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
Grace Jones
2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: Counterpart International, Guatemala Grace Jones educated farmers about sustainable agriculture and forest garden methods in six communities of rural Guatemala, where she also helped women’s groups plant a variety of fruits and vegetables and promoted … Read more
Ilisa Gertner
2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE), El Salvador Ilisa partnered with a local think tank to ease the situation of farmers impacted by the Central American coffee crisis. In an impact study sponsored by the … Read more
Andrew Fuys
2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field and Policy Placement: International Land Coalition, Rome, Italy Andrew drafted policy and strategy documents for the secretariat of the International Land Coalition, a global alliance of international agencies, governments and civil society groups that works to empower … Read more
Jason Forauer
2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: Save the Children, Ethiopia Jason Forauer worked in a remote southern district of Ethiopia on a project to diversify income and assets of pastoralists and to raise their household incomes. He trained community animal health … Read more
Jodie Fonseca
2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: CARE International, Malawi Jodie’s work focused on “mainstreaming” HIV/AIDS in CARE Malawi’s education, health, livelihoods, safety net and emergency sectors to determine how each of these projects could best mitigate the effects of the epidemic … Read more
Charlie Ehle
2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: Catholic Relief Services, Sudan Charlie Ehle reviewed and made recommendations for improvements to CRS’ disaster response strategies in Southern Sudan. She participated in the redesign of food security interventions that will improve the program’s ability … Read more
Elizabeth Brown
2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: USAID Office of Health, Population and Nutrition, Ethiopia Elizabeth Brown worked closely with the Food and Humanitarian Office on Title II Development Assistance Programs, with particular emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of the health sector. … Read more
Steve Archambault
2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: World Food Program, Uganda Steve Archambault worked on the promotion and assessment of WFP’s Marketing Support activities, mobilizing small farmers in Uganda to secure better access to food markets. He was also involved in the … Read more