PENN KEMBLE DEMOCRACY FORUM FELLOWS Penn Kemble Fellows 2023-2024

  • Hadeil Ali

    Director, Diversity and Leadership in International Affairs Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies

    Hadeil Ali is director of the Diversity and Leadership in International Affairs Project at the Center...

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  • Elena Augustine

    Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

    Elena Augustine has been a career member of the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service specializing...

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  • Kateryna Bondar

    Former Special Advisor, Government of Ukraine

    Kateryna Bondar was a Special Advisor to the Government of Ukraine, where she was responsible for the...

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  • Ilana Brener

    Analyst, Department of the Treasury

    Ilana Brener is an analyst at the Department of the Treasury. She was a Sanctions Licensing Officer in...

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  • Charlin Caster

    Director, Institutional Capacity and Partnership Advisor, USAID Private Sector Engagement Modernization Contract

    Charlin Caster is a Director of Institutional Capacity and Partnership Advisor in USAID’s Private Sector...

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  • Seamus P. Daniels

    Fellow for Defense Budget Analysis, Center for Strategic and International Studies

    Seamus P. Daniels is a fellow for Defense Budget Analysis in the International Security Program at the...

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  • Samuel Denney

    Senior Research Analyst, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

    Sam Denney is a Senior Research Analyst with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s American...

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  • Edyt Dickstein

    Associate Professional Staff Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

    Edyt Dickstein is an Associate Professional Staff Member at the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence....

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  • Ben Dubow

    President & CTO, Omelas

    Ben Dubow is CTO and president of Omelas, an AI firm that tracks authoritarian propaganda, and a Democratic...

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  • Sonnet Frisbie

    Geopolitical Risk Analyst (EMEA), Morning Consult

    Sonnet Frisbie is the lead geopolitical risk analyst, EMEA for Morning Consult. With over a decade living...

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  • Miriam Frost

    Program Manager, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives

    Miriam Frost is a DC-based foreign policy professional who specializes in democracy, human rights, and...

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  • Andrea Gillespie

    Senior International Policy Advocate, Human Rights Campaign

    Andrea Gillespie (she/her) is the Senior International Policy Advocate with the Human Rights Campaign,...

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  • Hermes Grullon

    Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

    Hermes Grullon is a U.S. Foreign Service Officer. He currently serves as a Foreign Service Orientation...

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  • Laura Gutierrez

    Global Worker Rights Coordinator, AFL-CIO

    Laura Gutierrez is the Global Worker Rights Coordinator at the American Federation of Labor and Congress...

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  • Kate Hixon

    Advocacy Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Amnesty International USA

    Kate Hixon is the Advocacy Director for Africa at Amnesty International USA where she leads AIUSA’s...

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  • Eric Lee

    Professional Staff Member, Indo-Pacific, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee

    Eric Lee is a Professional Staff Member covering the Indo-Pacific for the U.S. House Foreign Affairs...

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  • Ragini Malik

    Programme Officer, UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)

    Ragini Malik is an international development professional working with UNOSSC on South-South and triangular...

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  • Sophie Mirviss

    Democratic Staff Director, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

    Sophie Mirviss is the Democratic Staff Director of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle...

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  • Ariana Molina

    Program Officer, U.S. Department of State

    Ariana Molina is an international relations professional with a strong background and ample experience...

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  • Tahina L. Montoya

    Strategic Advisor, Veteran Experience Office, Department of Veteran Affairs

    Tahina L. Montoya currently serves as Strategic Advisor for the Veteran Experience Office at the Department...

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  • Connor O’Steen

    Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State

    Connor O'Steen is a Foreign Affairs Officer with the U.S. Department of State and coordinates the Global...

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  • Galen Petruso

    Researcher, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

    Galen Petruso is a researcher at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). Since joining IDA in 2017,...

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  • Julia Reinitz

    International Labor Advisor for Trade Policy, U.S. Department of Labor

    Julia Reinitz serves as an International Labor Advisor for Trade Policy in the U.S. Department of Labor’s...

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  • James Rice

    Legislative Director, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley

    James Aaron Rice is the Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, for whom he has...

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  • Keome Rowe

    Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

    Keome (pronounced Key-Men) Rowe is a Public Diplomacy coned Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department...

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  • Caroline Sagalchik

    Threat Intelligence Analyst

    Caroline Sagalchik is a Belarusian-American threat intelligence analyst and investigator working at the...

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  • Colleen Scribner

    Senior Program Manager for Asia Programs, Freedom House

    Colleen Scribner is Senior Program Manager for Asia Programs at Freedom House, where she manages human...

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  • Ona Spreenberg

    Policy Analyst, U.S. Department of Commerce

    Ona Spreenberg is a Policy Analyst at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she develops policy on the...

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  • Carolyn Stewart

    Acting Editor-in-Chief, American Purpose

    Carolyn Stewart is the acting editor-in-chief of American Purpose. She previously...

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  • Cristina Tardáguila

    Founder, Lupa (Brazil); Research Consultant, Equis Institute (U.S.); Anti-disinformation Columnist, Univision (U.S.)

    Cristina Tardáguila is a distinguished journalist and OSINT researcher celebrated for her resolute commitment...

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  • Nick Zaremba

    Program Manager, American Bar Association – Rule of Law (ABA ROLI) Initiative

    Nick Zaremba is a Program Manager with the American Bar Association – Rule of Law (ABA ROLI) Initiative...

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