PENN KEMBLE DEMOCRACY FORUM FELLOWS Penn Kemble Fellows 2019-20

  • Maureen Ahmed

    Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State

    Maureen Ahmed joined the U.S. Department of State in 2016 as a U.S. Presidential Management Fellow (PMF). ...

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  • Eric Altamura

    Legislative Aide, Senator Charles E. Schumer

    Eric Altamura serves as a legislative aide to the Senate Democratic Leader, Charles E. Schumer. In this...

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  • J.M. Ascienzo

    Central Region Outreach Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

    At the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition J.M. works with bipartisan, broad-based statewide leaders in...

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  • Daniel Balson

    Advocacy Director for Europe & Central Asia, Amnesty International USA

    Daniel Balson is Advocacy Director for Europe and Central Asia for Amnesty International USA. Daniel...

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  • Fernanda Buril

    Program Officer & Technical Coordinator for Electoral Operations, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)

    Fernanda Buril is a program officer for the Americas region and the technical coordinator for electoral...

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  • David Dorfman

    Legislative Director & General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives

    David works at the U.S. House of Representatives, serving as Legislative Director/General Counsel to...

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  • Michael G. Dozler

    Unit Chief for European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State

    Michael G. Dozler is a career Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State. He is currently the...

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  • Manal J. Farah

    Associate, Trade and Logistics, Nathan Associates Inc.

    Manal Farah has over seven years of program management and development consulting experience with a focus...

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  • Andrea Fiegl

    Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development

    Andrea Sawka Fiegl is a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),...

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  • Carolyn Forstein

    Associate, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP

    Carolyn Forstein practices law at Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, with...

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  • Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff

    Executive Director, PDC Inc.

    Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff is the Executive Director and co-founder of People Demand Change Inc, a socially...

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  • Mitchel Hochberg

    Legislative Assistant, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

    Mitchel Hochberg serves as Legislative Assistant for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Previously, he served...

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  • Corey Jacobson

    Legislative Director, Office of Representative Ted Lieu

    Corey Jacobson is the Legislative Director for Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA). In addition to leading the...

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  • Evan Karlik

    Assistant Program Manager, F-35 Joint Program Office

    Evan Karlik is an aerospace engineering duty officer in the U.S. Navy, currently assigned as an assistant...

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  • Golda Lee Bruce

    Development Storyteller, Inter-American Development Bank

    Golda Lee Bruce is a Development Storyteller and Communications Coordinator in the Caribbean Country...

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  • Monty R. McGee

    Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

    Monty McGee has a record of using innovative approaches to tackle complex policy and technical challenges...

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  • Sarah Morgan

    Senior Government Relations Officer, International Labor Organization

    Ms. Morgan serves as the Senior Government Relations Officer in the International Labor Organization’s...

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  • Kristina Olney

    Director of Government Relations, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

    Kristina Olney is the Director of Government Relations for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation....

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  • Monica O’Hearn

    Program Manager, Counterpart International

    Monica O'Hearn is a Program Manager at Counterpart International, where she oversees technical and operational...

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  • Jason Pielemeier

    Policy Director, Global Network Initiative

    As Policy Director, Jason Pielemeier works with GNI’s diverse membership of leading information and...

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  • Emily B.R. Rodriguez

    Communications and Advocacy Strategist, Protect Democracy

    Emily Rodriguez is Communications and Advocacy Strategist at Protect Democracy. Previously, she served...

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  • Cate Sadler

    Policy Analyst for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

    Cate Sadler serves as the Europe and Eurasia Policy Analyst on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

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  • Nana Sajaia

    Producer, Fox News

    Nana Sajaia is an award-winning journalist and producer with a focus on the Post-Soviet region. A native...

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  • Jean Scrimgeour

    Director for Operations and Growth, Accountability Lab

    Jean Scrimgeour has been the Director for Operations and Growth at the Accountability Lab since 2017....

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  • Eddie Skolnick

    Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright

    Eddie Skolnick is an Associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Norton Rose Fulbright, a global law...

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  • Robby Smith

    Special Assistant in the Front Office, International Organizations Bureau, U.S. Department of State

    Robby Stephany Smith serves as a Special Assistant in the Front Office of the International Organizations...

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  • Sean Suter

    International Economist, Department of the U.S. Treasury

    Sean Suter is an International Economist in the Office of International Affairs within the Department...

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  • David Szakonyi

    Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University

    David Szakonyi is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the George Washington University, an Academy...

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  • Rebecca Turkington

    Assistant Director, Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

    Rebecca Turkington is the Assistant Director of the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on...

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  • Ryan Uyehara

    Professional Staff Member, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation

    Ryan Uyehara serves as a Professional Staff Member on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia,...

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  • Matt Warner

    President, Atlas Network

    Matt Warner is president of Atlas Network. Under the direction of the CEO, he is responsible for strategy,...

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