Alia Nankoe, '02 MAIR
Alia Nankoe is the Gender-Based Violence Capacity Development Coordinator for the United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) Humanitarian Response Branch. UNFPA is an international development agency that seeks to alleviate poverty, prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and ensure that all people are treated with dignity and respect. Currently living in rural Senegal, Alia earned her MAIR from the Maxwell School in 2002.
Amy Chan, ’08 MPA
Amy Chan is an Executive Analyst with the Office of the City Manager for the City of San José, California. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Amy completed her MPA at Maxwell in 2008, and also earned her bachelors from Santa Clara University with a double-major in Political Science and Environmental Studies.
Andrew Hollander, '05 MPA
Andrew Hollander is the Deputy Executive Director for Operations and Implementation at the Division of Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners at the New York City Department of Education. Andrew earned his MPA at Maxwell in 2005, and has a BA from Binghamton University.
Anna Abbey, '09 MPA
Anna Abbey is a Conflict Resolution Specialist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center (CPRC), which provides alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services to the entire agency. She earned her MPA in 2009 with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Applied Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management, and also holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Minnesota.
Beatriz Bustos, '05 MPA, '10 PhD
Beatriz Bustos is an Assistant Professor in the Geography Department at Universidad de Chile. As a Fulbright Scholar, Beatriz completed her MPA in 2005 and then continued with a PhD in Geography, completing it in 2010.
Beau Miller, '11 MAIR
Beau Miller is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Aythos, originally Helambu Project USA, which consults with communities in developing countries on leadership and economic development initiatives. Originally from Rochester, NY and now living in Washington DC, where he also works with Save the Children, Beau completed his MAIR in 2011.
Cathy Choi, ’02 MPA
Cathy Choi is the Director of Programs for The Eisner Foundation in Beverly Hills, California. She earned her MPA from Maxwell in 2002, and also holds a BA in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Chance Briggs, '97 MPA
Chance Briggs currently serves as national director for World Vision International's operations in Mali. In this role, he manages a large development program focused on food security, maternal and child health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS prevention and care, agricultural production and marketing, and disaster preparedness and response. He earned his MPA from Maxwell in 1997.
Chia Chia Wang, '00 MAIR
Chia-Chia Wang is the Civic Participation Coordinator at the American Friends Service Committee Immigrant Rights Program in Newark, NJ.
Christopher Malagisi, '04 MPA
Christopher Malagisi is currently an expert political consultant, freelance writer, and an adjunct professor at American University. Christopher has an MPA from the Maxwell School, as well as a dual BA in Political Science and the Communications, Law, Economics & Government Interdisciplinary major from American University.
Clint Misamore '10 MAIR
Clint Misamore is the Coordinator for Marketing and Program Development at the Milken Institute, a think-tank that strives to improve lives around the world by advancing innovative economic and policy solutions that create jobs, widen access to capital, and enhance health.
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Craig Colten, '84 PhD (Geo)
Craig is a historical geographer, author and professor at Louisiana State University. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he had been among the experts who had predicted the potential of a disaster of that magnitude. His award-winning historical geography book,
Deborah Greebon, '07 MPA
Deborah Greebon is Executive Director for OneVillage Partners, an international NGO based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota that works to alleviate extreme poverty in Sierra Leone by building self-sufficiency through village-led investments in agriculture, income generation, education, health, water and sanitation.
Elizabeth (Crosby) Fomegne, '09 MPA
Elizabeth Fomegne is a Public Health Analyst at the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Originally from central Massachusetts, she earned her MPA from the Maxwell School in 2009, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Illustration ('04) from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, also at Syracuse University.
Erika Hoffman-Kliess, '00 MPA
Erika Hoffman-Kiess is a founding partner of the JOBS Group entities - JOBS Trust, JOBS ICT Private Limited, and JOBS International. Erika is currently based in Vermont having returned to the U.S. last year after a decade living abroad in Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
Felipe Estefan, '09 MAIR, MS PR
Felipe Estefan is a public diplomacy expert. He is currently part of the Open Governance and ICT4Gov teams at the World Bank Institute. In that role, Estefan works on the use of mobile and web-based technology to make governments more open, more participatory and more transparent.
Gary Butterworth, '04 BA (IR)
Gary Butterworth produces "Washington Forum," a 30 minute, French-language TV discussion program that is broadcast live every Thursday to eight African countries from Voice of America's Washington, DC studios. Originally from Blackwood, NJ, Gary graduated with a BA in International Relations (topic concentration in Foreign Policy Studies and geographic focus on Europe) in 2004.
Jacquelyn Williams-Bridgers, '78 MPA
Jacquelyn Williams-Bridgers is an international development consultant based in Washington, DC with a wealth of experience working in the Federal government. She earned her MPA from the Maxwell School in 1978, and also holds a BA in Urban Studies from Syracuse University.
James Baxter, '87 BA (IR)
James Baxter is the Founding Editor and Publisher of iPolitics. Previously, he was the Legislature Bureau Chief of The Edmonton Journal. A native of Ottawa, he received a BA in International Relations and an MA from the Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1987.
Jana Morgan '08 MAIR
Jana Morgan is an Assistant Policy Advisor at Global Witness, where she does policy work on conflict minerals. Global Witness is an organization focused on breaking the link between natural resource exploitation and human rights violations, corruption, and conflict.
Jeff Eckel, '84 MPA
Jeff Eckel is the CEO of Hannon Armstrong, and earned his MPA from the Maxwell School in 1982.
Jeremy Johnson, '03 MA (PSc)
Jeremy Johnson served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nong Khai, Thailand after working as an attorney in Phoenix, AZ. After his Peace Corps experience, Jeremy lectured at a university in Thailand and recently attended King's College London, University of London to earn his LL.M. Jeremy earned a JD and MA in Political Science from Syracuse University in 2003.
Jessica Sotelo, ’02 MPA
Jessica Sotelo is the Executive Director of Partners for Prosperity: New Beginnings for Eastern Idaho, an asset building, poverty reduction organization serving several regions in Idaho. She earned her MPA from Maxwell in 2002, and also holds a Bachelor's Degree in American Studies from Idaho State University.
John Linsley, '09 MAIR
For the past two years John was the safety coordinator at The School for Field Studies (SFS), an international field studies school for undergraduates. In this role, he visited SFS' field campuses in Kenya, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, and the Turks and Caicos Islands to support safety, health, and risk management systems; provide crisis response and medical skills training to the field staff; and contribute to program development.
John Mandyck, '92 MPA
John Mandyck serves as chief sustainability officer, UTC Climate, Controls & Security Systems, which recently formed through the integration of Carrier Corp. with UTC Fire & Security. John received his bachelor's degree in policy studies from Syracuse University, as well as an MPA from the Maxwell School in 1992.
Joseph Kaifala, '10 MAIR
Joseph Kaifala is Executive Director of the Jeneba Project. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and currently studies International Law at Vermont Law School.
Karen Fox, '00 Ph.D Soc
Karen Fox is not a typical Maxwell graduate. She’s a professional psychic, medical health intuitive, and spirit medium. In 2010, Karen established The Aspen Program for Psychic Development based in Denver, Colorado.
Kathleen Hochul, '80 BA
Congresswoman Kathleen Hochul graduated from the Political Science undergraduate program of Arts & Sciences in 1980. She assumed office as Representative of New York’s 26th District on June 1st, 2011.
Lee Willbanks, '84 JD/MPA
Lee Willbanks is Executive Director, Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper at Save The River. Save The River was formed in 1978 to protect and preserve the ecological integrity of the Upper St. Lawrence River through advocacy, education, and research.
Lloyd Purdy, '06 MPA/MLA
Lloyd Purdy is currently Director of Oregon City's downtown development program, MSOC Inc. He leads the public/private partnership tasked with revitalizing a 166 year-old downtown (the oldest west of the Rocky Mountains) into a modern marketplace. He earned a Master's degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School in 2006, and also holds a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Milena Sanchez de Boado, '99 MPA
Milena Sanchez de Boado was the 2011-2012 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center. Before taking on this role, Milena worked at the World Bank, where she focused on rule of law projects in developing countries, including projects with ministries of justice, judicial councils, judicial training institutes, bar associations and academia.
Pat Fiorenza 11' MPA
Pat Fiorenza is currently a Research Analyst at GovLoop. GovLoop.com is a knowledge network for government employees. He received his MPA from the Maxwell School in 2011.
Patrick Gaetjens, '12 MPA/IR
Patrick Gaetjens is a Project Manager at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where he works on projects which use tax incentives to foster economic growth. He graduated in 2012 with a dual MPA/IR degree.
Rachel Roberts-Pickett, '05 MPA/IR
Rachel Roberts-Pickett is a certified project manager (PMP®) for real estate development firm, Red Leaf Investments, LLC, where she provides program and financial management services. Prior to Red Leaf, she served for seven years as a management consultant for the public sector consulting firm, Hagerty Consulting, carrying out post-Hurricane Katrina local government and community redevelopment work in New Orleans, LA, and on the gulf coast of Mississippi.
Richard G. Wilson, '68 MPA
Richard Wilson is the Port Director for Port of Anchorage, Alaska. The Port of Anchorage serves as the gateway for most of the goods coming into Alaska - 90% of the consumer goods for 85% of the State. He earned his MPA from the Maxwell School in 1968, and also holds a BA in government from Pomona College.
Rob Simpson, '01 MPA
Rob Simpson serves as president & chief executive officer of CenterState CEO, as the executive director of the Central Upstate Regional Alliance, and president of Syracuse's business incubator, The Tech Garden. He previously served as president and CEO of the Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York (MDA). A native of Upstate New York, Rob earned his MPA from the Maxwell School in 2001.
Roman Yavich, '11 MPA
Roman Yavich is currently a graduate student pursing a Masters of Science in Environmental Science at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He earned his MPA at the Maxwell School in 2011.
Sandeep Silas, '08 MPA
Sandeep Silas is the forerunner of an initiative called "Garland of Peace." He conceived this singular plan some years ago. One of its main goals is to "Declare War Ruins as Peace Heritage Sites." Sandeep earned his MPA from Maxwell in 2008.
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Scott Rayder, '92 MPA
Scott Rayder currently serves as a Principal at Kelly, Anderson & Associates, Inc., a management consulting based in Washington, D.C. Before this appointment, Scott was the first Chief of Staff to NOAA Administrator Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) and chief adviser on policy, personnel and budget matters from 2001 to 2008.
Stacy Lemery, '13 MAIR
Stacy Lemery, a current MAIR student, is interning at the US Department of State in the Policy Planning and Coordination Office of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA/PPC). WHA/PPC coordinates among the other regional offices of the Bureau and also handles any issues that cross boundaries within the hemisphere, such as human trafficking, narco trafficking, transnational crime and violence, religious freedom, LGBT equality, and women's empowerment.