Fellow News

Daniel Severson is an attorney at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. He graduated from the Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Havard University.

Caitlin graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. As of fall 2018, she is back at the Wilson School to pursue a Master in Public Affairs as a fellow in the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative.

Rachel Iacono just began a position as the Global Client Service Coordinator at Chin & Curtis, LLP, a small immigration law firm in Boston, MA. She works in the firm’s global practice, assisting attorneys in that department with international casework and research.

Patrick May is currently an Associate at Knowesis, Inc., a contracting company that does work primarily in the Military Health arena. His work focuses on program management and oversight of military medical research.

Tabatha just graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with two B.A. degrees, one in Chinese and one in Government and Politics with a concentration in International Relations. She is currently interning at the Center for Strategic and International Studies with the China Power Project.

Rosa is wrapping up her time as a Research Analyst at Global Water Intelligence in the UK this summer. She will be starting an M.S. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill in the fall, focusing on financial risk in water systems.

Francheska is currently a Community Organizer for the Disruption Strategies team at Polaris, a national anti-human trafficking non-profit based in DC. Before this she worked for in the International Litigation and Arbitration department of Foley Hoag LLP for two years.

Jessica Bruce is Associate Director of the Sustainable Development Research Centre at Ipsos MORI in London, where she conducts primary research and project evaluations on international development issues. She holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Nottingham and a BS in Economics and International Political Economy from the University of Puget Sound and served in the Peace Corps in Benin.

Jamie Kwong graduated from USC with a BA in International Relations and a master's in public diplomacy. She will be headed to the UK in the fall to pursue her PhD in War Studies as a Marshall Scholar.

Valerie Brusilovsky works as a Foreign Affairs Specialist at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). NNSA’s mission is to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation and reduce the threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism around the world. The most difficult step in the development of an improved nuclear device is acquiring weapons-usable nuclear material. Within NNSA, Valerie works for the Office of Material Management and Minimization in the Nuclear Material Removal program. There, she is responsible for working with international partners and facilities to remove or dispose of excess highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium, working to minimize, and when possible, eliminate weapons-usable nuclear material around the world.