Gardner Fellow Profiles 1999-2011
Past Gardner Fellows
2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 2000-01 | 1999-2000 | 1998-99 | 1997-98 | 1996-97
2010-11
UC Berkeley
Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez '10 (Political Economy, Economics)
Placement: White House Council of Economic Advisers
Mentor: Jay Shambaugh, Chief Economist
Bobby Rosen '10 (Political Economy with an independent concentration in sustainable development in Latin America
Placement: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Mentor: Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy
Christina Eloisa Markle '10 (Anthropology, minor in Public Policy)
Placement: Corporation for National and Community Service
Mentor: James Siegal, Chief of Staff
Stanford University
Kevan Christensen '10 (Earth Systems, International Relations)
Placement: Department of State
Mentor: Steve Radelet, Senior Advisory on Development, Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Paras Fatemi '10 (Chemistry)
Placement: Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Health and Human Services
Mentors: David Blumenthal, MD, MPP; Aaron McKethan, Director, Beacon Community Project
Bethany Woolman '10 (Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity)
Placement: ACLU of Northern California
Mentor: Abdi Soltani, Executive Director
2009-10
UC Berkeley
Jenny Cooper '08 (Geography, minor in Peace and Conflict Studies)
Placement: Environmental Defense Fund
Mentor: Jennifer A. Haverkamp, Managing Director for International Policy & Negotiations, Environmental Defense Fund
Eyal Matalon '09 (Environmental Sciences)
Placement: The Pacific Institute, Oakland CA
Mentor: Swati Prakash, Catalina Garzon and Eli Moore
Basant Singh Sanghera '09 (History and Political Science)
Placement: South and Central Asian (SCA) Affairs Bureau, Department of State
Fellowship Mentor: Patricia Mahoney; Director; India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives Affairs
Stanford University
Maggie Chen '09 (Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and Human Biology)
Placement: White House Council on Women and Girls, Washington, DC
Mentor: Tina Tchen, Executive Director, White House Council on Women and Girls; Director, White House Office of Public Engagement
Mondaire Jones '09 (Political Science; Minor in African and African-American Studies)
Placement: Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington DC
Mentor: Spencer Overton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Seth Silverman BA '08 (Global Politics of Health, Human Rights, and the Environment), MS '09 (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Placement: White House Council on Environmental Quality
Mentor: Jason E. Bordoff, Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change
2008-09
UC Berkeley
Christina Hisel (Psychology/Sociology)
Placement: Mercy Corps Social Innovations Team
Mentors: David Lehr, Program Advisor; Karen Doyle Grossman, Director of Social Innovations
Lia Marshall
Placement: WHO Director of Water, Sanitation and the Environment
Mentor: World Health Organization
Sasha Pippenger, (Peace and Conflict Studies)
Placement: International Rescue Committee, New York, NY
Mentor: Anne Richard, Vice President of Government Relations and Advocacy
Stanford University
Elizabeth Kersten (Human Biology)
Placement: Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Partners in Health, Boston, MA
Mentor: Steve Kadish, Director for Global Health Programs
Olga Medina (Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity/Political Science)
Placement: National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC
Mentor: Cecilia Munoz, Senior Vice President
Debbie Warshawsky (Urban Studies)
Placement: Mayor's Office, Newark, NJ
Mentor: Cory Booker, Mayor
2007-08
UC Berkeley
Jennifer Browning (Development Studies and French)
Placement: Gender Bureau, United Nations Development Program, New York, NY
Mentor: Winnie Byanyima, Director
Kyle Maurer (Political Science)
Placement: Senate Democratic Policy Committee, Washington DC
Mentor: Tim Gaffaney, Research Director
Miriam Solis (Ethnic Studies and Geography)
Placement: Department of Housing Preservation and Development, New York, NY
Mentor: Shaun Donovan, Commissioner
Stanford University
Colin Burke (Public Policy, minor in Spanish)
Placement: Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Washington DC
Mentor: Kari Stoever, Senior Program Officer
Elisabeth Centeno (International Relations/Art History)
Placement: Human Rights First, New York, NY
Mentor: Maureen Byrnes, Executive Director
Cammie Lee (International Relations; MA, Sociology)
Placement: United Nations, New York, NY
Mentor: Dr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy and Planning
2006-07
UC Berkeley
Leslie Lang (Business Administration, Rhetoric)
Placement: World Bank, Africa Financial Sector Washington, D.C.
Mentor: Anthony Thompson, Sector Manager
Leila Makarechi (Political Science, Social Welfare)
Placement: United Nations Development Program, Latin America, New York, N.Y.
Mentor: Rebecca Grynspan, Regional Director
Tracey Ross (Anthropology, Political Science)
Placement: Office of Sentor Hillary Clinton, Washington D.C.
Mentor: Mildred Otero, Legislative Assistant
Stanford
Brian Bergmark (Human Biology)
Placement: Office of Disability in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Mentor: Deputy Director
Regan Johnson (Human Biology)
Placement: Population Services International
Mentor: Sally Cowal, Senior Vice President
Felipe De Jesus Perez (Human Biology)
Placement: Commissioner of Health, Baltimore, MD
Mentor: Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, Commissioner of Health
2005-06
UC Berkeley
Annie Bird (Peace and Conflict Studies)
Placement: International Center for Transitional Justice, New York, NY
Mentor: Marieke Wierda, Senior Associate
Michael Harrison Jones (Economics)
Placement: Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York, NY
Mentor: Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning
Sandy Tesch (Psychology; Public Policy minor)
Placement: Youth Service America, Washington, DC
Mentor: Steven Culbertson, President and CEO
Stanford
Katie Hill (International Relations; Economics minor)
Placement: The Acumen Fund, New York, NY
Mentor: David Kyle, Chief Investment Officer
Dung Le (Human Biology and Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity)
Placement: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Mentor: Bart Lubow, Director, Program for High Risk Youth
Rita Nguyen (Human Biology)
Placement: The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
Mentor: Barbara Masters, Public Policy Director
2004-05
UC Berkeley
Thomas De Simone (Political Science, City Planning Minor)
Placement: Mayor’s Office of Economic Development, Los Angeles, CA
Mentors: Renata Simril, Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and Yolanda Chavez, Executive Director of Housing
Anna Ferrari (English, Political Economy of Industrial Societies)
Placement: Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY
Mentor: Marta Nelson, Director of Project Greenlight
Brandon Simmons (Political Science, City and Regional Planning Minor)
Placement: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, DC
Mentor: Doug Besharov, Director of Social and Individual Responsibility Project
Stanford
Stephen Chan (Public Policy)
Placement: The Boston Foundation, Boston, MA
Mentor: Paul Grogan, President.
Golda Philip (Cultural & Social Anthropology)
Placement: National Immigration Project, Boston, MA
Mentor: Gail Pendleton, Associate Director
Tianna Terry (Political Science)
Placement: Fannie Mae Foundation, Washington, DC
Mentor: Ellen Lazar, Senior Vice President of Housing and Community Initiatives
2003-04
UC Berkeley
Anne Bordetsky (Conservation and Resource Studies)
Placement: National Resources Defense Council, New York, NY
Mentor: John Walke, Director of Clean Air Program
Jenny Lah (History and Political Economy of Industrial Societies)
Placement: United Nations Development Fund for Women, New York, NY
Mentor: Barbara Adams, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Communications
Cesar Moreno Perez (History and Political Science)
Placement: Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Washington, DC
Mentor: Ingrid Duran, President and CEO
Stanford
Tess Bridgeman (Human Biology)
Placement: The World Bank Inspection Panel, Washington, DC
Mentor: Edith Weiss Brown, Chair
Amanda Kahn (Political Science and Urban Studies)
Placement: Office of San Francisco Supervisors, San Francisco, CA
Mentor: Gloria Young, Clerk of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Joanna Levitt (Human Biology)
Placement: Center for International Law, Washington, DC
Mentor: Anne Perrault, Senior Attorney
2002-03
UC Berkeley
Rachael Goldbrenner (Political Science, English minor)
Placement: Open Society Institute
Mentor: Mort Halperin
Tali Horowitz (Ethics Studies)
Placement: Henry Street Settlement
Mentor: Susan Fleminger, Director, Visual Arts and Arts-in-Education Program
Chanthip Phongkhamsavath (Sociology, Education minor)
Placement: Center for Policy Alternatives
Mentor: Carolina Zumaran-Jones, Director of Leadership Initiatives
Stanford
Heidi Boas '02 (Feminist Studies)
Placement: The Tahirih Justice Center
Mentor: Layli Miller-Muro, Executive Director
Chris Maloney '02 (Economics/African & African-American Studies)
Placement: U.S. Treasury
Mentor: Ed Barber, Senior Advisor
Michael Umpierre '02 (Public Policy)
Placement: Youth Law Center
Mentor: Mark Soler, President
2001-02
UC Berkeley
Priscilla Aguirre ( Political Science)
Placement: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Mentor: Barry Krisberg, President
Dana Kaplan (History, Ethics Studies)
Placement: The Prison Moratorium Project
Mentor: Kate Rhee, Director
Kori Kelley (Political Science)
Placement: Community Outreach and Youth Investment
Mentor: Carrie Thornhill, Vice President
Stanford
Jennie Berry Chandra (Information Economics & Policy)
Placement: Federal Communications Commission
Mentor: Kathleen Abernathy, FCC Commissioner
Alicia Johnson (Public Policy)
Placement: Institute for Youth, Education & Families within the National League of Cities, Washington, D.C.
Mentor: Clifford Johnson, Executive Director
2000-01
UC Berkeley
Romi Bhatia (Political Economy of Industrial Societies)
Placement: Grameen Foundation USA, Washington, DC
Mentors: Leslie Enright, Program Officer, Practitioner Support Project; Alex Counts, President
Catherine Fernandez (Social Welfare)
Placement: The San Francisco Foundation; San Francisco, CA
Mentors: Landon Williams, Director, FAITHS Initiative; Tessa Rouveral Callejo, Associate Director, FAITHS Initiative
Charlotte Lee (Political Economy of Industrial Societies, Asian Studies)
Placement: National Endowment for the Humanities; Washington, DC
Mentor: Nancy Rogers, Director, Division of Public Programs
Stanford
Azania Andrews (Urban Studies)
Placement: Social Venture Partners, Seattle, WA
Mentor: Paul Shoemaker, Executive Director
Oeindrila Dubé (Public Policy)
Placement: World Bank and Oxfam International, Washington, DC
Mentors: Jo Ritzen, Vice President Development Policy, World Bank; Phil Twyford, Advocacy Director, Oxfam International.
Antonia Welch Powell (Latin American Studies; Spanish and Portuguese)
Placement: David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Los Altos, CA
Mentors: Sarah Clark, Director, Population Program; Don Lauro, Assistant Director, Population Program
1999-2000
UC Berkeley
Anthony Solana, Jr. (Political Science and History)
Placement: Office of Los Angeles City Councilmember Nick Pacheco, Los Angeles, CA
Mentor: Lloyd Monserratt, Deputy Chief of Staff
Smriti Rana (Development Studies)
Placement: Public Citizen (Global Trade Watch), United States Students Against Sweatshops, Washington, DC
Mentor: Michelle Sforza, Research Director
Grant Harris (Political Science, Women Studies minor)
Placement: U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Washington, DC
Mentor: Robert Orr, Deputy to the US Ambassador to the United Nations
Stanford
Anupama Menon (Anthropology, Latin American Studies minor)
Placement: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Washington, DC
Mentor: Elisa Massimino, Director
Elizabeth Pianca (Urban Studies)
Placement: National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC
Mentor: Constance Beaumont, Director of State and Local Policy
Carlos Romo (Public Policy and International Relations)
Placement: The Enterprise Foundation, New York, NY
Mentor: William Frey, Senior Vice President and Director of the New York Office
1998-99
UC Berkeley
Casey Coonerty (History)
Placement: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Mentor: Ralph Smith, Vice President
Dean Kawamoto (Integrative Biology and History)
Placement: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Washington, DC
Mentor: Jimmie Powell, Staff Director
Jidan Koon (Political Science)
Placement: Safe and Sound Campaign, Baltimore, MD
Mentors: Hathaway Ferebee, Executive Director; Selwyn Ray, Community Organizing Director
Stanford
Eric Beerbohm (Political Science; Ethics in Society Honors Program; MA, Philosophy)
Placement: Kenan Ethics Program, Duke University, Durham, NC
Mentors: Elizabeth Kiss, Director, Kenan Ethics Program; Debra Satz, Director, Ethics in Society Program
Thaddeus Ferber (Youth Development Policy)
Placement: International Youth Foundation, Takoma Park, MD
Mentor: Karen Pittman, Senior Vice President
Marie Soller (Human Biology)
Placement: Montana Office of Rural Health (MOHR), Bozeman, MT
Mentors: David Young, Director MORH and Area Health Education Center; Clarann Weinert, Professor, College of Nursing, Montana State University
1997-98
UC Berkeley
Chitra Aiyar (Development Studies and Nutritional Science)
Placement: Grameen Foundation USA, Washington, DC
Mentor: Alex Counts, Executive Director
Tunua Thrash (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Placement: Greenlining Institute, San Francisco, CA
Mentor: Anthony Reese, Associate Director
Yael Warshel (Interdisciplinary Studies, Dance minor)
Placement: Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem, Israel
Mentors: Edy Kaufman, Executive Director and Senior Research Associate; Gadi Wolfsfeld, Chair, Department of Communication and Associate Professor of Political Science
Stanford
Brian Halweil (Earth Systems)
Placement: Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC
Mentor: Lester Brown, President
Felipe Merino (American Studies)
Placement: Office of the City Manager of Hawthorne, Hawthorne, CA
Mentor: Bud Cormier, City Manager and Professor of Political Science, University of Southern California
Keiko Suda (Biological Sciences)
Placement: The Common Enterprise, San Antonio, TX
Mentor: Juan Sepulveda, Executive Director
1996-97
UC Berkeley
Sonja Mackenzie (Interdisciplinary Studies (Illness, Culture and Social Change))
Placement: AIDS Legal Referral Panel, San Francisco, CA
Mentor: Eileen Hansen, Public Policy Director
Corina Monzón (Political Economy of Industrial Societies)
Placement: Legislative Analyst’s Office, Sacramento, CA
Mentor: Marianne O’Malley, Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst
Christopher Soares (Political Science and Economics)
Placement: Economics Department, Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Mentor: Rob Shapiro, Vice President
Stanford
Solomon Greene (Anthropology and Social Sciences)
Placement: San Francisco Mayor’s Office on Housing, San Francisco, CA
Mentor: Marcia Rosen, Director
Nicole Vazquez (English and Political Science)
Placement: Los Angeles Unified School District Board, Los Angeles, CA
Mentor: Vicki Castro, Board Member
