Fellow News

Elaine is pursuing her Master of Public Policy (MPP) at the University of Chicago with a focus on education and international development. She is also a USAID Donald M. Payne Fellow and will be joining the USAID Foreign Service upon graduation in June 2019. This summer she is assigned to the USAID Ethiopia Mission in Addis Ababa to work on issues pertaining to literacy and education in conflict zones.

Christian is currently finishing his work as a lecturer of Applied English at The University of Hong Kong, where he has spent the past three years. In the Fall, Christian will begin his graduate studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

Sophia is currently pursuing her JD at NYU School of Law and is working at the Legal Aid Society Criminal Appeals Bureau in Manhattan as a legal intern.

Lara Porter is an equities sales trader in Electronic Trading at UBS with a focus on clients with quantitative strategies. She is also on the Microfinance Council - Fundraising Committee for Accion East. She graduated from the Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Hunter in 2015 with an MA in Economics.

Congratulations to Josh Rubin who will begin Yale Law School in the Fall 2017.

Anna Boadwee is currently serving in the Peace Corps in Malawi. She is an NGO Advising Volunteer in the health sector.

Stephen M. Jones graduated with a Masters in Economics from George Mason University under fellowship from the Mercatus Center. He will be employed at the Volpe National Transportation Center in Cambridge, MA as an Economist. He plans on eventually pursuing a PhD in Economics, Politics, or Political Economy and continuing his research interests in African institutions and American Regulatory Processes.

James Madsen is a Partner at Orton Development, a value-add real estate development firm specializing in urban rehabilitation and redevelopment projects, with a focus on large-scale and historic properties. Current projects include the 330,000 square foot Bethlehem Steel complex in San Francisco, and the 150,000 square foot Henry J Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland.

Courtney Ready is currently Project Manager of The Overton Project, an initiative focused on recruiting innovative social sector organizations to Birmingham, Alabama. She focuses on capacity building in education and workforce development. She graduated from Duke University with degrees in Economics and Public Policy.

Anna Johns graduated from the Duke University School of Law, and will continue to work on her PhD in History at Duke’s Graduate School