Class of 2021 First-Year Fellows, Placement Organizations & Mentors

• Rik Abels, American Petroleum Institute with mentor Rick Ranger ’74
• Olivia Brody-Bizar, National Science Foundation with mentor Lisa-Joy Zgorski
• Eileen Brady, American Wind Energy Association with mentor Tom Kiernan ’81
• Jared Cape, Office of U.S. Congresswoman Anne McLane Kuster ’78
• Walter (Wally Joe) Cook, Voice of America with mentor John Lippman ’71   
•  Junyang (Bill) Cui, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with mentor Jay Matson ’91
• Bruna Decerega, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants with mentor Jeff Kelley ’69
• Maggie Flaherty, League of Conservation Voters (LCV) with mentor Tiernan Sittenfeld ’96   
• Yujing (Amy) Hu, Brookings Institution with mentor Aaron Klein ’98    
• Caterina Hyneman, Project on Government Oversight (POGO) with mentor Dani Downing ’99
• Stephen (Stevie) Karol, World Resources Institute with mentor Sofia Faruqi ’07
• Jolie Kemp, Truman National Security Project with mentor Michael Breen ’02  
• Justin Kramer, National Disability Institute with mentor Michael Morris P’08 & ’14   
• Jessica McDermott, Congressional Research Service with mentor Mary Beth Nikitin ’96 
• Max Mickenberg, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget with mentor Cathy Solomon ’81
• Emily Minsky, Office of U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz with mentor Kendra Isaacson ’99
• Michael Morck II, Office of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ’88 
•  Michael Nachman, District of Columbia Superior Court with mentor Jennifer Chandler ’82 
• Levi Roseman, U.S. Department of Education with mentor Lauren Kennedy ’02  
• Madeleine (Maddie) Sach, Office of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ’88   
• Zoe Schwartzman, District of Columbia Superior Court with mentor Judge John M. Mott ’81  
• Sarah Solomon, Congressional Research Service with mentor Elizabeth Rybicki ’96 
• Harish Tekriwal, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with mentor Nancy Bowler ’82
• Valerie Truong, Smithsonian Institution with mentor Ed Rynne ’77   
• Alice Zhang, Department of Energy with mentor Sarah Lennon ’90