Julie Savane

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Oxfam America, Dakar, Senegal Julie Savane served as a Food Security Policy Advisor at Oxfam America in Dakar, Senegal.  Working on Oxfam’s GROW! campaign, a global effort to establish food justice, she tracked the implementation … Read more

Alissa Pries

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Helen Keller International, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Alissa Pries worked with HKI on the evaluation of the homestead food production program (HFP) in Cambodia. She led operations research to identify the influence of gender relations on … Read more

Amy Ostrander

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Save the Children, Dhaka, Bangladesh Amy worked with Save the Children International on a large-scale nutrition, livelihoods and disaster risk reduction program in rural Bangladesh. As the Research and Evaluation Fellow, Amy was in charge … Read more

Laura Ostenso

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: World Cocoa Foundation, Accra, Ghana Laura Ostenso worked with the World Cocoa Foundation on its signature youth education and livelihoods development project, Empowering Cocoa Households with Opportunities and Education Solutions (ECHOES). ECHOES works in Ghana … Read more

Rachelle C. Olden

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: World Vision International, San Salvador, El Salvador With the Latin American & Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) of World Vision International, Rachelle worked primarily on the adaptation and implementation of Citizen Voice Action (CVA), a global … Read more

Lucy Myles Billings

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: International Food Policy Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda Lucy Billings provided research support to IFPRI programs and projects based in Uganda. She worked primarily with the Uganda Strategy Support Program (USSP), which partners with the Uganda … Read more

Shanti Kleiman

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Jijiga, Ethiopia Shanti Kleiman spent her field year with Mercy Corps, an international aid organization founded in 1979 that works to create opportunity in transitional environments affected by complex crises. Shanti worked on the … Read more

Jacob Johnson

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Action Aid, Kigali, Rwanda Jacob Johnson worked with ActionAid in Rwanda, where his primary responsibility was to coordinate a public financing for agriculture project aimed at training and strengthening the capacity of women’s and farmers’ … Read more

Lindsey Horton

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: World Food Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Lindsey Horton worked with WFP Cambodia’s Monitoring and Evaluation and Programmatic Teams. She was involved in the planning, implementation and monitoring of WFP’s Maternal and Child Health, Food for … Read more

Maryse Holly

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Meds and Food for Kids, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti Maryse Holly worked with MFK in Cap Haitien, Haiti. In her capacity as Program Development Officer, Maryse supported a number of MFK initiatives, including: development of a school snack … Read more

Christine Hadekel

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Concern Worldwide, Lusaka, Zambia Christine Hadekel worked with Concern Worldwide in Zambia as a Nutrition Officer for the Realigning Agriculture to Improve Nutrition (RAIN) project. The RAIN project aims to reduce child stunting through agricultural … Read more

Luis Cabrera

6th Class, 2011-2013. Field Placement: World Food Program, Guatemala City, Guatemala Luis worked with WFP Guatemala to develop a food security project in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala. The project aimed to strengthen food security by adapting and responding to … Read more