7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities International Programs Office, Washington, DC As an International Development and Programs Specialist at APLU, Samantha worked on the Knowledge Center for Advancing Development Through Higher Education, which focuses on … Read more
Zach Andersson
From 2007 to 2009, Zach served as a Community Health and Youth Development Volunteer with the Peace Corps in Nakulyaku, Uganda. There, he focused efforts on HIV awareness, stigma reduction, mentorship and income-generation for at-risk youth. After Peace Corps, Zach earned a Master of Public Administration and Master of Arts … Read more
Stella Nordhagen
Stella, a native of Colorado, completed a PhD and MPhil at the University of Cambridge in Environmental Economics and Policy as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Her PhD research, done in collaboration with Bioversity International and based on fieldwork in Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea, focused on the influence of climate … Read more
Field Placement: Helen Keller International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Stella worked with Helen Keller International in Burkina Faso on an integrated nutrition-sensitive agriculture project aimed at ameliorating childhood malnutrition. This multi-pronged approach focuses on targeting root determinants of malnutrition across the … Read more
Shannon Patty
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: FEWS NET, Washington, DC Shannon continued her field research by developing an analysis approach for humanitarian assistance within the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) framework in preparation for a global FEWS NET training session. The initial … Read more
Megann Mielke
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Winrock International, Arlington, VA For her Policy Year Megann continued to support SolutionMUS, Winrock International’s global initiative to scale-up the adoption of Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS). As a technical advisor, she worked on the development of a standard system for planning, monitoring … Read more
Mathias Pollock
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Mercy Corps, Washington, DC As a Food Security Technical Adviser, Mathias divided his time between the Technical Support Unit for Health, Nutrition and Food Systems programming and the Policy and Advocacy team at Mercy Corps. … Read more
Hunter Michelsen
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Concern Worldwide, Dublin, Ireland For his policy year Hunter worked in Concern Worldwide’s headquarters as a Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Policy Analyst. He worked with the Steering Committee of the Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance … Read more
Elizabeth Kiewisch
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: World Cocoa Foundation, Washington, DC Building on her field experience, Elizabeth continued to work with WCF to integrate gender perspectives into WCF’s new CocoaAction strategy, an innovative platform that brings cocoa industry members together to … Read more
Dessa Shuckerow
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: World Food Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia As the Nutrition Program Officer in the WFP Country Office in Phnom Penh, Dessa managed the daily operations of the Nutrition Unit. The programs under her supervision included: developing a … Read more
Claire Clugston
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: ACDI/VOCA, Washington, DC For her policy year, Claire worked as a Gender Specialist in the Technical Learning and Application unit of ACDI/VOCA. In this role, she provided gender support to ACDI/VOCA’s projects and programs. These … Read more
Matt Styslinger
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Dili, Timor-Leste and Jakarta, Indonesia Matt Styslinger spent his field year working with Mercy Corps Indonesia and Mercy Corps Timor-Leste to strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and staff capacity around M&E for … Read more
Julie Savane
6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Oxfam America, Dakar, Senegal Julie Savane served as a Food Security Policy Advisor at Oxfam America in Dakar, Senegal. Working on Oxfam’s GROW! campaign, a global effort to establish food justice, she tracked the implementation … Read more