Category: Alumni Spotlight
Alumni Spotlight
June 28, 2021
Alumni Spotlight: Andrew Reighart
In observance of Pride Month, we talked to Andrew Reighart (UMD SPP, '15) about why it is important to observe Pride Month and what the general climate is at EPA, where he is a policy analyst.
Alumni Spotlight
June 25, 2021
Grace Choi: AAPI Background, Accomplishments and Impact
Grace Choi is a 2012 graduate of Tufts University's The Fletcher School. She is currently Director of Policy at the New York City Mayor's Office.
Alumni Spotlight
September 29, 2020
RFG Fellow Topher Taylor: From Thailand to the Local Passport Agency
In this profile, Topher Taylor (UCSD GPS 2021) discusses his research foci—which range from disability rights on college campuses to Thai politics—and how his time as a Robertson Fellow has prepared him for a career in the federal government.
Alumni Spotlight
July 19, 2020
China’s Arctic Endgame
Fellow Laura Leddy (Bush, '21) interned at the American Security Project and co-authored this piece with Devin Lurie. It lays out next steps for the United States for navigating this new development.
Alumni Spotlight
May 12, 2020
Nguyen Works to Repatriate U.S. Citizens from Peru During COVID-19 Wave
On a normal day, U.S. Consular Agent Marian Han Nguyen’s duties in her sleepy one-woman office in Cusco, Peru, range from stamping passports to registering American babies. But when Lima announced it was closing Peru’s borders on March 16 to stop the spread of coronavirus, Nguyen’s job changed overnight to Lara-Croft-style bounty hunter.
Alumni Spotlight
January 20, 2018
RFG Featured Fellow: Paul Massaro
Paul Massaro, UMD SPP Class of 2015, is a policy advisor at the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, commonly known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, which he joined in 2013.