Jennifer Mayer

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: USAID Africa Bureau, Uganda Jennifer served as the mission’s Humanitarian Coordinator, overseeing relief activities funded by the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and serving as the principal mission liaison with OFDA and the NGOs … Read more

Rosa L.

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Washington, DC Rosa researched setting up a self-sustaining US Committee for IFAD and Rural Poverty with 501(c)3 status that could serve as a replicable model for IFAD outreach in … Read more

Chung Lai

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: Land O’ Lakes, Bangladesh and Indonesia Chung worked on school feeding programs in Bangladesh and Indonesia, where she monitored the distribution of milk and biscuits to primary school children and helped to improve the management … Read more

Ellen Kramer

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Policy Placement: World Food Program, Rome, Italy Ellen analyzed the food basket for WFP’s school feeding program to determine its “nutrition friendliness” in different countries and the amounts of fortified food children receive. She researched WFP’s maternal … Read more

Amanda King

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico Amanda King researched two case study reports illustrating the impacts of NAFTA and other globalization-related policy changes on different categories of Mexican maize and wheat producers. Her … Read more

Mette Karlsen

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: Save the Children, Bolivia Mette Karlsen worked with Save the Children Bolivia’s USAID-funded Title II program, which operates integrated food security projects in 11 municipalities in Bolivia’s poorest region. She worked with the agriculture and … Read more