Shannon Patty

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: FEWS NET, Washington, DC Shannon continued her field research by developing an analysis approach for humanitarian assistance within the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) framework in preparation for a global FEWS NET training session. The initial … Read more

Megann Mielke

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Winrock International, Arlington, VA For her Policy Year Megann continued to support SolutionMUS​, Winrock International’s global initiative to scale-up the adoption of Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS). As a technical advisor, she worked on the development of a standard system for planning, monitoring … Read more

Mathias Pollock

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Mercy Corps, Washington, DC  As a Food Security Technical Adviser, Mathias divided his time between the Technical Support Unit for Health, Nutrition and Food Systems programming and the Policy and Advocacy team at Mercy Corps. … Read more

Hunter Michelsen

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Concern Worldwide, Dublin, Ireland For his policy year Hunter worked in Concern Worldwide’s headquarters as a Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Policy Analyst. He worked with the Steering Committee of the Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance … Read more

Elizabeth Kiewisch

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: World Cocoa Foundation, Washington, DC Building on her field experience, Elizabeth continued to work with WCF to integrate gender perspectives into WCF’s new CocoaAction strategy, an innovative platform that brings cocoa industry members together to … Read more

Dessa Shuckerow

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: World Food Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia As the Nutrition Program Officer in the WFP Country Office in Phnom Penh, Dessa managed the daily operations of the Nutrition Unit. The programs under her supervision included: developing a … Read more

Claire Clugston

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: ACDI/VOCA, Washington, DC For her policy year, Claire worked as a Gender Specialist in the Technical Learning and Application unit of ACDI/VOCA. In this role, she provided gender support to ACDI/VOCA’s projects and programs. These … Read more