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David Abraham

Tara Abrahams

Ruthie Ackerman is a journalist based in New York City and a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute. Over the last several years, she has lived and worked around the world, including Africa, Argentina, and Russia. Her most recent work was in Liberia reporting on Liberian youth after the 14-year civil war. She is writing a book on Liberian refugees living in Park Hill, Staten Island, one of the largest communities of Liberians outside of the country. Her work has been featured in many outlets, including The Nation, World Policy Journal, Salon, Forbes, CSIS Policy Forum, The Christian Science Monitor, Fast Company, The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Hartford Courant, and Women's eNews.

Izzet Asayas

Sandra Atler

Christine Bader is an advisor to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for business and human rights, Harvard professor John Ruggie. From 1999–2008, she was with BP plc, during which she worked in Indonesia, China, and the United Kingdom. She has also served as a corps member with City Year; the first teaching fellow in community service at Phillips Academy in Andover; and a special assistant to the New York City Mayor's Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor for Community Development and Business Services. Bader has published articles on business and human rights in Stanford Social Innovation Review, Ethical Corporation, and China Rights Forum, and presented at numerous venues including the Carnegie Council and Business for Social Responsibility's annual conference. She has a B.A. magna cum laude in American Studies from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Yale University. She is a member of the advisory board of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Derek Berlin is chairman of Carnegie New Leaders. He also works at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. where he has been a member of the International Government Relations team since 2007. Previously, he worked at the Council on Foreign Relations in the office of the president. Berlin also spent time with the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and as a member of the Coalition Provisional Authority's Governance Team in Iraq while employed by the Department of Defense working primarily in Baghdad, Al Anbar, and Al Kut provinces in 2004. He is vice-chairman of the Board of Governors of the Ivy Council and serves on the Global Kids Young Leaders Advisory Board. He has a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University.

Anika Binnendijk is a doctoral candidate in International Security Studies at the Fletcher School. During the 2008 presidential campaign, she served as assistant to Secretary Richard Danzig. She has previously worked with Fortune, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and as an intern at the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Binnendijk's dissertation research, supported by the U.S. Institute of Peace, examines security force responses to civic movements in Ukraine and Serbia. She is a security fellow at the Truman Project and is serving as the 2009 New Leader trustee for the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

Mikaela Bradbury joined the Global Policy Innovations Internship program in 2009 and is a freelance writer and artist in New York. She writes about international affairs, food politics, and new media. Over the years, she has taken an interdisciplinary and experiential approach to the conservation of the "three ecologies"—environmental, social, and mental. She has worked on an agroforestry project in Mozambique, taught nutrition and yoga in Harlem, and integrated environmental studies, anthropology, and creative writing to address future paths for sustainability. Bradbury graduated phi beta kappa from Columbia University with a B.A. in anthropology.

James Breece

Sarah Brown

Brett Buzzini

Meredith Canniff

Shawn Canter

Asha Castleberry is a foreign policy specialist, military officer, and co-founder of an upcoming non-profit called the International Youth Council. She also serves in the U.S. Army Reserves and New York National Guard. Castleberry received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Military Science at Hampton University, where she earned a two-year ROTC scholarship. In 2006, she was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Adjutant General Officer Corps and assigned at the Harlem Hellfighter's 369th Sustainment Brigade. In 2007, Castleberry earned a graduate certificate at New York University Center for Global Affairs and studied abroad at the University of Oxford, New College. Upon her return, she was awarded the Westchester County Board of Legislators Proclamation, New York State Assembly Certificate of Merit, and City of New Rochelle Mayor Certificate of Appreciation. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated.

Peter Christodoulou

Michael L. Cullen

Zuhal Danyildiz is completing her certificate in Global Affairs at NYU. In addition to Carnegie New Leaders, she is a member of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy and Dancing Ink Productions, which she joined in June 2008 while working on the "Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds" project. Danyildiz majored in journalism and holds her Master's in Communication Arts from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Her specialization is peace journalism, specifically focusing on the role of the media and UN peacekeeping processes. She holds certificates in Peace Journalism (Greece), Reporting for Peace (the Netherlands), and Media and Peace (Brussels). She also holds a Jean Monnet EU certificate. Previously she was an intern for the UNHCR in Ankara, Turkey, and was editor-in-chief at the New Anatolian in Istanbul.

Rachel Davis is a legal advisor to Professor John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights, and is also a fellow in the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. Davis is an Australian lawyer with domestic and international legal experience, having clerked at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague and at the High Court of Australia. She has also worked in the Australian Federal Attorney-General’s Department and at the International Peace Institute, a New York NGO focused on the UN. Davis holds an L.L.M. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Politics and International Relations and L.L.B from the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Rachel has a particular interest in indigenous legal issues, and has worked and published with the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.

Masha Feiguinova

Alexandra Frank

Jonathan Freedman

Saúl Acosta Gómez joined Global Policy Innovations in April 2007. He is currently a graduate student at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where he studies democracy assistance and governance. Prior to attending graduate school, Gómez served as legislative staff at the California State Assembly. He currently serves as staff to a member of the New York State Assembly and was recently appointed editor-in-chief of Columbia University's Journal of International Affairs.

William Gouveia is a consultant who currently leads Booz Allen Hamilton's commercial risk management practice, helping global clients protect their value and build resilient enterprises. His previous experience with Booz Allen includes leading a number of projects for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and other national security clients. Before joining Booz Allen, Gouveia served as a Military Intelligence Officer in U.S. Army armor, light infantry, and Special Forces units. He holds a B.A. in Economics, Political Science, and History from Columbia University and an M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

Adam Gromis

Michael Hallinan

Kyle Henderson

Jeff Hittner is the Deputy Chair and Director of Research at the Corporate EcoForum, an invitation-only organization dedicated to facilitating sustainability best practice exchanges among influential executives of Global 500 companies. Prior to this, Hittner led the Corporate Social Responsibility consulting practice for IBM Global Business Services. In addition to his role consulting with clients on the integration of sustainability into core business strategy, he developed IBM's thought leadership on the topic, acting as a key media spokesman quoted in more than 200 news and feature articles worldwide and publishing byline articles in Forbes, Businessweek, Environmental Leader, GreenBiz, Boardmember, and other publications. Hittner has more than ten years of experience as an entrepreneur, teacher, and business strategist. He received his Masters in Cultures and Development Studies from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and a Bachelor of Business Administration from The College of William and Mary in Virginia. Hittner is Chairperson of the Carnegie New Leaders Program at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

Simon Hosking

Parker Howes

Elie Jacobs is a consultant on corporate communications and public affairs. Recently, he was a member of the Media Relations Practice Group of Public Strategies, Inc., where he worked on media and campaign strategies for international, financial, and crisis clients. Before joining Public Strategies, Jacobs was an account director with Brunswick Group, LLC in New York, where he worked on communications and public affairs campaigns for mergers and acquisitions and other complex situations. He also advised domestic and international companies in a wide range of industries, including energy, telecommunications, consumer, entertainment, and financial services. Before that, he was an account executive at MacMillan Communications. Jacobs began his communications career as an intern in the press office of former President Bill Clinton, handling Clinton's briefing materials, and working with the news media.

Chris Janiec joined the Global Policy Innovtions internship program in August 2007. He is also a graduate student at the New York University Center for Global Affairs and holds a B.A. in journalism with a minor in political science from Northeastern University. He served an intern and correspondent for Boston Globe and the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Massachusetts, also contributing to several smaller publications. Janiec spent the summer of 2002 as the leader of a group of students traveling and teaching English in China and was an intern in the Brussels office of Human Rights Watch in early 2004. His research interests at NYU include contemporary Chinese issues, international law in space, and the role of religion in peacekeeping operations.

Peter Kanning

Sofia Karlsson is currently interning at the Foundation for Post Conflict Development in New York City, working with external research and other ad hoc projects. She recently completed an essay evaluating illegal immigration and its social, economic, and political impact in European society. She also volunteers at the City Harvest community organization in New York City. Karlsson is a student at Lund University in Sweden, where she plans to receive her Bachelor's degree in Political Science in January 2010. She also plans to receive a second degree of Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in History in June 2011. After graduation, she plans to work for an international organization or government agency where she can pursue her interest in international affairs.

Trish Kenlon

Tanya Khokhar

Moo Young Kim is a 2009 graduate of New York University's Summer Institute in Global Affairs. She has just recently contributed to the third edition of Inge Bell's This Book Is Not Required. She completed her undergraduate coursework from the University of California, Los Angeles where she graduated with a B.A. in Sociology.

Emily Krasnor has spent over eight years working on international human rights and development. Recently, she focused on gender equality and HIV/AIDS at UNIFEM. Previously at the UN Division for the Advancement of Women, Krasnor reviewed and prepared analysis of the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. She also reported on the elimination of violence against women, forced marriage of the girl child, and women migrant workers. Krasnor is the chief author of a guide for parliamentarians and government ministries on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth. She has also published work on international law and human rights in the Peace Review and the Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution. She has spent time in Ghana working for a local women's rights non-governmental organization. Krasnor graduated from Emory University and received a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

Chiara Lepora

Michal Lewin-Epstein is a research associate in Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a new contributor to the Huffington Post, where she writes about Israel's unrealized potential for peace with the Palestinians and how soft power should play an important role in the arduous process for peace in the region. She has recently worked at the Israeli Embassy in The Hague. Prior to that, she worked for four years as a research assistant and project coordinator at the Henrietta Szold Institute in Jerusalem. She was also active as a member of Meretz, the political party formerly led by Dr. Yossi Beilin. Michal holds a Master’s degree in international relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her Master's dissertation, entitled The Strength of Soft Power: The EU and MERCOSUR in a Hegemonic World System, was published by the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations.

Eric Yi Li

Ellen Liu

Mads Loewe

Courtney Lutterman is a consultant with Ernst & Young's Customs and International Trade Practice, where she works with a team that advises clients on the use of preferential trade programs and customs effective supply chain management. Courtney also serves on the board of the New York chapter of the Organization of Women in International Trade and the Trade Policy Committee of the American Association of Exporters and Importers. Before joining Ernst & Young, Courtney worked for a Brazilian shoe exporter and a boutique strategy consulting firm. She holds a B.A. with honors in Political Science and Latin American Studies from the University of Chicago. Courtney has a particular interest in sustainable supply chain management, supply chain innovation, and the relationship between business ethics and trade agreements.

Christina Madden joined the Carnegie Council in July 2007 as a writer for Policy Innovations online magazine and currently assists with the Council's educational and multimedia projects. She is also assistant editor of MediaGlobal, a non-profit news outlet focused on least developed countries, and an active member of Women in International Security. Previously, she worked with the Global Security Institute and interned at a number of organizations, including the Nixon Center's Immigration and National Security Program and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She completed undergraduate coursework at the Sorbonne and Sciences Po in Paris, France and received her B.A. in International Affairs and Political Science from the George Washington University in May 2006 with concentrations in Security Policy and Asian Studies.

Stephanie Mandell

Jason Mangone is a 2006 graduate of Boston College, where he was a member of the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program and completed a thesis, titled Precise Warriors: The Evolution of Special Operations Forces in U.S. Security Strategy. He was a member of Boston College’s rugby team for four years. After graduation, Mangone joined the United States Marine Corps, becoming an Infantry Officer. In 2007, he deployed to western Iraq as a platoon commander with Task Force 3d Battalion, 2d Marines. He is presently deployed again with the same unit. Mangone plans to move to New York after his time in the Marine Corps is complete and seek a career in public sector consulting.

James Marshall is a Fellow at the Carnegie Council and serves as producer of Ethical Innovators, an international documentary film series and live policy forum currently in development at the Council. In addition to expertise as a filmmaker and multimedia producer, he brings to Ethical Innovators experience as a consultant on the use of new media for environmental and social advocacy. Most recently, as part of Washington, D.C.'s Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, he created the Green Film Forum, a web portal that facilitates real-time, community-based documentation of environmental issues through film and video. Marshall attended Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he was co-president of his class and earned a Master of Public Administration degree with a concentration in environmental science and policy. He holds a B.F.A. from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and trained as a bassoonist at the Juilliard School.

Evan S. Michelson is a senior research associate at The Rockefeller Foundation, where he is responsible for developing and implementing foresight and trend scanning research processes. Previously, he served as a research associate for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. While at the Wilson Center, Michelson conducted nanotechnology policy analysis and created the first publicly available inventory of nanotechnology consumer products. Michelson received a M.A. in international science and technology policy from The George Washington University, a M.A. in philosophical foundations of physics from Columbia University, and a B.A. in philosophy of science from Brown University. He has worked as a visiting researcher in the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation as part of the National Science Foundation’s East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute program and as a science outreach instructor in Columbia University’s Physics Emasondosondo project in South Africa. He has also developed public outreach and education programs as a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow at the Marian Koshland Science Museum of The National Academies. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in public administration at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.

Zarinés Negrón is a director of Strategic Operations at the New York City Department of Small Business Services where she focuses on increasing the agency's performance and improving its services. The agency assists New York's small businesses and commercial districts, and provides services to help companies form, do business, and grow. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University and an M.Sc. in Philosophy from the London School of Economics.

Evan M. O'Neil

Kavitha Rajagopalan is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute, where she writes and lectures widely on immigrant integration, global migration and the informal economy, and Muslim immigrant communities in the West.

Sylvana Rochet-Belleri is an international program manager at the American Cancer Society and is based in New York. She launched and leads the Travaillons sans Fumée initiative in North Africa, which pushes for workplaces to implement smoke-free policies. She also oversees grants programs in North Africa and Latin America, guiding non-governmental organizations to lead successful public health campaigns. Previously a program manager and negotiation trainer at the ESSEC Business School Paris, IRENE (Institut de Recherche et d'Enseignement sur la Négociation en Europe), she has coached and trained high-level executives in different organizations and countries. Rochet-Belleri holds a B.A. in international relations from Florida International University and an M.A. from New York University in French civilization with focus on foreign affairs.

Tudor Rus is a law clerk to the Honorable Timothy C. Stanceu of the United States Court of International Trade. As a law clerk, he works on cases involving issues in international trade, customs, and administrative law. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

Kevin Sam

Charley Savinar currently works as an analyst at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. He is a graduate of the University of Denver and holds a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Economics.

Ryan Scalise

Massimo Scapini

Patricia Slawuta

Elizabeth Sperber graduated with honors from Brown University in 2006, where she triple majored in History, English, and Africana Studies. She is currently entering her second year of the M.A./Ph.D. program in Comparative Politics at Columbia University. Her interests include redistributive preference formation and expression, the politics of development, and issues related to international governance, political autonomy, and social policy, with a focus on Sub- Saharan Africa. Sperber's research experience includes work on several federally-funded social policy studies, both in the urban U.S. and in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as volunteer research for the American Friends' Service Committee of New England and the Commission for the Restitution of Land Rights in South Africa. She has presented her work both nationally and internationally, and has been published in The American Journal of Public Health, The Journal of Adolescent Health, The Journal of International Affairs, The Journal of HIV/AIDS Research, and The Journal of Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies.

Ayano Tsunoda Stewart

Devin T. Stewart is director of Global Policy Innovations and Carnegie New Leaders. In this capacity, he edits Policy Innovations and directs projects on business ethics, trade, energy, and new media. He is the founding editor of Carnegie Ethics Online. Previously, he was assistant director of studies and Japan studies fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. He remains affiliated with CSIS as an adjunct fellow, advises the Sustainable Profitability Group, and teaches at New York University. Previously, he was a researcher at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry and a staff writer for The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo. He also chaired the Korea-Japan Study Group in Tokyo and in Washington. Stewart was a researcher at the Japan External Trade Organization, New York, and has served on the staffs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Senator Barbara Mikulski. His articles have appeared in four languages in numerous publications, including SAIS Review, The Asian Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune, Japan Inc., the Asahi Shimbun, Prospect Magazine, and The National Interest. He holds a BA, cum laude, from the University of Delaware and an MA from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., and Bologna, Italy.

Zeeshan Suhail is a consultant with the World Bank and has prior work experience at United Nations Headquarters. He is a board member for the Washington, D.C.-based Americans for Informed Democracy and the New York City-based Muslim Consultative Network. His articles on international development and Western-Muslim world relations have been featured in media outlets internationally, and he is a regular guest on Voice of America's Urdu radio talk show "Roundtable." Suhail has advanced leadership certifications from the Institute of Student Leadership at Paper Clip Communications as well as the National Conference on Student Leadership. He has been selected a Muslim Leader of Tomorrow by the Cordoba Initiative. He holds an undergraduate degree in International Business from Queens College-CUNY (where he was also the first Muslim Vice President of student government in the college's then 35 years of student government history) and a graduate degree in International Relations from the Graduate Center-CUNY.

Gaurav Tiwari is a research associate at the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He specializes in international finance, economic development, and supply chain strategies for emerging market economies. Prior to his current position at the Council, he has been a fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research and also spent a summer at the University of Hong Kong. He regularly consults investment firms and international institutions on projects focusing on the changing macroeconomic landscape of South Asia. His articles on topics in geopolitics have appeared in YaleGlobal Online, Khaleej Times (Dubai), Business Standard (India), Daily Times (Pakistan), and an iTunes podcast of a Council on Foreign Relations paper on the interrelationship between entrepreneurship, resource curse, and diplomacy. He is also a contributing blogger for bigthink.com and is co-chair of the Global Kids program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Tiwari holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Missouri.

Marisa Tramontano serves as the sole staff of The Foreign Policy Association’s Off-the-Record (OTR) Lecture Series. She works with a volunteer Governing Board to deliver lectures from high-profile foreign policy experts, academics, journalists, and current and former diplomats. In addition to handling all management duties and member relations for OTR, she vets speakers by attending lectures at various venues in New York City as well as conducting research for suggested background reading lists. Tramontano is currently in the process of starting a new media project called Rack Focus, which aims to address the dire need for the dissemination of information on under-reported global issues to the general public in an intelligent, fresh, and accessible way. Besides Carnegie New Leaders, Tramontano's affiliations include The Women’s International Forum at the United Nations, United Women of All Nations, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, and Women's Foreign Policy Group.

Anna Triponel is a New York attorney with the law firm of Jones Day. Her practice focuses on cross-border transactions and corporate governance for public and private companies. Triponel has contributed briefing papers to the ongoing work of Professor John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations. She is also a member of the Advisory Council for the Public International Law and Policy Group and counsels governments involved in conflicts. Previously, Triponel was a legal advisor at the World Bank and prior experience includes law firms in London and Paris, the United States Institute of Peace, and the War Crimes Research Office in Washington D.C. She regularly publishes and presents on topics of corporate law, human rights and business, transitional justice, and development aid. Triponel holds a French Juris Doctor from Paris-X Nanterre and an LL.M. in international law from American University Washington College of Law. She is a member of the New York bar and the London bar and a recipient of the Seymour Rubin Award and the Empire State Counsel Award.

Sarah Troup is a project coordinator at the Rockefeller Foundation, where she is responsible for coordinating the Initiative Management Team. She also works on the Foundation's investments in the philanthropic sector. Troup graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Politics and received her M.A. from Columbia University, Teachers College in International Educational Development. She wrote her thesis on education in Rwanda, specifically its role in the genocide of 1994 and development. She has traveled to Cambodia and Vietnam to research their education systems, and has also evaluated an education program for indigenous highlanders in rural Cambodia.

Masaya Ueda

Robin van Puyenbroeck is currently vice president at ING Bank’s Representative Office in New York. He is also treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Association of NY. Before moving to New York, van Puyenbroeck was business manager of the Natural Resources Sector at ING Wholesale Banking in Amsterdam. He joined ING Group's Global Management Program in 2001 and also worked for ING in Toronto and Brussels. Prior to joining ING, he was an attorney in Brussels. He also volunteered in organizations involved with microfinance and migration policy research. Van Puyenbroeck holds an LL.M. in International Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and a J.D. from Ghent University. He also studied European Law at the Universidad de Valencia as part of the European Union Socrates Program and holds a Certificate in Global Affairs from New York University.

Bhavika Vyas

Warren Wilczewski joined the Global Policy Innovations Internship program in August 2007. He is an M.S. graduate from New York University's Center for Global Affairs, with a focus on energy and the environment. Prior to his work with GPI, he served as an intern for the Republic of Palau Mission to the United Nations. Warren first pursued his interests in energy at the University of British Columbia, where he earned a B.A. in international relations, with a focus on trade and development. He taught business English in Japan at various companies, including the Hokkaido Power Company and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. His research interests and published work focus on energy policy and security, particularly as these relate to Russia and the natural gas and liquid natural gas trade.

Michael Wright