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The McCourt School Ambassadors are current students and alumni who serve as contacts for their clubs, interest groups, and programs, and share their insights with prospective students.

We invite you to connect with our McCourt School Ambassadors to learn more about their experience in and out of McCourt. You can filter ambassadors by program, type of instruction and policy area of interest.

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Abanin
Operations Analyst, IFC
Aguayo
Government and Public Services Consulting, Deloitte
Albazzaz
Partner, Alcalde & Fay
Alkhowaiter
Founder, MeshalRank
Angarita
MPP'25
Appel
MPP'26
Avichezer
Research & Data Visualization Analyst, Our Secure Future
Bachich
MPP'26
Baggot
Government and Public Services Consulting, Deloitte
Bagley
MS-DSPP'26
Bajracharya
MPP'26
Basa
MPP/JD'26
Bashir
MIDP'26
Benard
Corporate Secretariat Consultant, Office of the Secretary, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Bergerson
Subcommittee Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Bernard
MPM'27
Bernell
Higher Education Consultant
Bose
MPP'26
Brower
MPP/MBA'26
Brown
Analyst, Deloitte Consulting
Budak
Faculty, UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business
C. Odogwu
MPP'13
Caplan
Director of Advocacy, AcademyHealth
Carrasco Hernandez
Field Project Lead, Duniya Data LLC (Meta AI)
Chakravarti
MPP'27
Cheng
MS-DSPP'27
Coelho da Silva
MIDP'26
Cohen
Data and Analytics Associate, Fuse Fundraising
Colombo
Senior Director, South America, Bitso
De La O Cedillo
Policy Manger,  National Women’s Law Center, Nominations and Democracy
Delgado
Director of Policy, Esperanza United
Delgado Salas
Strategy Officer, The World Bank
Dinkel
Associate Director of Public Policy, Novogradac
Duncan
ORISE Fellow, US Environmental Protection Agency
Flores
Aide-de-Camp, Nevada Land Component Commander
Forzan
External Consultant, Housing & Urban Development Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Fowlkes
Partner, PDS Group
Francis
Consultant, Baker Tilly
Fried
Director of Operations, Hayden Center for Space Studies
Galbaatar
Operations Officers, The World Bank Group
Garcia
Vice President, Community Manager for Coastal Orange County, JP Morgan Chase
Grant
Co-Founding Principal, Black Cat Strategies
Green
Law Cleark, Judge Henderson Causey, Virginia Court of Appeals
Griffin
Director of Human Resources, United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Guevara
MPP/MBA'26
Guzmán
Manager, Global Fashion and Nature Initiatives at Conversation International
Gyory
Specialist Leader, Deloitte
Hall
Senior Paralegal, Standard Title and Escrow
Han
MPP'26
Hart
Senior International Trade Compliance Analyst, International Trade Administration
Hoover
Associate Attorney, Jones Day
Horvath
Senior Associate, WilmerHale LLP
Huang
MPP'26
Hui
MPP'26
Hummel-Price
Senior Data Scientist, Universal Service Administrative Company
Ison
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Georgetown University Office of Advancement
Izzet
Senior Geopolitical Advisor, StratGov
Jacobson
Policy Analyst, Council of State Governments
Jarg
MS-DSPP'26
Jeffries
Founder and Lead Consultant, Spark Solutions Consulting
Jiang
Assistant Director, Eurasian Business Coalition
Jilani
Senior Social Sector Economist, Asian Development Bank
Jin-Su Sprouse
Officer, U.S. Army
John
Program Associate on the Global Relations and Policy Team, American Red Cross
Jones Keegan
Government Relations, Blackstone
Kolodziej
MPP'27
Lamas
Survey Statistician at International Migration Branch, U.S. Census Bureau
Lee
Deputy Director, Ministry of Science and ICT in the Republic of Korea
Lester
Innovation, Technology and Impact Reporting
Lin
MPP'27
Lin
Associate, Alton Aviation Consultancy
Lin
Policy Intern, Innovations for Poverty Action
Lising
Program Director, Rainier Climate
Liu
MPP/JD'28
Low
Board Member, Colorado TESOL
Ludwig
Protocol Officer and Social Secretary to the Ambassador, German Embassy
Lumauig
Program Analyst, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Mahoney
Energy Policy Analyst, Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Maiolo
MPP'26
Manganaro
Direcotr of Strategy and Process Integration, Vector Force Development
Mejia
Associate Director of Programs, Good Business Lab
Memoli
Policy Analyst, Department of Justice
Meza
Director of Strategic Alliances, Woodberry Associates
Misko
Strategy Consultant, MorganFranklin Consulting
Moffat
2025 McCourt Scholar
Monye
Research Consultant, Social Protection and Labor, The World Bank Group
Mueller
MPP'26
Murley
MS-DSPP'26
Murrell
MS-DSPP'27
Musker
Formerly, Vice President Federal Affairs, Centene Corporation
Nakayama
Environment Economist, The World Bank
O'Connell
Research and Program Evaluation Specialist, FCPS
Obi
Member, Executive Office of the U.S. President's International Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC)
Obot
Founder and Managing Partner, E.CHRYS
Oginga
MS-DSPP'26
Owens
Senior Manager, Research and Data Analysis, Meals on Wheels America
Pacheco
PhD student, Applied Economics Student, Northeastern University
Paradise
Research Analyst, Institute for Higher Education Policy
Parsons
Director of Public Policy and Finance, Oakland Thrives
Pellegrin
Policy Director, The Sycamore Institute
Poinsette
Joint Staff Intern, Department of Defense
Poling
Health Policy Officer, Partners In Health
Reardon
MPP'27
Reynolds
Predoctoral Research Fellow, Pulte Institute for Global Development, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
Rodriguez Garnica
MPP'27
Samman
MIDP'26
Sanford
Battalion Commander, U.S. Army
Schmidt
Director of Policy, Plans, and Allied Integration, Joint Functional Component Command, Integrated Missile Defense
Setzer
Program Examiner, Office of Management and Budget
Shankaran
Branch Chief, Energy Policy, Innovation, Transformation, DC Department of Energy and Environment
Shelby
MPP'27
Shumet
Associate Director, Global HPV Vaccine Policy, Merck & Co., Inc.
Sosa
Executive Assistant, Mindset
Soto
Data Scientist and Research Officer, International Monetary Fund
Srivastava
MPP'26
Stadlinger
Corporate Sustainability Data Specialist
Stewart
Managing Partner, Strategic Impact Partners
Sutton
Senior Data Analyst, CancerNavigator
Szarnicki
Founding Executive Director, The Affordability Project
Thapar
CEO Global Presidential Management Associate, Estee Lauder
Tomasides
MPP'26
VanOverbeck
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Vaughan
Director of Communications, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology
Vergara Rojas
Education Consultant, The World Bank Group
Vu
MPP'27
Wagner
MS-DSPP'26
Walkin
Senior Policy Analyst, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Wang
MPP'23
Weiss
Global Incident Management Lead (Trust & Safety), TikTok
Wellenstein
Formerly, Program Support Specialist, Private Sector Engagement Hub, USAID
Xiao
MS-DSPP'27
Yamashiro
Senior Coordinator, JCM Secretariat Group
Zeid
Labor Economist, The World Bank
Zhang
MPP'25