome. quality ofachild’s educationshouldnotbepredicated ontheirfamily’s address inequitiesinpubliceducationbecauseIknow first-handthatthe opportunities Ihadaccessto. Because ofthisexperience,Istrive to chances were intricately tiedtotheeducational low-income, first-generationimmigrant,mylife schools. My motherunderstoodthatasa the applicationprocess forspecialadmissions standardized tests, and eventually instructed on I received dedicated attention, was prepared for advocacy, Ieventually moved intoatrackwhere in thefirstgrade. Because ofmymother’s along withmostoftheotherstudentscolor was placedina“low performanceclassroom,” denied aroutine placementexam.Instead, I When Ientered thepublicschoolsystem,Iwas NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

KATIE MILLER HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Yale University, BA in Political Science, In 2010, I was a rising junior at the U.S. Military 2012 Academy and poised to sign a contract to finalize my commitment to serve as an Army Officer. I Harry S. Truman Scholar, 2011 could not, however, bring myself to sign on the Glamour Top 10 College Women, 2011 dotted line. Instead, I came out as lesbian on The Rachel Maddow Show and announced that I Point Foundation Scholar, 2010 would resign from West Point in protest of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the law which forbade gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military. PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS D.C. Metropolitan Police Department: I became a pundit in the media, speaking to both Detective personal experience and advocating for the end of the ban. However, I am most proud of my role in establishing a nonprofit D.C. Metropolitan Police Department: called OutServe, which began as an underground network of actively- District Officer of the Year serving LGBT military members. I served as a spokesperson for these members, who could not come out or express a political opinion without Center for American Progress: LGBT fear of being discharged. Research Associate My experience as a liaison between service members and politicians at The White House: Office of Public OutServe taught me that there is a growing divide between the military Engagement Intern and civilian society which extends far beyond “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” OutServe-SLDN: Spokesperson and Today, fewer Americans than ever have served or personally know Founding Board Member someone who has served in uniform. The burden of war now falls on a small professional force, causing military families to shoulder frequent and longer deployments. It has also created a reliance on defense contractors, who operate with different rules, values and levels of accountability then U.S. Armed Forces. Perhaps most significantly, the gap allows politicians to take this country to war – and to indefinitely stay at war – free from public scrutiny.

At the Harvard Kennedy School, I hope to obtain the tools in quantitative analysis and policymaking that I will need to bridge the civilian-military divide. As a Dubin Fellow, I seek to develop my leadership skills in order to actually effect this change. I am excited and immensely grateful for the opportunity to learn from the network of people involved with the Center for Public Leadership who are diverse in thought, rich in passion, and connected by a commitment to public service.

23 23 ALBERTO I. RINCON HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE MIT Sloan School of Management, Like many of us, I have overcome my share of MBA Candidate, 2019 adversities: growing up in a Spanish-speaking immigrant home, being poor, and facing the MIT Sloan Social Impact Fellow, aftermath of my father being deported the 2018 morning of my college-entrance exam. I believe University of Illinois at Chicago, BS these experiences molded me into the resolute in Mechanical Engineering, summa individual that I am today. I graduated with cum laude, 2012 the highest honors in a challenging technical field, developed a food, justice-centered Society of Hispanic Professional social enterprise soon after, and have actively Engineers (SHPE), Academics Chair; participated in environmental and social Leadership & Academic Excellence justice groups in my community. I could not Awards; Chicago Scholarship have done any of these things without the strength and support of my small, industrious family. Glenn and Linda Neland Scholarship I am committed to creating positive change through my leadership and public service and have demonstrated it through past work. As a student, I served on Caterpillar Engineering Scholar the board of an organization that supported underrepresented students in the sciences, and actively worked with underprivileged children to support them PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS in these fields. As an engineer, I led and managed teams in projects involving renewable energy and sustainability. The Obama Foundation: Finance & Operations Intern As the co-founder of a social enterprise, I developed important skills related to strategy, finance, management, operations, and marketing. As a Latino, it is City of Chicago Mayor’s Office: important to me that I serve as a role model in supporting people with similar Mayoral Fellow circumstances. Ultimately, my vision is to improve socioeconomic conditions for The Urban Canopy: Co-Founder, underserved communities, a vision that fuels my determination, organization, Chief of Innovation & Operations and creativity.

Southeast Chicago Historical I am enthralled by concepts and practices of sustainable development. I Museum: Board Member have come to think that our society lacks meaningful metrics that provide a comprehensive understanding of human well-being and innovative ways to Coalition to Ban Petcoke: address them. I have learned first-hand that entrepreneurship is insufficient; Committee Coordinator, Community some level of intrapreneurship is needed in government. I hope to aid in the Organizer effort and believe HKS will help me attain the skills and network needed for enacting effective policy reform. I am honored to be a part of the CPL family General Motors: Advanced Thermal and am grateful for the opportunity. I am determined to find my place in and Automated Systems Engineer government upon graduation and look forward to the challenges ahead. Illinois Institute of Technology: Alternative Energy Researcher

DUBIN FELLOWS Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019 24 INAYAT ANAITA SABHIKHI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of London, School of I have been a core member of active social Oriental and African Studies, Master movements in India, among them, the Peoples of Development Economics with Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG), Right Distinction, 2011 to Food Campaign (RTFC), and Pension Parishad, which have successfully secured socioeconomic University of Delhi, Hindu College, rights to work, food, and social security. My Bachelors of Economics with Honors, immersion in their advocacies for basic human 2010 development for the poor and marginalized helped me deeply understand one’s rights of transparency PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and accountability on the government. Through participating in village meetings, public hearings, Centre for Budget, Governance and and public action, I witnessed firsthand the Accountability: Social Accountability potency of information for citizens, in an otherwise disempowered Fellow relationship with the State. Tata Institute of Social Science, Keen on understanding the intricacies of administrative systems that Centre for Community Organisation deliver public services, I then worked with national and sub-national and Development Practice: Honorary governments to implement programs related to these legal rights. At the Fellow Citizen Engagement Ministry of Rural Development, I led a $30 million project on the Mahatma State Rural Livelihood Mission, Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The project Government of Bihar: Consultant engaged teams from civil society organizations to build capacities of Entitlements frontline functionaries in the 250 most backward administrative units of the country. Apart from insight into State capacity, I got a ring-side view of Ministry of Rural Development, its responsiveness to factors such as political parties, national press, and Government of India: Project citizen pressure groups. This convinced me of the need to leverage the Executive political vision of citizens’ campaigns with the power of institutionalization within government. This resonates with Prof. Amartya Sen’s proposition Public Evaluation of Entitlement that while public policy can enhance the capabilities of people to lead Programmes: Research Assistant lives of value, it can still be influenced by public participation. I have National Campaign for People’s Right since been working in Jharkhand and Bihar to help build and stabilize to Information: Working Committee platforms for citizen participation. This involves both working directly Member with grassroots organizations to co-develop and use platforms fashioned from their articulation as well as providing support to governments on Pension Parishad, Right to Food convening and regularizing such platforms. Campaign and NREGA Sangharsh Morcha: Volunteer The financial and co-curricular support of the Dubin Fellowship makes it possible to undertake my MPA degree, which will supplement my practical experiences with a theoretical framework and complementary leadership skills sets. It will sharpen by ability to shape the crucial emerging discipline and practice of social accountability in India.

25 25 JOCELYN STREID HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Medical School, MD When I was twenty, I watched a young boy die. Candidate, 2020 I was working at a rural South African hospital. The six-year-old arrived with an unknown Duke University, BA in English with infection, and despite the under-resourced Highest Distinction, summa cum team’s best efforts, we were powerless against laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Robertson not only his disease, but also his pain. He died Scholar, 2013 afraid and in agony. His death was a tragedy, but the way he died – without pain control, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS without comfort – was an injustice. I had gone to South Africa to learn how socioeconomic Duke University: Hart Fellow landscapes impact health systems. What I found Duke Chapel PathWays: Fellow was that poverty changes not just how people live, but also how people die. Massachusetts Coalition on Serious Illness Care: Student Representative What is a good death, and how can we offer it to the patients we cannot save regardless of socioeconomic circumstances? This question led me into medicine, Harvard Racial Justice Coalition: and I plan to spend my career trying to answer it. Member I travelled internationally and actually found teachers among public health Sarawak Children’s Cancer Center: innovators in Kentucky, community health workers in Rajasthan, migrant workers Research Intern in Beijing, and palliative care researchers in London. I spent a year living with children dying from cancer in Borneo, learning how funding for rice, or Resource Center for Women & burial services could help families survive unspeakable tragedy without facing Ministry in the South: Intern economic ruin. They taught me that advocacy begins with an attentive ear. Cicely Saunders Institute of It did not take me long to realize that global health begins in my backyard. Palliative Care: Research Intern Months after I returned from Borneo, Michael Brown was killed 8 miles from Duke University William J. Griffith: my childhood home, and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement. Award for Global Service While working as a hospital chaplain and witnessing the same systemic failures I encountered abroad: families bankrupted by terminal illness, fragmented doctor- patient communication, and inadequate pain control among minority populations. The social determinants of health are the social determinants of death.

I want to re-imagine the systems of care we offer our sickest patients. There are bad deaths and good deaths. I have seen both, and I know it’s possible to make the bad deaths better. I am honored to join the Dubin fellowship community as I learn to fight for a basic right: dignity for everyone at the end of life.

DUBIN FELLOWS Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019 26 “I am the son of a Nicaraguan civil war refugee, a former special education student, a high-school dropout; I re- entered into vocational training as a Job Corps student, and most recently, have been overseeing Job Corps at the federal level for the U.S. Department of Labor for the past four years. While there were moments in my life where I felt disempowered, a unique transformation occurred when I began making conscious choices that kept me involved in the decision-making processes […] As I relate this story of success, I wish to note the fact that the conversation should be centered on dismantling the systemic barriers that make me an exception rather than a norm. The Dubin Fellowship will strengthen my vision by helping me develop methods and practices to affect change in our country’s workforce and educational system.”

Joshua Baldotano Harvard Kennedy School Dubin Fellow MPP Candidate ABOUT THE At a time when the world is more connected than ever and cultural engagement is EMIRATES increasingly crucial, the Emirates Leadership LEADERSHIP Initiative (ELI) Graduate Fellowship equips our INITIATIVE next generation of leaders to tackle the most GRADUATE pressing public policy issues in the United Arab Emirates and countries throughout the FELLOWSHIP Arab world.

The ELI Fellowship embodies core elements of CPL’s programming — experiential learning and cocurricular participation — to not only provide progressive training for students from Arab countries, but to deepen understanding of the Middle East among peers in the U.S. and other parts of the world.

ELI Fellows are admitted degree program students hailing from the United Arab Emirates and Arab countries; in addition to demonstrated interest in developing their leadership and public management skills, selected fellows embody a deep commitment to public service and advancing policy decisions in the Middle East.

The ELI Fellowship is a program of the Emirates Leadership Initiative, a research and curricular collaboration between the Center for Public Leadership (CPL) and the Middle East Initiative (MEI) at HKS and the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

28 AMBASSADOR YOUSEF AL OTAIBA

As UAE Ambassador to the United States since 2008, Yousef Al Otaiba has deepened bilateral understanding and cooperation across three U.S. Presidential Administrations. During this time, Ambassador Al Otaiba has led the expansion of the bilateral defense partnership, as UAE and U.S. security forces confront the multiple regional challenges of extremism, terrorism, and aggression. Bilateral trade grew by more than 400 percent, as each country became one of the other’s largest sources of foreign direct investment.

Cultural, educational, and health care exchanges have also grown dramatically, marked by the launch of such initiatives as NYU Abu Dhabi, the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh Zayed campus at Children’s National Medical Center, and the Sheikh Khalifa Cardiac Center at Johns Hopkins University. Ambassador Al Otaiba also oversees the UAE’s significant commitment to philanthropic activities that benefit underserved communities across America, enhance education for children and improve healthcare research and treatment.

Before taking up his post, Ambassador Al Otaiba served for seven years as international affairs adviser to H.H. General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. Ambassador Al Otaiba obtained a degree in international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. after graduating from the Cairo American College. He also attended the Industrial College of the U.S. Armed Forces at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. as an international fellow.

In recognition of his loyal service to the UAE, and leadership to build closer ties with the U.S., Ambassador Al Otaiba was promoted to the rank of Minister in October 2017. He will remain in his current role as the UAE’s Ambassador to the U.S.

29 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Visitors Program Graduate Swedish Institute: Young Leaders Founding Member andPresident Syrian Nonviolence Movement: and Managing Partner Insight Advisory Group: Co-Founder Program Director Orient Research Center:Fellow and Fellow Middle EastInstitute: Resident PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Business Administration, 2007 University ofKalamoon,Bachelor of University ofEssex,MBA,2011 ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS EMIRATES IBRAHIM FELLOWS AL-ASSIL learning from theirexperiences andinspiringstories. interactions withotherfellows andemerging leaders,Ilookforward to will enrichmyexperienceand professional development. Through my to share mystorywithothers,butalsobecauseitscocurricular program drawn toELInotonlybecauseitwillgive meastronger voice oncampus to applyHKSandtheEmirates LeadershipInitiative Fellowship. Iam develop myskills,andwidennetwork. This iswhatencouragedme toward thisgoal,themore Irealize thatIneedtoincrease myknowledge, in thebrighterfuture thattheMiddle Eastdeserves. The more Iwork My work isfueledby mydream istoseepeaceinSyria andmybelief both sides. political andeconomicdecisions,tobuildbridges between advise policymakersinboththeMiddle EastandtheU.S.aboutrelevant counterproductive. That motivated metoco-foundaconsultingfirm indigenous players. Those policieswere lesseffective andsometimes policy wasshapedby actorsoutsideoftheregion, withoutinput from Throughout mywork as apolicyanalyst,InoticedthatU.S.foreign Speaks program in Washington. to mewhenImanagedtheMiddle East Institute’s Syrian Civil Society laborious task,yet acriticaloneforSyria’s future. This becamevery clear of localgovernance andcivilsociety. Building thestructure forbothisa Research CenterinDubai, andbegantorecognize the interdependence 2012 tofocusontheSyrian conflict. ThatwaswhenIjoinedthe Orient my transitionfrom theindustryofbusinesssolutionstothinktanksin of internationaldynamicsandpolicy-making. This realization propelled strategic thinkingandadeepunderstanding but we hadnoideathatitwouldrequire We we knew were embarking onalongjourney, Movement topromote peacefulchangevalues. together toestablishtheSyrian Nonviolence In 2011,agroup ofactivistsandIcame Syria, inparticular. inform U.S.policytowards theMiddle Eastand developing Syria’s civilsociety, andhave helped involved personallyandprofessionally in Over thelastseveral years, Ihave been NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

TALA AL-JABRI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of Pennsylvania Wharton When people think of Saudi Arabia, they fixate on School, MBA, 2018 its vast petroleum resources. Having worked in the industry, I know that our resources have enriched McGill University, BS in Commerce, the Kingdom. I also know that its most precious Finance, and Women’s Studies, 2011 resource is its people. While Saudi leaders often focus on the need to diversify the economy, which is certainly needed, there is a more entrenched PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and widespread problem requiring the country’s Oliver Wyman: Junior Manager attention. I am speaking of the need to include women in the economy, politics, and social life. Dow Chemical: Head of Government My mother, a role model to myself and many Strategy & Markets others, helped break the glass ceiling by founding Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation and managing a professional services firm in the 1990s. Agency: Senior Program Associate As an undergraduate at McGill University, I minored in Women’s Studies Monitor Group: Strategy Consultant and travelled to Nablus, West Bank, to volunteer as an English Teacher to women and children. After graduation, I worked as a management Ghobash Family Fellow: The Wharton consultant with Monitor Group, focusing primarily on nation-building and School economic development strategy in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain. In this capacity I realized there is much value Global Women’s Leadership Fellow: to be reaped from bringing a “female lens,” as the needs of women are University of Pennsylvania Law School overlooked when there are no women at the policymaking table. Later, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women: my independent consultancy experience in Ethiopia allowed me to learn a Strategy Group Mentor valuable lesson: the private sector has a key role to play in encouraging increased agency for disadvantaged communities in developing countries. World Economic Forum: Global Shaper This realization influenced me to join Dow Chemical, a multinational petrochemicals company, in Saudi Arabia. I worked to promote partnerships between Dow and the Government of Saudi Arabia.

I learned that to truly bring about impact, we must work to unlock the potential, growth, and innovation of the private sector, which I view as the backbone of a sustainable economy. I believe that private equity is a strong mechanism to realize this impact. Thus, I wish to found a gender- lens impact fund that targets businesses that share my mission. The ELI Fellowship will strengthen my interpersonal and leadership skills, while presenting me with an ecosystem of changemakers, business people, and academics to test the concept of my fund. Their advice will prove invaluable in engaging stakeholders on female empowerment topics in the Arab World.

31 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Building: CouncilMember Alliance andEmirates Green Global Clean Water Desalination Environmental Court: Abu Dhabi Committee toEstablishthe Attorney Abu Dhabi Government: Case PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Technology, BA inLaw, 2012 Al Ain University ofScienceand Diplomacy, 2015 Law, International Relations and Dhabi, Master inInternational Paris-Sorbonne University Abu ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS EMIRATES ABDULLA FELLOWS ALJEFRI initiatives, whilesharingwhatIhave donetoimprove environmental policy. future leadersfrom across HKSandlearningfrom theirown work and eager tosupplementmyacademic experienceby interactingwithother together themosttalented and ambitiousleadersfrom theregion. Iam One ofthemostappealingaspectsfellowship ishow itbrings the UAE andMiddle East. my abilitytolead,Ihopecontinueadvancing effective publicpoliciesin to honemystrategicandfinancialpolicyanalysisskills. By strengthening Public LeadershipandtheMiddle EastInitiative, willprovide mewithtools curricular program. The initiative, acollaborationbetween theCenterfor will benefitfrom the Emirates Leadership Initiative’s comprehensive co- As anemerging leaderintheUAE’s environmental policylandscape,I sustainable future. practices thatleadtomycountryandtheworldabrightermore maker. Ilookforward tohelpingimplementinnovative andreplicable conferences, willonlystrengthen myrole asapublicleaderandpolicy exposure totheglobalnetwork ofenvironmental leadersthrough theCOP priority. The skillsthatIhave asanexperienced lawyer, aswell asmy that championsenvironmental protection andsustainabilityasastrategic but alsointhe Arab world.Ultimately, Iaspire tobecomearegional leader policies thatproductively regulate theenergy sectornotonlyintheUAE My ultimatecareer goalistoserve asanationalfigure whocanenact UAE’s effort toprotect theenvironment. service, Ihave beenattheforefront ofthe dedicated hisentire professional lifetopublic and theenvironment. As someonewhohas prioritizes issuesofenergy, sustainability, diversified knowledge-based economythat the countryhastransitionedagainintoa economy dominatedby fossilfuels.Recently, on pearldiving,trading,andfishingtoan the countrymoved from itsearlierdependence world. With the discovery of oil and natural gas, one ofthefastestdeveloping countriesinthe Since itsformationin1971,theUAE hasbeen NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

LINA HASHEM HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of Pennsylvania, BA in The idea that children can be fated to Cognitive Science, magna cum laude, unfulfilling lives because of factors beyond Penn World Scholar, 2014 their control—be they poverty, limited access to education, or suppressive societal value systems—has always struck me personally. PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Spurred partly by my own experiences grappling PwC, Government and Public Sector with these issues, I have become committed to Practice: Senior Consultant—awarded helping disadvantaged and vulnerable youth a Certificate of Appreciation and overcome barriers to their development. Gratitude from UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, To this end, I have worked both on the ground H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al and through higher-level organizational avenues. Nahyan, for personal role in a cross- At Penn, I worked with Community School Student Partnerships to federal project aimed at enhancing mentor underserved children in Philadelphia’s public schools, and security of the UAE founded and led the campus group Students Against Human Trafficking to help combat the trafficking of youth. In pursuit of a higher-level, Campus Educational Trust: Volunteer organizational approach, I also founded and led the educational company EduMax to improve attainment for disadvantaged young Students Against Human Trafficking: people in Jordan. Founder and President Over time, I developed a deeper appreciation for the role of policy- Community School Student making in improving outcomes for at-risk youth. During my time with Partnerships: Student Mentor PwC, I worked on several projects that wield policy-making toward this The Wharton School: Research end. On one such project, I led the design of a government strategy Assistant and policy to improve learning for children with social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties in the Middle East. In collaboration with the EduMax: Founder and Partner Institute of Education at University College London, I coauthored the publication ‘‘A Guide for Policy Makers: Improving Learning for Children with Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Difficulties” to disseminate some of the project’s findings. Most recently, I contributed to the development of an innovative project in England, the Campus Educational Trust, whose goal is to provide alternative provision to youth offenders to help them reenter society with better prospects for success and lower chances of reoffending.

33 SAMER HJOUJ HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of North Carolina, Chapel As a kid, growing up in a refugee camp Hill, BA in Global Studies and under an apartheid system of Israeli military Political Science, 2013 occupation seemed standard to me. It was all I had seen and all that I knew. Moving around over the past 10 years, however, has allowed PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS me to see and experience a lot more than I Teach for America, Detroit: Denby could have imagined. High School After graduating from UNC, I decided to become Fulbright Scholar: ETA Karadeniz a math teacher in inner city Detroit. It was Technical University my belief that education could grant students the power to open doors for themselves and Ramallah Friends School: College their communities. My experience in Detroit was a turning point; I began Counselor to connect the dots between race, housing, health, poverty, etc., and IKIC Educational Summer Programs quickly realized that alleviating educational inequity on its own would for Palestinian Youth: Coordinator not suffice. As a Fulbright scholar in Turkey at the height of the refugee crisis, I witnessed once again how crucial (yet inadequate) education was to refugees and those struggling to start a new life. Refugee struggles were further compounded by a language barrier and failed efforts to integrate them in Turkey, despite the efforts of countless NGOs. Similarly, when I first began working in Palestine within education, there was no shortage of NGOs or foreign funding. Yet, it was not effective in mitigating the glaring disparity between the elite and those living in poverty in rural areas and refugee camps. In fact, in some cases, it further widened this gap. As the coordinator of a successful educational summer camp, I made it my goal to integrate students from more diverse socio-economic backgrounds in an effort to narrow the education gap in Palestine.

Ultimately, a better education for all—coupled with a holistic approach to urbanization and development—could alleviate the societal chasms that have frustrated Palestinian unity and, more importantly, support a Palestine independent of foreign aid and intervention. As someone who is dedicated to public service and assuaging dependency on foreign aid, I see my years at HKS as an Emirates Initiative Fellow as an opportunity to expand my own personal knowledge on the issues of international development, urban policy, and education.

EMIRATES EMIRATES FELLOWS Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019 34 WAHID MASRI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA Providing charitable giving during the month of Candidate, 2021 Ramadan has been a long-standing tradition in my family. While the practice instilled in me the Butler University, BS in Accounting, feeling of responsibly towards underprivileged 2009 communities, it also pushed me to think about how to sustainably help others. It was not until I PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS started my professional career that I was able to find my path to do so. The Abraaj Group: Equity Analyst After graduating with an accounting degree GreenCity: Founder/CEO from Butler University in 2009, at the height of The Portland Trust: Senior Project the financial crises, I felt the duty to change Manager the sector to one that improves the lives of people. During my time at The Abraaj Group, I helped Palestinian entrepreneurs grow their World Economic Forum: Global Shaper companies. I was also inspired by the same entrepreneurs to start my own company, GreenCity, the first waste management company in Palestine that aims to help local municipalities address the pressing issue of solid municipal waste. My time at GreenCity and partnership with the Ramallah Municipality helped me realize the importance of working at the intersection of the public, private, and social sector to truly affect change. As such, my transition to The Portland Trust, a UK based action-tank, provided a platform do just that. My work grew from leading projects that propelled the high-tech and agriculture sectors to partnering with local companies and ministries to lead the development of the Palestinian impact investment ecosystem.

I believe the emerging field of impact investment will not only help address many of our social problems, but also create a paradigm shift in how we conduct business. While my goal is to launch an impact investment fund to help profit-with-purpose ventures grow through providing capital and managerial support, I plan to take a leading role in promoting impact investment across sectors and governments. ELI’s periodical guest speaking seminars, workshops, and annual trips will refine my understanding of the public and social sector while expanding my network beyond Palestine. This will pave the way for my efforts post-graduation to mobilize the support of private, public, and social sector leaders to take the Arab World to a new era.

35 NOURHAN SHABAAN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard College, BA in Psychology, My name is Nourhan Shaaban, and I hail from cum laude, 2015 Alexandria, Egypt. If you ask many Egyptians about a defining moment, many mention the Aix-Marseille Université, Harvard 2011 Egyptian revolution. I am no exception! Summer Program, Aix-en-Provence, France, Summer 2013 2011 marked an important year in my life for two reasons. First, I left Egypt to begin my undergraduate studies in the United States. PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Second, the Egyptian revolution took place. Google: Operations Associate Almost every Egyptian I knew was in the streets protesting social injustice, political stagnation Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial and income inequality. I left Egypt determined to Fellowship: Rockefeller Fellow, 2016 study harder and to take advantage of every opportunity, particularly those BTPN Syariah: Consultant which I felt many others did not have. I was committed to make the most out of my education and to do what I can to make the world a bit kinder Harvard Business School: Research and more hopeful. Fellow When I graduated from Harvard College, I was fortunate to spend a year in Indonesia. I volunteered a lot and gradually fell in love with Indonesia. By the end of my year, I worked at BTPN, an Indonesian bank that offers microcredit along with health and business training to more than two million Indonesian women. I listened as mothers, who were working hard for their families, described their economic and social struggles. None of this was new—these were the same stories I heard and witnessed in Egypt—along with the same laughter and sense of generosity. Every conversation fueled my interest in the subject of rural poverty and inequality even further.

Now, I still feel the same moral obligation I felt back in 2011, only with a bit more clarity. I aspire to work on projects that improve access to financial services for low-income communities. I also want to work on projects that improve access to quality education, a resource critical for developing an inclusive and democratic society and achieving tangible economic growth. With the support of the Emirates Leadership Initiative Graduate Fellowship, my experience at the Kennedy School will provide me with the broad and multidisciplinary training I need to pursue a career in international development.

EMIRATES EMIRATES FELLOWS Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019 36 SAMAR SUKKAR HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Institute of Diplomacy, New When women are at the negotiating table, peace Diplomatic Attachés Program, Jordan, lasts longer. 2008 My first exposure to diplomacy was at age Murdoch University, BA in Politics and twelve when I was chosen to be part of International Studies, Australia, 2007 Jordan’s delegation to “Seeds of Peace”, a co‑existence camp aimed at youth from the City University of Hong Kong, region. Three weeks later, with the term soft Exchange Student, 2005 skills conceptualized and etched, I saw my way ahead and was determined to change the world, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS one young person at a time. Ten years on, I was the youngest diplomat to enter Jordan’s Foreign Permanent Mission of Jordan to the Service, and my passion and drive never receded. United Nations: Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Expert With women making up less than 20% of the diplomatic corps and facing increased barriers at the top, the so-called glass ceiling is apparent. Office of His Majesty King Abdullah Modern statecraft requires more women in senior positions. Coming II, Political Affairs Directorate: Policy from an Arab majority-Muslim society, with enlightened leadership and a Analyst traditional outlook, there are difficult negotiations between modernization Office of Deputy Prime Minister and tradition, development and conservatism. As we take these discussions and Minister of Foreign Affairs and forward, it is imperative to ensure that women are well represented around Expatriates: Liaison Officer the table and that gender barriers are challenged in my part of the world. Capitalizing on my understanding of power relations within society and the Embassy of Jordan to Tokyo: Deputy criticisms at hand, I intend to garner support and persuade internally to Chief of Mission bring the community along on these sensitive issues.

Over the past decade, I have worked on issues relating to foreign policy, but most recently my portfolio expanded to focus on human rights, social and developmental issues. With that came the realization of the nexus between political and social development. A case in point is Jordan’s current economic challenges and the effect of the ongoing regional crises on the development trajectory and reform process.

With the shifting landscape of global politics and its direct impact on the Middle East, it is ever more important to gain the leadership skills and know-how to help mitigate these changes. At HKS I intend to harness the necessary skill set to influence public policy at home and to create the change I want to see in society. Being an ELI fellow will provide a unique opportunity to interact with visionary leaders and future Arab changemakers.

37 LUCILA TAKJERAD HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE EDHEC Grande Ecole, Master in As an Algerian woman born and raised under Management, Major in Finance, challenging conditions and forced to leave 2008 my home for a hope of a better life abroad, I aspire to change this reality and create a Lycée Saint Louis, Mathematics, better future for young Algerians. Observing 2004 my people’s struggle with poverty, high unemployment, failing education, and corrupted PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and bureaucratic systems has ignited my sense of patriotism. I am determined to return Mubadala Investment Company: home to Algeria and create education and Senior Associate, Mergers & entrepreneurial opportunities for my people. Acquisitions Through my work Mubadala, I have contributed to the economic development J.P. Morgan: Analyst, Investment of the UAE, a country close to my heart. I have attained a deep understanding Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions of how Arab nations with structural similarities can leverage their resources and French Mathematical Society: human capital to create economic prosperity through diversified economies, Member (scholarship for excellence) solid financial institutions, strong education systems, sound infrastructure and proper governance. World Economic Forum: Global Shaper, Vice-Curator, Abu Dhabi hub By engaging with Algeria’s first think tank, I have proved that it is possible to collaboratively and constructively utilize the country’s immense talent to effect NABNI Think Tank: Contributor change. On a note of personal impact, the experience has brought me much closer to the people of my country and reinforced my determination to join United Nations Higher Commission the public sector, design sound policies and legislation, lead a life of use, and for Refugees: Fellow create a better future for my fellow Algerians. Currently co-authoring “Our Arab I am extremely grateful for my years abroad, as I have built a successful Heroines,” a children’s book about finance career, discovered new cultures and ways of thinking, and become a heroic Arab women more tolerant leader. Yet, I find nothing more rewarding than when I help my Woman Entrepreneur of the Year: people. My passion and commitment to my homeland are my source of energy Microsoft, Cartier Foundation, to eliminate barriers and effect positive change. McKinsey, INSEAD While at Harvard Kennedy School, and through the Emirates Leadership Initiative, I will make common cause with fellows of diverse perspectives both to inform the policies I will later formulate and to expand the peer network that will support my life’s work. As my region faces daunting challenges ranging from wars to refugee crises, I am determined to lift up the Arab world and make it a place where its youth can thrive, realize its full potential, and contribute to peace and prosperity.

EMIRATES EMIRATES FELLOWS Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019 38 “As an Algerian woman born and raised under challenging conditions and forced to leave my home for a hope of a better life abroad, I aspire to change this reality and create a better future for young Algerians. Observing my people’s struggle with poverty, high unemployment, failing education, and corrupted and bureaucratic systems has ignited my sense of patriotism. I am determined to lift up the Arab world and make it a place where its youth can thrive, realize their full potential, and contribute to peace and prosperity.”

Lucila Takjerad Harvard Kennedy School Emirates Leadership Initiative Fellow MC-MPA Candidate ABOUT THE “Our communities are faced with more and greater challenges than ever before. We GEORGE envision this program as one that will LEADERSHIP help future leaders learn the skills that will FELLOWSHIP enable them to confront these challenges in innovative ways.”

Bill George Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School Co-Founder, George Family Foundation

Made possible through a generous gift from the George Family Foundation, the George Leadership Fellowship supports selected students in the joint degree program offered through Harvard Business School (HBS) and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) with a $10,000 stipend. The fellowship reflects the foundation’s commitment to enhancing public service by investing in character formation and leadership development.

Fellows are selected based on their demonstrated interest in community and organizational transformation through public service, activism, and social entrepreneurship, as well as a commitment to working in two of three designated areas—the public sector, private sector, and nonprofit sector—over the course of their careers. Special emphasis in the program is placed upon character development and ethical leadership.

40 ABOUT BILL AND PENNY GEORGE

Bill George is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, and is the former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic. He is the author of:Discover Your True North and The Discover Your True North Fieldbook, Authentic Leadership, True North, Finding Your True North, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis and True North Groups. Bill currently serves as a director of Goldman Sachs, The Mayo Clinic, and the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities. Bill has previously served on the boards of ExxonMobil, Target, Novartis and The World Economic Forum USA. In 2018, Bill was presented with the Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication by the Arthur W. Page Center. The Franklin Institute presented Bill with the Bower Award for Business Leadership in 2014. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 and was named one of “Top 25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years” by PBS. Mr. George received his BSIE with high honors from Georgia Tech, his MBA with high distinction from Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar. He has received honorary PhDs from Georgia Tech, Mayo Medical School, University of St. Thomas, Augsburg College, and Bryant University.

Penny Pilgram George is board chair of the George Family Foundation in Minneapolis. Established in 1994 by Penny and Bill George, the foundation fosters wholeness in mind, body, spirit, and community by furthering the work of authentic leaders and transformative programs serving the common good. Dr. George is a pioneer and leader in the integrative health and medicine movement, working to transform society’s consciousness around health and wellbeing on both the institutional and community level. She is co-founder of the Bravewell Collaborative, a national collaboration of philanthropists dedicated to advancing the principles and practices of integrative medicine. She is co-founder of the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Allina Health, which is the clinical service line responsible for prevention, wellness and integrative medicine across the entire system. Dr. George currently sits the board of the Penny George Institute Foundation. As a consulting psychologist, she specialized for more than twenty years helping diverse organizations select and develop senior executives and build high-performing teams—expertise she draws upon in her philanthropic work and leadership roles. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in psychology from the University of St. Thomas.

41 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 Intern Engagement: Women’s Outreach White House Office of Public Consultant Bain &Company:Senior Associate Engagement Fellow Accion Venture Lab:Portfolio Inclusion Investments Intern Omidyar Network: Financial PayPal: Product Management Intern PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS in Business Administration, 2012 Georgia Institute of Technology, BS 2016–2017 David M.Rubenstein Fellow, Candidate, 2019 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GEORGE ELLE CREEL FELLOWS I have learned. my transitionbackintheworkforce andhelpprepare metoapplyallthat mentorship and community provided by the George Fellowship to support delivery, andfinancialinclusion. In my final year, Iam excited tohave the deepen myunderstandingof economicdevelopment, digital cityservice impact on Atlanta andbeyond, Iamthankfulforthistimeat Harvard to city ofmychildhood. As Iprepare foracareer thatwillhave apositive I hopeevery childgrowing upin Atlanta experiencesthe vibrant,diverse working inaproduct role atPayPal. I amexploringthesamequestion,butthrough theprivate sectorlense, through investments inearlystage,innovative companies. This summer, Network, whowork toexpandaccessaffordable financialservices worked withtwoimpactinvesting firms, Accion Venture Laband Omidyar market forces tosolve someofourworld’s toughestproblems. Ihave Throughout thejointprogram, Ihave beenexploringhow toleverage projects requiring corporatetransformation. joined Bain &Companywhere Iworked across industriesonarangeof skillset andexposure tobestinclassprivate sectorapproaches, Ithen pay forequalwork. Motivated by theopportunitytogainananalytical policies thatsupport American familieslikepaidfamilyleave andequal me tothepublicsectorandsolidifiedeconomicimportanceofsocial Engagement andCouncilon Women andGirls. This experienceexposed Following graduation,Iinternedinthe White House Office of Public grow inawaythatimproves thelives ofitspeople. instilled inmeapassiontohelp Atlanta to and poverty. Volunteering inthiscommunity by abandonedproperties, criminalactivity, is English Avenue, afooddesertplagued the campusandinthrivingmidtown Atlanta in manyneighborhoods. Walking distancefrom While attendingGeorgia Tech, Isawtheblight I have alsoseenthechallenges Atlanta faces. 1996 Olympics. Isawthecitygrow immensely. to vibrantlocaltheaters,andattendingthe playing soccerwithaskylinebackdrop, going Growing up in Atlanta, Ihave fondmemoriesof NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

PRARTHNA DESAI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I am driven by the belief that healthcare is a Candidate, 2018 universal right that allows people to live happier, more productive lives. With two physician Dartmouth College, AB in Government parents, I was exposed to both the tragedy of with Honors, cum laude, Presidential poor health and the human capacity to heal from Scholar, 2010 a young age. My fascination with innovation in University of Oxford, Politics, health led me to start conducting laboratory Philosophy, and Economics, 2009 research beginning at age thirteen. At sixteen, I volunteered with a mobile medical van servicing Universitat de Barcelona, Spanish rural communities in India. Realizing that I could Language and Culture, 2008 help to expand services despite my young age and relative inexperience, I became obsessed Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholar with improving health in developing countries.

Since then, I have had many professional opportunities to work in PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS healthcare strategy, operations, and investing roles alongside donors, Global Health Investment Fund: manufacturers, and governments around the world. Reflecting on these Summer Associate experiences, I am most thankful for the chance to live in Rwanda. After transferring there with the Clinton Health Access Initiative for the Zipline International, Inc.: Health first time in 2014, I returned a year later to help Zipline launch the Operations Lead world’s first commercial drone system to deliver lifesaving medicine Clinton Health Access Initiative: on-demand. I thrived in an environment full of unproven potential. I Senior Associate, New Market loved the challenge of creating systems from scratch. I enjoyed forging Opportunities relationships and aligning disparate parties. Visiting doctors, laboratory technicians, and patients gave me regular fulfilment that our work was Bain & Company: Associate improving lives. But once Zipline’s system was built and self-sustaining Consultant with local staff in Rwanda, I wanted to think bigger. I craved the chance to support many such companies that leverage innovation to improve U.S. House of Representatives: healthcare, so I returned to graduate school. Committee on Ways and Means, Health Subcommittee Intern Looking forward, I plan to devote my career to finding ways to increase access to healthcare in emerging markets countries. I love working in this environment because the people are warm, every day is mission- driven, and the rules are still being written. The right combination of public and private sector collaboration can make an impactful difference in saving lives and I am excited to figure out how to make this happen. I am grateful for the opportunity to be a George Fellow in pursuit of this goal.

43 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL Analyst McKinsey &Company: Business Partners: Private Equity Associate Innovation Unit Birch Hill Equity Policy Analyst, Impact and Government ofCanada:Summer Partnerships Intern Breaker Inc.: Product and PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Economics withDistinction, 2011 University ofCalgary, BA in Finance withDistinction, 2011 School ofBusiness, BCommin University ofCalgary, Haskayne 2016–2017 David M.Rubenstein Fellow, Candidate, 2019 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GEORGE BRIAN ETIENNE FELLOWS MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 these importantgovernment servicesare available forfuture generations. experiences anddetermine the mostimpactfulpathIcantaketoensuring will provide inmythird andfinal year oncampusto reflect onthese Valley. Iamexcited abouttheopportunity thatbeingaGeorge Fellow Canadian government andthenatadynamicearlystagestartupinSilicon practice, firstasaninternforupstartinnovation teamwithinthe That experiencehelpedmefindopportunitiestotest my learningsin helping develop theschool’s firstcourseongovernment digitalservices. in depth. At the Kennedy SchoolIhave focusedondigitizinggovernment, My timeatHarvard hasgiven metheopportunitytoexplore thisproblem similar results canbeachieved atpublicinstitutionscloserto home. they couldbefore. Witnessing thissuccessmotivated metoexplore how population withahigherlevel ofserviceatthesameorlower costthan tools, commonintheprivate sector, allowed ourclienttoreach alarger commodities toremote areas traditionalproviders couldnotreach. These innovative fundingprogram forsemi-private organizations tobringthese tools toreduce thecostofkeyhealthcommoditiesandestablishedan world’s poorest countries. The program utilized sophisticatedprocurement a program bringinglife-savinghealthcommoditiestowomeninthe While atMcKinsey, Iworked withalarge globalfoundationtodevelop principles andtoolscanbeusedtocreate value inthepublicsector. maximize returns forshareholders, butIhave seenhow thesame of organizations. This work focusedonhelpingprivate organizations as aninvestor toallocatecapital andoptimize operationsacross arange In myearlycareer, Iworked asanadvisorand driven uptheircosts. complexity ofproviding theseserviceshas opportunities Idid.Over time, theincreased future generationsofCanadianshave thesame person Iamtodayandwanttoensure that institutions gave metheopportunitytobe sports inpubliclyfundedfacilities.Public healthcare from publicproviders, andplayed services. Iattendedpublicschools,received Growing up I wasaheavyuserofpublic NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

DANIEL GASTFRIEND HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA My grandfather is a Holocaust survivor. When I Candidate, 2019 was eighteen, he brought our family on a visit to Poland. As we stood in the stadium where his Princeton University, BA, Woodrow family was funneled to the trains, he described Wilson School of Public and the ghetto roundup in agonizing detail. The International Affairs, magna cum closing memory, lucid above all others, was his laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2013 father’s final request: never abandon your values. My grandfather begged us to build a better world PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS by fighting for the dignity of not just our own people, but of all. New York City Mayor’s Office of Operations, New York Office: Summer His words stayed with me, and I began studying Associate international development soon after the trip. Since then, I’ve sought to understand how to create economic opportunity and increase the social Bain & Company, South Africa: impact of public policies. Associate Consultant After college, I worked for IDinsight to support evidence-based IDinsight, Uganda and India Offices: policymaking in developing countries. I designed research programs to help Associate policymakers improve HIV programming in Uganda, agricultural initiatives World Bank, Washington, D.C. Office: in Rwanda and Tanzania, and biometric identification applications in India. Intern, Inspection Panel I then worked for Bain & Company in South Africa, where I helped launch a transformation plan for an industrial goods company and create a five-year Clinton Foundation, Malawi Office: development strategy for a government agency in West Africa. This summer, Intern, Clinton Development Initiative I worked at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security developing strategies for the federal government to prevent and prepare for Harry S. Truman Scholarship for global pandemics. Leadership and Public Service, 2012 I aim to spend my career improving policies addressing public health, Harvard University Effective Altruism international development, and emerging technologies. I am excited for the Student Group: Treasurer opportunity to deepen my understanding of these issues at Harvard. Pace Council for Civic Values, Princeton University: Co-Chair

Giving What We Can, Princeton University: Co-Founder, President

45 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE, 2019 The Future Project: Mentor Leader Engineers Without Borders: Project Founder Community Services Consultant: Co- Consultant Oliver Wyman andCompany:Senior Health Financing Program Manager Clinton Health Access Initiative: PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 2011 Recipient; CharlesDavis Scholar, Teaching andResearch Award Engineering; Undergraduate Biochemical andChemical Brown University, BScin 2016–2017 David M.Rubenstein Fellow, Candidate, 2019 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GEORGE SHARON MAKAVA FELLOWS developing countries. and nonprofits addressing constraining challengesin Africaandother the sumofalltheseexperiencestoserve governments, businesses, by theirperspectives. At theendofthisjourney, Ihopetoleverage other fellows, Ilookforward tobothlearningfrom andbeingchallenged skills required forsuccess. As Iembark onthisfinal year withacohortof case-method learningfrom Harvard Business Schoolwiththeleadership rigorous policy-orientatedtrainingfrom Harvard Kennedy Schoolandthe It ismyhopethat myexperienceasaGeorge Fellow willcomplementthe influence, andenablingcollaboration. leader across thesesectorswillbeinstrumentaltogainingcredibility, and mutuallysupportingroles. Consequently, myability tobeanauthentic with actorsfrom theprivate, public,andsocialsectorsplayingdistinct become increasingly clearthatthere isaneedforsector-wide approach solutions tothesegrowth challengesover thepasttwoyears, ithas periods ofcollapsethatresult instagnation. As Ihave explored potential countries struggletosustaineconomicgrowth, oftenhavingprolonged Our story, asacountry, unfortunately, isnotunique.Many developing insecure, and widespread joblessness prevailed. became unavailable, thenationbecamefood systems collapsed,essentialcommodities Zimbabwe cametoagrindinghaltaspublic economic turmoilwithhyperinflationsoaring. ravaged by theblightofHIV/AIDSfollowed by a decade,Ihadwatchedasmycountrywas into mypersonalstory. Over thecourseof development had been so intricately interwoven limited. On thecontrary, thechallengesof knowledge ofeconomicdevelopment wasvery Coming intograduateschool,mytheoretical NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

MAHA MALIK HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA In 2007, I watched my mother take oath as a Candidate, 2019 Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. She had achieved her lifelong dream of having David M. Rubenstein Fellow, a seat in the Pakistani Parliament. My mother’s 2016–2017 commitment to leadership and service motivated Dartmouth College, BA in Economics, me to directly contribute to the sustainability cum laude, 2013 of democracy in the country. In the summer that followed, I worked with a United Nations project in Islamabad focused on strengthening PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS democracy through parliamentary development. I Telenor Pakistan: Product Manager, trained new Parliamentarians and their committee Internet of Things Team staff on legislative drafting, the budget process, and parliamentary oversight. I did this while witnessing first hand, the World Bank Group: Short-Term very real effect of parliamentary legislation on my father’s business, a Consultant, Doing the Business of citrus farm, two hours west of the capital. Agriculture Project I took my interest in business and politics to college where I Bain & Company, Boston and Dubai studied both Economics and Government. I subsequently worked in Offices: Consultant management consulting in both Boston and Dubai. This gave me the opportunity to work on a range of issues in the private sector—advising Inspire Inc.: Case Team Leader, Seeds business leaders on expansions into new markets, organizational of Peace changes and transformations, as well as understanding the implications Cambridge Associates, Boston Office: of these decisions on employees, customers, and broader society. The Summer Consulting Associate job allowed me to learn a framework to think about a wide array of problems. It also challenged me to push beyond frameworks to drive from imperfect information toward practical solutions. Throughout my case work, I continued to learn that business decisions are inextricably linked to the policies that affect them. I found that understanding and effectively promoting these links can lead to better outcomes.

The joint degree has allowed me to further my understanding of cross- sector links. Following graduate school, I hope to continue to move between the public and private sectors, finding the spaces where I can contribute to economic growth and empowerment, in particular, in Pakistan. I am grateful to Bill and Penny George for the opportunity to work on my ability to be a more effective and authentic leader at the nexus of the private and the public sector even when the road is tough, because ultimately, it is the challenges that will make the journey worthwhile.

47 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL Global Education Practice World Bank Group: Consultant, Senior Associate Consultant Bain &Company, New York Office: Leader Transformation Agency: Project Ethiopian Agricultural Summer Fellow New York CityMayor’s Office: Casey: Summer Intern United States Senate, Office ofBob City ofPhiladelphia: Summer Fellow PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS laude, 2012 Consumer Psychology, summacum International Relations, Minor in University ofPennsylvania, BA in 2016–2017 David M.Rubenstein Fellow, Fellow, 2018–2019 Harvard Presidential Public Service Candidate, 2019 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GEORGE NED SHELL FELLOWS

MASTER INPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 private, andnonprofit sectors. in myimmediateendeavor andthemanythatcomeafteritinpublic, as aGeorge Fellow tofurtherdevelop theskillsneededtobesuccessful I amexcited tousemyfinal year of thejointdegree program andmytime economic andsocialproblems. given thetangible,operationalnature ofitschallengesandproximity to in localgovernment themostpersonallyandprofessionally compelling populist rhetoric. While there are manywaystodo this,Ifindworking to government andthecommunitiestargeted by harmfulpublicpolicyand In theshorttomediumterm,Iplanhelprepair thedamagebeingdone repressed groups. members oftheLGBTQ community, women,andotherhistorically deputies reject policiesthatlevel theplayingfieldforpeopleofcolor, someone whounderminestrustinourpublicinstitutionsandwhose problems ofinequalitywas,infact,fallingoff therails. We elected I thoughtwasontracktosolve manyofitshistoricalinjustices and The 2016electioncycle putthingsin stark perspective. The country family—I hadasolidsupportsystemready tocatchmewhenIstumbled. things were—from earlystrugglesinschooltocomingoutasgaymy who are notasluckyinthebirthlottery. And ashard asIsometimesfelt liberal Philadelphia, Iwasshieldedfrom somuchofwhatafflicts those my upbringingwas.Growing up thechildofajournalistandacademicin coverageinternational news oftheU.S.mademerealize justhow atypical resided there. Livingoverseas, working withforeign citizens, andseeing myhomecountryandcommunitythatIlackedwhen in viewing But distancegave mealevel ofobjectivity was exciting. professional experienceofworking inthem change inthesecountrieswashighandthe population servicesprojects. The needfor working withforeign governments on Vietnamese educationministry, Ienjoyed From anEthiopian agriculture agencytothe economies undertakingsocialpolicyreform. career, Ifocusedonworking withemerging In collegeandduringmyearlyprofessional NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

MICHAEL SILVESTRI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA From a young age, I have been gripped by the Candidate, 2019 health, education, and economic disparities shackling our world. Although I grew up in a Zuckerman Fellow, 2016–2017 comfortable Boston suburb, my worldview was Harvard College, BA in Economics forged volunteering in hidden corners of the globe. with Honors, cum laude, 2010 In HIV hospital wards of rural Kenya, remote Honduran jungle clinics, and dilapidated South African schoolrooms, I witnessed how overwhelming PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS the odds are against so many. I resolved to invest Rock Center for Entrepreneurship: my life in serving society’s most marginalized. Rock Summer Fellow In pursuit of this mission, my methods have Harvard Innovation Lab: Venture evolved. As a Harvard undergraduate, I sought nonprofit solutions to these Incubation Program Participant challenges, founding an education collaborative to serve at-risk South African youth. Through a World Health Organization internship, I learned how Mustard Seed Foundation: Harvey seemingly small changes in public policy can mean the difference between Fellow saving or overlooking millions of lives. After college, I built skills in the private sector as a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman. While there, I gained an Office of Massachusetts Governor instinct for breaking down problems, a passion for data analytics, and an Charlie Baker: Strategic Operations appreciation for the way profitability can unlock scale. Fellow Eager to harness my consulting skillset to solve social problems, I transitioned Harvard Kennedy School: Dukakis to FSG, a social impact consulting firm, for three exhilarating years. I advised Fellow a nationwide charity on improving educational outcomes through community- Harvard Business School: Social wide collaboration, enabled a technology company to address workforce Enterprise Fellow development through nonprofit partnerships, and helped an international aid agency coordinate a multi-stakeholder HIV prevention rollout. Most recently, FSG: Senior Consultant at the Massachusetts Governor’s Office, I surfaced innovative public-private partnerships that could transform public service delivery. In these and other Oliver Wyman: Consultant projects, I came alive working at the intersection of the nonprofit, public, and Mamelodi Initiative: Co-Founder and corporate spheres. Although humbled by the complexity of social inequities Board Treasurer facing our world, I am convinced cross-sector collaboration can bring truly systemic change. My goal is to lead that kind of change. World Health Organization: Intern The joint degree program and George Fellowship experience will hone my leadership skills, challenge my thinking, and broaden my cross-sector toolkit. Through the Center for Public Leadership and George Fellowship communities, I look forward to gaining perspectives, partners, and practical skills that will equip me to help solve our world’s most entrenched social challenges.

49 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL E.L.I. Africa: Chief Financial Officer Exchange Trading Analyst UBS Investment Bank: Foreign Policy Advisor Simmons: CampaignManager, State Representative Caroline President of Success Academy: Founder and The Young Professionals Committee and LeadofMath Content Founding 7thGrade Math Teacher Success Academy CharterSchools: Leader Assistant Principal, Acting School Success Academy CharterSchools: Communications Fellow New Politics: Summer Campaign Development: Summer Policy Fellow Community andEconomic Pennsylvania Department of PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Science, 2011 Yale University, BA inPolitical 2016–2017 David M.Rubenstein Fellow, Candidate, 2019 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GEORGE NICK SIMMONS FELLOWS MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 and government. my understandingofhow tosolve problems attheintersectionofbusiness sharpening myanalyticalabilities, developing asaleader, and expanding experience by being exposedtoavariety ofinnovative approaches and In mythird year, Ihopetocontinue totakeadvantage ofmyco-curricular backgrounds ofmyclassmatesandCenterforPublic LeadershipFellows. for thepasttwoyears, andIhave cherished learningfrom thediverse It hasbeenthrillingtobeapartofthejointdegree program atHarvard right management,mindset,andpedagogyanyschool canprosper. become antidotestoourunequalschoolsystem—proving thatwiththe replicate ourresults. Most importantly, astheseschoolssucceedthey national recognition andvisitsfrom thosearound theworldseekingto Nearly allofourschoolshave hadphenomenalsuccessthusfar, receiving innovative solutionstoachieve ourvisionofmagicalandrigorous schools. Most ofmydays were spentproblem-solving withcolleaguesandusing class publicschools,nomattertheneighborhoodorstudentpopulation. thrilling tocontributethemissionofusingpublicfundscreate world- As ateacher, assistantprincipal,andultimatelyactingschool leader, itwas neighborhoods thatotherwiselackedsucheducationalopportunity. this organization, Iworked tohelpcreate high-performingpublicschoolsin serving 13,000mostlylow-income students inNew York City. As apartof Charter SchoolNetwork, whichnow operatesfortyonepublicschools As ateacher, Itaughtthefirst7thgradeclassfor Success Academy school system. about fixing: America’s unequalpublic addressing aproblem Ifeelvery passionate Street trading desk,Ilefttospendfouryears After feelingunfulfilled by working ona Wall potential forsocialmobilityandachievement. most vulnerablepopulationsandharmtheir to focusonproblems thatadversely affect our resolve them.In particular, Ifinditpertinent society andhow tocollectively andequitably interested intheproblems we faceasa For aslongIcanremember, Ihave been NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

GRANT TUDOR HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I have grown up professionally as a marketer, Candidate, 2019 starting at an advertising agency in New York where my job was to help clients better Zuckerman Fellow, 2016–2017 understand people. I studied why empty-nester George Washington University, BA parents tend to remodel their kitchens; I learned International Affairs, concentrations why the choice of haircare products for a black in International Development and daughter can be fraught; and I investigated why International Economics with Special so many people avoid retirement planning. Honors, summa cum laude, Phi Beta While there I founded a nonprofit marketing Kappa, 2010 group. We aimed to help organizations increase their impact by better understanding the communities with which they worked. In Kenya, we worked to increase PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS the use of a clean toilet franchise. In India, we inquired into the food Populist: Founder, Board Chair habits of anemic moms. More recently in the Middle East, time spent with UN frontline workers and Palestinians leaving Syria helped to Ogilvy: Senior Strategist improve refugee registration programs. Both the private and social impact work has instilled in me the conviction that inquiring into human The Trevor Project: Lifeline Counselor behavior—appreciating fallibilities and quirks, history and context—is a UNRWA: Summer Fellow necessary pursuit.

GW Institute for International My past two years at Harvard have been a welcome break to think more Economic Policy: Research Fellow expansively about the big issues confronting us. I have been drawn to negotiations and mediation work since I arrived. The discipline relies on Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue: a similar curiosity: why do people behave the way they do, and what Summer Fellow can we do about it?

Author, UNICEF, Demand for Health I have reflected on how most seemingly intractable problems in the Services: A Human-Centered Field world are in part a result of different groups struggling to step into each Guide other’s worlds. On issues local and global, from climate change to refugee resettlement, that imaginative failure makes it harder to spot shared interests and discover common ground. Negotiations and mediation start from the premise that agreements might not be feasible or even desirable, but it is worth trying – and that we are often surprised.

I am writing this from Bangkok, working with an organization that mediates armed conflicts. When I return and begin the George Fellowship this fall, I’m looking forward to finding support and enrichment from a diverse cohort of Fellows that I know will offer a lifetime of seeing the world through different eyes.

51 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 Group, 2011–2014 Analyst, Financial Institutions J.P. Morgan: Investment Banking Associate, 2014–2016 Corsair CapitalLLC: Private Equity Governor ofSouth Carolina, 2017 Summer Fellow: Office ofthe Michael S.Dukakis Governors’ Summer Associate, 2018 EDENS: Real EstateDevelopment PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS cum laude,2011 Concentration inFinance, magna Wharton School,BSinEconomics, University ofPennsylvania, The magna cumlaude,2011 Science, Minor inMathematics, International Studies andPolitical College of Arts &Sciences,BA in University ofPennsylvania, Studies andBusiness, 2011 Huntsman Program inInternational University ofPennsylvania, 2016–2017 David M.Rubenstein Fellow, Candidate, 2019 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GEORGE DANIEL URGELLES FELLOWS skills thatwillmakemeamore effective andresilient change agent. support oftheGeorge Fellowship, Iaimtofurtherdevelop theleadership office tohelpcreate similar opportunitiesforothers. Through thegenerous me andmyimmigrantfamily somanyopportunities,Iaimtopursuepublic In thelongterm,passionateaboutgivingbacktoacountrythathasgiven retirement saving amongmiddleclass Americans. incentivize amore sustainableapproach topersonalfinancialplanningand continue toexplore how financialinstitutionsandgovernment canwork to in thefinancialindustry. In mythird year of thejointdegree program, Iwill understand themultifacetedrelationship between publicandprivate actors Harvard Kennedy SchoolandtheHarvard Business Schooltobetter equity associate,Ienrolled inthejointdegree program between the and twoyears ofinvesting infinancialservicescompaniesasaprivate After three years advising financialinstitutionsasaninvestment banker system thatcouldavoid theerrors thatcontributedtothe2008crisis. and banksshouldbetoensure acompetitive andsustainable financial companies inoursocietyandwhattherelationship between regulators mushroomed, andIwasdeterminedtolearnmore abouttherole ofthese September 2008,mycuriosityandunderstandingoftheseinstitutionshad of U.S.banksonstrategicacquisitionsandcapitalraisingdecisions.Since Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group, advisingCEOs andCFOs Three years later, IwassittingatmydeskJ.P. Morgan, inthecompany’s beginning tounderstandthesignificanceoftheseevents. foray intotheworldoffinance,Iwasjust Only amonthintothesemester andmyfirst something Brothers—had filedforbankruptcy. to me.Just thedaybefore, anothercompany— a companythatsoundedonlyvaguely familiar night before for American International Group, that theFederal Reserve hadapproved the agitatedly tellingusaboutthe$85billionloan My professor pacedacross theclassroom, consequential wasunfoldingbefore me. morning in2008,Icouldtellsomething As Isatinmyfinanceclassthat September NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

JUSTIN WARNER HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA My getting to Harvard was an accident. During Candidate, 2019 my first year as a Center for Public Leadership (CPL) Fellow, I had a chance to give a talk on John F. Kennedy Fellow, 2016–2019 how a high school scheduling conflict, a doomed David M. Rubenstein Fellow, relationship, and my mother’s willingness to put 2016–2017 me ahead of her own career ambitions got me to where I am today. There was no grand plan, Teaching Team, Exercising Leadership only an accumulation of impact from the actions under Farayi Chipungu of others, which shaped me in profound and unintended ways. University of Pennsylvania, Jerome Fisher Program in Management and In our increasingly interconnected world, our Technology, BS in Economics and BSE footprint for impacting others has never been larger. From where we in Systems Engineering, summa cum shop to what we put on our social media accounts, we make small laude, Beta Gamma Sigma and Eta decisions every day that can have dramatic consequences for others. Kappa Nu, 2012 Because I was one of the lucky ones, those impacts conspired to send me here. For many others, even everyday business choices—like where a product is sourced from—made by leaders they never elected are PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS sources of uncertainty that can have a cascading impact on their lives to detrimental effect. Where bold decisions and big sums of money grab Emerging Capital Partners: Summer Associate the headlines, the truly powerful is too small to be newsworthy.

CrossBoundary: Investment Associate What this means is that opportunities for leadership are everywhere. A common story told by many private sector leaders is that impact is Berkshire Partners: Private Equity something you do after your career: after you make enough money Associate and have enough power at your disposal. The reality, however, is that McKinsey & Company: Business leadership is possible from many angles and in all places around the Analyst world. There’s no ideal job title, no minimum account balance, and no prerequisite academic degree—relying on them may just hold you back. Goldman Sachs: Summer Investment Banking Analyst Learning this lesson is one of the greatest gifts that Harvard Kennedy School and CPL have given me. Democracy Prep Schools: Volunteer Consultant My experience over the last two years has been nothing short of transformational, and I have the CPL community in part to thank for Fenway Health: Young Leader’s Council SteerCo that. Returning to CPL this year as a George Fellow, I hope to take this journey down a new path—to start turning the tools, insights, and inspiration I have found through this program into action.

53 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 Cicero Magazine: Intern amagi PR:Intern Relations: Intern German CouncilonForeign Research Assistant Columbia Business School: Associate McKinsey &Company: Fellow Harvard University, 2017 Chair of a student-run conference at German-American Conference: Co- PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Studies, magnacumlaude , 2011 Environmental Studies and African International Affairs, Certificatesin Wilson SchoolofPublic and Princeton University, AB, Woodrow Candidate, 2019 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GEORGE SOPHIE FELLOWS WEIHMANN Fellowship toshare ideasandcontinuedefiningmypersonalleadershipvision. of bothexplorationandintrospection, andamthrilledtobepartoftheGeorge inspired andencouragedtoexplore areas. suchnew Ilookforward toanotheryear country. The jointdegree program hasbeenawonderfulexperience;Ihave been of inclusionandbringingpeopletogether, withinandbeyond theborders ofa I have recently beeninterested intherole thatthearts playincreating asense the Atlantic, threatening thevery core ofthevalues Igrew uptreasuring somuch. as theinfluenceandpopularityofnationalisticideasare risingonbothsidesof Today, Iworrymore thanever abouttheriskofdisintegrationanddeglobalization, of businessandpolicy. better prepare forwork attheintersectionofprivate andthepublicsectors and socialsectors,Iconsequentlydecidedtopursuethejointdegree program to having spentsomeyears inconsulting,focusingprimarilyonwork inthepublic are intertwined,andendedupdouble-majoringinthosetwosubjects. After to European integration.Iwasfascinatedby how closelyeconomicsandpolitics which happenedtocoincidewiththeEuropean financialcrisis—aseriousthreat has alsoinformedmyresearch interests duringmyundergraduate education, I have therefore alwayshadadeepappreciation fortheEuropean project. This and European integrationinsupportofthesevalues. were adirect result ofreunification of Germany had—unlike mymomorgrandparents— while growing upandtheopportunitiesIhave The timesoffreedom andpeacethatIenjoyed instilled inme:freedom, equality, andpeace. grandparents, bothsurvivors of World War II, mom, whoraisedmeonherown, andmy it alsolargely influencedthe values thatmy Kennedy SchoolandHarvard Business School, “fun fact” throughout mytimeatHarvard East Germany. While thishasserved asahandy I wasborninacountrythatnolongerexists: NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

CINDY YANG HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I want to reimagine what is possible. I want to Candidate, 2019 ask these questions, “What if we could redesign society? What if people could live their best Georgetown University, BS in Foreign lives—unconstrained by lack of money, Service in International Economics information, opportunity?” with Honors, magna cum laude, 2012 I want to find new ways of realizing the answers to these questions. I hope to create new possibilities through technology, and in doing so, unleash PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS greater opportunities for all. X (formerly Google[X]): Intern I have been lucky in my life to be the beneficiary NerdWallet: Chief of Staff and of reimagined constraints. My parents pushed Category Manager for Small Business boundaries so that I could have more opportunities—refusing to let humble Goldman Sachs: Investment Banking beginnings in rural Taiwan dictate their fate. Analyst Inspired by my parents’ life stories, I have explored careers focused on Volunteer Income Tax Assistance financial empowerment and information asymmetries. After college in Program (VITA): Tax Counseling Nairobi, Kenya, I found an early answer through technology. I saw M-Pesa’s Volunteer impact in Kenya, and decided to continue exploring how technology could Small Business Administration (SBA): advance entrepreneurship and information access. Volunteer So, before entering my final year of the joint degree program at Harvard Texas A&M Chamber of Commerce Business School (HBS) and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), I explored conference: Keynote Speaker careers at Goldman Sachs, NerdWallet, an internet startup focused on financial empowerment, and X, Google’s moonshots lab. Contributions to Entrepreneur Magazine and Blog website: These experiences strengthened my belief that we can empower people Entrepreneur Magazine Contributor through technology and business. At NerdWallet, I created a team to connect small business owners with the best sources of capital. My most vivid memories are of the people: gratitude in the eyes of entrepreneurs who dreamt bigger because of new funding; renewed hope from entrepreneurs whom I taught at the Small Business Administration and local Chambers of Commerce. Similarly, at X, I helped launch new free-space-optics technology to provide internet connectivity to rural India and hurricane-struck Puerto Rico. It fueled renewed hope, resilience and determination.

Through the George Fellowship at HKS and HBS, I will be able to continue redefining what is possible—for myself and for the communities I care about. Going forward, I hope to match new learnings and experiences with a perpetual curiosity. I want to always be wondering, “what if?”

55 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL Agricultural Resilience Framework Nigeria: Co-author, National Climate ChangeUnit Team Leader, Environment and Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria: Development Minister of Agriculture andRural on Environmental Policy tothe Government ofNigeria: Adviser PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Physical Geography University ofIbadan, B.Sc.in Technology, withDistinction Newcastle University, M.Sc.inClean (D.I.C) Imperial CollegeLondon,Ph.D. ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS U.S. LATINO ADEBISI FELLOWS ARABA leader inmyfield. to sharpenmyown efforts andmakemeabetterinformed, focused,andactive of likemindedcolleagues,with whomIwouldliketoshare anddebateideas with theLouisBacon Environmental Fellowship willintegratemeintoanetwork promote sustainabledevelopment. CombiningmyMid-Career M.P.A. program promoting globalpartnershipsin theexchange ofideasandpracticesthat and championingclimatesmartresilient policiesacross Africa, and change. Beyond that, Iintendtotakeupleadershippositionsindeveloping for theworld’s 9billionpeopleby 2050whileunderpressure from climate sector, especially how itresponds tothechallengeofgrowing nutritiousfood communication infosteringresilient economies,beginningwiththeagricultural My nextgoalistofocusonthenexusbetween empiricalevidenceand priorities. programs thatwere firmly rooted onsoundevidenceandfocusednational balance ofenthusiasmandskepticismensured thatIchampionedpoliciesand agribusinesses andprocessors, aswell asinstitutionalpartners.My healthy create synergies amongmultipleactors;thefarmers,publicsector, other with theshocksandstresses ofclimatechange. This role required meto the value chainandensuring that70millionfarmfamiliesare abletocope focused onreducing greenhouse gasemissions,increasing productivity along the implementationofNigeria’s program onagriculturalresilience, whichis During myrecent servicewithgovernment inNigeria, Ideveloped andled guaranteeing ahighsuccessrateforpublicpolicy. I have foundthatcommunication andpartnershipsare critical elementsin acquisition methodologiesandeffective communicationtoadiverse audience. my thinkingandunderstandingofevidence explore ideasandopportunitiestosharpen All through mycareer, Ihave soughtto work! things.’ Ijusthadtoknow whatmadethings nickname bàsèjé,meaning‘the onewhobreaks household appliances!Hence mychildhood sometimes, thisendedinmedestroying my enthusiasmfordiscovery, even when four wasexciting. My parents encouraged Growing up as thelastchildinafamilyof NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

DENG MAJOK CHOL HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL “For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in the problems we face as a society and how to ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTScollectively and NARRATIVEequitably resolve them. In particular, George Washington University, M.B.A. I have seen leadership up close and personal: I in Global BusinessI find Management it pertinentlearned to indispensable focus onlessons problems of leadership fromthat adversely my father. As the Head Chief of the Nyarweng Arizona State University, B.S. in affect our most Dinkavulnerable clan, he demonstrated populations excellence in publicand harm their Political Science, Minor in Economics service as he presided over governance, social potential for socialpolicies, mobility cattle, and land and ownership. achievement. My parents After PROFESSIONALfeeling HIGHLIGHTS unfulfilledinstilled by in meworking intrinsic values: on hard a work,Wall Street trading honesty, justice, humility, and resilience. These International Finance Corporation desk, I left to spendqualities havefour enabled years me to addressingovercome the odds a problem (IFC): Consultant on investment of war and lead my fellow Lost Boys. climate advisoryI feel services very passionate about fixing: America’s unequal My interest in pursuing public service as a career Ministry of Investment, South Sudan: public school system.to transform It South has Sudan been is embodied thrilling in my personal to be experience a part as a Consultant on decentralization survivor of a twenty-one-year civil war which resulted in more than 2.5 of investmentof climate the services; joint degree program at Harvard for the past two million deaths and over 4.5 million displaced persons. Throughout the regulatory simplification and fifteen-year journey of the Lost Boys of Sudan, I have demonstrated investment generationyears, and I have cherished learning from the diverse resolute leadership. As the Executive Director, I spoke about human World Bank: Consultantbackgrounds on of rights,my refugees’classmates lives, and poverty and to Center inspire the Americanfor Public public. I private participationLeadership in transport Fellows.”helped mobilize more than 3,800 Lost Boys and Girls in the US, and infrastructure projects in low- and advocated for a change in the US policy toward Sudan by engaging the middle-income countries Sudan Caucus, Black Caucus, and Foreign Relations Committee.

Lost Boys andNick Girls Simmons of Sudan (US): My interactions with multilateral agencies have reinforced my passion Harvard Kennedy School for public policy problems. I aspire to contribute to the restoration and Co-Founder andGeorge Executive Leadership Director Fellow MPP/MBA Candidate transformation of South Sudan by affecting the approaches, methods, -Goodwill of Central Arizona: Manager and policies of economic development. Since 2005, South Sudan has been receiving billions of dollars in oil revenues, but has experienced International Rescue Committee: only dismal development outcomes. What has emerged instead is a Assistant Case Manager “consumer elite” that takes in, but produces almost nothing. I intend to Jonglei Peace Initiative, North America be trained as a practitioner who can develop better policies to manage (JPINA): Advisor oil and other natural resources.

Key advocate to the US Congress The Dubin co-curricular activities will enhance my leadership skills. The on the Lost Boys of Sudan Loan Dubin speaker series will present me with unparalleled opportunities to Forgiveness Act learn from the world’s most accomplished and renowned personalities. Similarly, the Dubin Fellowship will provide me with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a global network of fellows.

57 ABOUT THE With the income generated by a $23 million endowed gift from the estate of Alan L. GLEITSMAN Gleitsman, CPL launched the Gleitsman PROGRAM IN Program in Leadership for Social Change LEADERSHIP FOR (GPLSC) in 2007. It was Mr. Gleitsman’s hope SOCIAL CHANGE that if the world knew of the accomplishments of social activists, others would be inspired by their stories and would fight to correct some of the other problems facing us, thereby improving the quality of life for all of us.

The GPLSC’s three principal components are:

• The Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship Program, which provides significant financial support and a robust co-curricular experience to promising students interested in social change;

• The Gleitsman Citizen Activist and International Activist Awards, each of which carries a $125,000 cash prize and enables students and the greater Harvard community to learn from the presence of an extraordinary change agent when she or he visits campus; and

• The Alan L. Gleitsman Professorship in Social Innovation, an endowed professorship that will link pivotal social innovation programs at Harvard Kennedy School, including the longstanding Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change and the New World Social Enterprise Fellows Program, which launched in the fall of 2015. Both programs are housed at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership.

This year, the endowment will support four new activists with full tuition fellowships and welcome back three returning fellow to carry on Alan’s vision as often expressed through his favorite Robert F. Kennedy quote: “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.”

58 ABOUT ALAN GLEITSMAN

Alan L. Gleitsman was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1930. At the age of just nine, his father died and left Alan to be raised by his mother who worked full-time to support him and his younger sister. He received an AB in Economics from Cornell in 1951 before subsequently serving two years in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Gleitsman went on to become a successful entrepreneur in the television industry for more than three decades and the founder of The Gleitsman Foundation, which he established in 1989 to honor individuals who have initiated social change. Mr. Gleitsman “wanted to recognize people who make a difference, tell their story, and make other people aware of what one person can do.”

In addition to the foundation, Mr. Gleitsman initiated a scholarship program at UCLA designed to help attract outstanding medical students to the field of geriatrics in memory of his late mother; he was honored by the University of Southern California for his contributions to cancer research; he participated in the International Peace Walk in the Soviet Union; and he established a scholarship program at the high school he attended in Great Neck, New York that is awarded annually to the school’s most outstanding graduate.

Mr. Gleitsman began his business career in sales for Sterling Television, a television program distribution company that later became The Walter Reade Organization. In 1970, he started Alan Enterprises, Inc. in Los Angeles, specializing in the syndication of television programs in the United States. By the time he sold the company in 1986 to focus his time fully on philanthropy and issues related to social justice, he had acquired the rights to a substantial library of motion pictures, cartoons, and series, and was actively involved in distribution to television and video throughout the world.

A father of four and a grandfather of six, Mr. Gleitsman passed away in May 2006.

59 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 Founder andChair, 2007–10 Stanford Hmong Student Union: Co- Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow Special Assistant Baltimore Department ofHealth: Families USA:Health Policy Analyst Organizer Obama for America 2012:Field Regulatory Affairs Molina Healthcare: Director of PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Biology, 2010 Stanford University, BA inHuman ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GLEITSMAN PAHUA FELLOWS CHA regardless ofwhattheir story maybe. commitment to seekingjusticeanddignity foralllow-income people, time intheGleitsman Fellowship, Iwanttocontinuepursuing my a more equitableandjusthealthcare system. Through mywork and low-income issues,andforthatreason Iampassionateaboutcreating low-income people.In particular, Iseehealthasthe nexusofmany compelled metoadvocate forpublicpoliciesandlawsthatbenefitall as reasonable voices onimmigration.My family’s experienceshave immigrants, usingpeoplelikemybrother toestablishthemselves Obama, routinely highlighttheirsupportfordeporting“criminal” priorities. Today, even pro-immigration reform voices, suchasPresident including accesstopublicassistanceprograms andlawenforcement public rhetoriccanhave arbitraryandharmfuleffects onpolicy, Living bothsidesofthisnarrative aboutthepoorshowed mehow were limited. my brother, andthelegaloptionstooverturn hisnoticeofdeportation those whohadcriminalrecords, meantthatthere wasnolegal aidfor ago asateenager. A riseinanti-immigrantsentiment,especiallyagainst deportation becauseofafelonyhehadcommittedmore thanadecade 1996 federalimmigrationlaw. This lawwarrantedmybrother’s because ofapoliticaldecisiontomore rigorously enforce aretroactive my olderbrother wasarrested andsentencedtoadetentioncenter poor” asitsfoil,andmyfamilyhaslived thatside,too. In 2007, But thenarrative ofthe“deserving poor” requires the“undeserving birth andthatmyfamilyreceived WIC andfoodstampbenefits. helped ensure mymomandIhadregular doctorappointmentsafter my laborer. A caseworker assignedtomyfamily the previous daypickingblueberriesasafarm after mymom,heavilypregnant, hadspent delivered intothisworldonthekitchenfloor we were seenasthedeservingpoor. Iwas appreciative andindustriousimmigrants, help whenmyfamilyneededit. Always the up, I saw how peoplewere oftenwillingto do notfitthe “model poor” narrative. Growing discriminated against,especiallywhenthey income peoplefrom beingmarginalized or I ampassionateaboutprotecting low- NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

TOBIAS GARNETT HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE City University, Graduate Diploma in In between my two years at Harvard, I worked Law, 2011 for the UK Labour Party’s Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Cambridge University, Trinity College, advising on a range of issues related to the BA in English and Modern Languages, difficult process of disentangling the UK from 2009 the EU. Before coming to HKS, I spent a year advocating for journalists imprisoned without PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS trial in Turkey, a country in which judicial independence has been dramatically eroded. I Platform for Independent Journalism: was involved in coordinating interventions with Human Rights Lawyer governments, non-governmental organizations Support to Life: Consultant and supranational institutions like the Council of Europe and the UN. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Intern I had moved to Turkey after four years of working as a litigator in a large international law firm in London and Tokyo because, horrified by UK Shadow Secretary of State for the unfolding refugee crisis, I wanted to help those whose lives had Exiting the European Union: Advisor been upended by the Syrian war. After arriving in Istanbul, I designed and helped implement a UNICEF-funded program that encouraged The Law Society of England and refugee families to take their children out of work and send them to Wales: Human Rights Lawyer of the school. The program was rolled out across eleven cities in Turkey, which Year, 2017 currently hosts the world’s largest refugee population.

I’m looking forward to the opportunities that HKS and the Gleitsman community will continue to provide in my second year to think through policy approaches to these issues, not only because of their drastic effect on the futures of child refugees or imprisoned journalists but also because of the central role that migration and institutional degradation are playing in populist politics around the world.

61 DREW HECKMAN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2020 GLEITSMANand Educational Fund: LegalIntern Mexican American LegalDefense Michelle Wu: Policy Intern Boston CityCouncilPresident Award 2014 Heartland Pride Game Changer Founder Queer Nebraska Youth Network: Field Organizer Human RightsCampaign:Nebraska PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Leadership Award Brown LGBTQ Community Beta Kappa,2013 Honors, magnacumlaude,Phi Gender &Sexuality Studies with Brown University, BSSociology; 2020 Harvard LawSchool,JDCandidate, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS FELLOWS discrimination andinjusticefacingmymultifaceted community. Fellow andcombinedlaw /policyeducationtocontinuethefightagainst Moving forward, Iamexcited toleverage myexperience asaGleitsman Transexuales, yBisexuales). and theNational LGBT Federation (Federación EstataldeLesbianas,Gais, work withtheLGBTI Program ofthe Autonomous CommunityofMadrid inequality had,orhadnot,beenresolved inanothercontextthrough in Spain, where Iendeavored tolearnhow issuesofdifference and After twoyears backinNebraska, Itooktimetotravel andlanded how muchIstillhadtolearn. the courseofhistoryinCornhuskerState. It alsomademeaware of policymakers mademeaware ofmyown abilitytoalter, however slightly, religious communities,andhaving heartfeltconversations directly with change making.Organizing press conferences, working withbusinessand expanding mygeographicalscope,target population,andplaybookfor LGBTQ organization. They hired meastheirfirst Nebraska Field Organizer, on theground ledmetotheHuman RightsCampaign,the nation’s largest of communityIfoundtobesobeneficialmein Providence. My efforts organization Istartedatnineteentotryrecreate athometheaspects to continuemywork withtheQueer Nebraska Youth Network, an convictionhomewithmeaftergraduation I tookthisnewfound justice requires aconcurrent commitmenttobroader socialjusticeaswell. as diverse asthelarger population, andthatareal commitmenttoLGBTQ at Brown opened myeyes tothereality thattheLGBTQ communityisjust college studentsfrom across thecountrytoourcampus.My experiences for IvyQ 2012,whichbrought over 400LGBTQ the Queer Alliance andtheConference Chair culminated inmyroles astheHead Chairof My eagerparticipationatBrown University LGBTQ communityatcollege. was more thanready todive intothevibrant student inmyhighschool’s history, however, I After fouryears ofbeingthefirstopenlygay myself wasacareer fightingfor LGBTQ rights. Omaha, Nebraska, thelastthingIimaginedfor When Icameoutasgayatagefourteenin NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

STEPHANIE NGUYEN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of Virginia, BA in Digital My purpose is to build better services for people in Media Theory & Design with need through user centered design and technology. High Distinction, Glenn D. Kirwan The thread that unites all my work is the desire to Scholarship for Entrepreneurship, deliver products that maximize resources and serve 2012 our most vulnerable populations.

I recently worked at Google X’s Project Loon, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS extending internet connectivity to people in rural Google X at Project Loon: and remote areas worldwide. I have worked on Researcher + Designer projects for the White House streamlining student loan repayment, clarifying the immigrant visa The Obama White House: Centers process, and lessening the paperwork burden for for Medicare & Medicaid, State clinicians caring for Medicare patients. Before the White House, I co- Department, Department of founded a startup that developed a more intuitive navigation service Education using visually intuitive wayfinding partnering with the DC Department of Transportation. Through my work with the tech community, I co-led Landmark at Silica Labs: Lead and created DCFemTech, a women in tech coalition, focused on lowering Designer and Co-Founder barriers to entry for minorities and women in technology. DCFemTech DC Metro Area Tech I’m a first generation Vietnamese-American and the daughter of two Coalition: Co-Founder refugees. If I stay true to my principles and learn from the breadth of Code for America Summit: 2018 human experience, I can lead policy, design, and technology to a future Panelist on Ethics, Conscience, that is just and inclusive. Technology and Public Service

Washington Magazine: 2015 Washington DC’s Top 100 Tech Titans

Washington Life Magazine: 2015 Top 40 DC’s Innovators Shaping Washington

63 IVAN RAHMAN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 GLEITSMANKnoll Farm: Better Selves Fellow Public Allies New York: Public Ally Line Leaders Academy Fellow People For the American Way: Front Coro Fellow inPublic Affairs Coro New York LeadershipCenter: Teach For America: CorpsMember Fellow StartingBloc: Social Innovation Fellow Revive The Dream Institute: RTD Pioneers Fellow Education Pioneers: Education PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS laude, 2011 Individualized Study, summacum New York University, BA in School Generalist, 2015 Education, MA in Teaching, Middle Relay Graduate Schoolof 2019 Stanford University, MBA Candidate, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS FELLOWS Gleitsman Fellowship hasonlyacceleratedmypursuit ofmymission. build relationships withthechangeagentsoftodayandtomorrow, the for metoattendHarvard, tolearnessentialleadershipskills,and members better—hasbecome mypurpose.By makingitpossible like thoseinmycommunity—creating asocietythattreats itspoorest Ultimately, creating greater opportunitiesforpeoplelikemyparents and coupled withmycommunity’s care forme,drive meineverything Ido. fortune isduetotheirhard work andsacrifice. Thehardships theyfaced, store askingifanyone neededtheirhelp, Irealize thatsomuchofmy As Ithinkbacktothedayswhenmyparents wouldwalkfrom store to book forfive cents,inanaïve attemptto “catch up” withmyclassmates. I stillremember photocopyingeach pageofthelibrary’s yellow SAT-prep could notafford thetutoringfees.Instead, Iretreated tomylocallibrary. an instrument,orcrackingtheSATs. Icouldnotfollow suit,asmyparents school ended,manyofthemreceived private tutoringinchess,playing spoke differently thanme. We were inthesameclassroom, but, once I suddenlyfeltlikeanoutsider. My classmateslooked,dressed, and Then, Iattendedaprivate high schoolinManhattan onfullscholarship. other familiesIknew. class. My parents were busytryingtomakeendsmeet,butsowere the friendship. As partofthatcommunity, Inever thoughttwiceaboutraceor a community, brought togetherby ourparents andstrengthened by our school oratthemosque,Iplayed outsidewithmyneighbors. We formed people wholooked,dressed, andspokelikeme. Whenever Iwasn’t at Growing upintheBronx, Ihungoutwith a smallBangladeshi enclave. Bronx, aneighborhoodwithaffordable rent and incomes enabledthemtosettleintheSouth secured employment asacashieratGNC. Their folding clothesatatouristshop, andmyfather from Bangladesh. My motherfoundwork seeking ajobaftertheir8,000-milejourney walked from store tostore in Times Square of English myparents learnedin1986asthey “Do youneedhelp?” These were thefirstwords NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

HASAN SHEIKH HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of Ottawa, Postgraduate I developed a keen interest in the social Medical Degree in a Special determinants of health in medical school, and a Competence in Emergency desire to address the upstream causes of illness Medicine, 2015 in my individual interactions with patients. As I began my residency, the federal government University of Toronto Department introduced a draconian policy to cut healthcare of Family and Community Medicine, for refugees. I saw the effects of the cuts first St Michael’s Hospital, Postgraduate hand and struggled to try to help my patients who Medical Degree in Family Medicine, could no longer access testing, specialist care, 2014 or treatment. This was further compounded by Queen’s University Faculty of the fact that refugees and refugee claimants were Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 2012 terrified to speak publicly about the harms of the cuts, fearing backlash from a government that controlled their fate. These University of Toronto, BS in experiences taught me that advocating for my patients would require Developmental Biology, 2008 stepping out of the hospital walls. I decided to come together with other physicians across Canada to speak publicly about the harms of the cuts. Through protests, lectures, interviews, panel discussions, and op-eds, we PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS made refugee health an election issue, pushing a newly-elected federal Emergency Medicine and Addiction government to fulfill a campaign promise to reverse the cuts in 2016. Medicine: Physician I have continued to build on that experience, and my advocacy work University of Toronto Department has consistently focused on identifying and addressing the upstream of Family and Community Medicine: contributors to illness in vulnerable populations, including improving Lecturer the care of people suffering with addictions, struggling with precarious workers, or having difficulty accessing affordable dental care. As an University Health Network, emergency physician, I see the failures of our public policies every day, META:PHI (Mentoring, Education, and this continues to inform my understanding of the advocacy work I do. and Clinical Tools for Addiction: Primary Care – Hospital I hope to use my time at HKS and as a Gleitsman Fellow to learn the Integration): Medical Lead tools needed to build on my current clinical expertise and develop an ability to identify the social determinants of health, in order to improve Canadian Association of Emergency my effectiveness at pushing for broad systemic change to improve the Physicians: Public Affairs Committee health of marginalized communities. Decent Work and Health Network: Steering Committee

University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine: Advocacy for Patients Award

65 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Scholarship Award Recipient Illinois: 1999Diversity Program Forum ofChicagoland,Chicago, 2014 Fellow Ethnic Association Program for Women Leadership: Vital Voices LeadFellowship Manager Developing CountriesProject of Child Abuse andNeglect: International Society forPrevention Thailand: Executive Director Child Workers in Asia, Bangkok, Consultant and Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand: UNICEF Regional Office forEast Asia Deputy Executive Director, Programs ECPAT International: 2011-2018 PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Economics andPsychology, 1992 Sophia Collegefor Women, BA in Sociology, 1994 University ofMumbai, MA in Management, 2003 Graduate Certificatein Nonprofit Northeastern University, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS GLEITSMAN JUNITA UPADHYAY FELLOWS impunity andaculture of silence. the limitsofourthinkingand capabilitiesinaffecting socialchangeinending and CPL fellows forthecollective learning environment whichwillhelppush exploitation. Iamhonored tojointheexceptional cohortof HKSfaculty, peers, ardently advocated for:therightofevery childtolive free from abuseand more importantlyanacknowledgement andrecognition oftheissue thatIhave The Gleitsman Fellowship isnotonlyanincredible opportunityforme,but technical one. it needstobeviewed asapoliticalandsocialissueratherthanmerely a and inwhichthecrimeisfacilitated. To prioritize childprotection agenda, cultural, politicalandeconomiccontextdynamics in whichthechildlives must bebasedonscientificevidencetakingintoconsideration thesocial, for amulti-sectorresponse, from private andpublicsectorsalike.Interventions demonstrates thatthecomplexandevolving nature ofsexual exploitationcalls and exploitchildren withintheirhomes,schoolsandcommunities.Experience made iteasierthanever forthosewhoprey onchildren toaccess,groom While there hasbeenprogress, themisuseofinternetandtechnologyhas Eastern Europe, andLatin America. programs suchasthe Youth Partnership Program againstCSECin Africa, Asia, and institutionsinpromoting theiragencyandempowerment through global worked directly withhundreds ofchildren andadolescentswithinschools exploitation fortheircollective actionagainstviolencechildren. Ihave as thosewhohave beenvictimsofexploitative labor, trafficking andsexual disadvantaged andmarginalized groups ofchildren andadolescentssuch coalitions working directly withthemost grass-roots organizations andnational protection. My focushasbeenonmobilizing voice andadvocating forchildren’s rightsto I have spentmycareer passionately raisingmy cases thatare reported are prosecuted. ofthe do findcouragetoso,onlyafew stigma andthefearofreprisals. Of thosethat suffered, coupledwith feelings ofshame, speak outduetothetraumatheyhave Child victimsofsexualexploitationdonot NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

STEVEN VAN DAMME HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of Antwerp, BA in Law with To bring humanity in war; to restore some dignity Distinction, 2011 amongst its victims—these are some of the reasons why I spent most of the last decade College of Europe, MA in European in the war zones of Afghanistan, Colombia, Studies with High Distinction, 2007 the Democratic Republic of Congo, Palestinian University of Antwerp, BA/MA in territories, South Sudan, and Uganda. As History with High Distinction, 2006 ambitious and naive as it may sound, I have seen how we can contribute a bit more humanity in the adversity of war. PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS I have been a humanitarian professional for most Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Human Rights Officer, of my career, working to convince parties to a Northern Uganda conflict to respect the very basic rules of war and helping those affected by the conflict. Prior to joining the Harvard Kennedy School, I was Oxfam: Humanitarian Policy Adviser, managing the humanitarian response of the International Committee of Eastern Congo the Red Cross in southern Afghanistan. International Committee of the Red Cross: Head of Sub-Delegation, Having worked in the day-to-day reality of armed conflict, I have grown Southern Afghanistan ever more aware of the very human and micro-level impact it has. Such a perspective is often missing in policy debates and sometimes unknown to decision makers. In joining the Gleitsman Fellowship at the Center for Public Leadership, I want to contribute my part in seeking to bring these debates closer to the realities of those that are supposed to benefit from them—bridging policy and practice. I look forward to benefitting from my experience at the Center for Public leadership and how it can guide and transform my leadership goals to better the plight of those affected by conflict.

“As I think back to the days when my parents would walk from store to store asking if anyone needed their help, I realize that so much of my fortune is due to their hard work and sacrifice. The hardships they faced, coupled with my community’s care for me, drive me in everything I do… By making it possible for me to attend Harvard, to learn essential leadership skills, and to build relationships with the change agents of today and tomorrow, the Gleitsman Fellowship has only accelerated my pursuit of my mission.”

Ivan Rahman Harvard Kennedy School Gleitsman Fellow MPP/MBA Candidate ABOUT THE “An ability to work across sectors—public, private, nonprofit—and to inspire innovative SHEILA C. policies will help bring the sustainable JOHNSON improvement that these underserved LEADERSHIP communities desperately need.” FELLOWSHIP Sheila C. Johnson, Founder and CEO of Salamander PROGRAM Hotels & Resorts The Sheila C. Johnson Leadership Fellowship supports up to ten students each year. This fellowship—created through the vision and generosity of Sheila C. Johnson—brings to campus emerging leaders who are dedicated to addressing disparities in African-American and other underserved communities in the United States through health care, education, economic development, criminal justice reform, and a range of other efforts in public policy and social entrepreneurship.

Sheila C. Johnson Fellows receive full tuition, health coverage, and a generous stipend toward any HKS graduate degree, including one obtained through HKS’s joint or concurrent degree programs with other schools. In addition to their courses, the Sheila C. Johnson Fellows participate in a comprehensive, yearlong co-curricular program that will both augment their leadership development and forge bonds within this exceptional group. Fellows participate in an annual retreat, weekly dinner seminars, and leadership development workshops. The program connects fellows with accomplished local, national, and international leaders who share their insights on how best to develop and inspire new ideas; support and foster sustainable change; and build cross-sector partnerships to serve historically underserved communities.

70 ABOUT SHEILA C. JOHNSON Sheila C. Johnson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist Ms. Johnson has long been a powerful influence in whose accomplishments span the arenas of hospitality, the entertainment industry, starting with her work as sports, TV/film, the arts, education, women’s founding partner of Black Entertainment Television. She empowerment, and community development. has served as executive producer of four documentary films, including Kicking It, which premiered at the As Founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, 2008 Sundance Film Festival; A Powerful Noise, which Ms. Johnson oversees a growing portfolio of luxury premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival; She Is properties in Virginia, Florida, and Louisiana. The the Matador; and The Other City, a critically acclaimed equestrian-inspired Salamander Resort & Spa in portrayal of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Washington D.C., Middleburg, Virginia, opened in 2013 and has since been which premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. She recognized as one of the country’s finest properties. The also helped finance the Screen Actors Guild nominated collection features three of the top golf resorts in Florida: feature film The Butler, directed by Lee Daniels, and is Hammock Beach in Palm Coast, Reunion in Orlando, founder and chair of the Middleburg Film Festival, an and Innisbrook in Tampa Bay, and also includes the new annual celebration of independent film that opened to Henderson Beach Resort in Destin, Florida, and NOPSI sell-out crowds in October 2013. Hotel in New Orleans, which opened in 2017. A fervent supporter of education and the arts, Ms. As Vice Chairman of Monumental Sports & Johnson serves on the Board of Governors of Parsons Entertainment, Ms. Johnson is the only African-American The New School for Design in New York, and is a woman to have ownership in three professional sports member of the Leadership Council at Harvard Kennedy teams: the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the NHL’s School’s Center for Public Leadership (CPL). She is also Washington Capitals, and the WNBA’s Washington a board member of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, as Mystics, for which she serves as President and well as the International African American Museum in Managing Partner. She also serves on the Executive Charleston, South Carolina. Committee of the United States Golf Association. From 2006 to 2009, Ms. Johnson served as global Ms. Johnson is also a partner in Mistral, the makers ambassador for CARE, a leading humanitarian of fine bath, body, and home products; and in organization that combats global poverty by empowering November 2012 launched her own collection of luxury women. She also served as a member of Accordia scarves, inspired by her travels around the world and Global Health Foundation’s International Council, rallying manufactured in Italy. In 2013, in recognition of her support for the foundation’s efforts to overcome the entrepreneurial success, she was invited to serve as burden of infectious diseases in Africa. In recognition a judge for Ernst & Young’s World Entrepreneur of of her humanitarian efforts, she was honored with the the Year Award—the only judge on the international Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal in 2012. panel to represent the U.S. In 2015, Ms. Johnson was named on Forbes Magazine’s Top 50 America’s Richest An accomplished violinist, Ms. Johnson received Self Made Women. And in 2016, she co-founded WE a Bachelor of Arts in music from the University of Capital, a venture capital consortium to support and Illinois, as well as honorary degrees from numerous empower female-led enterprises that can advance other institutions. She lives in Middleburg, VA, is transformational social change. She also serves on the married to the Honorable William T. Newman, Jr., and board of the Greater Washington Partnership, which has two children. seeks to strengthen the region’s global position as a center for commerce and innovation.

71 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Member The Children’s Initiative: Board Leadership Board Member America Needs You (ANY) Young America Needs You Fellow (ANY) Recipient Competition First Place Award NASA Engineering Research NASA Ambassador Center: Intern NASA Marshall Space & Flight Recipient BlackRock Founder’s Award and Client Analytics Analyst BlackRock: Aladdin ClientServices Recipient AppNexus Values in Action Award AppNexus: Solutions Consultant PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Alexander Hamilton Scholar Questbridge Scholar Gates Millennium Scholar and Intelligent Systems, 2015 Engineering, Certificatein Robotics Mechanical and Aerospace Princeton University, BSEin Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS JOHNSON CALEB BRADFORD FELLOWS conscientious doersdetermined tousherinpositive change. most importantly, buildpersonal relationships withinthisnetwork of I feelasthoughwonthelottery. Iamexcited tolearn,grow, and may needstronger advocacy. As aSheila C.Johnson LeadershipFellow education policy, Icanbeavoice forthosewhomay nothave oneor to bealeaderinthisdiscussiononthenationalstage. Through work in propose solutionstoinequitable educationfunding,andpoisemyself combat thisissue. At HKS,Icandiscover forward-looking waysto of theopportunitygap. IamattendingHarvard Kennedy School to top-down, eitherby denying,ordownplaying theadverse consequences Our countryhasfailedmanyunderrepresented populationsfrom the behind onrent? Will we have tosleepinthe caranothernight?” wondering, “Will my keyswork? Is todaythedaywe are evictedforbeing in front ofourapartmentdoor, fumblingwiththekeys,allwhile home afterschool.Iremember theanguishIfelteachdayaspaused of myteenageyears, themostterrifyingpartofeveryday wascoming carrying weights andhavingnosafetynettocatchyou. For themajority Growing upinpoverty asaminorityisakintowalkingtightrope while cultural birthrighttosucceedinlife. minorities lackedthefinancial resources, parental guidance,andproper the samepotentialasmypeersinclassroom. However, myfellow an impoverished minoritycommunity, Icouldseethatmyneighborshad Taking advanced classeswithprivilegedwhitechildren, whilelivingin plagued by apathyandacademicfrustration. in whichnoparent heldacollegedegree, were people ofcolorfrom low-income households my neighborhoods,whowere predominantly namely, theopportunitygap. Students from such flawthatIobserved wasthislottery, there existmanyflawsinthedesign. One is thattheU.S.abeautifulmosaicyet schools andspanningmuchoftheSoutheast, involved moving every year, attendingtwelve I learnedfrom atumultuouschildhoodthat Success istoooftenalotteryatbirth. What NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

CALEB GAYLE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA My first job out of college was as a consultant Candidate, 2019 for a nonprofit initiative in Zacatecas, Mexico designing and systematizing curriculum for female University of Oxford, MSc in Latin entrepreneurs. As a large, African-American male American Studies, 2012 with rudimentary Spanish speaking skills and University of Oklahoma, BA a slightly better understanding of economic in International Studies with behavior, I stuck out like a sore thumb. I made Distinction, cum laude, 2011 numerous cultural missteps and found myself overwhelmed by the complexities associated with Harry S. Truman Scholar improving the lives of those most desperately in need. But it was in this role that I began to realize Public Policy & International Affairs that my life’s purpose would be embedded in Fellow identifying opportunities for vulnerable families. However, at twenty one, Ronald E. McNair Scholar I had little indication that I would end up identifying those opportunities through philanthropy. Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Volunteering as a football coach for 1st and 2nd graders reinforced my desire to refocus my interest domestically. Working with these young PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS boys encouraged me to refine my work in the social sector, identifying George Kaiser Family Foundation: systematic reforms to better improve their potential. Consequently, as Program Officer a program officer at the George Kaiser Family Foundation, I managed the design and implementation of systematic, community-wide early Mujeres Moviendo Mexico: Technical childhood interventions. Adviser & Research / Evaluation Lead The critical nature of this work revealed that organizations on the front line of delivering needed services to vulnerable families usually view Day Center for the Homeless: philanthropy simply as a financial resource. However, philanthropy stands Board Member to enhance the capacity of organizations to improve the livelihood of vulnerable families and children, but only if led by individuals who know Tulsa Area-Salvation Army: Board how to define, manage, and measure success. Through the MPP/MBA Member joint program, I will explore methods critical to designing, managing, and MetCares Education Foundation: measuring positive social change. As a result, I will apply analytical skills Board Member used in business to the social sector and understand more deeply the policy implications of improving the livelihood of the poor. Further, I am excited that I will couple this academic experience through the leadership development opportunities at the Center for Public Leadership as a Sheila C. Johnson Leadership Fellow.

73 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 SHAWON JACKSON JOHNSONPolicy Intern Children’s Defense Fund: Education Intern U.S. Department ofState: Virtual Intern The White House: Cabinet Affairs Latin America Fellow The DREAMProject: Princeton in Analyst Deloitte Consulting:Federal Business Pioneers Fellow Horton’s Kids:Summer Education PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Government: President, 2013-2015 Princeton Undergraduate Student Spanish, 2015 Studies, LatinoStudies, and Certificates in African American and International Affairs with Princeton University, AB inPublic Business, MBA Candidate,2021 Stanford Graduate Schoolof ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS FELLOWS disadvantaged communities—one stepclosertojustice. we willcomeonestepclosertoimproving outcomesforourmost service, peoplewhowillchallenge andinspire me. Working together, goal by connectingmewithtalentedindividualswhoare committedto States. The Sheila C.Johnson Fellowship willhelpmeachieve this the socialandemotionaldevelopment ofstudentsacross theUnited income studentsofcolorandadvocates forpoliciesthatimprove an educationnonprofit thatprovides leadershipdevelopment tolow- business worldtothepublicandsocialsectors.My dream istolead I ampursuinganMPP/MBA becauseIwanttobringthebestof can makeincommunitiesthatneedhelpthemost. profit isoftenprioritized over purpose,stiflingtheimpactcompanies corporations have thetalentandeconomiccapitaltomakeadifference, could advance socialjustice.Irealized thatwhilehigh-performing After The DREAMProject, IjoinedDeloitte toseehow theprivate sector succeed, butnotalwaystherightopportunitiestodoso. with youth reinforced mybeliefthateveryone hasthepotentialto young adultsandmanaged monitoringandevaluation efforts. Working While there, Iledpersonalandprofessional development workshops for Dominican Republic, where Iworked with The DREAMProject forayear. After graduatingfrom Princeton, mypassionforeducation ledmetothe African-American andLatinxstudents. change this—makingahigh-qualityeducationthenormforlow-income many studentswholooklikemeare notsolucky. My lifemissionisto school experience,itpainsmetoknow that Chicago. While Iamgrateful formyboarding to growing upinasmallsouthernsuburbof to peopleandresources Ididnothave access funded boarding school,whichconnectedme many students,Iwasabletoattendapublicly hard. Isayitisbecausewaslucky. Unlike academically. Some sayitisbecauseIworked income studentsofcolorwillnotsucceed an unwrittenandunjustrulethatsayslow- and through college,Iwastheexception to As alow-income Black malewhomadeitto NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

KARL KUMODZI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Stanford University, BA in Public My story always begins with my mother’s story. I History, Minor in Comparative was born in Togo in 1992, when Togolese people Studies in Race & Ethnicity, 2014 were protesting and striking at unprecedented levels to demand the ousting of our dictator. Stanford University, Award of Excellence, 2014 People who publicly opposed him began disappearing, and my mother was one of the most Stanford University Center for public and vocal. I was born into this turmoil, Comparative Studies in Race & so shortly after my birth we fled to neighboring Ethnicity: Community Engagement Benin, and eventually found our way to the U.S. Distinction Award, 2014 I grew up in Las Vegas, NV, peripherally aware yet Heinz College of Public Policy generally disconnected from this history. However, & Management at Carnegie as a young poor Black refugee in the U.S., I couldn’t help but eventually Mellon University, Public Policy & be politicized through my own experiences. By the time I finished high International Affairs Fellowship, school and witnessed the impact of failing public schools, over-policing, 2013 the war on drugs, and stagnant wages on the people around me, I began to understand that there were fundamental problems in this country’s PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS values, priorities, and political system that required deep engagement Blackbird: National Organizer with grassroots organizing, policy, and culture to shift. BYP100 NYC: Chapter Co-Founder, After college, I co-founded the NYC chapter of BYP100, a national network Organizing Co-Chair, Member of young Black people that has become one of the central organized Center for Popular Democracy: John forces in the Black political upsurge changing this country since Trayvon Gardner Public Service Fellow Martin’s death. I also joined the Center for Popular Democracy where I collaborated with winning policy campaigns and local elected officials Co-Author: “How Cities’ Funding Woes Are Driving Racial and from all over the country. Then I joined Blackbird and the Movement for Economic Injustice — And What We Black Lives Policy Table, where I helped coordinate and write the Vision Can Do About It” for The Nation for Black Lives—a landmark document that has aligned over 300 of the Magazine most powerful civil society organizations in the U.S. around an explicit vision for justice for Black people. Co-Author: “Progressive Policies for Raising Municipal Revenue” for Local The people I’m accountable to are affected by multiple intersecting issues, Progress & The Center for Popular so my work spans across them. I’m interested in building grassroots Democracy democratic social movements to radically transform our society. I intend 2012 Cardinal Bernardin New to use my time at HKS and my community of Sheila C. Johnson Fellows Leadership Award to become a better political strategist, social movement architect, and to exercise my political imagination so that I can contribute to building those Hidden Talent Foundation: Co- movements in my lifetime. Founder, Secretary, Development Director

75 AMANDA R.MATOS HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 JOHNSONAlumni Award Recipient Young People For: Iara D.Peng Women: Adelfa Vera Award Recipient Committee toHonor Puerto Rican Vision Award Recipient New York Women’s Foundation: Peace First Prize Winner New Leaders:CouncilFellow Fellow &Innovation LabParticipant CoreAlign: Speaking RacetoPower Young People For Fellow (YP4): Women’s Advisory Council,Co-Chair New York CityCouncil: Young Relations Specialist Girls forGender Equity: Government Organizing City: Manager ofCommunity Planned Parenthood ofNew York Founder The WomanHOOD Project: Co- PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS University ScholarsProgram John KlugeScholar, Columbia 2013 Ethnicity Studies andHuman Rights, Columbia University, BA inRace& ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS FELLOWS Johnson Fellow. how tobeacapacitybuilderthrough mytimeasaSheila C. analysis skills,Iamthrilled topracticeauthenticleadershipandlearn as apolicymaker. While pursuinganMPP willhelpmehonequantitative personal experienceisthemost valuable experienceapersoncanhave I amcommittedtoserving communities ofcolorbecauseIbelieve women ofcolortoinnovate policysolutionsfortheircommuni-ties. Gender Equity increating aparticipatorygovernance modelforyoung freedom. Most recently, I worked with New York City Council and Girls for people ofcolorintheircommunitiestoadvocate forreproductive on lobbying andcanvassing in Albany andD.C.,mobilized young Organizing, Ico-developed advocacy campaigns, trainedpatientactivists reproductive healthandrights.In mycapacityasManager ofCommunity Parenthood ofNYC andappliedanintersectional raceequitylensto After graduation,Ijoinedthecommunityorganizing teamatPlanned order tonotperpetuatethevery hierarchies thatharmyoung people. organization, Ilearnedhow topracticeauthentichorizontal leadershipin skills tocombatracism,sexism,andclassism. As aco-leaderofthe centers young womenasexperts oftheirlives andequipsthemwith I learnedhow touseinstitutionalresources tocreate aprogram that youth-led after-school mentorshipprogram forgirlsofcolorintheBronx. While atColumbia,Ico-foundedthe WomanHOOD Project, whichisa with toalwaysbemybestself. community andIconstantlyheldontothefeministvalues Iwasraised awareness asmyexperiencesatschoolfeltseparatefrom myuptown point ofcomparisonuntilattendingcollege.Ideveloped adeepself- me whilegrowing upbecauseIhadno realize thesignificantgapin resources around woman shapedwhoIamtoday. Ididnot Growing upintheBronx asaPuerto Rican advocate forchildren’s healthandwellbeing. an elementaryschoolteacherandlongtime in theSouth Bronx, andmymother, whois church andworked onpoliticalcampaigns who wasadedicatedvolunteer atherlocal to publicservicewasthrough myabuela, strong womenleaders.My firstexposure I amproud tocomefrom amatriarchy of NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

KYLE OFORI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Graduate School of Design, My interest in public service stems from the Master of Urban Planning Candidate, sense of fulfillment I get from learning about 2019 disadvantaged communities — both the people and the places — and contributing to efforts Princeton University, AB in Economics to solve their needs. I noticed this interest on with a Concentration in Chinese a trip to my parents’ home country of Ghana in Language and Culture, 2013 2009, where the poor condition of roads in Accra inspired me to start my undergraduate career PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS as a civil engineer. My major later changed, but the underlying desire to serve did not; in fact, it Detroit Labs: Android Developer became especially clear when I moved to Detroit. Eastside Community Network: As a high school teacher, I saw how multiple Resident Outreach Corps Member aspects of students’ lives, from available transportation options to housing, made their educational experiences much tougher than mine Teach For America: Detroit Corps had been. Member Now, I create mobile applications in the city’s rapidly redeveloping downtown, and I volunteer with a community development organization on the east side. As a result, I am able to see the different worlds that Detroiters inhabit up close. My goal at Harvard Kennedy School is to learn the skills required to close the gap between these worlds. I believe that it can be done through economic development policy that focuses on providing strong educational and employment opportunities to the underserved.

Eventually, I would like to lead an organization that catalyzes economic development in communities that are often overlooked, but in a way that directly benefits the existing members of those communities. I hope to do so by creating partnership among citizens, local governments, schools, and businesses, all of whom would stand to gain from such a unified investment.

I believe that groups can accomplish great things where individuals might fail, so I look forward to supporting and being supported by other students in the Center for Public Leadership and the Sheila C. Johnson Leadership Fellowship. I am excited to see where the connections with students, faculty, staff, and other members of the surrounding community might lead.

77 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2019 Outreach Director of Young American Summer Organizing Fellow; Co- Obama for America, New Jersey: Services Intern Senator Cory A. Booker:Constituent Health Policy Research Intern Center forHealth Care Strategies: and Briefings Intern Hillary for America: Correspondence Research Correspondent onUndergraduate Princeton University: Chief Strategy Intern Precision Strategies: Digital The Players’ Tribune: ContentIntern PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Policy Task Force Outstanding Performance ina R.W. van de Velde Award for Excellence Shapiro Prize for Academic Studies, Phi Beta Kappa,2017 Honors, Certificatein American and International Affairs withHigh Woodrow Wilson SchoolofPublic Princeton University, BA inthe ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS JOHNSON MELISSA PARNAGIAN FELLOWS leadership in new waysaspartoftheCenterforPublicleadership innew Leadership family. boldly andactdecisively forabetterfuture. Ilookforward toexercising the Sheila C.Johnson LeadershipFellowship empowered metothink a betterpolicymakerandcampaignerforpublicgood.Concurrently, My first year at Harvard Kennedy Schoolempowered metobecome myriad issueareas. address racialinjustice,genderinequality, andtheneedforactionacross Tribune, Ihelpedprofessional athletesleverage theirpersonalstoriesto and entertainmenttoshapepublicdiscourse. As aninternforThePlayers’ firm Precision Strategies. It alsoincludes recognizing thepower ofsports social media,whichwasacriticalpartofmywork atthedigitalconsulting are. This includesmakingpolicy-related informationeasilyaccessibleon system, I champion communication strategies that reach people where they Guided by thebeliefthateveryday peopleare thestrength ofthepolitical disparities thatmarginalized communitiesface. and serve voters—and Ihave deepenedmycommitmenttoaddressing the campaign headquarters,Ihave developed akeensenseofhow toengage Cory Booker’s inauguralinternshipprogram, toHillary Clinton’s presidential this work. From President Obama’s New Jersey reelection team,toSenator of politicalcandidatesandelectedofficialshave beenmyclassrooms for change through strategicpolicymakingandtargeted outreach. The offices than specializinginaparticularissuearea, Ithinkbroadly aboutcatalyzing a specificpolicyissue—andneitheramI.Rather usually aren’t heard. This needisnotlimitedto always recognized theneedtoupliftvoices that and anItalian-Armenian American father, Ihave As thedaughterofan African-American mother future thatlives uptoitsideals. media, andpoliticstohelp America authora wants tobe.Iwork attheintersectionofpolicy, election, America decideswhatitisand an actofdefinition: With every policy, andevery I amdrawntopublicpolicybecauseseeitas NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

DEANNA PING HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Stanford Graduate School of My passion for improving the lives of workers was Business, MBA, 2018 inspired at a young age. I spent my childhood watching my mom juggle the responsibilities of a Cornell University, BS in Industrial and single parent: working long, unpredictable hours Labor Relations with Honors, 2012 while trying to raise three kids. Witnessing her struggle, coupled with the devastating layoffs PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS experienced by other family members, led me to study Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell Women in Management, Stanford University in an effort to identify the best vehicle Graduate School of Business: for protecting workers’ rights. Community Leadership Team After college I accepted a fellowship with the Hispanic Business Student California State Senate, working on labor policy. As a policy consultant Association, Stanford Graduate School I had a front row seat to the passage of landmark progressive labor of Business: Co-President legislation including the state’s first post-recession minimum wage Management Leadership for increase, expansions on paid family leave, and the strongest equal pay Tomorrow: Fellow law in the nation. After three years, I wanted to better understand the implementation and enforcement side of public policy. I accepted a California Department of Finance: position with the Department of Finance, where I worked on the Labor Budget Analyst and Workforce Development portion of the Governor’s Budget.

New Leaders Council Sacramento: My experience in government showed me that a living wage and Fellow and Board Member workplace protections are only part of the solution towards social mobility. For low-income workers, a decent wage barely covers necessities Pathways to Policy Mentoring like housing or childcare, and rising tuition costs make higher education Initiative: Lead Coordinator unfeasible. I also learned that for effective policy, government and California State Senate: Labor Policy business must work together. This inspired me to pursue an MBA/MPA, Consultant to develop public-private partnerships that tackle society’s most complex social problems, like income inequality and job displacement due to California Capital Fellows Program: increasing automation. Senate Fellow I am incredibly grateful for the Sheila C. Johnson Leadership Fellowship because it, in conjunction with the Harvard Kennedy School, will equip me with the skillset I need to forge a new path for social impact: helping business and government collaboratively develop innovative solutions for today’s societal challenges. Through the program, I will expand my policy expertise, strengthen my program evaluation and leadership skills, and fully immerse myself in the globally minded and purpose-driven community.

79 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Leadership Development LeaderShape –Certificatein Planning Committee,2014–2015 Forbes 30Under 30Summit Fellow Center ofProgressive Leadership: Recipient NAACP Humanitarian Award: Member Black Youth Project 100(BYP100): WeThrive: Board Member Commission: Member City ofPhiladelphia – Youth & Program Manager AccessMatters: Program Coordinator Keeper Engagement Associate President Obama’s My Brother’s National Convening Council: Foundation, Obama Foundation Strategies, Roddenberry Advocates for Youth, AMPED Independent Consultantfor Program Black Male Achievement Fellowship Echoing Green: Senior Associate, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 2010 Temple University, BA ofScience, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS JOHNSON TIFFANY FELLOWS THOMPSON have longedfor. bear. The Sheila C.Johnson Fellowship isthecommunity ofaffirmationI interpreter oftheblack experience” carryingburdens tooheavyformeto American womaninphilanthropy, Iamoftenthe“only blackvoice,” “the Sheila C.Johnson Fellowship embodiesthesetraditions. As ayoung African- with thosewhohave similartraditions,identityandunderstanding. The us, communityisaritualpresence. It embodiesafeelingofconnectedness For centuries, African-Americans have builtandsustainedcommunities. For to straddlephilanthropy, socialinnovation andsocialjustice. at Harvard Kennedy School willequipmewithadditionalresources needed has shown me—geniusisequallydistributedbutopportunitynot.My time made, there isstillmore tobe done.Just likeChris,working inphilanthropy impact onthelifeoutcomesforstudentslikeChris. While strideshave been Throughout mydecade-longcareer, there hasbeenadirect andpositive of color. community socialgooddedicatedtoimproving thelifeoutcomesforyouth advocate attheintersection ofleadershipdevelopment, philanthropy, and reality isasymptomofsicknessIhopetocure asanunapologeticyouth Stories likehisare notrare. He isnotananomalyoracoincidence. This carried himtothefinishlineandacross thestageforgraduation. resources toensure asmoothre-entry intosociety. Still, hisdetermination an emotionallydifficult year, hewasacquittedand released butwithoutany During hissophomore year, hewasimprisonedafterawrongful arrest. After engaged student. Against allodds,heeventually went ontocollege. and decliningschoolsystem,heremained an Although hewasnavigatingPhiladelphia crime I metabrilliantfifteen-year-old namedChris. pregnancy prevention Youth Leadership Team, youth ofcolor. While spearheadingateen into acareer pathdedicatedtouplifting later, thatcharacteristicIdisplayed blossomed about otherstudentsintheclass.”Decades “Tiffany hastostoptakingcare andworrying manifested in4thgradewhenmyteacherwrote in how ittreats itsyoung people.My altruism The vitalityandfuture ofanationisreflected NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

AKINA YOUNGE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Yale University, BA in Sociology, 2011 In my personal, educational, and professional experiences as a Black and Japanese-American Yale Minority Advisory Council to the woman, I have always been drawn to the work President: Member of amplifying voices of communities of color and Yale President’s Public Service Fellow dismantling racism.

Yale Afro-American Cultural Center My own experience has served as my guiding Leadership and Service Award star for how to approach this work. Because in middle school I was in an academic achievement Prep for Prep, New York Metro program for students of color, when I was a Region Leadership Academy Yale Admissions Officer, I emphasized visiting Contingent II similar academic programs during my travel to the Midwest. Because in college I was a sociology major with a passion for photography, when I worked for a documentary film company, I PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS made sure to pitch stories from historically silenced communities. Advocacy Institute: Curriculum and Because I worked with community members in Medellín to envision Engagement Designer the future of their neighborhood as it gentrified, when I came back to New York to work on housing and workers’ rights legislative campaigns, Urban Justice Center, Community I focused on how to involve communities in discussions of their own Development Project: Housing neighborhood’s future. Because of my experience as an advocate in and Workers’ Rights Paralegal & New York City, I saw how more money usually meant more access to Legislative Advocacy Specialist insider knowledge and political control, and I am now working at a Buena Nota: Volunteer Consultant tech start up that focuses on democratizing knowledge and supporting grassroots organizers to be as powerful as paid lobbyists. Public Policy Productions: Production Assistant My experiences inform my approach to my work which is both personal and purposeful. I also know my own experiences are just my own Yale Undergraduate Office of and I acknowledge that limitation. I decided to pursue a Master in Admissions: Assistant Director of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School because I wanted to expand Admissions my experiences and learn about others’ experiences. I know that I will learn how to create policy that is data driven and informed by the experiences of the communities the policy affects. I am especially excited to build a learning and professional community with my fellow Sheila C. Johnson Fellows. With them, I will be able to learn, share, and innovate new ways to make change with peers who are passionate about the same communities and the same problems as I am.

“Because of the incredibly motivated people the Sheila C. Johnson Fellowship brings together, I feel confident in my ability and others’ to use our time at Harvard to gain tools and networks to help us advance racial justice in the United States and globally. Being a fellow has provided me with the most important resource beyond what the MPP curriculum offers me – it’s a community of social justice warriors who can rely on each other for the rest of our lives. I am forever grateful to be a member of this community, especially under the political climate, and I am poised to tackle the most pressing challenges of inequality and injustice.”

Amanda Matos Harvard Kennedy School Sheila C. Johnson Fellow MPP Candidate ABOUT THE David M. Rubenstein established a fellowship in 2008 for first-year joint degree students RUBENSTEIN at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard FELLOWSHIP Business School.

Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School have created a fully integrated joint degree program in business and government that represents an innovative approach to preparing leaders for a growing area of practice of critical importance to global society. Students enrolled in the joint degree program are prepared to work in positions of influence at the intersection of business, government and nonprofit organizations, dealing with challenges in such critical areas as healthcare, the environment, economic development, and government relations.

The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) provides a co-curricular program to Rubenstein Fellows focused on the leadership challenges and opportunities of a multi-sector career. Programming will include a welcome retreat on Cape Cod with all CPL fellows, a multi-day field experience to a U.S. city, and leadership seminars throughout the year focused on cross-sector leadership.

84 ABOUT DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN

David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. Mr. Rubenstein co-founded the firm in 1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing $201 billion from 31 offices around the world.

Mr. Rubenstein, a native of Baltimore, is a 1970 magna cum laude graduate of Duke, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. Following Duke, Mr. Rubenstein graduated in 1973 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review.

From 1973-1975, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. From 1975-1976, he served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. From 1977-1981, during the Carter Administration, Mr. Rubenstein was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. After his White House service and before co-founding Carlyle, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in Washington with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman).

Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Council on Foreign Relations; a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation; a Trustee of the National Gallery of Art, the University of Chicago, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and the Institute for Advanced Study; and President of the Economic Club of Washington.

Mr. Rubenstein is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Business Council, Harvard Global Advisory Council (Chairman), Madison Council of the Library of Congress (Chairman), Board of Dean’s Advisors of the Business School at Harvard, Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, and Board of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community.

Mr. Rubenstein has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Duke University and Co-Chairman of the Board of the Brookings Institution.

85 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Shaper World Economic Forum: Global Markets Financial Institutions Debt Capital Barclays Investment Bank: Analyst, Debt Financing &Origination Senior Analyst, Emerging Markets Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Analyst World Bank Group: Investment International Finance Corporation, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Studies, 2011 in Politics andEasternEuropean University CollegeLondon,BA Recipient, 2018 of Harvard Business School Award Fulbright Scholar:British Friends Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN MARC FELLOWS ANANI-ISAAC aspirations of a continent on the rise. aspirations ofacontinenton therise. between thepublicandprivate sectorsinorder toserve thecollective generationofleadership;onethatseekstomaximizeto anew collaboration experiences oftheRubenstein Fellowship, Ihopetocontributesignificantly educational componentofthe jointdegree andtheleadershipdevelopment and socialimpact.By combiningmyprofessional experiencestodatewiththe is necessarilyapublic-private partnership:onethatintersectsbusiness,policy, I appliedtotheMPP program becauseeffective financial sectordevelopment potential and,asatoolforliftingpeopleoutofpoverty. of financialinnovation; bothtounleashthecontinent’s untappedgrowth DRC. These different experiencesallhighlightedtomethecrucialimportance and infragileorconflictaffected statesincludingLiberia, Guinea, andthe lower incomeeconomiessuchasthoseinthe West African Monetary Union, transactions inmore developed, middleincomemarkets suchasKenya, in Corporation’s Sub-Saharan African investment team. At IFC,Icontributed to Consequently, Ijumpedattheopportunity tojointheInternational Finance high impactinvestments across thecontinent’s vastly differing economies. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Iwaskeentoapplythisknowledge tosupport Having gainedexperienceintheinvestment banking divisionsofBarclays and the African continent. I intendtoplayacatalyticrole inthedevelopment ofthefinancial sectoron development. As a result ofmyexperiencestodate andofmyfuture projects, these conflictsinthefuture through sustainableandequitableeconomic and professional endeavors. Today, myfocusisonfindingwaystoavert conditions couldbechangedwithinthe African continentguidedmyacademic My desire tounderstandwhatdrove peopletotheseconflictsandhow Africa asthe“hopelesscontinent.” around thistimethattheEconomist described Congo playingontheBBC World Service. It was Nigeria andthewarinDemocratic Republic of conflict inneighboringLiberia,militaryjuntas civil war. Iremember theconstantcoverage of the unrest thateventually plungedthatcountryintoa mid-1990s andearly2000s,Iwitnessedthe West Africa. Growing upinCôted’Ivoire inthe Antiguan mother, Ispentmyformative years in Born inLondontoaBeninois fatherandaBritish- NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

CHICHI ANYOKU HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I am a first generation Nigerian-American, and Candidate, 2021 I celebrate my firsts wholeheartedly. However, I recognize that these firsts come with challenges: Brown University, AB in Economics, with each upward step I take in my professional AB in Latin American and Caribbean career, the less diverse my communities Studies, 2014 have become. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued a preliminary diversity PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS initiative for the federal government in 2016, but the private sector lacks comparable mandates. Brown University: Board of Trustees Living in a country where only three percent of Management Leadership for publicly traded companies publish diversity and Tomorrow: Growth Strategy inclusion policies, I plan to pursue a career that Consultant promotes and institutionalizes diversity and inclusion initiatives, driving upward mobility and financial security for all underrepresented groups. A.T. Kearney: Management Consultant My professional experiences have shaped my approach for promoting Cambridge Associates: Investment diversity and inclusion within organizations. Whether setting multi-year Associate investment policies for nonprofits or supporting multinational corporations through large scale initiatives as a consultant, I witnessed the role that Lower East Side Harm Reduction governance structures play in developing and sustaining organizations’ Center: Syringe Exchange Volunteer long term outcomes. I gained firsthand experience institutionalizing policies while shaping Brown University’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) as a trustee of my alma mater—showing me the power that well-developed policies hold in fostering change.

As a Rubenstein Fellow, I will have an unparalleled breadth of resources to transform as a leader. I know that my multi-sector career will be dynamic, and my joint degree cohort will be partners throughout the journey towards positive change. Equipped with a lifelong relationship with the Rubenstein community, I am forever grateful for this opportunity to explore my leadership potential at the intersection of business and government. I plan to forge lasting relationships across the Harvard community and support my peers where possible, and we will collectively grow as leaders.

87 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 for Tottenham: Parliamentary Intern Office ofRt. Hon. David Lammy, MP Intern Delaney, MD-06:Congressional Office ofCongressman John K. Site Projects: Research Partner Analyst, Arena Development Golden State Warriors: Project Development Project Advisor, Sports-Anchored Sterling Project Development: PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Marshal, 2013 cum laude,CommencementClass Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa,summa Yale University, BA inHistory with Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN KATE FELLOWS AUFHAUSER common challengesandgoals shared by American municipalities. city duringtheJanuary fieldexperience andexpandmyunderstandingofthe expertise mayintersectwith mine.IamalsoeagertovisitanunfamiliarU.S. offers athrillingopportunity tomeetotherfuture leaders whosepassionsand Urban planning isinherently interdisciplinary, andtheRubenstein Fellowship analytical andinterpersonalskillsnecessarytomakea significantimpact. and climate.Most important,IhopetousemytimeatHarvard todevelop the office cancreate theinfrastructure to respond tochangesintechnology, energy, development inthefuture, andgainabetterunderstandingofhow thosein construction toautomatedtransport,thatwillshapephysical andcommunity seek toidentifyinnovative technologiesfrom theprivate sector, from modular with bothHKSandHBS,Iremain focusedonthepublic-private intersection.I equity andimproving socialandphysicalresiliency. A jointdegree student environment impactsopportunity, includingexamining strategies forincreasing At Harvard, I’m interested inexploring theotherwaysinwhichbuilt estate ventures, andcivic spaceseachshapeitspeople’s abilitytothrive. become acutelyaware thatacity’s publicdevelopment framework, private real revising zoning andaccelerating ancillaryinvestment. Along theway, I’ve to produce robust environmental reviews, securingfundingagreements, involved leadingneighborhoodmeetingsandcollaboratingwithlocalofficials My roles managingcommunityandpoliticalengagementonsuchissueshas and localworkforce development, andconcernsaboutgentrification addressed. amenities.Decisionspublic accesstonew mustbemadeaboutsustainability of publicfunds,theadequacytransportationnetworks, andthelevel of arenas isoftenrichwithdebatesover theuse case study. The creation stadiumsand ofnew professional sportsteamsbecametheideal in prominent real estateprojects; working with the interactionofpublicandprivate priorities private sectorbecauseIwanted tounderstand I chosetospendthelastfive years inthe management ofthebuiltenvironment. and economicdevelopment through careful metropolitan policytoimpactcommunity I have longbeeninterested inthepower of NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

LIZ BLOOM HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA In 1990, nearly half a million Americans worked Candidate, 2021 for newspapers. Now, that number has shrunk by more than half. Today, consumers of U.S. media William A. Starr Innovations Fellow at increasingly have a difficult time distinguishing Harvard Kennedy School, 2018-2019 between real news and fake, and we often consult Harvard College, AB in Social Studies journalistic sources that confirm our views rather with High Honors, cum laude, 2012 than challenge them. Just 32% of Americans trust the mass media, a historically low figure, George Peabody Gardner Fellow in according to a 2016 Gallup survey. Istanbul, Turkey, 2012-2013 In other words, journalism is facing real threats from all sides. On the one hand, technological PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS disruption has devastated the old business model of advertising and print Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh subscriptions. On the other hand, journalism has a trust problem; the Pirates Reporter, Classical Music public has deteriorating views of the media. Writer, Op-Ed Editor These issues, which reflect societal and economic shifts, have major, Online New Association Women’s disturbing implications for democracy in America—not to mention Leadership Accelerator: Participant, societies around the world where free speech is not protected. An 2018 informed citizenry is a necessary component of a functional democracy, and impartial journalism is a central component of that education. If we fail to find a new way forward—a business model that is economically viable and works to restore journalism’s trust gap—the fissures in our democracy will continue to widen.

As a Rubenstein Fellow, I hope to explore these ideas and deploy them in the service of journalism. Having worked as a newspaper reporter in Pittsburgh for five years, I believe it’s critical that we preserve this craft for generations to come. This challenge requires fresh thinking and an understanding of the institutional, political, and economic shifts taking place in this industry. The Rubenstein Fellowship provides an exceptional opportunity to develop leadership skills across several disciplines.

89 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Data & Analytics Hillary for America: State Director, Analytics Avant: Senior Associate, Risk Manager McMaster-Carr Supply Company: Obama for America: Field Organizer Teacher Technology: Math &Economics Carmen High SchoolofScience& PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS laude, 2010 Scholar, Reilly Scholar, magnacum Award Recipient, Notre Dame in Theology, Rev. A. Leonard Collins Political SciencewithHonors, Minor University ofNotre Dame, BA in Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN RYAN BRELLENTHIN FELLOWS government toachieve thesegoals. organizations thatare successfullycollaboratingacross sectorsandlevels of forward tousingmytimeasaRubenstein Fellow tolearn from individualsand policymaking andpublicmanagementatthestate locallevel, andIlook my formerstudents.Ibelieve thatthere are great opportunitiestoimprove private sectortomore holisticallyaddress theconditionsIobserved impacting experience withthemanagerialandanalyticalskillsets Ideveloped inthe As anMPP/MBA candidate,Ihopetosynthesize myprevious publicservice about acity. It isabout people. achieved. In myclassroom, itbecamecleartomethatpublicserviceisnot were never abletoreach thelevels ofsuccessIknow they couldhave I washeartbroken toseemyotherstudentswho,duesocialconstraints, students whoovercame hardship tosucceedintheclassroom andbeyond, but Wisconsin, asa Teach For America corpsmember. Iwasinspired by my After college,Iendedupinmyhomestate,teachinghighschoolMilwaukee, a community—whetheroncampus,intheBig Easy, orelsewhere. through service.Ialsobecameaware ofhow muchIappreciated beingpartof volunteering inpost-Katrina New Orleans, Ibegantoseewhatitmeanslead fascinating) issuesofstudentgovernment tothelife-changingexperience of is theimportanceofservicetoothers.From theseemingly-dull(buttruly that, forme,thekeylinkbetween myCatholicfaithand American ideals understanding grew more through actionandexperience. Icametorealize While beingabletostudytheseidentitieswashelpful,Ifoundthatmy Catholic and American. identities thatresonate moststrongly withme: opportunity tolearnmore aboutthetwo to Washington, Iusedmycoursework asan an undergraduate, buildinguponthatvisit my country, andmyspecific role withinit. As wanting tolearnmore aboutmygovernment, concentrated there. That experienceleftme being inawe ofthehistoryandinstitutions the firsttimewhileinhighschooland I remember visiting Washington, DC,for NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

JOHN MICHAEL CASSETTA HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA For the past three years at The New York Times, I Candidate, 2021 have had a front-row seat to the disruptive effects technological innovation has had on society. The University of Texas at Austin, BA Underfunded newsrooms across the world have with High Honors in English, Minor in gone dark, the role of journalism in society is Mandarin Chinese, Phi Beta Kappa, being openly questioned, and disinformation and 2010 “fake news” have spread across social networks. The University of Texas at Austin, Yet the role of the free press, enshrined in our BBA with Honors in Finance, Business Bill of Rights, remains a critical element of a Honors Program, 2010 functioning democratic system, empowering voters to shape society’s destiny through the participatory democratic process. PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS I have always been fascinated by companies—like the Times—that play The New York Times: Editor, Video essential public service roles but rely on profitable business models to Strategy preserve independence and drive innovation. As a consultant at Deloitte, The New York Times: Senior Manager, I had the chance to work with similar organizations in fields including Strategy & Development education, healthcare, finance, and defense. Properly calibrated and regulated, these organizations help extend access to and enhance the Deloitte Consulting: Consultant, effectiveness of critical services that underlie a prosperous society. Strategy & Operations My experiences witnessing the disruptive, even existential changes faced by the media and other industries have convinced me that embracing and harnessing change to refocus on a core mission is the best path forward. Today, for example, the Times has more than three times as many (mostly digital) subscribers as three years ago. These changes have enabled the company to continue to fund a newsroom of over 1,300 journalists who report from more than 150 countries in written word, video, audio, multimedia, and virtual and mixed reality.

Change is inevitable, but I believe it’s the duty of my generation to channel these changes to create a more equal, just, and prosperous world. My goal is to foster cross-sector collaboration that embraces technological innovation to achieve common goals across government, business, and civil society. I plan to use my time at Harvard as a Rubenstein Fellow to deepen my understanding of the interaction between the public and private sector, and the disruptive changes they face, to explore novel but realistic solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

91 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Analyst Research Fellow, andBusiness Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute McKinsey &Company: Social Sector Economic Development Policy Rahm Emanuel: Advisor for City ofChicago,Office of Mayor PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and Mathematics, 2014 Duke University, BSinEconomics Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN JERREN CHANG FELLOWS housing, andmobility. develop approaches new toleadingissuesineducationandemployment, leaders withvarying values andobjectives. These learningswillhelpme understanding ofhow tofosterconsensusandcollaborationamongst diverse companies, andgovernment. As aRubenstein Fellow, Iaimtodeepenmy bridging thegapbetween thepublic,private, andsocial sectors;individuals, Activating changeonthelocallevel willrequire creative policymakingand focus onrealizing ourshared goalswithanentrepreneurial approach. leadership atscaleamongindividuals,organizations, andcorporations lasting change. To achieve this,Ibelieve we needtoactivate greater civic stakeholders possiblebutthatitisnecessaryforthecontinuity tocreate is thedevelopment ofconsensusandmutualrespect across widelyvarying strategy inmobilityandworkforce development, Iwitnessedthatnot only bid withacoalitionofCEOs andcivicleaderstohelpingshape the City’s that impacttheCity’s residents. From developing theCity’s Amazon HQ2 of Chicago,Ihadtheopportunitytodevelop thelocalstrategyandprograms As aneconomicdevelopment policyadvisorintheMayor’s Office fortheCity private, public,andsocialsectors. such asworkforce development andmobilitythatare attheintersection ofthe collaboration anditsabilityto“make orbreak” impact—particularly infields I cameawaywithaparticularfocusontheimportanceoflocalgovernance and increasing access to reproductive health. Working on these wide-ranging issues, issues rangingfrom implementingpersonalized educationfor students,to from India. There, Iworked withphilanthropies andnational governments on McKinsey’s socialsectorpracticeuponreturning I explored thisintersectionfurtherafterjoining bring aboutchange. the private andpublicsectorscouldpartnerto and locallevel, Istrove tolearnabouthow potential foreffective solutionsonthenational face from inadequateintegrationandthe Struck by thewidespread inequitiesimmigrants global impactofmigrationwithMcKinsey. Bangalore, India where Iwasstudyingthe My interest inlocalgovernment beganin NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

PATRICK DEEM HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I became interested international development Candidate, 2021 when I was eighteen and took a gap year in Egypt. It was my first time living outside the Georgetown University Walsh School United States, and I was incredibly excited to of Foreign Service, BSFS in Regional immerse myself in a culture so different from Studies with Honors, summa cum home. I lived with an Egyptian host family, learned laude, 2014 Arabic, volunteered at a local nonprofit focused on U.S. State Department Critical poverty alleviation and along the way discovered Language Scholarship, Arabic a passion for the Middle East and international development, which has stuck with me ever since.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS When I graduated from college, this deep interest led me to an unexpected place—consulting in Dubai. Working International Rescue Committee (IRC): at McKinsey, I found ways to promote development in the public and Regional Program Coordinator for private sectors. I helped local firms develop growth strategies to create Europe & North Africa jobs and expand to new markets. I worked to spur foreign investment IRC: Strategy Advisor into the region through public-private partnerships. I identified reforms to generate income for municipal government, allowing cities to provide McKinsey & Company: Business better services to their residents. Overall, I gained the business mindset Analyst to drive efficiency and growth, and the chance to apply that mindset for social impact. U.S. Treasury Department: Intern, Middle East & North Africa Office After nearly two years consulting, I rediscovered my roots in international development. Recalling my volunteer experience in Egypt, I joined IRC, U.S. State Department: Intern, U.S. where I helped implement the organization’s ambitious strategy and its Consulate in Casablanca, Morocco life-saving humanitarian programs. I found opportunities to return to the Middle East—Jordan, Tunisia, and Libya—along with the chance to expand my horizons to countries as diverse as Serbia, Greece, and Niger. As I learned about how to meet basic needs during civil war or after natural disasters, I realized that my focus within international development lies outside humanitarianism. Instead, I hope to concentrate my efforts less on crisis response, and more on innovative, sustainable solutions.

I believe that the Rubenstein Fellowship will provide an unparalleled opportunity to explore and achieve that goal. I am very excited to learn with its community of students whose interests span the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. I look forward to seeing how the experience will help each of us better serve those in need around the world.

93 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Intern VMware: Global Communications Oportún: Operations Intern KPMG Strategy: Senior Associate PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS laude, 2015 in Applications ofComputing,cum International Affairs withCertificate Wilson SchoolofPublic and Princeton University, AB, Woodrow Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN GUILLAUME DELEPINE FELLOWS some real impacttotheworld. these issueswithateamof like-mindedfellows willprepare metodeliver it, inasscalableawayI can.Iamconfidentthatthree years oftackling apply ittoasocialenterpriseofmyown, combattinginequalitywherever Isee After graduating,Ihopetotakewhatwilllearnasa Rubenstein Fellow and prepared me forthedaywhenbusinesssuccessissameassocialsuccess. to ensuringasocialenterprise’s success.It ismyhopethattimethere has more. The experienceshowed mehow centralexecution anddecisionmakingare cars, alternative energy sources, quantumcomputing,machine learning,and my teamadvisedmajorplayers onemerging technologiesincluding self-driving enterprises, Ilookedforamore general businessexperienceatKPMG,where to ourcustomers. To learnmore broadly how tomakeanimpactonsocial secure lessexpensive financing, andinturn,provide more manageableloans that context,we observed thatachievingprofitability wouldenable Oportún to a majorimpactonsocialobjectives, provided theyare executed effectively. In underbanked, populations.It alsoshowed methatbusinesssolutionscanhave The experiencemotivated me tohelpunderprivileged,andspecifically— Oportún, whichwasamicrolender known asProgreso Financiero atthetime. I firststartedworking toaddress inequalityasanoperationsinternat of inequalityandrunawaywealth creation. talented innovators inNorthern CaliforniaforSilicon Valley’s legacytobeone homelessness isbecominganever more present problem. There are toomany Further, whileSan Francisco’s real estatemarket continuestoexplode, the problem by threatening entire industries. technology advancements furtherexacerbate are becomingeconomicallyunfeasible,and rising techsalaries,lesslucrative professions has becomeafirst-order concern. Amid tremendous personalfortunes,inequality As innovators inmyhometown have realized technology innovation andwealth creation. its nameandreputation asanepicenterof companies thathave given Silicon Valley to Apple andsomeofthecountlessother I grew upinCupertino, California,home NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

CAMILLE GREGORY HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I aspire to create systemic improvements in Candidate, 2021 health outcomes for Americans by developing policy at the state or federal level that weaves University of Georgia, BA in the social, business, and policy mandates of this Geography with Highest Honors, industry into a more efficient and effective US summa cum laude, Foundation healthcare system. Fellow, Phi Beta Kappa, 2013 My experience lends itself to building bridges between sectors. After working with a range of PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS businesses, including healthcare providers, as McKinsey & Company: Business a Business Analyst with McKinsey & Company, I Analyst spent a year focusing on workforce development opportunities for unemployed young people with Generation, a McKinsey Social Initiative: Generation McKinsey-founded nonprofit. The overarching goal of the organization— Fellow to bring business solutions to major social issues—inspired me, as I believe business and social good can have mutually beneficial goals. McKinsey & Company: Engagement I returned to McKinsey to work in their Center for U.S. Health System Manager and Reform Center Fellow Reform, where I focused on healthcare policy. I worked with clients across the system, and the need for collaboration across sectors was apparent. U.S. healthcare faces a dual challenge—our system achieves worse outcomes and incurs higher costs than most other developed nations. No doubt, our system is complex and in many cases, fails to incentivize consumers, hospital systems, or insurance companies properly. I want to be part of the solution by better understanding those complexities and reshaping the incentive structures to encourage innovation. I expect my career to include a combination of private and public sector leadership roles in healthcare, and my ability to have an impact will hinge on being capable of developing and responding to policy with an appreciation for the role of the public, social, and private sectors in providing healthcare for the United States. I am optimistic about the ability of the U.S. healthcare system to evolve in a manner that leads to better outcomes and lower costs for everyone. However, achieving this will take collaboration amongst stakeholders who have an understanding of the industry along with a grounding in the challenges of setting public policy. As a Rubenstein Fellow, I will develop the experiences and support system to become a leader in the path to lower costs and higher quality across the U.S. healthcare system.

95 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Tomorrow: MBA Prep Fellow Management Leadershipfor U.S. Senator Tom Carper:Intern Viva Rio:Research Intern Banking Legal Barclays: Assistant Vice President - PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and Latin American Studies, 2015 Portuguese LanguageandCulture Internal Affairs withCertificatesin Wilson SchoolofPublic and Princeton University, AB, Woodrow Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN HASTIE TYLER FELLOWS global inequality. trailblazer andprovide innovative solutionsthatalleviatethe current level of and creating lastingchange. Through thiscollaboration,Ihopetoactasa sustainability ofaprogram while managingkeystakeholderexpectations set provides anunderstandingintohow toanalyze thesocialimpactand the leadershipdevelopment through theRubenstein Fellowship, thisskill income inequalityandquantitative policyanalysisskills.In combinationwith as well asathorough graspofthehistoricalandsocialcontext around methods toexaminestrategy, scalebusinesses,andincrease profitability results indisadvantaged communities. The classroom willprovide mewith will show methetoolsneededtocreate solutionsthatproduce new better in alleviatingincomeinequality. Harvard andtheRubenstein Fellowship and theintersectionalityofprivate sector, publicsector, andnonprofits I wishtoreturn tostudyingpublicpolicyunderstandthedifferent roles for theprivate sector’s role inshapingandresponding topolicies. free andtailored legaladvice. At work, Ihave gainedagreater appreciation Yorkers, includingartists,businessowners, veterans, andimmigrants,receive Barclays’ Legaldepartment. Through mywork, low tomoderateincomeNew inequality by facilitatingand attendingpro bonovolunteering events for starting mycareer, Ihave furtherattemptedtoremedy theeffects ofincome goods andservicesacommunityreceives leadstoinferioroutcomes.Since necessity, Icontinuetobelieve thatusingmoneytodeterminewhat essential of goods and services it receives. Although I acknowledge money’s merits and how acommunity’s wealth affects theamount I have triedtobetterunderstand societyand exchange forgoodsandservices.Since then, a universally acceptedmeans ofpaymentin me thatmoneysimplifiestransactions,asitis has onqualityoflife.My motherexplainedto to observe theimpactthateconomicstatus money wasdifficulttoacquire. Iwasunhappy without needingmoneybecause,forsome, be abletoobtainbasicsurvival necessities money exist?”Ibelieved thatpeopleshould When I was four years old, I doesasked: “Why NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

NEIL HOWELL HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I grew up fueled by a strong desire to serve my Candidate, 2021 country born in the aftermath of 9/11 and the years of sacrifice watched from afar; I joined the Boston College, School of Arts & Marines so that I, too, could do my part. Recent Sciences Honors Program, BA in experiences in Northern Iraq directly spurred Political Science, Minor in Eastern my interests at the intersection of policy and European Studies; Naval Reserve economics. The stipend program I managed Officer Training Corps, Semper Fidelis delivering cash payments to the Kurdish Society Officer in Charge, 2013 Peshmerga required both financial acumen and a firm grasp on the geopolitical forces at PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS work. Neither the policy, nor the financials were sufficient alone. Among other initiatives, this United States Marine Corps: Captain, clearly elucidated the impact possible when the international community Financial Management Officer combines policy with economics to augment traditional hard power. Deployed with Combined Joint Task The theory of economic growth breeding contentedness, thereby Force-Operation Inherent Resolve poisoning the well of radicalism, is not a novel concept, but one with 2016-2017, Financial Plans and which I’ve recently become acquainted. More than simply relevant in Operations Officer, Joint Service the near term, development can drive a region and a people away from Commendation Medal the abyss of insolvency and toward greater stability. Concerned about 1st Marine Logistics Group, Budget ISIS in the short-term, Iraqis and Kurds I spoke with worried about jobs & Operations Officer, Navy & Marine and oil prices and housing and keeping the next iteration of violence Corps Commendation Medal at bay for the long-term. Providing focused, direct economic support, the international community impacted both combat operations against ISIS and sowed the seeds for future stability. Indeed, the connection between the economic stability and political stability could not have been more clear.

In varying degrees, much of the developing world stands at a crossroads where the scales can still be tipped by not only the broad brush of policy, but also the acute focus of individual action. In more turbulent areas, the union of private sector initiatives and public sector policies is requisite if one is to create impactful initiatives where the inherent risk is higher than in more developed markets.

I am truly grateful for the opportunity to partake in the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program and the Rubenstein Fellowship from which I hope to gain deeper insights into the geopolitical and economic factors at work, facilitating an impactful career in these more trying, complex regions.

97 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Chapter: Website Chair, 2016-2017 Kappa Alpha Theta Seattle Alumnae Committee Vice-Chair, 2016-2017 Junior LeagueofSeattle: Advocacy 2016 Platform: Program Manager, 2014- Microsoft, Distribution andServices Champion Award, 2017 Microsoft, Azure Identity Customer Manager 2,2016-2018 Microsoft, Azure Identity: Program PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Society, 2012-2014 Technology, Tau Beta Pi Honors Massachusetts Institute of and inManagement Science,2014 Technology, BS in Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN HARSHINI JAYARAM FELLOWS experiences toshapetechnologypolicy. and theRubenstein Fellowship to learnhow tobetter leverage my needed change.Iamexcited fortheopportunitythrough HKS,HBS, technologists inpolicybecauseIamconvincedthatthis isacritically emerging technologies.Ialsowantto grow thenumberofscientists and policies thatencourageinnovation, security, andethical usefor I wanttoleverage mybackground intechnologytocreate informed scientific challengesandtradeoffs. able tocraftproactive policiesbasedonanunderstandingoftherelevant population. Ibelieve thattheU.S.government needsmore policymakers underrepresented intheU.S.government compared tothegeneral policy couldshapetechnologyforthebetter. However, engineers are I worked inthesespaces,I noticedmanywaysthatmore proactive Azure Identity, focusedonidentityprotection incloudsolutions. As Windows Update andletmeexplore large-scale systems.My nextteam, After graduation,Iworked atMicrosoft onaproduct thatincludes more deeplyengageindrivinglong-termstrategiesoftechnology. majored inmanagementscience,soIcould Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ialso interest, Imajored incomputerscienceatthe beat meatasimplegame. To pursuethis to writeaprogram thatcouldconsistently through thehighschoolclasswhere Ilearned “driving” a truck with anearly 1990s VR headset, age—beginning withmyearliestmemories feeling drew me toward technology from a young and theirperceptions ofwhatispossible. This change thewaypeopleinteractwithourworld, It isvery exciting towork onproducts that NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

PHILLIP JONES HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA As the son of two Air Force pilots, I had the Candidate, 2021 unique opportunity to grow up across the globe and experience the life of an expatriate from an United States Naval Academy, BS in early age. Additionally, when I was twelve years History, 2012 old my parents became missionaries and I was Marine Corps Burke Scholar blessed to develop friendships that extended across cultures, religions, and creeds and defined my ever-evolving worldview as I entered the PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS military service. United States Marine Corps: Infantry At the Naval Academy, it was my duty to Officer influence the next generation of Midshipmen, G-MEO China: Strategic Advisory a responsibility that I cherished. I was selected by the Superintendent to Summer Associate serve as the second black Brigade Sergeant Major in the Academy’s 166-year history and used my platform to help impact the lives of over 4,000 students Ironbound Boxing Academy: Advisory on a daily basis. At Annapolis, I learned that a team is more than just the Board Member sum of its parts and that channeled diversity has the ability to tap into new solutions to resolve critical issues.

Post college, I served in the Marine Corps as an infantry officer and had the distinct privilege to lead men across multiple continents in support of America’s foreign policy. It was during this time that I saw how civilian leaders had the ability to influence people and military procedures on a macroscale. I witnessed the integration of women into previously closed assignments, the acceptance of Afrocentric hair regulations, and the disannulment of discriminatory social regulations. The positive effects of these changes will reverberate for generations and I want to help write the next chapter.

My aim is to serve in a position that taps into my deep passion for the welfare of American troops. My long-term goal is to serve in a management role where I can help direct resources and implement policy for the Navy and Marine Corps.

As I shift the scope of my service, I know that the joint degree program and the Rubenstein Fellowship will help hone my passions, fuel my intellectual endeavors, and redefine my global view, so that one day I can be a servant- leader who drives significant change across our military.

99 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Head Coachfor Youth Ministry D.C.: Volunteer Girls Basketball Orthodox Church of Washington, Saints Constantine&Helen Greek Above andBeyond Award Recipient Federal Bureau ofInvestigation, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS laude, 2014 Environmental Studies, magnacum in Government, Minor in Georgetown University, BA Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN MARIA LAPPAS FELLOWS dedicated to a missionofserviceandchange. community ofhighlymotivated, diverse individualswhoare equally fields. Iambothhonored andexcited toshare thisexperience with a sectors topave thepathforward fortheseinnovative anddisruptive Fellow, Iwillgrow asaleaderinorder toeffectively collaborateacross and energy policyissues. As ajoint degree candidateandaRubenstein current andfuture debatesrelated toscience,emerging technology, As thenextstepinmyjourneyofservice,Iaspire toshapeandresolve gaps, andthoseanswers were neededyesterday. territories. We needanswers tothequestionsposedby thesepolicy data, andrenewable energy. In manyways, these fieldsare uncharted by publicpolicy, toincludecybersecurity, internetgovernance, big world’s expandinginfluence,istransforming various fields affected of technologicaldevelopment andinnovation, aswell asthedigital become more andmore apparent tome.In particular, therapidrate Even withonlythree years ofgovernment experience,thisreality has jurisdiction ofestablishedlaws,regulations, andjudicialprecedence. Unfortunately, inmanycases,thechallengeshave surpassedthe complex challengesare uponus. globalized andintegrated world, itisundeniablethatdifficultand that continuestogrow ashumanityevolves. In anever increasingly to investigate crimesandmitigate threats across awidespectrum the American peopleand uphold theConstitution,charges itsworkforce impactful waysby whichto serve others. The FBI’s mission,toprotect Committed toanoblemission,Iwouldtakepartinoneofthemost begin myprofessional career attheFederal Bureau ofInvestigation. This teachingstayed withme andledmeto our communities. taught metheimportanceofgivingbackto dream. Through hiswords andactions,he the opportunitytodefinehis own American in theUnited States from Greece insearch of hardworking father, whoateighteenarrived purpose. Iowe thatdrive tomyselfless, small thegesture. Helping othersgives me to helpothers,nomatterhow grandor From ayoung age,Ifeltanintrinsicdesire NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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ALLISON LAZARUS HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I aspire to work at the boundary between the Candidate, 2021 public sector and organizational design. I want to create environments where great leaders do Yale University, BA in History, 2014 not have to fight their own organizations to make change—and where better policy comes from PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS adaptable, resilient organizations that reflect the strategies of those who lead them. U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee: Professional Staff Growing up in a family with a history of military Member, Washington, D.C. service instilled a deep connection to national security early in life, which solidified during McKinsey & Company: Senior college as I managed publications focusing on Business Analyst, New York City and international affairs. I went on to McKinsey & Company for almost three Washington, D.C. years, where I focused on organizational change for government agencies New America Foundation: Intern, and witnessed firsthand that this reform allowed policymakers to make Washington, D.C. better decisions.

Reut Institute: Intern, Tel Aviv, Israel Prior to starting the MPP/MBA program, I most recently served as a professional staff member on the Senate Armed Services Committee for Chairman John McCain, with a portfolio that included oversight of Department of Defense business operations. In this role, I immersed myself in the intricacies of Pentagon logistics, management practices, and financial audit—each of which represents an enterprise as large as a Fortune 500 company. My portfolio expanded over time to include science and technology for the Pentagon, and I found it a fascinating challenge to work toward drafting legislation that would unleash innovation from talented military personnel and civilians. Going forward, I hope to better understand how to break down such bureaucratic barriers wherever they stand and allow organizations to reach their full potential.

Based on these experiences, I aim to continue to work at the intersection of the public and private sectors. Despite the magnitude of lessons that these two communities have to learn from each other, neither knows the other beyond a caricature. I plan to use my time at Harvard to learn how to guide both types of organizations in new and challenging environments, and believe that the Center for Public Leadership will help make me successful in doing so. I hope to emerge from this fellowship with the fundamental management skillsets and deep policy knowledge to help me build the tools to contribute to the country’s future.

101 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 President, Individual Contributor Liberty inNorth Korea: Chapter Policy &Marketing Intern Conservation International, China: America Top 3mostimpactfulteamsinN. Consultant; Recognized aspartof Boston ConsultingGroup: Impact Award” Associate Strategy Officer; “High Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation: PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS cum laude,2014 Wharton Research Scholar, summa in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, Program, BA inNeuroscience, BS Life Sciences&Management University ofPennsylvania Vagelos Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN RACHEL LEE FELLOWS in advancing thesemulti-sectoralchallenges. systems approaches tofostersustainable progress andtogrow asaleader me tobetterrealize myvision.Ilookforward tolearninghow totakeholistic policies. The publicservicedegree andtheRubenstein Fellowship willequip remove barrierstoadoption,andshapetheenablingenvironment and interdisciplinary teamstotranslate solutionstobecontext-appropriate, public-sector applicabilityintheapproach—I seektocollaboratewith Agriculture insub-Saharan Africa isaninitialfocus,butwithbroader most by working inthistranslationanduptakespacefoodsecurity. I aspire tohelpinnovation reach andserve thepopulationsthatneed it across teamsIworked withinprimaryhealthcare systemsandeducation. I encountered thischallengenotjustinagriculture andnutrition,but also preferences ofendusersoftencontributedtotheso-calledtools graveyard. for localregulations andtheeconomiccircumstances, culture, and Both are importantandstemfrom goodintent,butfailure totrulyaccount their latesttechnologiestolower-priority markets indeveloping countries. such aspest-resistant seedsorincentivizingtheprivate sectortoprovide development needsare farmore complexthanjustcreating solutions new promising solutionsfail.Iexperiencedfirsthandthatglobalhealthand While attheBill &Melinda Gates Foundation, Irepeatedly sawseemingly narrow how tobestadvance foodsecurityandequity. partnerships inglobalphilanthropy, I’ve strived to practice in consulting, and exploring multi-sectoral conservation inChina,working intheagriculture since then;through advocating forresources elementary school.I’ve continuedtodream bigger to fillupplasticpiggybankssendfoodaidin often hadnocontrol over. Eagertohelp, Iused to theheartbreaking inequitythatindividuals Korea duringthecivilwar, openedmyhorizon to eat.My grandfather, whoescapedfrom North kid wasthateveryone wouldhave enoughfood a One ofthefirstthingsIlearnedtoprayforas NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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JULIAN LIJTSZAIN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA Born and raised in Mexico, I have witnessed Candidate, 2021 firsthand the chaos and beauty that come with living in the surreal metropolis that is Mexico Boston University, BA in Economics City. Traffic, potholes, pollution and protests are and BA in Philosophy, magna cum something everyone, unfortunately, gets used to laude, 2015 eventually. Yet, Mexico’s vibrant colors, historic folklore and mouthwatering cuisine are things that Karbank Philosophy Fellow never cease to inspire me. In a country marked by Peter A. Bertocci Award for Academic contrasts, I want Mexicans to get used to peace Achievement and Humanitarian and prosperity, but continue to be amazed by the Service wonders of our land.

Winner of the Best Cultural Group, As a student at Boston University, I co-founded the Mexican Student Association to give voice to Mexican students and culture through Best Individual Programming, and fundraising, academic and cultural events. During my junior year, eager Best Collaborative Programming to have a direct positive impact, I interned at the Mexican Social Security Excellence in Student Awards while Institute, where I quickly realized my work made a tangible difference. Co-President of the Boston University After graduation, I returned to the Institute and was able to implement Mexican Student Association time-reducing programs for hundreds of hospitals and health centers nationwide. These initiatives allow millions of Mexicans to receive faster PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS access to the care they require, and showed me the importance of planning, developing and monitoring people-centered public policy. Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex): Advisor to the CEO Because of my work, I was asked to join Pemex, Mexico’s national oil and gas company, as an advisor to the CEO. I was lucky to join Pemex Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social shortly after the Mexican Energy Reform, which effectively transformed (IMSS): Advisor at the Institutional a decades long Pemex-held monopoly into an open market. This gave Strategic Planning Unit me the opportunity to work on projects that had never taken place at Pemex including our first ever profit driven Business Plan, joint-venture Overheard Podcasts: Co-Founder and deep-water development. These efforts changed the company’s perspective, guaranteed billions of dollars in investments, and affirmed the significance of the private sector in achieving progress.

As I look towards the future, I am excited to continue making a difference for Mexico. I want Mexicans to substitute poverty for opportunity, corruption for justice, violence for peace and insecurity for life in a community. As a Rubenstein Fellow I will strive to create, with the help of my peers and mentors, a sustainable intersection between the public and private sectors that works in benefit of the people in my country and around the world.

103 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Development Sector Associate, Real EstateandCity Boston ConsultingGroup: PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS HEC Paris, Exchange Student, 2014 Business withHonors, 2015 in Accounting andInternational Sauder SchoolofBusiness, BCom The University ofBritish Columbia, Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN JINGWEN MAO FELLOWS the world,andopendoorsforpeoplenations. of theseexperienceswillleadtomylifemissionbuild great citiesaround Rubenstein Fellowship, willequipme with thecapabilitiesandnetwork. All of effective public policies,andmystudiesatHKS,withthesupportof people whowork onit.My work withBCGconvinced meoftheimportance hometown villageimprintedmewithaclosebond thesoiland and otherdeveloping countries through betterpolicymaking.My small I wouldliketodedicatemylifetheurbandevelopment ofChina in the19thParty Congress. development area—an initiative thatwashighlightedby President XiJinping center toalleviatecongestion,protect historicalarchitectures andexpand Beijing’s financialandcommercial district20kmawayfrom thecurrent city Government tooversee theBeijing Sub-center Plans, whichwillextend underdeveloped areas inChina.Ihave alsoworked directly withtheBeijing designing thepoverty alleviation policiesforLiangshan,oneofthemost a fashionablee-sporttown by connectingwithresources inSweden, and world. At BCG,ourteamhasturnedasmallvillageinJiangsu Province into Practice tohelpruralvillages,liketheoneIgrew upin,connecttoagreater to joinBCG’s Real EstateandCityPlanning international cities,helpedshapemydecision My discovery, from asmallvillageto to BCGinmyuniversity cohort. student inmyfamily, andtheonlyoneadmitted by thisdesire, Ibecamethefirstuniversity more” andimprove theplaceIlived in.Driven to manyresources, Ialwayswantedto“see until theageoffive. Growing upwithoutaccess village inChinaandnever sawelectriclights When Iwasyoung, Ilived inasmallandremote NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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STEPHEN MOCH HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I have spent a lot of time pondering light bulbs. Candidate, 2021 Beginning nearly ten years ago, I learned that Princeton University, AB, Woodrow both economics and policy are necessary to Wilson School of Public and driving sustainability at scale—and this has International Affairs, Minors evolved to my career goal of creating industry- in Environmental Studies and wide shifts towards sustainability through the Sustainable Energy (Program in public and private sectors. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering), cum laude, 2014 During my four years at Goldman Sachs, I was intimately involved in the formulation T.A. Barron Prize for Environmental and implementation of a global, firm-wide Leadership, Princeton Environmental environmental strategy and key business initiatives across sustainable Institute, 2014 finance. My initial environmental efforts, building support for my high school to invest thousands on a lighting retrofit and rooftop solar, evolved to building support for Goldman Sachs to target the deployment PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS of $150 billion to clean energy by 2025. Goldman Sachs, Executive Office, Environmental Markets Group: My time at Goldman Sachs was complemented by a range of internships, Associate from private equity and venture capital to the advocacy arm of Al Gore’s sustainable investment firm and the policy association of the auto MizMaa Ventures: Summer Associate industry. Through each experience, I saw firsthand the importance of capital in unlocking low carbon technologies and the importance of the Generation Investment Management, public and private sectors in advocating for improved environmental Generation Foundation: Summer policy outcomes. Associate So why light bulbs? Although only one piece of a far more complicated Hudson Clean Energy Partners: environmental puzzle, the shift to LED lighting is one of the fastest Summer Analyst technology transitions in history and has broad implications for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers: transition to a low carbon economy. Despite the many hurdles that exist, Intern, Federal Government Affairs I am optimistic that we are at the early stages of rapid change across multiple components of our global infrastructure, from the rise of impact Princeton Sustainable Investment investing to the potential for electric, autonomous vehicles. Initiative: Co-Founder and President I believe that driving change on a global scale will require combined progress through effective policy solutions, innovative financial structures and technology advances. I am excited by the Rubenstein Fellowship and the joint HBS/HKS program, which will provide me the skills to catalyze action in both the public and private sectors and craft productive relationships between government and business.

105 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Integration Program Intern Goldman Sachs: Veterans (Airborne) US Army: 1stSpecial Forces Group PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 2010 Concentration onGlobal Security, and International Studies witha BA inHistory, Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN BRIAN MONGEAU FELLOWS Fellowship Program willbecentraltomyeducation andleadershipdevelopment. as aglobalcitizen andaleaderattheHarvard Kennedy School,theRubenstein learn from andgive backtoaswe progress inourcareers together. As Igrow offer a diverse and mutually-beneficial support network of peers which I can both theRubensteinI view Fellowship ascrucialtothisendeavor. The Fellowship will of boththepublicandprivate sectorstoachieve optimal socialpolicies. Harvard allows metheopportunitytobestlearnhow tocombinethestrengths across Southeast andCentral Asia. Pursuing an MBA/MPP dualdegree at as South Korea, aswell astheneedformore dynamiccooperationinstates to personallywitnessthesuccessofsuchjointpursuits incountriessuch deliver industrybestpractices andefficientoperationalexpertise.Iwasable entities canoftenprovide socialwelfare-oriented visions,whileprivate firms effort between multiplepublicechelonsandtheprivate sphere. Government Effective economicdevelopment intheemerging worldrequires ajoint emerging societiesthrough targeted economicdevelopment. expect decreasing levels ofconflict. In thefuture, Iplantotackleviolencein can occur in developing nations, societies on positive economic trajectories can exchanges in Tokyo orSeoul. Deployments demonstratedthatwhileviolence deserts ofKandaharandHelmand, whenIcouldexperienceexpansive cultural threat ofIEDswhileleaningagainsthomesmadedriedmudinthedesolate economic development. It wasimpossibletoignore thefactthatIfaced internecine conflictiseachstate’s level of peaceful nationsfrom thosefacingconstant what separatestheprosperous andrelatively Philippines. It becameapparent tomethat Romania, Japan, Thailand, Nepal, andthe alike from countriesasvaried as Afghanistan, directly managedforeign soldiersandcivilians level. On deployments, Iinteractedwithand cultural phenomenaandconflictsattheground that exposedmetoawidearrayofcross- (“Green Berets”) allowed metochartapath Enlisting intheU.S. Army Special Forces NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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MIRANDA MORRISON HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA Whether studying abroad in France, teaching in Candidate, 2021 Japan, or working in Bangladesh, I have always been fascinated by the variations in how societies Harvard College, BA in Government choose to allocate resources. In particular, realizing with Japanese Language Citation, as a high school student that the access to quality cum laude, 2014 education I enjoyed was far from universal, even in my home state of Massachusetts, sparked an PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS interest in the tension between the United States’ promise of meritocracy and widely divergent Fidelity Investments: Consulting Analyst opportunities across demographics. Seeing education as a catalyst for empowerment led me Asian University for Women Support to pursue work in the international education Foundation: Director of Program space, where I hoped to channel academic opportunity as a driver for Development economic development and combating inequality. Actively Moving Forward, Harvard College: Founder and Co-President Working with a women’s university in Bangladesh, I quickly discovered a passion for building programs that helped marginalized populations Joseph L. Barrett Award: 2012 pursue their potential. Developing the university’s first program on Recipient mental health studies, I was struck by the poignant dearth of government action in a public health area that affects every community. Establishing a recruitment pipeline for garment factory workers, I was excited by the potential for corporations to wield their financial resources to move the needle on social issues. At the same time, I was frustrated by the seemingly meager market mandate for socially responsible business choices. I was ready for another cultural leap—this time, by shifting sectors. I moved to consulting in order to explore the advantages that for- profit players bring to the table when tackling complex social challenges.

With the recognition that social impact is not confined to the walls of nonprofits, I am eager to develop my ability to move fluidly amongst sectors as a leader in social urban policy. While the areas that interest me the most—education, public health, and economic development— are often within the purview of government, I believe that the greatest potential for innovation lies with the melding of expertise across the policy, business, and nonprofit spheres. Through the Rubenstein Fellowship, I am excited to learn from my peers’ experiences and be a member of a community that leverages self-reflection, experiential learning, and exposure to new territories to facilitate the fusion of these interdependent worlds.

107 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Director Nonprofit Founder and Executive Operation American Dream: Afghanistan for Service duringDeployment to U.S. Army: Awarded Two Air Medals Division Platoon Leader, 10thMountain U.S. Army: Black Hawk Flight Military Intelligence Battalion Company Commander, 204th U.S. Army: Aerial Reconnaissance Commander, Afghanistan U.S. Army: Fixed Wing Detachment and RC-12 Guardrail Airplane in UH-60Black Hawk Helicopter U.S. Army: Aviation Officer qualified PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS with Honors, 2011 in Political ScienceandinHistory United States Military Academy, BS Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN CHARLES NADD FELLOWS and defend. and nonprofit sectorsto betterserve the Republic thatIhave sworntoprotect to refine mycore competencies andtoapplymyexperiencesinthemilitary As anHKS/HBSjointdegree candidate,theRubenstein Fellowship willhelpme fire rescue, andmilitarypersonnel. creates educationalscholarships for thechildren offallenU.S.law enforcement, Operation American Dream, afederally-recognized nonprofit organization that While pursuingmymilitarycareer, I—alongsidemywife—have also launched welfare ofover 100soldiers. continents. Iwasresponsible formissionsuccess,aswell as thetrainingand led anaerialreconnaissance mannedspyplanesacross unitwhichflew five meet thedemandsofdozens ofstakeholders. As aCompanyCommander, I we plannedmissionsanddynamically re-tasked resources tomore effectively As ahelicopterandspyplanepilotin Afghanistan, Iledteamsofsoldiersas our Republic—and toempower thosethatIwork withtodothesame. missions in Afghanistan, myfocushasbeenconsistent:topromote theidealsof demilitarized zone, andflying Black Hawk helicoptersandspyplanesoncombat Liberia andtheDemocratic Republic oftheCongo, toservingalongSouth Korea’s capacities across theworld.From working tohelprebuild thesecuritysectorin decade Ihave hadtheopportunitytowear theU.S. Army uniforminanumberof all enemies,foreign anddomestic” cadetat asanew West Point. Over thepast the ConstitutionofUnited States against birthday by swearing to“support anddefend I beganmymilitarycareer onmyeighteenth generationalthreat. opportunity facedanew country thathadprovided myfamilywithsuch inspired tojointhemilitary, realizing thatthe of America. After September 11,2001,Iwas choice topursueabetterlifeintheUnited States be passedonfrom parents whohadmadethe Florida withalove ofcountrythatcouldonly As thesonofimmigrants,Igrew upinCentral NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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DENIS O’LEARY HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA Over the past eight years I’ve worked in Candidate, 2021 leveraged debt origination, helping non- investment grade businesses access debt capital Washington and Lee University, BA in markets. During that time I witnessed how a History, 2010 weak financial footing compromised the viability of even the best organizations; I also became PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS more aware of concerning trends in our nation’s financial trajectory. A combination of inadequate J.P. Morgan, Investment Banking, Leverage Finance: Vice President retirement savings, underfunded pensions, and increasing life expectancy continue to accelerate The Windward School: Trustee the breakdown of one of our most crucial safety The Scarsdale Concours: Co-Founder nets: the entitlements system. & President As a student of history, I was well aware of the importance of this system in moderating swings in our economy and how critical it is to the basic needs of some of our most vulnerable citizens. Waiting for the collapse was not an option: I decided it was time to put my financial background to a more meaningful use.

To become part of the solution, I needed to broaden my knowledge, particularly regarding public policy as cooperation across the public and private sector will be central to progress. The dual degree from the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, as well as the Rubenstein Fellowship, will enable me to bridge these two worlds and become a leader ready to drive change.

109 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Social Policy: Research Intern McGill Institute forHealth and Intern International Business Development Canadian ConsulateinDetroit: Extraordinary Contribution Assistant/Junior Economist, Letterof Bank ofCanada:Research Award Manager, Inspirational Leadership McKinsey &Company: Engagement PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Honors, 2013 and Political SciencewithHighest McGill University, BA inEconomics Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN KATIE RAGAN FELLOWS comprise theCenterforPublic Leadership. to beingfurtherhumbled,inspired, andchallengedby thecommunitiesthat humbled tohave beenincludedintheRubenstein Fellowship, andlookforward private sectortogovernment onthetopicofdigitalservicedelivery. Iam and develop aframework tobetterguidethetransferofknowledge from the understanding ofcitizen painpointsininteractingwiththepublicsector, Over thenextthree years atHarvard, Ihopeto buildamore complete do better, andthedigitalinnovations existtohelpusgetthere. the institutionalliteracytotakeadvantage oftheservicesthey are due. We can whom thepolicieswere designedtohelpthemost—have neitherthetimenor to supportthem.In theworstcases, individualsandfamilies—oftenthosefor for one’s particularsituationallows onetobenefitfrom thepoliciesdesigned cases, aninvestment oftimeandresearch tounderstandtheservicesavailable are responsible forlearningtonavigatethiscomplexnetwork. In thebest and there isseldomalinkageofinformationacross touchpoints.Citizens alone Today, citizens interactwithamultitude ofgovernment agenciesindividually, improve thelives ofcitizens intheirmostvulnerablemoments. standards ofuserexperiencetowhichwe holdourfavorite companies,we can serve. By holdingthegovernment tothesame for publicinstitutionsandthecitizens they customers, andIbelieve thesamecanbetrue a significantimpactoncompaniesandtheir the private sector. Digital innovations have by thepotentialtotransfer thebenefitsbeyond some companiesare achieving,andmotivated but Ihave beeninspired by thescaleofchange expected tobeworking years justafew ago, service delivery. This isfarfrom where I helping globalretailers makestridesindigital I have years spentmuchofthepastfew NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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MUHAMMAD SAFDARI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA America’s civic discourse is due for an overhaul. Candidate, 2021 Across a variety of issues, we are pushing each other apart rather than working together Northwestern University, BA in constructively. Prior presidential campaign Economics and Biological Sciences, claims that we can “disagree without being 2010 disagreeable” and not be “divided into those red states and blue states” have not been realized.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS I want to help improve our national conversation. Facebook: Program Manager, Election Coming out of college, I felt that the key to Integrity better discourse sat in the classroom. While Teach For America: High School Teach for America presented a phenomenal Science Teacher, Dallas-Fort Worth opportunity to work towards a strong educational foundation with a Corps group of future voters, I wanted to focus more directly on these issues and at a larger scale. Redwood City, California: Planning Commissioner Inspired by self-organized groups that pushed for reform in Colombia and the Middle East, I moved to Silicon Valley in 2012 and began work at Facebook. With a ubiquitous platform connecting many people across the world, Facebook can be a powerful tool for people to learn more about issues, understand alternate points of view, and organize to support policies and candidates that matter to them.

Unfortunately, we have all seen that Facebook also has vulnerabilities in the civic space. I’m disappointed to see that some have weaponized that platform to disinform and polarize, and my role over the past year has been to program manage efforts to combat civic bad actors. Facebook is right to expand its investment in Election Integrity to focus on these issues. At the same time, this is the right moment for me to step back to study the ecosystem of factors contributing to the current state of our discourse, both on Facebook and beyond.

I believe that we can work together to build a country where we can discuss political issues more respectfully and effectively. With the support of the Rubenstein Fellowship, I want to understand how we can all be more thoughtful citizens through improved approaches to technology, education, or other means.

111 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Consultant Teaching andLearning:Learning Princeton McGraw Centerfor Intern PlayON! Sports Media Company: United States Senate: Intern Analyst Goldman Sachs: Corporate Treasury PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Pai ’83Prize, 2015 Applications ofComputing;Eric F.S. and Management Systems, and Certificates in Finance, Engineering Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi; Engineering, summacumlaude, Operations Research and Financial Princeton University, BSEin Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN MATTHEW SHACKELFORD FELLOWS on society. I amconfidentthat,together, we cancreate apositive andlasting impact problems through thecombinedmethodsofprivate andpublicengagement, joined by otherswhoshare myexcitement fortacklingthe world’s mostpressing skills innavigatingtheboundarybetween thetwo. Iamenthusiastictobe grow myknowledge ofpublicpolicyandprivate markets andtoenhancemy through theRubenstein Fellowship asitistheidealavenue through whichto I amprofoundly gratefulfortheopportunity topursuethejointMPP/MBA degree intersection oftheprivate andpublicsectors. my experienceonlyintensifieddesire toengagewiththeseproblems atthe financial systemandprudent,economicalriskmanagement wasinvaluable, and in practice. The perspective thatmypositionoffered onthecomplexitiesof to learnhow riskmanagementandpublicpolicyinteract,bothintheory challenges offinancialriskinalarge andcriticalinstitution,itallowed me for thefirm. It wasanextraordinary opportunityformetotacklethe real-world which isresponsible forfundingoptimizationandliquidityriskmanagement After college,IjoinedGoldman Sachs intheCorporate Treasury department, convertible bondsandtheirapplicationstofinancialfirmsindistress. incarnations. My work culminatedwithmyseniorthesisexploringcontingent understanding offinancialrisk,from itshistoryandcausestocures andlatest In myundergraduate career, Ideepened mypassionforanddeveloped my ensure thatmarkets operate attheoptimalblendofgrowth andstability. and by theeffects thatstilllingertodayto that Isawaround meduringtheGreat Recession memories ofthestress, panic,andconfusion in thepublicsector. Iammotivated by my well asstrengthening andstreamlining oversight long-term value creation intheprivate sectoras world by reinvigorating riskmanagementand and itsparked mycommitmenttoimprove the on familiesacross theworld,includingmyown, the financialcrashandensuing recession took career wassetin2008.Iwitnessedthetollthat The trajectoryofmyacademicandprofessional NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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LUCY SHAW HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA Imagine if the only thing you could do after 6pm Candidate, 2021 is sit at home listening to the wildlife, talking with your family about your day. Imagine this in the Fulbright Scholar: British Friends of dark, without a smart phone for distraction and Harvard Business School Award no access to a TV, radio or educational materials. Recipient, 2018 This is the reality for 1.1 billion people. Isolated villages around the world are often forgotten by University of Melbourne, Bachelor of government, and the private sector can be reluctant Engineering with Honors, National to invest given unclear regulation, fragmented Scholarship recipient (awarded to top markets and limited infrastructure linkages. 0.1% of Australian high school gradu- ates), 2013 I started caring about energy after working at ExxonMobil and BCG. My roles required me to draw insights from data that would drive high priority decisions relating to day-to-day operations PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and long-term strategy. I soon discovered the scale of lack of electricity CrossBoundary: Associate (Mini-Grid access and was inspired by the impact that connection has on economic Innovation Lab) opportunity in rural communities.

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation I was interested in how systemic change in rural communities could be Agency: Project Leader achieved by working at the core of government to develop the systems Boston Consulting Group: Consultant needed for the private sector to flourish. I left BCG to take a position as Project Leader at the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency, a JDRF: Social Impact Strategy government development institution. I learned that there are areas where Secondment government and the private sector both excel, and part of the magic is ExxonMobil: Subsurface Engineering bringing these capabilities together in a way that works for low income Intern populations, taxpayers and private investors alike.

Youth Without Borders: Spark I am now working at CrossBoundary, an investment advisory firm, to Engineering Camp National test off-grid energy business models in the field across Africa and build Chairperson the case for how private sector mini-grids and governments can work Robogals: Global Partnerships together to deliver cheaper critical infrastructure to rural populations. Manager While progress is being made in the energy access sector, my ambition after Harvard is to support governments, private sector and donors to accelerate access to higher quality electricity connections.

The Rubenstein Fellowship will enable me to combine public and private sector perspectives while studying the MPA/ID and MBA degree at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School. This will equip me with the leadership and analytical skills to ultimately work towards increasing energy access and rural economic opportunity in Africa.

113 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Capital Markets Hong Kong Investment Banking Division, Equity Goldman Sachs: Analyst, Agribusiness Investment Analyst, Global (IFC), World Bank Group: International Finance Corporation PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS secondary fieldin Psychology, 2015 with High Honors, cumlaude, Harvard University, BA inEconomics Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN KYI ZAR FELLOWS THANT are committed to. leadership storieswithandexplore waystocontributeeachofthecauseswe to beingpartofastrong community ofleadersfrom whomIcanlearnandshare this journey. Iamhonored tojointheRubenstein Fellowship andlookforward being partoftheCenterforPublic Leadershipwillbeanimportantmilestonein prepare me toplayanactive role in thedevelopment process inMyanmar and support forentrepreneurs andsmallbusinesses.Ibelieve theMPP program will social securitytolow andmiddleincomepopulationsprovide financial It ismyultimatecareer goaltodevelop financialpoliciesin Myanmar tooffer private sectordependsmuchonsoundpolicymaking. Madagascar, Senegal, Vietnam, andGabon, Isawthatthedevelopment ofthe serves asthefloodgatefor progress. Working withentrepreneurs in Afghanistan, conflict. For thesecountries,including Myanmar, Ibelieve thatpublicpolicy with businessesincountriestransitioningoutfrom politicalandeconomic knowledge indeveloping countries. At theIFC,Ihadopportunitytowork Sachs totheIFChave thechancetoapplymyinvestment andfinancial can beachieved through publicpolicy. Professionally, Imoved from Goldman policies whilelivingintheU.S.directed metobelieve thatsustainablesolutions My undergraduate studies ineconomicsandmycloseobservations ofU.S. and whoselives were overturned by anunexpectedsetback. population. Igrew upknowing manyfamilieswholived paycheck topaycheck financial andsocialsafetyforthemajorityof low financialliteracy, andanabsenceof in Myanmar ledtoalackofaccesscredit, countries. Inadequate publicpolicyframeworks to manybusinessowners indeveloping through lifechangingchallengesnotuncommon entrepreneur inMyanmar, myfamilyandIwent part ofafamilysupportedby asmallbusiness democracy andeconomicdevelopment. As instability, andmore recently stepstowards experienced firsthandpoliticaltransitions, I grew upin Yangon, Myanmar, where I NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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KEN WATARI HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA On his first day of graduate school in America, Candidate, 2021 my father was startled, watching his classmates furiously debate trade policy. Back in Japan, Stanford University, BA in Public he was used to sitting in lectures where the Policy, 2011 professor would drone on, barely looking up from his notes. Over the next two years my PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS father became a convert to the American style of education, and when he returned to Japan, he Fulbright University Vietnam: Director of Strategy and Planning decided that he would provide his child with a similarly transformative education. The Boston Consulting Group: Consultant I followed in my father’s footsteps—leaving Japan as a teenager to attend a New England boarding school and then Youth for 3.11: Co-Founder and COO Stanford. Since I always had a keen interest in how the rest of the world Teach For Japan: Founding Team lived, I studied international development, dreamed of joining the World Member Bank, and worked in Cape Town, Bhutan, Tohoku, and Bangalore. But I kept coming back to a central question, inspired by my own lived experience: Why is educational opportunity concentrated among the few—both within and across countries—and does that necessarily need to be the case?

Once I began to focus on this question, I was hooked. Through my experiences helping to launch Teach For Japan, advising universities and school districts as a BCG consultant, and supporting the establishment of Fulbright University Vietnam, Vietnam’s first independent, private, and nonprofit university, my appreciation for education’s transformative potential has only expanded. I grew to appreciate the role that top rated education institutions, especially universities, could play in transforming, not only individuals, but society by accelerating knowledge creation, training the future workforce, developing leaders, and inspiring society to live up to a higher ideal.

Long term, I hope to build top quality education institutions in contexts where educational opportunities are not readily available, and to raise the bar for what families expect for their children. I am humbled to be invited to join the Center for Public Leadership and Harvard communities, and I hope to capitalize on this opportunity and accelerate my path to impact.

115 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Evaluation Coordinator Pueblo aPueblo: Monitoring and Semilla Nueva: Co-Founder PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Fellowship, 2013-14 Princeton inLatin America Haverford College,2013 Latino, andIberian Studies; concentration inLatin American, for themajorinSpanish orforthe for bestseniorthesissubmitted Manuel J.andElisa Pi Asensio Prize Honors, magnacumlaude,2013 Science, BA inSpanish withHigh Haverford College,BA inPolitical Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN JACOB FELLOWS WEISENTHAL achieve ourpersonalvisionsforchange. with similarcross sectorinterests, andIlookforward tosupportingeachother Through theRubenstein Fellowship, Iamexcited tobecomepartofacommunity degree toidentifyandscalemarket-based initiatives toalleviatemalnutrition. has pervasive macro effects oneconomicdevelopment. Iampursuingajoint and prevents millionsmore from reaching fullneurological development, which year, malnutritioncontributestoalmost halfofchilddeathsundertheagefive Working innutritioninspires mebecauseofthepotentialscaleimpact.Every protein cornseed,andimproved thedailydietsof100,000Guatemalans. became thefirstorganization worldwide tocommercialize high-zinc, quality- nutrient cornseedtoruralfarmers.Since then,we tripledthesize ofourteam, co-led Semilla Nueva’s strategicpivot tofocusonproducing andsellinghigh- cultural staplecurtailedourimpactatlessthan5,000people.In response, I diversified diets. Yet despiteourefforts, families’ unwillingnesstochangetheir I poured thousandsofhoursintoagrassroots campaigntoeducate familieson the ubiquitousconsumptionofcorn,whichlacksessentialnutrients,soinitially increase nonprofit impact. In rural Guatemala, malnutritionstemslargely from Over thenextthree years, Ilearned how market-based initiatives cansignificantly Semilla Nueva, asmallnonprofit working to reduce malnutritionin Guatemala. saw malnutrition’s devastating impactonchildren. Seeking asolution,Ijoined graduating. Ispenttwoyears inthecountry’s secondpoorest province, where I to research post-conflict zones, whichinspired metomove there full-timeafter of aprofessor, Itraveled twicetoGuatemala go backonceIgottocollege. At theinvitation high school,Ilookedforanyopportunityto Having beencaptivated by Latin America in fighting malnutrition. eventually leadmetomypassionfor of independenceandbiculturalismthatwould Chile. This year abroad gave methefirsttaste school inSyracuse, New York andmoved to Spanish, Itooka“sabbatical” from myhigh When Iwasfifteen,speakingbarely aword of NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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ANGELA WINEGAR HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2021

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Business School, MBA I grew up in suburban Arizona, the daughter Candidate, 2021 of two electrical engineers. At age seven, I vividly recall my father helping me build my first Brigham Young University, BS in computer. I also recall, around the same age, Economics, Minor in Business my mother making all of us watch and take Strategy, 2014 notes on the presidential debates and spending her weekends volunteering with the United PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Way of Arizona. Their deep interest in emerging technology and commitment to community service Freshly Picked: Chief Marketing Officer and involvement have shaped who I am today. International Rescue Committee: Marketing Consultant Halfway through college, I landed my dream internship in the Markets Room of the U.S. Treasury. My role was to help Bain & Company: Senior Associate policy makers understand how financial markets, financial policy, and Consultant proposed regulation would affect banks and the broader economy. I Inspire, Inc: Bain San Francisco Client observed how decisions made in the financial industry impacted the lives Development Lead of millions of Americans, and I wondered which industry would drive the most change in my life and the lives of my children. Utah Caucus: State and County Delegate Since college, I have devoted my time to understanding the technology United States Treasury: Markets Room industry. At Bain & Company, I sought out tech-focused projects and Summer Economist Intern clients, ultimately transferring offices to work in Silicon Valley for some of the world’s largest technology companies. After Bain, I took a role as Chief Marketing Officer at Freshly Picked, a baby apparel e-commerce startup with more social media followers than any other baby brand, to better understand social media and advertising’s impact on consumers. As an advertiser, I was able to meet with leaders at major technology companies. It startled me to learn how disconnected from the public sector they were, despite their key role in developing technological advancements that will impact all citizens.

Ultimately, I want to help ensure the technological advancements made in Silicon Valley are developed to achieve the greatest benefit to society as a whole. I am grateful for the opportunity to pursue my MBA and MPP at Harvard, and with the support of the Rubenstein Fellowship, I hope to continue developing as a leader and one day serve as a bridge between Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley.

117 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE, 2021 Oliver Wyman: Consultant The Awethu Project: Summer Fellow Development Consultant World Bank Group: Urban PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Harvard CollegeScholar, 2010-2011 Science, 2013 laude, secondaryfieldinComputer and CellularBiology, magnacum Harvard University, BA inMolecular Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS RUBENSTEIN LISA

FELLOWS YAO and sustainable. supporting each otheraswe strive tobuildaworld thatishealthy, just, learn from theconvictionsthathave shapedourambitions.Ilookforward to I amthrilledtobepartofthe CenterforPublic Leadershipcommunity and to first timearound. markets toimplementlocallyappropriate, equal,andaffordable systemsthe action. Ilookforward totakingadvantage oftherapidgrowth inemerging economic progress andtomotivate bothpublicandprivate actorstotake cities tacklethechallengesinenvironmental sustainabilitythataccompany and operationallyefficient.Iwanttousetheseskills and perspectives tohelp gaining theskillstodesignsolutionsthatare ambitious,financiallyrigorous, mechanisms tointervene incomplexsystemswithcompetingprioritieswhile Through thejointMPA-ID/MBA atHarvard, Ilookforward to exploring cornerstones oflastingchange. will, governance, planning,and—mostimportantly—financial resilience are learned thatinfrastructure andtechnologysolutionsare notenough.Political subjected totheplacementofwasteneartheirhomes.Importantly, Ialso poor, whoare oftenthelasttoreceive wastecollectionservicesandfrequently experiences revealed that environmental issuesdisproportionally impactthe that canmitigatecarbonemissionswhilesavingmoneyinthelongrun.My a Waste”,called “What andhelpingacityinLebanonidentifyinvestments engaging citizens, buildingaglobaldatabaseofwastemanagementstatistics as by advisingamiddleeast government onimproving wastedisposaland At the World Bank, Iworked onprojects tohelpcitiesgrow sustainably, such environmental challengesataglobalscale. worked asamanagementconsultant, Ijoinedthe World Bank in2015tosolve career. After leadingseveral environmental initiatives atOliver Wyman where I facility in2013reinforced myinterest inwasteandultimatelypivoted my of economicprogress. A tourofarecycling led metoquestiontheenvironmental footprint office in New York torapidlyfillinglandfills— pounds ofpapercupstraveling from myown in moundsofgarbageSouth Africa, and muddled withexhaustinChina,kidsplaying of environmental degradationpersonally—asky the saltyairofoceancoasts. Witnessing scenes wild grass,towering graniteandsequoias, where Igrew uphikingamongstoaktrees and root inmyupbringingNorthern California, My commitmenttoresource stewardship takes NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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“I am a first generation Nigerian-American, and I celebrate my firsts wholeheartedly. However, I recognize that these firsts come with challenges: with each upward step I take in my professional career, the less diverse my communities have become […] Living in a country where only three percent of publicly traded companies publish diversity and inclusion policies, I plan to pursue a career that promotes and institutionalizes diversity and inclusion initiatives, driving upward mobility and financial security for all underrepresented groups.”

Chichi Anyoku Harvard Kennedy School Rubenstein Fellow MPP/MBA Candidate ABOUT THE The U.S. Latino Leadership Fellowship brings together talented and emerging leaders who U.S. LATINO are committed agents of transformation LEADERSHIP in U.S. Latino and other underserved FELLOWS communities. U.S. Latino Leadership PROGRAM Fellows have addressed disparities in their communities through efforts in public policy, education, economic development, health care, immigration, social entrepreneurship, and a variety of other fields.

The U.S. Latino Leadership Fellowship is a game-changing opportunity for practitioners, scholars, and activists ready to lead the transformation of U.S. Latino and other underserved communities.

U.S. Latino Leadership fellows are leaders who:

• Create sustainable change in underserved communities by leveraging community assets

• Inspire new ideas and innovative change in local and national programs and policies

• Build cross-sector partnerships and collaborations

In addition to their formal coursework, U.S. Latino Leadership Fellows participate in a yearlong co-curricular program that includes small-group discussions with members of the Harvard faculty as well as other leading academics and practitioners, personal and professional skill-building workshops, and a field experience trip. Taken together, these activities are intended to inspire, provide concrete opportunities for leadership skill- building, and connect fellows with an interdisciplinary network of peers and mentors that will last a lifetime.

120 ABOUT THE WILLIAM R. KENAN, JR. CHARITABLE TRUST

Established in 1966 by a bequest from the estate of chemist and industrialist William R. Kenan, Jr., the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, focuses on awarding grants in the areas of K–12 education, higher education, whole community health, arts and culture, and historic preservation.

A principal purpose of the Kenan Charitable Trust grants has been to support education, with an emphasis on enhancing excellence of teaching and access to high-quality education. The trustees have endeavored to carry out Mr. Kenan’s wishes through various initiatives including endowed professorships, scholarships, and fellowships of distinction at esteemed colleges, universities, and arts institutions.

ABOUT THE COCA-COLA FOUNDATION

The Coca-Cola Foundation operates as the global philanthropic arm for The Coca-Cola Company. Since its inception in 1984, the Foundation has awarded more than $900 million in grants to help protect the environment, promote recycling, empower women and enhance the overall well-being of communities.

For more information about The Coca-Cola Foundation, please visit www.coca-cola.com/givesback.

121 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2020 Recipient Caroline M.Picard Prize inPolitics Strategies Intern Tectonica Studios: Digital Campaign Fellow Partnership for America’s Children: PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS laude, 2017 Studies and American Studies, cum Certificates in Gender and Sexuality Princeton University, AB inPolitics, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS U.S. LATINO PAULANI CORTEZ-VILLAS FELLOWS prepared foracareer asachampionforkidsinSouth Texas. whose children needsomeonefightingontheirbehalf, andIplantoleave HKS I wanttobringamulti-issuechildadvocacy organization toacommunity skills togobackhomeandmakeitabetterplacefor the kidswholive there. Through theU.S.LatinoLeadership Fellowship, Ihopetogaintheleadership needs tothrive. it shouldhave beendirected atthosewhodenyittheadequateresources it South Texas whilegrowing upputtheblameonaregion anditspeoplewhen it provided mewithaclearpathforward. Inow seethatmyperception of my friendsandfamily—wasthekeytoeventual successinundergrad, and This realization—along withtheguidanceofmymentorsandsupport of myown personalfailings,butthatofasystemwasnotbuiltforme. realize thatthechallengesIfacedadjustingtoPrinceton were notaproduct the engineeringcoursesIwantedtotake. Talking peersmademe withmynew because Ifeltdidnothave themathorsciencebackground tosucceedin were excruciatingly difficult,andIeven changedmyplannedcourseofstudy have evolved drasticallysinceIleftateighteen.My months ofcollege firstfew To makealongstoryshort,myplansonreturning totheRioGrande Valley when Iwasgrowing up. imagine raisingchildren whowouldbesubjectedtothesameconstraintsIfelt the rest ofmylife,butitwaseven harder to It washard for metoimaginestayingthere for there were notopportunitiesformetothrive. than five potholes. Andabove all,Ifeltthat in anydirection, Iwouldencounternofewer infrastructure meantthatifIdrove foramile the area were allseverely underfunded.Poor called homewasnotforme. The schoolsin thattheborderI knew region of Texas thatI not have aparticulardestinationinmind,but thatIwantedtoleave.I alwaysknew Idid Growing up in South Texas’ RioGrande Valley, NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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RODRIGO DORADOR HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Santa Clara University, BA in In the Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Philosophy, BS in Economics, cum Luther King expounded that “[He] kn[e]w laude, 2012 through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, S.J. demanded by the oppressed.” As someone who Scholar, 2008-2012 faces oppression as an undocumented Latinx, Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J. Award, my desire to demand freedom for myself and 2012 my community members is what drew me to the Harvard Kennedy School and to the Center for Jean Donovan Summer Fellow, 2011 Public Leadership.

In 2006, Arizona voters passed Proposition PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 300, which prohibited undocumented students from paying in-state Scholarships A-Z: Board Member, tuition at Arizona public colleges. Overnight, the cost of college tuition 2017-2018 quadrupled. I was a junior in high school, and I lost the motivation to Be a Leader Foundation: Data Analyst go to college. Thankfully, my mother was by my side. She reminded me that we migrated to the U.S. for a better life. She had faith I would Immigrants Rising, San Francisco receive an opportunity to go to college and she encouraged me to stay Office: Program Manager motivated. My senior year in high school, I applied for and received the Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores Alberto Hurtado, S.J. Scholarship to attend Santa Clara University on a de México: Immigration Conference full ride. Because of the challenge I overcame, I decided to give back to Invitee, 2015 my community.

San Francisco Foundation: Community After college, I worked for Immigrants Rising to advocate for increased Leadership Award, 2013 college access for undocumented students. In the four years I worked in San Francisco, I worked with local and international government agencies and higher education institutions to develop pro-immigrant policies that empowered undocumented students to graduate from college and go on to successful careers. As I reflect on my future in policy and at HKS, I am determined to study our economic policies in order to propose efficient changes that maximize personal and economic well-being and enable Latinxs and low-income communities to flourish throughout the U.S. After Harvard, I aim to work in either local government or in the private sector to bring my vision to life.

123 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2020 Dreamers Trailblazer Award forPre-Health Health Career Connection: Class of2017 Forbes “30Under 30”inEducation, Pre-Health Dreamers: Co-Founder PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Biology, 2012 BA inSociology andIntegrative University ofCalifornia,Berkeley, Program atMount Sinai, 2015 Human RightsandSocial Justice President, 2016 Chapter atMount Sinai, Co- Latino Medical Student Association New Americans, 2016 Paul andDaisy Soros Fellowship for Board, 2015-2017 Hospital Community Advisory Member oftheMount Sinai 2017 Colleges, Herbert W. Nickens Award, Association of American Medical Sinai, MDCandidate,2020 Icahn SchoolofMedicine atMount ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS U.S. LATINO DENISSE ROJAS MARQUEZ FELLOWS U.S. LatinoFellowship. driven by community-need.Ilookforward toengagingwith my cohortinthe I believe engagingstakeholderswillyieldinnovative solutionsthatare truly build platformsforstudentsandeducatorstobetterengage inpolicyefforts. and underserved communities.Ialsowanttowork on educationpolicyand implement systemicchangesthataddress disparitiesinhealthcare forLatino Kennedy School. Through thisdualtraining,Ihopetoenvision,design,and Sinai andamtakingapausetopursuepublicpolicydegree atHarvard I have now completedthree years attheIcahn SchoolofMedicine atMount students foradmission. with academicgroups, more medicalschoolsare consideringundocumented has reached over 800members. As aresult ofPHD’s advocacy inpartnership and advocacy forundocumented youth likemyself. In years, justafew PHD organization calledPre-Health Dreamers (PHD) toprovide advising,resources, of California,Berkeley in2012. That sameyear, Ico-foundedanational Remaining steadfastinmyaspirations,Igraduatedfrom theUniversity who asaresult ofstalledpoliciesonimmigration,leftforCanada. educational goals.Moreover, Iwaspainfullyseparatedfrom familymembers, discouraged whenschoolcounselorscouldnotoffer guidanceforachievingmy of myimmigrationstatus,Iwasineligibleforfinancialaidandbecame siblings toattendcollege.My path,however, hadmanyroadblocks. Because of Fremont, opportunitiesthatenabledmytwo California,myfamilyfoundnew States, Iwasonly tenmonthsold. As aresident When myfamilyandIleftMexico fortheUnited community asaphysicianandpolicyadvocate. I wasinspired tobringchangemy healthcare. Through thesedifficultexperiences, treatment forillnessandusefree orsubsidized care optionsandasaresult, we woulddelay immigrant, myfamilyandIhadlimitedhealth communities. Growing upasanundocumented systems forU.S.Latinoandunderserved I envisionequitablehealthcare andeducation NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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“In 2006, Arizona voters passed Proposition 300, which prohibited undocumented students from paying in-state tuition at Arizona public colleges. Overnight, the cost of college tuition quadrupled. I was a junior in high school, and I lost the motivation to go to college. Thankfully, my mother was by my side. She reminded me that we migrated to the U.S. for a better life […] As I reflect on my future in policy and at HKS, I am determined to study our economic policies in order to propose efficient changes that maximize personal and economic well-being and enable Latinxs and low-income communities to flourish throughout the U.S.”

Rodrigo Dorador Harvard Kennedy School U.S. Latino Leadership Fellow MPA/ID Candidate ABOUT THE WEXNER ISRAEL FELLOWS PROGRAM

The Wexner Israel Fellowship represents a unique partnership between The Wexner Foundation, the Israeli Civil Service Commission, and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). This fellowship was created through the generosity of Les and Abigail Wexner via The Wexner Foundation and is anchored at the Center for Public Leadership, which has long benefitted from the Wexners’ generosity. The fellowship seeks to develop transformative leaders for Israel’s public sector. Each year, up to ten outstanding Israeli public service leaders are selected to pursue a Mid-Career Master in Public Administration degree at Harvard Kennedy School and to participate in a series of leadership seminars and institutes sponsored by the foundation itself.

The Wexner Foundation is focused on strengthening • Engagement with the Center for Public Leadership Jewish professional and volunteer leaders in North (attending retreats, faculty workshops, and student- America and public service leaders in the State of Israel. led sessions with 100 other CPL-sponsored fellows) The foundation’s leadership initiatives include an alumni helps synthesize classroom learning with practical network of 2,500 individuals, including more than 250 professional leadership. Israeli public officials who participated in the Wexner Israel Fellowship Program since it was established • Interaction with the New England Jewish community twenty-nine years ago, and eighty members of the and Wexner alumni in the region deepens productive recently established Wexner Senior Leadership Program. relationships between Israeli leaders and their global Jewish community counterparts. Wexner Israel Fellows engage in the following programs in addition to their HKS coursework: • Out-of-town institutes provide fellows with in-depth exposure to the cultural, political, and organizational • A weekly Wexner seminar incorporates the HKS realities of North American Jewish community life, experience into the Israeli public sector reality, and and enables them to explore public policy and public is focused on professional and personal leadership service issues that tie in to their work back in Israel. development, cohort building, and the North American Jewish community.

126 ABOUT THE WEXNERS Leslie H. Wexner, founder of L Brands, started the Harvard University into the Society of John Harvard company in Columbus, Ohio, in 1963 with one store Fellows, and serves as a visiting lecturer at Harvard and first-year sales of $160,000. Today, total sales for Kennedy School. L Brands businesses exceed $12 billion. Mr. Wexner serves as Chairman and CEO of L Brands, a global Abigail S. Wexner, lawyer and community volunteer, is leader in lingerie, fragrance and beauty, which includes involved in philanthropic work nationally and locally, Victoria’s Secret, PINK, Bath & Body Works, White Barn with a particular focus on children’s issues. Mrs. Wexner Candle Co., La Senza and Henri Bendel. The company’s is the CEO of Whitebarn Associates, a private investment products are available in more than 3,800 stores company. She serves on the boards of L Brands, Inc., around the world. Mr. Wexner has a profound interest Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the KIPP Foundation, in the development of tomorrow’s leaders through Harvard University’s Center for Public Leadership, The the works of Harvard University’s Center for Public Ohio State University, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Leadership; the Wexner Foundation; and The Ohio State the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation, University. His areas of community interest include the Columbus Partnership, Pelotonia, The Ohio The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; the State University Wexner Medical Center, The Wexner Columbus Partnership; Wexner Center for the Arts at The Foundation, The Wexner Center Foundation and the Ohio State University; Nationwide Children’s Hospital, United States Equestrian Team Foundation. She is Columbus; and the National Veterans Memorial and founding board member and vice chair of the board for Museum, Columbus. Mr. Wexner has received the Alexis KIPP Columbus, founder and chair of the board for The de Tocqueville Society Award of the United Way of Center for Family Safety and Healing and a past chair of America, Woodrow Wilson Award for Citizenship, Ordre the Governing Committee of the Columbus Foundation des Arts et des Lettres, Knight of the Italian Republic and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Mrs. Wexner also and the American Jewish Committee Herbert H. Lehman held a presidential appointment to The United States Centennial Leadership Award. In 2015 he was named Holocaust Memorial Museum. From 2005 through July to Harvard Business Review’s Top 100 Best Performing 2012, Mrs. Wexner served as chair of the board of CEOs; he was ranked at #11. Mr. Wexner is a member of directors for Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Under Mrs. the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; chairman, Wexner’s leadership, Nationwide Children’s completed The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Board; the largest pediatric expansion in our nation’s history chairman of the advisory council for the Center for and has been named to U.S. News & World Report’s Public Leadership at Harvard University; member of the America’s Best Hospitals list every year since 2006. Royal Shakespeare Company International Council; and Prior to moving to Columbus, she practiced law from chairman of the Columbus Partnership. He is also a 1987 to 1992 with the London and New York offices of founding member and the first chair of The Ohio State Davis Polk & Wardwell. She is a graduate of the Dwight University Foundation. Mr. Wexner holds a B.S. degree in School, New York City; Barnard College at Columbia Business Administration from The Ohio State University University, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa; and and honorary degrees from Brandeis University; Hebrew New York University School of Law. Union College; Hofstra University; Marietta College; the Mr. Wexner and Mrs. Wexner are the parents of four Jewish Theological Seminary of America; the Hebrew children, ranging in age from nineteen to twenty-three University of Jerusalem; University of Tel Aviv; and years of age. Yeshiva University. Mr. Wexner was inaugurated by

127 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Founder school studentsintheperiphery: Medical CadetsProgram, forhigh Directors Authority: Member oftheBoard of Israel National Road Safety of Medical Affairs Ministry ofHealth: Deputy Director PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Economics and Accounting, 1996 Bar-Ilan University, Israel, BA in Information Systems, 2007 Bar-Ilan University, Israel, MBA in ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEXNER SHIRA FELLOWS ARNON services forall residents ofIsrael. mission ofcreating anequitable systemofhighqualityhealthcare network ofcolleagues,allwhichwillenablemetocontinue my my studieswithimproved resources, skills,new andaninternational management styles,andgovernmental structures. Ihopetoreturn from over theworldandtolearnfrom theirexperiencesindifferent fields, I amexcited abouttheopportunitytomeetfellow studentsfrom all consensus. In additiontothecoursesconductedby leadingprofessors, skills, aswell asstrengthen myabilitytoleadteamsandbuildbroad Studying intheMPA program willcertainlyimprove mynegotiating politicians, financiers,physicians,andcitizens. my experience,Irealize thatIamcapableofbuildingconsensusamong filled by physicians can successfully be filled by other professionals. From many keyleadershippositionsinthehealtharena thatare traditionally with healthcare needs. This understanding hasledmetobelieve that incorporates adeepunderstandingofeconomicconsiderations,along limited resources requires leaderstohave abalancedperspective which The challengeofproviding healthcare intimesofescalatingneedsand ethnicity, orsocio-economicstatus. services toeachandevery citizen, regardless ofplaceresidence, criteria, butratherby myabilitytoimprove theprovision ofmedical professional life,Inolongermeasured successbasedsolelyonfinancial center inthecountry’s remote southernregion. For thefirsttimeinmy by thegovernment, resulting medical intheestablishmentofanew I ledaninter-ministerial teamwhoserecommendations were adopted policy inIsrael. Within monthsoftransferring, division plans,shapes,andcreates healthcare at theMOH’s Division ofMedical Affairs. This careers, switchingtothefieldofeconomics of Israel. Ileftmycomfortzone andchanged excellence inhealthcare forthepopulation to dosomethingmore inpromoting meaningful transformation whichgeneratedastrong desire (MOH). Ten years ago,Iunderwent apersonal accounting departmentoftheMinistry ofHealth initially worked asafinancialcomptroller inthe Trained asaCertified Public Accountant, I NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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ARBEL ASTRACHAN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, For the past twenty years I have worked in the legal Law School, LLB, 1998, LLM, 1999 department of the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset. I always believed that major discussions affecting the lives of those living in a democracy take place in the PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS parliament and upon graduating from law school I Israeli Parliament, the Knesset: Legal applied for a clerkship at the Knesset so that I could Advisor to the House Committee be involved in those discussions.

Awarded the Knesset Secretary Israel is one of the most culturally diverse countries. General’s Honor Prize for Excellence, As a legal advisor in the Knesset, I am challenged to 2004 advise Knesset members representing very different positions on public policy, as to how, in the face Awarded “Best Paper” by the of their faction’s belief systems, they must still uphold and respect the laws Israeli Association for Parliamentary governing the state of Israel’s democratic parliamentary procedures. Problems, 1999 The legal department of the Knesset plays a central role in the Israeli Israeli Bar: Member since 1999 democratic system. In my professional capacity I contribute to the creation of progressive legislation and assist the members of parliament to understand, meet, and abide by the procedural protocols and applicable laws which govern their specific agendas. Additionally, I am called upon to advise and ensure that laws are upheld while Knesset members maneuver through their daily activities forwarding their constituents agendas.

As a legal advisor to the House committee and the Ethics Committee, the Speaker’s Presidium and various Ad Hoc and Parliamentary committees, I am asked to draft opinions on various issues, in addition to periodic amendments to the Knesset bylaws and Ethics Code.

I am excited to collaborate with the international participants at HKS. The fellowship of this program will enable me to glean and incorporate best parliamentary practices used by other democratic countries upon return to the Knesset’s legal department. I plan to use the academic year to immerse myself in comparative analysis of systems through which each participant approaches their public policy decision making process, at both the institutional and personal level, addressing the ever changing local and global trending public policy issues. I strive to understand how my position can affect positive change in parliamentary procedure.

129 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 the President ofIsrael, 2018 Awarded theIsrael Defense Prize by Development (various positions) Section Head; Captain,Research & Deputy Branch Head; Major, Major, Project Manager; Major, Colonel, Head ofR&DBranch; Israel Defense Forces: Lieutenant Branch, LieutenantColonel Cyber &Dedicated System Research Israel Defense Forces: Head of PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS in Scienceand Technology, 2000 Teaching Certificatefor High-School Jerusalem Collegeof Technology, faculties, 2000 Graduate ofthe Year from all Kaplan Prize forOutstanding Engineering, cumlaude; Awarded BSc inPhysics/Electro Optics Jerusalem Collegeof Technology, cum laude,2006 MSc inElectro Optical Engineering, Ben Gurion University oftheNegev, cum laude,2010 Bar Ilan University, Executive MBA, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEXNER HAGAY CARMI FELLOWS year inHKSwillbeanexcellent preparation forthesechallengesaswell. public sectorinthefieldofeducationorhealth.I’m convincedthatthe For thelongerterm,I’m interested inintegratingintokeypositions atthe me outofmycomfortzone andallow metofurtherdevelop asaleader. absorbing ideas,approaches, experience,andtechniques thatwillmove prominent partoftheIsraeli publicsector. Iamlookingforward to management positionwouldstrengthen mycapacitytoinfluencea be appointedcommanderofatechnologicalunit. Assuming asenior maximize retention oftheir personnel.In thenearfuture, Ihopeto organizations meetthechallengeofpromoting healthybalanceto During mystudiesatHarvard Iwillseektodiscover how parallel retain qualitypersonnelintheorganization. approach tothisissuewillallow ustocompetewiththeprivate sectorand empowering thosewithkeypositionstomaintain abalancedlife. A better support around them. As aseniorcommander, Iintendtoleadchanges, include thefamiliesofmypersonneltobuildunderstandingandfamily work-life balance. Throughout mycareer, Ihave alwaysmadeaneffort to people leave militaryservicebecauseofthedifficultyinfindingright From myprofessional vantage point, Iseesomeofourmosttalented a leadershipapproach thatinspires employee commitmentandmotivation. One majorreason forselecting theMC-MPA program isformetodevelop leading ahundred scientistsandengineers. Colonel, IamtheDirector ofacentralCyber andResearch department, my personalinterests, withmyleadershipabilities. Today, asLieutenant at theIsraeli Defense Forces hascombinedmyprofessional expertise,and abilities toapublicrole inthefieldoftechnologyandsecurity. My career the nation.Following theirexample,Idecidedtodevote mypersonal from home,Iunderstoodtheywere doingtheirutmosttocontribute service androse totherankofColonel. Although theywere oftenabsent Both mygrandfatherandfatherdevoted mostoftheirlives tomilitary NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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YONATAN GUILMAN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Hebrew University in Jerusalem, BSc I’ve been passionate about science and technology ever since I was a in Physics and Math Talpiot Research child. I have always been fascinated by the rules of nature and their and Development Academic Program, utilization in the creation of instruments capable of achieving what magna cum laude, 2001 has been previously considered impossible. This notion has drawn me to engineering and to an R&D leadership position at the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. Leading ambitious projects is about much more than PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS solving technological challenges. Such projects require bringing diverse Israeli Prime Minister’s Office (PMO): groups of talented individuals to depend on each other and trust one Head of Research and Development another in order to achieve a mutual goal. Moreover, they require Branch helping an entire organization embrace the opportunities, risks, and costs of the path to innovation. Hence, it is my privilege to engage and Program nominated for the Israel mentor various change agents in my organization and together with Defense Prize them assure the government has the best solutions to Israel’s evolving PMO: Head of Strategic Projects challenges. I look forward to honing my engagement skill set at the Branch Harvard Kennedy School.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF): Captain, Israel is often referred to as the Start-Up Nation where both the private Head of Research and Development and public sectors view innovation as key to progress and prosperity. Project Yet, technology is agnostic and innovations can also be abused. I see it as the role of leaders to hold the moral compass and steer these Project received Ministry of Defense advancements towards public good and to educate the public about Creativity Award technology’s implications and consequences.

In an era in which technology is ubiquitous and affects practically every aspect of life, I wish to grow as a leader capable of addressing the broad implications of innovations and changes. Being a part of the Wexner Israel Fellowship allows me to burst not only out of my defense and technology-centered “echo chamber” but out of the Israeli one as well. Through the Wexner Israel Fellowship I plan to engage and experience a broad spectrum of the Israeli public sector. In addition, the diverse multinational class at HKS and CPL in particular, will allow me to gain insights into how the intersections of policy and technology are manifested around the world.

131 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Questions Internationales: Author - LaDocumentationFrançaise, The ParadoxesofanOpenEconomy Economist, Jerusalem Area Clalit Health Services: Senior Economist ofNatural Gas Authority Israel Ministry ofEnergy: Chief PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Economics &Business, 1999 Bar-Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, BA in Business School,MBA,2001 Hebrew University ofJerusalem, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEXNER SARAH HADAR FELLOWS leadership for generations to come. leadership for generations tocome. leaders withwhomIcanimplement high-impactprojects, furthering sound opportunity formetobecome partofanetwork ofsenior publicservice Career MPA program andtakingpart inthe Wexner Israel Fellowship isan negotiation, riskmanagement andenergy innovation. Studying attheMid- characterize thepublicsectorandtolearnmore about leadership, At HKSIhopetogainpracticaltoolsdealwiththechallengesthat of Israeli society. the Israeli market andimproving airquality, inorder toboostthewellbeing Israeli naturalgasmarket, akeyfactorinincreasing theeconomicgrowth of implement nationalprojects andgovernment policydesignedtopromote the the development ofthenaturalgasmarket fordecadestocome.I As ChiefEconomist oftheNatural Gas Authority, Iamapartnerinadvancing sufficient formarket needs forseveral decades. in Israeli waterswasarevolution fortheeconomy, withproven reserves always beenofprimeconcern. The discovery ofnaturalgasreservoirs economic fronts. Israel’s inabilitytorely onitsown energy resources has Israel hasalwaysdealtwithexistentialchallenges onsecurity, social,and in broad terms,aspiringtopositively influencethecitizens of Israel. my work attheMinistry ofEnergy, Istrive toevaluate nationaldevelopments good served myambitionof acareer incivilservicewell; todayaspartof The commitment and sensitivity I developed to the importance of the greater the larger whole. observe difference ratherthanjudgeit,cultivating mysenseofbelongingto diverse cultures andperspectives Ilearnedto Meeting andliving amongsomanypeopleof times, Iconfronted challengesofintegration. back andforthbetween France andIsrael several to realize theirdream oflivinginIsrael. Moving hesitate toleave theircomfortable lives inParis Steeped thesevalues, myparents didnot as Istrive toimpartthesemyown children. guide myactions,professionally andpersonally, around community, andopenwaysofthinking throughout mylife:theirpatternsofaction My grandparents, served asrole models NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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RONIT HEYD HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Growing up in Jerusalem, diversity, inter-group MA in Social Psychology, magna cum tensions, and social inequality were always laude, 2001 evident around me. On completing my university studies, I knew I wanted to dedicate myself to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, social change and to put the tools I possessed as BA in Psychology, summa cum laude, a social psychologist into practice for the values I 1999 cared deeply about. I wanted to make an impact.

Seventeen years ago I was fortunate to join PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Shatil, the action arm of the New Israel Fund, Shatil, Leading Social Change: which is the leading organization promoting Executive Director progressive social change in Israel. In the various positions I held at the organization, including as Executive Director for Shatil, the New Israel Fund: Director the last eight years, I had the privilege of working with Israelis from all of the Social and Economic Justice walks of life - religious and secular, Jews and Arabs, veterans and new Initiative immigrants - on the most burning issues in Israeli society. Together Shatil, the New Israel Fund: with my colleagues and partners in the field I worked to promote Coordinator of the Pluralism Project democracy and human rights, social justice, and religious freedom by and Organizational Consultant providing capacity building to civil society organizations, organizing joint campaigns, and promoting policy change. Psycho, Psychology Magazine: Chief Editor Growing extremism all around the world, but particularly in Israel, is a major concern for me. The use of fear mongering by politicians, coupled The Lafer Center for Women with the continuing occupation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, lead and Gender Studies, the Hebrew to rising levels of overt racism and hateful attitudes towards minorities University: Coordinator in Israel. I am embarking on this journey of studies at Harvard Kennedy School with the hope to gain a deeper understanding of policy and Women and Their Bodies: Volunteer politics, to reflect on the challenges Western democracies are currently Writer and Editor facing. I hope to learn from and be inspired by experts and leaders from Author of Children Stories “Manyera around the world on how to strengthen social inclusion and democratic the Witch” infrastructures in a diverse and conflicted society.

I am committed to dedicating my career to building the roads to justice and to full social inclusion for all Israelis. I am sure the Wexner Israel Fellowship and the invaluable pool of knowledge, experience, and insights at CPL will be the best path to transform into a much better advocate and leader for social change in Israel.

133 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Special Projects Coordinator United Jewish Communities(UJC): Give toColombia:Program Director Consultant Senior Nonprofit Management Compartamos conColombia(CCC): Strategic Development Manager Sidreh LakiyaNegev Weaving: Global Excellence: Program Director Development Management Communication: Strategic Agenda, Israeli CenterforStrategic and Member oftheFounding Team ANU-Making Change:Deputy Director PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Deans Honor List,2002 Science, Minor inPhilosophy, New York University, BA inPolitical ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEXNER NICOLE HODSTROH FELLOWS provide astrong foundation forongoingprofessional development. this ecosystemwillbroaden myperspective, unleashmycreativity, and passionate communitythat will keepmeinspired andmotivated. Ibelieve way oflife. At HKS,Iameagertobecomepart ofadiverse, dynamic,and issuesfromto view multipleperspectives andnurture inclusiveness asa My diversity, bothinheritedandacquired from myexperiences,allows me standing insolidarity. begin toremove barriers,initiatingdialogue,showing compassionand causes. When diverse individualsfocusontheirshared interests, they thousands ofactivistsandorganizations thatadvocate fordifferent good. Through thismethod,we have incubated15coalitions containing ANU toconvene diverse Israelis totakejointactionforthecommon In 2013Ispearheadedtheestablishmentofanorganization called to strengthen socialcohesionand shared citizenship. became immediatelyapparent. Irealized thatIsrael neededmechanisms polarization andintolerancebetween thedifferent sectorsofsociety see whatthecountryhadcreated inonly60years. Yet, thegrowing in Israel andcontributingtoitssociety. Iwasimmediatelyinspired to I feltitwastimetocrystalize myJewish identityby raisingmychildren children. It was notaneasydecision,aswe hadtorebuild ourlives, but In 2009,Idecidedtomove toIsrael withmyhusbandandtwoyoung prosthetics factoryforlandminevictims. company forat-riskyouth, toamicro-financial institution,toa firms, toprovide fundraisingservicestononprofits, from adance Compartamos conColombiaandmanagedteamsfrom multinational Upon myreturn Iserved asSenior Management consultantat making adifference. I wascommittedtoreturning toColombiaand like tolive insocietiesfree ofwarandpoverty. Paris, andNew York showed mewhatitwas abroad forsafetyreasons. LivinginMadrid, violence. After school,Iwasforced tostudy injustice andinequalitywere theroot causefor and warfrom ayoung age.Irealized that to theramificationsofpoverty, drugtrafficking, identity—Colombian andJewish. Iwasexposed Born inColombia,Igrew upwithastrong dual NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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ELI HOTOVELY HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Israeli Defense Forces, Army College, David Ben-Gurion, the first Israeli Prime Minister Staff and Command Course, cum said: “Its purpose and designation impose on the laude, 2013 Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) educational roles like no other army. In addition to its security role, the United States Army, Logistics IDF was created to serve as the manufacturer of Management College, Combined the nation’s pioneers and the cultural melting-pot Logistics Captains Career Course, of exiles, their union and their cultural rise.” I was Honor Graduate, 2007 born to a family of such exiles. In 1976 my parents Technion – Israel Institute of immigrated to Israel from Georgia, a republic in Technology, BSc in Industrial the USSR. The only reason they needed to leave Engineering and Management, their home and friends was to live in the Jewish cum laude, 2005 state. I was born a year later and the value of loving Israel was engraved in me.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS From a very early age, technology and leadership have intrigued me, and thus when I joined the IDG in 1995, I seized the opportunity to Israeli Defense Forces: Golan-Hights incorporate technology and teamwork. I volunteered to the Ordinance Division Ordnance Officer, Leutenant Corps and have dedicated the last two decades to public service as an Colonel Ordinance Officer. My last position was the head of the Technology and Israeli Defense Forces: Beit-Hillel Maintenance branch of the Northern Command. I was responsible for Maintenance Company Commander, ensuring the competence of military-systems as well as the professional Major and leadership development of commanders and soldiers.

Israeli Defense Forces’s General Chief In March 2018, the Organization for Economic Co-operation in of Staff award for excellence Development (OEDC) published an economic survey of Israel. According to the survey, although Israel’s economy is strong, the gap in social cohesion Three Israeli Defense Forces’s Chief is substantial, and poverty is high particularly among Israeli-Arabs and of Ordnance awards for technological Ultra-Orthodox Jews. As a Wexner Fellow I intend to expand my efforts and leadership development in reducing social inequality and increasing the social cohesion of Israeli society. Education is a key factor in attaining these goals. To quote Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” Throughout my years as a commander, I have always strived for the professional and personal growth of my soldiers providing them with various educational opportunities.

In the future, I intend to focus on expanding the integration of Ultra- Orthodox Jews, promoting educational solutions for career-soldiers, and enhancing technological education among Israeli youth.

135 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Groundbreaking Achievement, 2012 Director’s Prize foraUnique Outstanding Achievement, 2016 Two Prime Minister’s Prizes foran children andadultsinsouthernIsrael rehabilitation villagefordisabled Volunteer at‘ALEH NEGEV’ a Platoon Commander, Team Leader and Commanders Training Course, Head ofProfessional Training Course Commander, ChiefofOperations, Israel Defense Forces: Company Equivalent of Security Unit, LieutenantColonel Israeli Prime Minister’s Office: Head PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Course Commander’s Course,IDF’s Officer Israel Defense Forces, Company Course Executive LeadershipDevelopment Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, magna cumlaude,2009 Eastern Studies, Minor in Arabic, Bar Ilan University, BA inMiddle ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEXNER GIDON RUBINSTEIN FELLOWS world’s mostcomplexandvolatile security challenges. to improve myorganization’s overall abilitytodealwithsomeofthe acquirednewly toolsfrom HKSandthe Wexner Israel Fellowship program safeguarding ethics,andpromoting adaptive policy. Iplantousemy on are: advancing inter-organizational andinternationalcooperation, implementing policytoformulatingpolicy. The areas Iplanto focus The nextphaseofmycareer willrequire metotransitionfrom never generaterequired longtermchange. and thatwithoutfollowing acoherent vision,actionsinthefieldcan cutting-edge technology, thatbettercooperationleadstoresults, and compassionare justasimportantinfightingterror asare tacticsand that willremain apartofwhoIamforever. Ihave learnedthathumility remarkable success,heart-breaking failure, andcomplexmoraldilemmas tackling nationalsecurityissues.In mycareer Ihave experienced Forces, toleadingunitsofspecialistsinthePrime Minister’s Office various command,training, andstaff positionsintheIsrael Defense I have beenservingtheState ofIsrael forover seventeen years, from endless energy fuelingmydedicationandservice. the mostevilforces inthehistoryofmankind. These accountsprovide on countlessgut-wrenching storiesofeye level encounterswithoneof would ratherdo. As athird generationHolocaust survivor, Iwasraised wellbeing oftheState ofIsrael, andallitscitizens. There isnothingI I have dedicatedmyentire career tosafeguarding thesecurityand of whoIam. power ofonepersontomakeasignificant difference, isastrong part keep goingandnever give up. This lessoninbrave leadership, andthe ‘Yidden Haltsach!’ holdon!)gave himthestrength (Jews heneededto the darkest times,whenallhopeseemedlost,Shmuel’s repetition of responsible forsavinghislifein Auschwitz. He statedthatthrough was approached by astrangerwhosaidemotionallythatShmuel was My grandfatherShmuel, aftersurvivingthehorrors oftheHolocaust, NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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“I am embarking on this journey of studies at Harvard Kennedy School with the hope to gain a deeper understanding of policy and politics, to reflect on the challenges Western democracies are currently facing. I hope to learn from and be inspired by experts and leaders from around the world on how to strengthen social inclusion and democratic infrastructures in a diverse and conflicted society.”

Ronit Heyd Harvard Kennedy School Wexner Israel Fellow MC-MPA Candidate ABOUT THE The challenges we face in our public schools and public health systems, as ZUCKERMAN well as in government at all levels, are FELLOWS too complicated to be solved without the PROGRAM insight and commitment of leaders with the highest quality professional training. But for many who have a strong aptitude for public service, the opportunity costs associated with acquiring the necessary training are too high.

In response to this problem, the Zuckerman Fellows Program makes it possible for individuals from the fields of medicine, law, and business to pursue public service degrees at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, or Harvard Kennedy School, and thus become leaders for the common good. The Zuckerman Fellowship provides recipients with full tuition and health insurance fees plus a stipend for one year.

Zuckerman Fellows are selected on the basis of commitment to public service, leadership abilities, and intellectual and academic achievement.

In addition to their formal coursework, Zuckerman Fel- lows participate in a yearlong co-curricular program that includes small-group discussions with members of the Harvard faculty as well as other leading academics and practitioners, personal and professional skill-building workshops, and a field experience trip. Taken together, these interdisciplinary activities help the fellows integrate classroom learning with their individual career plans and interests.

138 ABOUT MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN

Mortimer B. Zuckerman is the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of U.S. News & World Report and the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Boston Properties Inc.

He is a trustee of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, a member of the Bank of America Global Wealth & Investment Management Committee, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, and the Vice Chair and Treasurer of the International Peace Institute. He is a sponsor of the Harvard Kennedy School, a former Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, a former lecturer of City and Regional Planning at Yale University, a past president of the Board of Trustees of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and the former Chairman of the Principal’s International Advisory Board of McGill University. He is a former trustee of New York University and the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton. He is a former Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and served as President of the America-Israel Friendship League.

Mr. Zuckerman is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal where he received an undergraduate degree in 1957 with first class honors, a degree in law in 1961, and an honorary LLD in 2011. He received an MBA with distinction from the Wharton Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania, in 1961 and an LLM from Harvard University in 1962.

He has received honorary degrees from Colby College, Southampton College, Hebrew College, Berkeley College, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Tel Aviv University, and Hebrew University and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from McGill University and Columbia University. Mr. Zuckerman was awarded the Commandeur De L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Guild Hall, the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architecture in New York, the Sy Syms Humanitarian award from Yeshiva University, and a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Canadian government.

139 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Nutrition Intern Program, Egypt CountryOffice: United Nations World Food Adolescent Health Unit Public Health Researcher, Childand Disease Research, Bangladesh: International CenterforDiarrehal DC Affordable Housing CityFirst Enterprise: Truman Fellow, Fellow, Office of Health Policy and Evaluation: Truman-Albright Assistant Secretary forPlanning Human Services, Office ofthe U.S. Department ofHealth and and Nepal Mongolia, Burkina Faso, Zambia, and Trade Team, Sri Lanka, Program Officer, Finance Investment Millennium ChallengeCorporation: PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Harry S. Truman Scholar, 2013 Award, 2014 Clinton Global Hunger Leadership 2014 Honors, Minor inSustainability, and Pre-Medicine withHighest Auburn University, BSinFinance Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS ZUCKERMAN AZEEM FELLOWS AHMED opportunity andsocialmobility forourworld’s mostvulnerable. can provide, Ihopetoforge frontiers new inthecreation ofeconomic Fellows andarmedwith the skillsthatonlyHarvard Kennedy School pursuit Ihave undertaken. Supported by acommunity ofZuckerman to empower andrewarding theircommunitiesisthemostmeaningful work withandfor. Helping toupliftthem,share theirstories,and in farcornersoftheworld.Ifeeladeepconnectionto thepeopleI commitment wasbornduringmychildhoodinrural Alabama andhoned expertise toadvocate forthosepushedasideby society. This Now, more thanever, Istrive withtheutmost care, creativity, and social andeconomicpoliciesthatare bothpro-business andpro-poor. poverty. Iwantto serve inthisvanguard. Ibelieve itiscriticaltocreate skills andthepoliticalsavvytoaddress thecomplexstructuralcauses of dire needforpolicymakers,activists,andinvestors withthe technical role oftheprivate sector inalleviatingpoverty. Ialsosawfirsthandthe in Burkina Faso, Mongolia, andSri Lanka,Iquicklyrecognized thecritical economic opportunityforvulnerablepopulations.Leadinginterventions where Ihelpeddesigninfrastructure andpolicyreforms tocatalyze Questions likethisbrought metotheMillennium ChallengeCorporation, poverty orlackofopportunity? over asystemicproblem? How wouldthisactuallydisruptacycle of program’s longevity?Did we address underlyingissuesorsimplypatch was tempered by questions Icouldnotanswer: How couldwe ensure the to feednearlyfourteenmillionpeople.But thethrillofaccomplishment a quartermilliontonsoffortifiedrice,enough rice millstopartnerwithusandproduce over many cupsofshai—we convincedover sixty months ofassurancesandexplanations—and blindness in children, by over fifty percent. After malnutrition-related illnesses,including adding vitamins A andB,successfullyreducing had engineered amethodtofortifyriceby Nations World Food Program (WFP). WFP midst ofthe Arab Spring towork fortheUnited threats ofviolence,Iarrived inCairo inthe In 2011,despitetravel warningsandongoing NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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ASHLEY BACH HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of California, San Francisco, My passion for public service and health stems MD Candidate, 2020 from high school, when I volunteered at a public pediatric asthma clinic and helped establish Harvard College, AB in Neurobiology a medical-legal partnership to meet patients’ with Highest Honors, Mind Brain socioeconomic and legal needs. This early Behavior Track with Minor in Global experience exposed me to the myriad of social Health and Health Policy, magna cum factors that affect health, and sparked my desire laude, 2014 to work for underserved communities.

Since then, health-related public service has PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS remained a priority that has permeated my Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Program: life. As an undergraduate, I taught weekly San Francisco Bay Area Fellow health workshops in public high schools, studied the effect of nutrient supplementation on malaria risk during pregnancy in Tanzania, and UCSF School of Medicine: Short- led a service trip to increase clean water access in rural Bolivia. As a Term Dean’s Prize for Research and neurobiology major, I developed parallel interests in health disparity Scholarship reduction and brain development. I brought these together through my Child Neurology Foundation: internship at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and my work as a Cordeiro Research Fellow to reduce neural tube Summer Research Scholarship defects caused by maternal folic acid deficiency in Nicaragua. In medical school, I have had the opportunity to design and carry out a year-long Harvard Department of Global Health service project in partnership with a community organization through the and Health Policy: Cordeiro Research Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. My project aimed to support healthy early Fellow childhood development among low-income and homeless families, to improve health and educational outcomes for underserved children. Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: Frontiers of I am committed to applying what I have learned from these experiences Innovation Intern to solve public service challenges. Childhood health and developmental disparity is a significant public service issue with broad repercussions Harvard Global Health Institute: in education and socioeconomic inequality that will require a highly International Summer Undergraduate interdisciplinary approach to address. As a physician, I hope to not only Research Fellow serve individual patients but also address such multifactorial challenges Peer Health Exchange: Harvard that systematically impact children’s health. I view the Zuckerman College Leadership Council Fellowship as an opportunity to develop leadership skills and collaborate with others across disciplines to find solutions to complex public service problems. I hope that this fellowship, alongside my MPH program in Quantitative Methods, will enable me to become a better physician as well as a leader in the public sector capable of improving children’s health outcomes on a population level.

141 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMASTERINPUBLICPOLICY CANDIDATE, 2021 Director Removal Defense Project: Co- Harvard Immigration Project, Researcher Human Rights Watch: Field Clinic Senior Fellow Sin Fronteras, Mexico City:Legal Intern Communication: Hispanic Media The White House, Office of PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Politics ofCrisis Policy OpportunitiesAmidthe America totheUnitedStates: Thesis: Rhodes ScholarshipFinalist, 2015 Phi Beta Kappa,BoettcherScholar, with Honors, magnacumlaude, International Political Economy Colorado College,BA in 2021 Harvard LawSchool,JDCandidate, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS ZUCKERMAN ROSA BAUM FELLOWS Child MigrationfromCentral borders—go forward. help thosewhocannotgoback—and thosewhomustfollow wagesacross To me,immigrationpolicyisamatterofbothheadand heart.Iintendto better theconditionsofthoseuprooted by economicneedorviolence. global crisesforcing migrationsandtohelpcraftmeasures thatseekto community, Iaspire toparticipateinthediscussionsthataddress the Strengthened by theresources andinspirationfrom theZuckerman laborers andrefugees fleeing violence. about thecomplextangleoflawsthatenableandensnare migrant immigration system.It hasbeenmyprivilegetolearnrepeatedly, firsthand, of therightfamilyunity, aprincipleviolatedtimeandagaininbroken the manydeporteestaughtusintragicallyvividdetailwasimportance acknowledged therightofstatestoenforce borders, butwhatDavid and in Texas. The profiles and report we produced at Human Rights Watch citizens—who dependedonhispaycheck andneededhislove back a blackhole. Tears camewhenhespokeofhiswifeandchildren—U.S. walked thebridgesouthacross theRioGrande it was liketumblinginto U.S. attwoyears old,andwhenauthoritiesremoved theshacklesandhe Back inMexico in2018,David satacross from me.He hadarrived inthe hands andmuscleinastrangeculture. the wayamigrant—beloved athome—canbereduced toanonymous cobblestones, hescared me.It wasonlylaterthatIcametounderstand was harsh.He drank. And whenhepickedmeupandstumbledonthe his turn. And whenhecamehome,hislaughter were allá—over there—in theU.S.Javo took I remember myfriend’s fatherlesswell; most with tender, laughingauthority. brother, Javo, commanded ourgaggleofkids Border Patrol and“wetbacks.” One friend’s big game we innocentlycalledMigrayMojados— coffee bean. We played ahide-and-seek-style and learnedtosuckthesweet fleshoff aripe when Iwasfive. Isleptinpilesofcornhusks My parents andImoved toaMexican village NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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SAGAR DESAI HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE University of California, San Francisco, My interest in public health first began as an MD Candidate, UC Regents Scholar, undergraduate at UCLA. I spent four years as a 2020 part of GlobeMed, a public health organization that partnered undergraduate students with NGOs Dominican University, Alternative around the world to work on grassroots level Teaching License in Education, 2013 efforts to improve the health of communities. University of California, Los Angeles, This is when I first began to understand the BS in Biology, magna cum laude, importance of one’s community and environment 2012 in determining one’s life trajectory. My interest in public health continued after PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS college, when I joined Teach For America. Teaching high school physics at an under-resourced school in south- Teach For America: Chicago Public side Chicago was the most challenging and rewarding experience of High School Physics Teacher, Amgen my life. I saw firsthand the differences in opportunity afforded my Fellow, Head Varsity Men’s Basketball students relative to their wealthier counterparts just a few miles north Coach of them. I also saw the potential that quality leadership had in making HealthLink Mentorship Program: a difference in their achievement. My students did the most difficult Coordinator, University of California, work—internalizing abstract physics concepts while using self-reflection San Francisco to drive personal growth—yet this was possible only when I established deliberate structures that allowed them to flourish. At the end of my GlobeMed at UCLA: Co-President, second year of teaching, my students had made two years of science Global Health Education Coordinator, skills growth in a single year, and more impressively, each one of them Campaign Coordinator became a better person during the process—as did I. Teaching taught me that effective leadership is not an inherent quality, but a learnable UCLA Mobile Clinic Homeless Health and practiced skill that cannot be mastered without relentless cycles of Project: Social Caseworker trial, error, reflection, and improvement.

My passion for public health, education, leadership, and science coalesced with my decision to pursue a medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. As a future Emergency Medicine physician, I will learn to diagnose and treat disease at the individual level while understanding that maintaining healthy communities requires “a village.” My time as a Zuckerman Fellow and MPH candidate will provide me the valuable space to continue refining my leadership principles while learning to navigate healthcare systems and structures. I envision my future as a healthcare administrator in a county hospital setting, where I will continue serving as a physician-leader for the most vulnerable members of society.

143 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLMID-CAREERMASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019 combatant diver Military freefall parachutistand 1950 Award forLeadership Brigade Honor Chairman;Classof United States Naval Academy: Afghanistan East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Reconnaissance; deployed to Special Operations andMarine Company CommanderinMarine United States Marine Corps:Major, in Force Reconnaissance Reserve: Major, Operations Officer United States Marine Corps Cotton Security Fellow toSenator Tom United States Senate: National PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Merit, 2007 Political SciencewithHonors and United States Naval Academy, BSin JD Candidate,2022 Georgetown University LawCenter, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS ZUCKERMAN DAVID HARRIS FELLOWS will learnasaZuckerman Fellow tofurther acareer inpublicservice. am committedtoapplyingwhatIhave learnedinthemilitaryandwhatI — drawinguponmyeducationandexperiencestobetter serve others.I school, afterwhichIplantopursueacareer inpublicpolicyasanattorney Upon completionofmyyear atCambridge,Iwillattend Georgetown’s law Public Leadership. community offellows andfacultyat Harvard Kennedy School’s Centerfor skills inanalysis,leadership, anddecision-makingfrom theextraordinary phase ofmyprofessional lifepursuingthisinterest, Iplantodevelop National Security Fellow intheUnited States Senate. As Ibeginthenext national securitypolicymaking. To thatend,Iwent ontoserve asa deployments, Ibecameinspired tomakeagreater contributionto After receiving ofourforeign afirsthandview policyduringmultiple policy through theZuckerman Fellows Program. I intendtocarrythatsamecommitmentintoacareer inlawandpublic commitment topublicservice.Having now transitionedfrom active duty, those you lead,andIdeveloped adeeper part ofleadershipisempowering andserving and women,Ilearnedthatthemostcritical States andaround theworld.From thosemen generation of Americans throughout theUnited that followed, Iserved alongsideadiverse graduated asaMarine officer. Over thedecade me, Ienrolled intheNaval Academy and in thefootstepsoffamilymembersbefore Inspired toserve mycountryandfollow influenced by the September 11thattacks. The initialphaseofmyprofessional lifewas NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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NIKU JAFARNIA HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Law School, JD Candidate, I spent my time between undergraduate and 2020 graduate school living in a small Turkish city called Denizli, which happened to be home to University of California, Berkeley, BA many Afghan and Iranian refugees. While these in Political Science, Minor in City & communities provided me with a certain sense Regional Planning, 2014 of home, given my Iranian heritage and Farsi- speaking upbringing, my new neighbors viewed PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS me with some confusion. Friends routinely asked why I had chosen to live in Denizli, as many Fulbright Scholar, Turkey: 2014-2016 only hoped to immigrate to the United States. International Refugee Assistance My own parents shared their confusion—having Project: Legal Intern left Iran due to the Iranian Revolution, they were perplexed as to why I would choose to leave the life they had built in United Nations High Commissioner for California and return to this region. Refugees: Legal Intern My journey here, and the path that led me to work with displaced Harvard Law School: Cravath communities, began much earlier in life. As one of the only students International Fellow of Middle Eastern descent throughout my K-12 education, I often felt obligated to be a spokesperson for a community about which I knew Human Care Syria: Grant Writer little. To better grapple with these conversations, I felt compelled to HIAS: Volunteer Caseworker learn more about my heritage and the politics and history of the region.

Amnesty International: Intern Over time, these experiences developed into a deep interest in immigrants’ rights and in the Middle East, which in turn prompted me to study Middle Eastern politics and to begin working with asylum-seekers during my time at UC Berkeley. Later, this became the impetus for my move to Turkey, and ultimately for my decision to pursue a joint JD- MPP, in hopes of gaining the tools I need to become a more effective advocate for these communities.

My background and heritage allow me to see the Middle Eastern refugee crisis through a unique lens—the clients I have worked with often look and feel like distant relatives, in spite of the different paths our lives have taken. The Zuckerman Fellowship, as well as my education and the privileges I have had in my life, will provide me with the community and the tools necessary to empower refugees in the rebuilding of their lives.

145 HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OFEDUCATION MASTEROFEDUCATION CANDIDATE, 2019 Squad: Volunteer EMT Princeton First Aid and Rescue Board: President Princeton Student Health Advisory Program Coordinator, Trip Leader Year Educational Adventure Trip: Harvard Medical SchoolFirst- “Pathways”: Curriculum Consultant Harvard Medical School Member Surgery Education Research Group: Massachusetts General Hospital PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Excellence Shapiro Prize for Academic Undergraduate Fellow and Regional Studies: Princeton Institute forInternational Wellbeing: Global Health Scholar Princeton CenterforHealth and Academic Excellence George Khoury’65Senior Prize for 2015 summa cumlaude,Phi Beta Kappa, Global Health andHealth Policy, Molecular Biology, Certificatein Princeton University, AB in Candidate, 2020 Harvard Medical School,MD ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS ZUCKERMAN MICHAEL KOCHIS FELLOWS how tothinkbroadly aboutinstigatingchange withotheraspiringleaders. Program’s leadershipdevelopment curriculumwill inspire andteach me other Harvard graduate schools. Furthermore, theZuckerman Fellowship Studies Program alsoaffords theflexibilitytoexplore myinterests atthe educational research, andcurriculum development, theSpecialized to learnboththetheoryandskillsnecessaryfora career inteaching, critical steptomakemygoalhappen.Beyond providing anopportunity Pursuing anEdM from theHarvard Graduate SchoolofEducation isa studies have shown thatempathycanbetaughttoo. teaching hastraditionallyfocusedonhands-onskillslike knot-tying,but institutions foryears tocome. Within mydesired specialtyofsurgery, to impactculture from thebottomup, ultimatelyaffecting numerous training ofmedicalstudents,residents, andfellows isaprimeopportunity education. Ihave alwaysvalued mentorshipexperiences,andthecontinual approaches, butthewayIplantomakemymark isthrough medical These issueswillneedtobeaddressed from multipleandcomplimentary malpractice claims,greater jobsatisfaction,andlessburnout. shorter hospitalizationtimes.Humanistic physiciansexperiencefewer greater patientadherence torecommendations, fewer complications,and large. Physician empathyis actuallyassociatedwithbettercare, including subjective experiences:itbenefitspatients,providers, andthesystem at centered care, hasfarmore consequencesthanjustimproving patients’ “Medical humanism,” whichemphasizes compassionateandpatient- career aspirationistoensure thevalue ofthatbondisnotlost. to thedoctor-patient relationship. My greatest recognize theyalsopose asignificantchallenge revolutionizing how medicineispracticed, I and theindustrializationofhealthcare are when trends liketechnologicaladvances as itistobestartingmycareer inanera it istocare forthoseinneed. As exciting constantly reminded how muchofaprivilege blessed tohave foundmyvocation. Iam Harvard Medical School,Ifeeltremendously a doctor, andhavingfinishedmythird year at I wasfourteenwhendecidedwouldbecome NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows Profile Book 2018-2019

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WILLIAM LE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2020

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE MIT Sloan School of Management, As the son of Vietnam war refugees, I was MBA Candidate, 2020 raised with the belief that every person deserves the opportunity to live a healthy and fulfilling University of Pennsylvania – life. Hoping to turn this into reality, I have Wharton School & College of Arts focused my career on creating a world free from and Sciences, BS in Finance, BA in extreme poverty. While I am encouraged by Psychology, summa cum laude, 2012 the advancements that have made the global population today more prosperous than ever PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS before, it is clear that hundreds of millions are still left behind. IDEO.org: Business Design Intern In 2015, I moved to Kisumu to run GiveDirectly GiveDirectly: Country Director, Kenya Kenya, a program focused on poverty alleviation through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: distribution of unconditional cash transfers. In my two years as country Strategy Consultant director, we delivered tens of millions of dollars in grants to over 25,000 families living in extreme poverty. This experience reaffirmed my passion Bain Capital Credit: Investment for international development. Working in low resource communities was Analyst challenging, but knowing that our work was having a direct impact was extremely gratifying. I would visit families a year after they received their Oliver Wyman: Summer Consultant transfer and witness how much their lives had changed. In addition, this experience proved that even though the problem of extreme poverty is large and complicated, it is fundamentally solvable. With the right resources and innovative solutions, I believe we can eradicate extreme poverty in our lifetimes.

I understand that the challenges facing the global poor are complex and it will take multidisciplinary solutions in order to successfully address them. That is why after graduating from Harvard Kennedy School and MIT Sloan, I will pursue a career at the intersection of business and international development. I am grateful for the opportunity to be a Zuckerman Fellow because it means being part of a cohort of mission driven people with different backgrounds and experiences. I hope to get the diverse perspectives from my peers that I will need in order to be an effective leader in global development.

147 HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OFEDUCATION in Haiti: Summer LegalFellow Institute forJustice andDemocracy Educational Fund: LegalIntern NAACP LegalDefense and Intern Under Law:Education Team Legal Lawyers’ CommitteeforCivilRights and Co-Founder Anseye Pou Ayiti: Board Member Association: Alumni Affairs Chair Georgetown Black LawStudents Founding Dean ofCulture KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy: Medallion Award Villanova University Young Alumni George J.Mitchell Scholar PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Science, 2008 Villanova University, BA inPolitical 2012 Rights Lawand Transitional Justice, University ofUlster, LLMinHuman JD, 2018 Georgetown University LawCenter, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS ZUCKERMAN IVANLEY NOISETTE FELLOWS professional andpublicservant. serves. Iamhumbledtobeafellow andIlookforward togrowing asa the commonchallengesfacingcommunitieseachprogram member multidisciplinary leadershiptrainingneededtofindcommon solutionsto formulation demand. The Zuckerman Fellowship program willprovide the skills thatsocialentrepreneurship, institutionalleadership, andpolicy me withtheresearch andevaluation, management,andquantitative The Education Policy andManagement master’s program willequip cynicism, totheinspirationofcollaborationandpossibility. and policyadvocacy toshiftnarratives from thedictatesofdependenceor to leverage innovative legaltools,effective capacitybuildingpractices, interest work. By partnering with local institutions and communities, I hope applying asocialentrepreneurial approach tosolution-orientedpublic craft more effective “systems change” strategies forstructuralreform by and commitmenthave alsoexpanded.Iamready to“dig deeper” and pervasive ineducation. While myunderstandinghasgrown, mycuriosity have contributedtomymacro-level understandingofwhyinequityis so My academic,professional, andlifeexperiencesbothathomeabroad people have theirhumanrighttoanequitableeducationrealized. to greater globalsolidarityandthecommoninterest inensuringthatall system willnotonlyfostergreater equityathomebutalsocontribute Child. Working toimprove theU.S.education covenants, andConvention ontheRightsof Declaration ofHuman Rights,itsfoundational countries through theUnited Nations’ Universal right, asrecognized by mostoftheworld’s Further, Iconceive ofeducationasahuman powerful catalystforhumanflourishing. and socioeconomicinequity, andthemost is themosteffective antidotetostructural believe thatanequitableeducationsystem and socialinclusionforallcommunities.I I amcommittedtosocioeconomicequity NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows

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MARY PEELER HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Johns Hopkins University School of In my hometown, Memphis, Tennessee, there Medicine, MD Candidate, 2020 is a potter’s field with the horrifying nickname “Babyland” that serves as the final resting place University of North Carolina at for thousands of infants who died before their Chapel Hill, BSPH in Health Policy first birthday. For the majority of my childhood, zip and Management, summa cum codes in Memphis had the highest infant mortality laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2015 rate in the nation, disproportionately affecting black mothers and their babies. Seeing this tragic PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS result of Memphis’ racial and economic disparities University of North Carolina: inspired my career goal of improving care for Morehead-Cain Scholar women through a combination of clinical medicine and public health. Baltimore City Health Department: Preventing Substance Exposed In my undergraduate years at UNC and in medical school at Johns Pregnancies Program Intern Hopkins, I have sought to understand the connection between public policy and maternal health outcomes. My research interests in undergrad Pregnancy in Prison Statistics explored many angles of women’s health including the impact of Study: Research Assistant expanding women’s rights in Morocco, the success of the Swedish prenatal care system, and barriers preventing African American women Johns Hopkins Student Outreach from receiving quality prenatal care. I spent time working directly with Resource Center: Student Governing pregnant women at the time of their deliveries as a doula at UNC Board Member Women’s Hospital. In Baltimore, I have again been confronted with stark Centre Nationale de la Santé health disparities which fall along racial and economic lines. As a medical Reproductrice, Morocco: Intern student at Johns Hopkins, I have seen firsthand the effects of unequal access to reproductive education and healthcare. My research projects The AIDS Support Organization, have focused on the incredibly vulnerable and overlapping populations Uganda: Summer Intern of incarcerated women and women with substance use disorder.

Taken together, all of my experiences have brought me back to my same childhood goal of improving care for women and their babies. The two fields of medicine and public health offer a complementary approach to solving the most complex and ingrained health problems, like those that caused Babyland. At a time when healthcare for women is under attack, I hope that my experience as a Zuckerman Fellow pursuing an MPH at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will help me to become an advocate for my patients to improve access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare.

149 VERONICA POLIN HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE, 2021 ZUCKERMANAdvisor Southern Africa: Member andCertified Institute ofBusiness Advisors Program Volunteer International Rescue Committee: Research Assistant Inter-American Development Bank: Fellow Evidence forPolicy Design: Research IDinsight: Senior Associate PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Kappa, 2014 & International Relations, Phi Beta Stanford University, BA inEconomics Candidate, 2021 Harvard Business School,MBA ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS FELLOWS NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows leader inthesocialsector. relationships inthecomingyears thatwillshapeme intoanimpactful the keytoalleviatingpoverty. Ilookforward tobuildingtheskillsand from different disciplines,as Ibelieve collaborationacross sectorsis have theopportunitytolearnandgrow withotherpassionateindividuals serving theneedsofpoor. As aZuckerman Fellow, Ifeelprivilegedto nonprofits, andentrepreneurs todesignbetterproducts andpolicy lead organizations thatcanintegrate theperspectives ofgovernments, approaching development through multiplelenses.Ultimately, Iwantto challenge by learningtospeakthelanguagesofbusinessandpolicy, Through ajointMBA andMPA/ID atHarvard, Ihopetoaddress this differing incentives andperspectives are notaligned. also beenregularly frustratedby thewaygoodintentionscan failwhen I have seenforcross-sector initiatives tosolve globalchallenges,Ihave in peri-urbancompounds. While Ihave beenencouragedby thepotential a large sanitationinfrastructure project, leadingtobetterservicedelivery Zambia, where Ihadtheopportunitytoimprove theimplementationof many failures. But Ihave alsobeenmotivated by successes suchasin partnership inUganda andMozambique, experiencingsomewinsbutalso several challengingyears leadingtheevaluation teamforapublic-private design socialsectorprograms thatcreate real, sustainableimpact.Ispent Working ininternationaldevelopment, Ihave realized how hard itisto the poor. business andpolicycouldbeusedtocreate economicopportunitiesfor I becamepassionateaboutfindingways other cultures andcountries. As Igrew older, also endowed mewitharobust interest in sometimes conflicting—ethnicidentities fortunate. Growing upwithmultiple—and of dutytohelpthosewhohadnotbeenas out ofpoverty, butalsogave meadeepsense potential fortheprivate sectortoliftfamilies eventual businesssuccessshowed methe My parents’ tenacitythrough challengesand and entrepreneurs from humblebeginnings. I grew up in a multicultural family of immigrants Profile Book 2018-2019

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KELLY JO POPKIN HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Harvard Law School, JD, 2017 Because healthcare is commoditized in America, access to healthcare is all but determined by two Harvard College, AB in Visual and numbers—income and zip code. I am a public Environmental Studies, cum laude, interest attorney working in healthcare policy and 2011 litigation. I have witnessed indigent women of color, undocumented families, LGBT individuals, PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and the people with disabilities bear the brunt of both economic barriers to care and legislative Planned Parenthood Federation restrictions. These restrictions are part and of America: Public Policy and Law parcel of the systemic injustices that contribute Litigation Fellow to health disparities along race, gender, and Public Service Venture Fund: Fellow socioeconomic lines. It was through my experience working in social services where I first Massachusetts Supreme Judicial witnessed the overwhelming impact of psychosocial determinants on Court: Pro Bono Honor Roll Member the health of women and their families. Prior to law school, I worked for Harvard Law School: Vorenberg four direct service nonprofits in New York City, advocating for indigent Equal Justice Summer Fellow women and children who had survived instances of rape, abuse, and domestic violence. During intake, I provided referrals for many women Dean’s Scholar Award, Reproductive with unaddressed psychological and physical illnesses. Whether seeking Rights and Justice child support modifications, custody, or orders of protection, every single woman walking through my door lacked adequate resources to address Center for Health Law and Policy unpaid hospital bills and unmet medical needs. As a practicing attorney, Innovation: Student Attorney my focus has since shifted to upstream health policy interventions and impact litigation in order to address poor health outcomes at their systemic roots rather than their individual consequences. I seek to address gender-based violence—and gender inequality more broadly— from a public health perspective. If I am to continue my pursuit of health equity, I must fully comprehend the challenges that must be overcome as we progress toward this goal. As a Zuckerman Fellow, I can exchange innovative ideas with a diverse group of doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and other advocates all united by a universal passion for public service and social justice. With a multidisciplinary framework, I will be better equipped to comprehensively address gender-based health disparities in all of their manifestations. I believe that quality healthcare is a human right and I intend to use the opportunity afforded me through the Zuckerman Fellowship to do my part in making this right a reality.

151 HARVARDT.H. CHANSCHOOL OFPUBLICHEALTH MASTEROFPUBLICHEALTH CANDIDATE, 2019 ANGEL ROSARIO ZUCKERMANCouncil: Co-Chair Orange CountyHIVPrevention Council: Appointed Councilmember Orange CountyHIVPlanning Corps Member AmeriCorps: CommunityHealth Supervisor Clinic Administrator I,Clinic Testing White Part DProgram Manager, AltaMed Health Services: Ryan Participant for theUrban Underserved: UCSF Program inMedical Education Black Lives: Organizer Francisco (UCSF) White Coatsfor University ofCalifornia,San Program Coordinator Youth Creating Change:Student Co-Chair Latino Medical Student Association: PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Award forStudent Excellence, 2009 laude, Phi Beta Kappa,Chancellor’s Biomedical Science,magnacum Buffalo, BSinPsychology and State University ofNew York at Candidate, 2020 Francisco, PRIMEProgram, MD University ofCalifornia,San ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS FELLOWS NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows rewrite thesystems that prevent healthandsocialequity. network andcommunitythatwillassistmeinhelpingto dismantleand look forward togainingtheleadershipskills,mentorship, andlong-term that ourcollective knowledge isrequired toachieve social justice.I excited towork alongside adiverse group ofpeers,asIunderstand vulnerable communitiesface. As aZuckerman Fellow, Iamhumbledand health center, mygoalistoclosethehealthoutcomegapsthatour As aprospective director ofapublichealth departmentorcommunity of theindividualandsocietyatlarge. experiences, Iwasinspired tobecome aphysician,functioningashealer government, andbusinesstoaddress healthdisparities. Through these inequities, realizing thatwe mustleverage localcommunity, schools, of AltaMed’s HIVandPrimary Care Clinic,Icontinuedtacklinghealthcare were asbarriersineradicatingthedisease.Later, asaClinic Administrator routine HIVtestingpoliciesandlearnedhow devastating stigmaandfear influenced healthoutcomes. In 2011,Iwashired by AltaMed toimplement Services. There, Igained anappreciation ofhow healthcare infrastructure closely withunderserved patients asahealtheducatorfor AltaMed Health in theUnited States. Ijoined AmeriCorps inEastLos Angeles andworked level contributorstowellness anddiseaseformarginalized communities in myown identities,Iyearned tolearnmore aboutthemicro andmacro and mentalcondensationofsocioeconomicmaladies.Recognizing this not merely normalphysiologicalprocesses goneawry, butthephysical When Ivolunteered inUganda in2008,itbecameclearthatdiseasewas irreconcilable despitebeingseparatedby onlyonemile. and gangviolence,opportunitywere neighborhoods’ resources, education,drug was furtheramplified. Thedifferences inour from theDominican Republic, thisnotion of Manhattan. As achildofpoorimmigrants for dailyschoolingintheUpper West Side leave myhomeinoneofHarlem’s projects spanning across communitieswhenIwould aware ofthesocioeconomicdifferences into disparity. As achild,Iquicklybecame man hasprovided mewithauniqueinsight My identityasagay, Afro-Latinx, cis-gender Profile Book 2018-2019

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JONATHAN SCLARSIC HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MID-CAREER MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE Cornell Law School, JD, 2008 Commitment to public service has long been a deeply-rooted part of my identity. From internships Cornell Journal of Law & Public in Congressional offices to participating in and Policy: Executive Editor managing political campaigns to eventually Cuccia Cup Moot Court Competition working in state government, I have developed an Winner, 2007 unshakeable faith in the ability of government to improve people’s lives. But for the government to Brandeis University, BA in Politics successfully enact bold programs, the public must with Minors in Economics and have faith that its leaders are honest Social Justice and Social Policy, and transparent. Vice-President of the Student Body, As an Assistant Attorney General for the 2003 Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Director of the Division of Open Harry S. Truman Scholar for Government, I have worked to build and implement a state-wide program Massachusetts, 2002 to ensure the transparency and accountability of government actors. The Division has become the principal resource for the public, the government, and the press regarding the Open Meeting Law, and played a significant PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS role in enforcing the Public Records Law. Massachusetts Attorney General’s Despite my efforts to improve government accountability, I feel that Office: Assistant Attorney General we are facing an oncoming wave of misguided nationalism that paints and Director of the Division of the very backbone of our civic society as poisonous. Government Open Government, accountability is under assault by those who hold no reverence for its Suffolk County District Attorney’s fundamental importance. In seeking an MPA, I am looking to have an Office: Special Assistant District even broader impact. I hope to work with other government leaders Attorney as the nation faces rapidly changing demographics, technologies, and environmental and energy landscapes. In doing so, I will continue to Goodwin Procter LLP: Litigation support transparent and accountable government, while helping build a Associate national movement to empower government leaders to be bolder in their efforts to enact positive change and pursue social and economic justice. Young Democrats of Massachusetts: This must happen if our nation is to find unity and purpose to address President our most difficult challenges. Martha Coakley for US Senate: With the help of the Zuckerman Fellowship, and through the Center for Director of Operations Public Leadership, I hope to eventually lead a public agency, empowered to enact audacious programs while ensuring that government acts with Jewish Alliance for Law and Social unimpeachable integrity. I hope to build a network of fellow public-sector Action: Vice-President and Board leaders from across disciplines who are equally committed to bringing Member positive change through public service. Collectively, we will challenge the toxic narrative that is eroding faith in government.

153 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL MASTERINPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE, 2020 LIZ ZUCKERMANClean Water Action: Field Organizer Program Associate Buffett EarlyChildhoodFund: Senior Consultant Boston ConsultingGroup: Summer PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Sustainability Fellowship inEnvironmental J. Stephen Fossett Pathfinder Society for Anthropology, 2013 Alpha National CollegiateHonors in Anthropology withHonors, Lamda Washington University inSt. Louis,BA Management Track, 2020 MBA Candidate,Enterprise MIT Sloan SchoolofManagement, ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

FELLOWS WEINGARTNER NARRATIVE Center for Public Leadership Fellows human being. families inthestructure ofpubliclifeandunlockthepotential inevery continue mywork toembedsystemicchangeforyoung children and contributing tomycolleagues achievingtheirown. Iamexcited to look forward torefining theskillsetneeded toadvance mygoals while the challengesoftheirrespective fields. ThroughI myexperience, I have theopportunitytolearnhow mycolleagueshave addressed to bridgethegapbetween sectors. Through theZuckerman Fellowship, My timeattheHarvard Kennedy Schoolisacontinuationofmyjourney together towards acommongoal. requires the collaborative effort ofunlikelypartnersandalliesworking that lastingimpactrequires more thanpersonalpassionordrive; it programs tothelevel ofstateandfederalpolicy. Ihave cometorealize stakeholders across thesocial,private, andpublicsectorstoscale edge interventions. Yet Ialsosawthecriticalrole ofpartnershipwith engine ofsocialinnovation by supportingthedevelopment ofcutting workforce crisis.Isawtherole thatphilanthropy canplayinfuelingthe and helpedshapeanationalfunderstrategytoaddress thefield’s an educatorleadershipprogram, launchedashared servicesplatform, vulnerable children in America. As Senior Program Associate, Idesigned education practice,policy, andsciencetoimprove thelives ofthemost philanthropic organization thatmakeslong-terminvestments inearly I spentthepastfouryears at theBuffet EarlyChildhoodFund, a program-level innovation andsystem-level impact. I have dedicatedmyprofessional career tobridgingthegapbetween in someformtheUnited States. In response, same challengesfacingchildren there alsoexist time inNepal, Ihave seenthatmanyofthe struggled toscaletheirprograms. Since my children overcome theirchallenges,buteach of organizations dedicatedtohelpingthese political unrest intheregion. Isawdozens faced asaresult ofpoverty, prejudice, and of thesechildren butalsothebarriersthey in exileNepal. Iwasstruckby thepotential ethnography of Tibetan refugee orphansliving My career pathbeganwhilecompletingan Profile Book 2018-2019

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MARCELA ZHOU HUANG HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH CANDIDATE, 2019

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NARRATIVE David Geffen School of Medicine Growing up in Mexico as a daughter of Chinese at UCLA, PRIME Program, MD immigrants, I learned to appreciate cultural Candidate, 2020 diversity but also experienced the challenges of an immigrant family facing linguistic and financial University of California, San Diego, barriers when seeking healthcare. Personally BS in Human Biology, 2012 experiencing and witnessing these health disparities elicited by socioeconomic barriers PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS across both sides of the Mexican-American border has led me to a career in medicine with a special UndocuMed at David Geffen School interest in policy. Through clinical work before and of Medicine at UCLA: Co-Founder during medical school, I noticed a stark difference and Policy/Advocacy Chair in health access and resource distribution across Latino Medical Student Association, different communities. I became involved with the Health Physician West Region: Director-Elect Shortage Area research project and had a clearer understanding of the limitations that defined health access in the communities in which I University of California, San Diego grew up. (UCSD), Student-Run Free Clinic Project: Lead Spanish Interpreter As a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), I also have a special interest in policies revolving around health access for UCSD Linda Vista Health Fair: immigrant communities and feel a responsibility to advocate for those Student Leader who are denied the privilege and security to fight for themselves.

Over the years, it became apparent that many of these obstacles are driven by policies and management decisions. Clinical clerkships have furthered exposed me to the realities and limitations in our patients’ lives that have inspired me to seek education beyond a medical degree. I look forward to taking the experiences and challenges I have witnessed into the upcoming year in which I will be pursuing a Master of Public Health (MPH) that will help me understand and address these socioeconomic factors. With the knowledge acquired from the MPH program with an emphasis in Policy, I will continue to advocate for legislations that will improve access to healthcare for patients. I hope to broaden my knowledge and skills to influence discussions that ultimately improve health conditions for the immigrant and underserved communities. As a Zuckerman Fellow, I look forward to the unique opportunity to collaborate with like-minded individuals across different disciplines and work together to grow and fulfill our desire to serve the public and our communities in our respective fields.

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“Now, more than ever, I strive with the utmost care, creativity, and expertise to advocate for those pushed aside by society. This commitment was born during my childhood in rural Alabama and honed in far corners of the world. I feel a deep connection to the people I work with and for. Helping to uplift them, to share their stories, and to empower their communities is the most meaningful and rewarding pursuit I have undertaken. Supported by a community of Zuckerman Fellows and armed with the skills that only Harvard Kennedy School can provide, I hope to forge new frontiers in the creation of economic opportunity and social mobility for our world’s most vulnerable.”

Azeem Ahmed Harvard Kennedy School Zuckerman Fellow MPP/MBA Candidate CENTER FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP FELLOWS

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Or contact: Myrish Antonio Director of Fellowship & Leadership Development Programs Center for Public Leadership Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 496-4764 Email: [email protected]

Brandon Ward Senior Program Manager, Fellowship Operations Center for Public Leadership Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 496-2772 Email: [email protected] INDEX OF Ahmed, Azeem — Zuckerman Fellow 140 Ahmed, Rumana — Dubin Fellow 16 FELLOWS Al-Assil, Ibrahim — Emirates Fellow 30 Al-Jabri, Tala — Emirates Fellow 31 Aljefri, Abdulla — Emirates Fellow 32 Anani-Isaac, Marc — Rubenstein Fellow 86 Anyoku, Chichi — Rubenstein Fellow 87 Arnon, Shira — Wexner Fellow 128 Astrachan, Arbel — Wexner Fellow 129 Aufhauser, Kate — Rubenstein Fellow 88 Bach, Ashley — Zuckerman Fellow 141 Baltodano, Joshua — Dubin Fellow 17 Baum, Rosa — Zuckerman Fellow 142 Bloom, Liz — Rubenstein Fellow 89 Bradford, Caleb — Johnson Fellow 72 Brellenthin, Ryan — Rubenstein Fellow 90 Carmi, Hagay — Wexner Fellow 130 Cassetta, John Michael — Rubenstein Fellow 91 Cattaneo, Lia — Bacon Fellow 6 Cha, PaHua — Gleitsman Fellow 60 Chang, Jerren — Rubenstein Fellow 92 Cortez-Villas, Paulani — U.S. Latino Fellow 122 Creel, Elle — George Fellow 42 Deem, Patrick — Rubenstein Fellow 93 Delepine, Guillaume — Rubenstein Fellow 94 Desai, Prarthna — George Fellow 43 Desai, Sagar — Zuckerman Fellow 143 Devine, Cassandra — Dubin Fellow 18 Dorador, Rodrigo — U.S. Latino Fellow 123 Etienne, Brian — George Fellow 44 Franklin, Imani — Dubin Fellow 19 Fu, Joe — Dubin Fellow 20 Garnett, Tobias — Gleitsman Fellow 61 Gastfriend, Daniel — George Fellow 45 Gayle, Caleb — Johnson Fellow 73 Gregory, Camille — Rubenstein Fellow 95 Guilman, Yonatan — Wexner Fellow 131 Hadar, Sarah — Wexner Fellow 132 Harris, David — Zuckerman Fellow 144 Hashem, Lina — Emirates Fellow 33 Hastie, Tyler — Rubenstein Fellow 96 Heckman, Drew — Gleitsman Fellow 62 Heyd, Ronit — Wexner Fellow 133 Hjouj, Samer — Emirates Fellow 34 Hod Stroh, Nicole — Wexner Fellow 134 Hotovely, Eli — Wexner Fellow 135 Howell, Neil — Rubenstein Fellow 97 Huang, Timothy (Tim) — Dubin Fellow 21 Jackson, Shawon — Johnson Fellow 74 Jafarnia, Niku — Zuckerman Fellow 145 Jayaram, Harshini — Rubenstein Fellow 98 Jones, Phillip — Rubenstein Fellow 99 Kochis, Michael — Zuckerman Fellow 146 Kumodzi, Karl — Johnson Fellow 75 Lappas, Maria — Rubenstein Fellow 100 Lazarus, Allison — Rubenstein Fellow 101 Le, William — Zuckerman Fellow 147 Lee, Rachel — Rubenstein Fellow 102 Lijtszain, Julian — Rubenstein Fellow 103 Lynch, Patrick — Bacon Fellow 7 INDEX OF Makava, Sharon — George Fellow 46 FELLOWS Malik, Maha — George Fellow 47 Mao, Jingwen — Rubenstein Fellow 104 Masri, Wahid — Emirates Fellow 35 Mateo, Katherine — Dubin Fellow 22 Matos, Amanda R. — Johnson Fellow 76 Miller, Katie — Dubin Fellow 23 Moch, Stephen — Rubenstein Fellow 105 Mongeau, Brian — Rubenstein Fellow 106 Morrison, Miranda — Rubenstein Fellow 107 Müller, Martina — Bacon Fellow 8 Nadd, Charles — Rubenstein Fellow 108 Nguyen, Stephanie — Gleitsman Fellow 63 Noisette, Ivanley — Zuckerman Fellow 148 Ofori, Kyle — Johnson Fellow 77 O’Leary, Denis — Rubenstein Fellow 109 Parnagian, Melissa — Johnson Fellow 78 Peeler, Mary — Zuckerman Fellow 149 Ping, Deanna — Johnson Fellow 79 Polin, Veronica — Zuckerman Fellow 150 Popkin, Kelly Jo — Zuckerman Fellow 151 Ragan, Katie — Rubenstein Fellow 110 Rahman, Ivan — Gleitsman Fellow 64 Rincon, Alberto I. — Dubin Fellow 24 Rojas Marquez, Denisse — U.S. Latino Fellow 124 Rosario, Angel — Zuckerman Fellow 152 Rubinstein, Gidon — Wexner Fellow 136 Sabhikhi, Inayat Anaita — Dubin Fellow 25 Safdari, Muhammad — Rubenstein Fellow 111 Sclarsic, Jonathan — Zuckerman Fellow 153 Segal, Katie — Bacon Fellow 9 Shabaan, Nourhan — Emirates Fellow 36 Shackelford, Matthew — Rubenstein Fellow 112 Shaw, Lucy — Rubenstein Fellow 113 Sheikh, Hasan — Gleitsman Fellow 65 Shell, Ned — George Fellow 48 Silvestri, Michael — George Fellow 49 Simmons, Nick — George Fellow 50 Streid, Jocelyn — Dubin Fellow 26 Sukkar, Samar — Emirates Fellow 37 Takjerad, Lucila — Emirates Fellow 38 Thant, Kyi Zar — Rubenstein Fellow 114 Thompson, Tiffany — Johnson Fellow 80 Tudor, Grant — George Fellow 51 Upadhyay, Junita — Gleitsman Fellow 66 Urgelles, Daniel — George Fellow 52 Van Damme, Steven — Gleitsman Fellow 67 Victorio, Vernice — Bacon Fellow 10 Warner, Justin — George Fellow 53 Watari, Ken — Rubenstein Fellow 115 Weihmann, Sophie — George Fellow 54 Weingartner, Liz — Zuckerman Fellow 154 Weisenthal, Jacob — Rubenstein Fellow 116 Winegar, Angela — Rubenstein Fellow 117 Yang, Cindy — George Fellow 55 Yao, Lisa — Rubenstein Fellow 118 Younge, Akina — Johnson Fellow 81 Zeng, Jenny — Bacon Fellow 11 Zhou Huang, Marcela — Zuckerman Fellow 155 Lynch, Patrick — Bacon Fellow 7 Makava, Sharon — George Fellow 46 Malik, Maha — George Fellow 47 Mao, Jingwen — Rubenstein Fellow 104 Masri, Wahid — Emirates Fellow 35 Mateo, Katherine — Dubin Fellow 22 Matos, Amanda R. — Johnson Fellow 76 Miller, Katie — Dubin Fellow 23 Moch, Stephen — Rubenstein Fellow 105 Mongeau, Brian — Rubenstein Fellow 106 Morrison, Miranda — Rubenstein Fellow 107 Müller, Martina — Bacon Fellow 8 Nadd, Charles — Rubenstein Fellow 108 Nguyen, Stephanie — Gleitsman Fellow 63 Noisette, Ivanley — Zuckerman Fellow 148 Ofori, Kyle — Johnson Fellow 77 O’Leary, Denis — Rubenstein Fellow 109 Parnagian, Melissa — Johnson Fellow 78 Peeler, Mary — Zuckerman Fellow 149 Ping, Deanna — Johnson Fellow 79 Polin, Veronica — Zuckerman Fellow 150 Popkin, Kelly Jo — Zuckerman Fellow 151 Ragan, Katie — Rubenstein Fellow 110 Rahman, Ivan — Gleitsman Fellow 64 Rincon, Alberto I. — Dubin Fellow 24 Rojas Marquez, Denisse — U.S. Latino Fellow 124 Rosario, Angel — Zuckerman Fellow 152 Rubinstein, Gidon — Wexner Fellow 136 Sabhikhi, Inayat Anaita — Dubin Fellow 25 Safdari, Muhammad — Rubenstein Fellow 111 Sclarsic, Jonathan — Zuckerman Fellow 153 Segal, Katie — Bacon Fellow 9 Shabaan, Nourhan — Emirates Fellow 36 Shackelford, Matthew — Rubenstein Fellow 112 Shaw, Lucy — Rubenstein Fellow 113 Sheikh, Hasan — Gleitsman Fellow 65 Shell, Ned — George Fellow 48 Silvestri, Michael — 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