Cultivating our next generation of public service leaders
The Robertson Foundation for Government invests in the future of the United States by cultivating public service leaders and catalyzing globally engaged talent for the federal workforce.
With an emphasis on foreign policy, international relations, and national security, RFG supports graduate academic fellowships, government internships, professional development, and career networking.
Melissa Alvisi
Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Cody Arigo
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
JaKyah Beatty
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Meet our 2024 & 2025 Fellows
The RFG Fellows are among the most promising students from some of America’s leading schools of public service, policy and administration.
Morgan Conville
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government & Public Service
Laura Fairman
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Andrew Harrison Gasparini
Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Forrest Gatrell
Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Indira Gunness
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government & Public Service
McKenzie Hartman
University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy & Strategy
Abigail Huie
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government & Public Service
Javier De Leon
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Colleen (Bowman) McRann
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Anna Misenti
University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy & Strategy
Yolanda Nosakhare
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Samuel Park
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government & Public Service
Olivia Parker
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Eugene La’mont Parrish
University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy & Strategy
Grace Pettey
University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Zoe Prin
Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Jackson Rice
University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy & Strategy
Marja Ritchie
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government & Public Service
Emma Viquez
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government & Public Service
RFG Fellowships fund master’s degrees in international affairs, policy, public administration and related fields at select partner universities that are among the top ranked across the nation.
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Current News & Events at RFG
NEWSLETTER
March 2024
The Robertson Report
- RFG Congratulates Fellows & Alumni Selected as 2024 PMF Finalists
- Maxwell Fellows Leverage Semester in Washington, DC Program
- Alumni Spotlight: Pursuing a Career with the United Nations through the Young Professionals Programme (YPP)
- RFG Fellows Reconnect in Taiwan
- The Biden Administration and the First Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence: An Assessment on AI Watermarking Regulations
Fellows in the News
Mar 27
RFG Fellows Reconnect in Taiwan
RFG Fellows, Olivia Parker (UMD 2024) and Jackson Rice (UCSD 2025), had the incredible opportunity to reconnect in Taiwan this quarter. Olivia traveled to Taiwan this spring to conduct research as part of her University of Maryland graduate capstone research project, which she is doing in collaboration with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Center for Excellence in […]
Academic Partner News
Mar 26
Maxwell Fellows Leverage Semester in Washington, DC Program
In recent years, RFG Fellows at Syracuse University’s (SU) Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs have been leveraging the School’s Washington, DC program to accelerate not only their academic efforts, but their professional development as well. Headquartered at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Maxwell-in-Washington Program is an opportunity for students […]
Alumni Spotlight
Mar 26
Alumni Spotlight: Pursuing a Career with the United Nations through the Young Professionals Programme (YPP)
Having graduated from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 2016, Patricia Weng now serves as an Associate Economic Affairs Officer under the United Nations Secretariat. Specifically, she works for the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is one of several agencies and organizations that falls beneath the purview […]