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Alumni Update:

After six transformative years at One Acre Fund, Allie has transitioned to human capital consulting at Ernst & Young. She’s gaining experiences at a wide variety of companies and is learning a lot about leading human resource practices. When not on the road with clients, she is based in Brooklyn.

Fellow Bio:

Allie (Northwestern ’10) is a Social Policy and Gender Studies major from Martinsville, NJ. At Northwestern, she co-directed the Global Engagement Summit, a capacity- building conference for young change-makers from around the world. She has completed a community development project in Gulu, Uganda and researched public housing in Muscat, Oman. Allie has worked at the Clinton Global Initiative University and World Relief. Allie is thrilled to be working in Ethiopia next year and looks forward to learning how to cook Ethiopian food and getting to know the other fellows.

Riley is from Roxbury, Connecticut, and graduated with a degree in Anthropology from Davidson College. She has a strong interest in international studies and has spent significant time studying abroad in Spain, Nepal, and Tanzania. Her studies focused on the Spanish language, the Tibetan education system in exile, and on conflict resolution and international development in Africa. While at Davidson she was a fellow in the Chidsey Leadership Development Program, a member of the Women’s Leadership Committee, and served as a tutor to first and second grade students at an after-school program. Over the summer she worked at the International Institute of Los Angeles in the Child Development Division to help provide free childcare to immigrants, refugees, and families of low socioeconomic status. Riley is looking forward to exploring the Botswana culture through the local community and learning from the students.

Fellow Bio:

Michael Broache graduated from Princeton in 2006 and went on to complete a one-year master’s program in international relations at Cambridge. At Princeton, Michael majored in the Woodrow Wilson School and wrote his thesis on police reform in Afghanistan. His master’s thesis explores why developing countries provide troops to UN peacekeeping operations. At Princeton, Michael rowed lightweight crew, was a member of the Opinion Board for The Prince, and was the alumni relations chairman at Cloister. At Cambridge he spent most of his free time at the river, either rowing or coaching. Michael will be headed to Kibondo, Tanzania, in August to start his fellowship with the International Rescue Committee.

Hailing from NYC, Alexandra has a B.A. Honors in International Relations from Stanford University, where she consolidated her regional specialization and quantitative/qualitative research training through an M.A. in African Studies with a concentration in political economy and security. While abroad, Alexandra studied conflict resolution and post-conflict development economics through programs at University of Oxford and Hebrew University. Outside of the classroom, Alexandra conducted research in West Africa for her B.A. Honors Thesis, Measuring government reform progress in post-conflict states: A comparative case study of Sierra Leone and Liberia. Alexandra has also pursued her interest in topics such as poverty eradication, gender-based violence, infectious diseases, food security, and political accountability across sub-Saharan Africa through work as a Stanford research assistant; RTI International research intern; USAID policy intern; Stanford in Government International Fellow at Ghana’s Center for Democratic Development; and Stanford Graduate Teaching Assistant for Global HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. She looks forward to working for IRC, learning Swahili, horse riding, and exploring Kenya. Following the fellowship, she plans to work in social impact investing in the developing world, and eventually return to school to pursue an MBA/Ph.D.

Fellow Bio:

Avery (Stanford ’11) is an International Relations major and Economics minor from Minneapolis, MN.  At Stanford, she was co-president of the Stanford Association for International Development (SAID) and involved with FACE AIDS.  She studied abroad in Paris and worked with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) in D.C.  Avery also spent two summers in Africa volunteering in a Maasai village in Tanzania and interning with Idasa- An African Democracy Institute in South Africa.  In Benin next year, Avery is excited to explore West Africa, learn about the Kingdom of Dahomey and meet new people.

Jennifer Bryan, originally from Honolulu, HI, graduated from The George Washington University in 2018 with a B.A. in International Affairs and a concentration in International Development. She speaks fluent French and conversational Arabic, and is passionate about financial markets, regulations, and the role they play in the development of Sub-Saharan Africa. During her time at George Washington, Jennifer studied abroad in Dakar, Senegal and worked at the Global Research and Advocacy Group (GRAG), where she participated in research and field studies in rural Senegal on female genital mutilation. Jennifer also studied abroad in Kigali, Rwanda where she analyzed economic development in post-conflict society. Her passions for business and development lead her to join the World Bank as a Consultant for the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project, where she conducted research and assisted in Livestock data collection from 82 countries. After graduation, Jennifer joined Deutsche Bank as a Regulation, Compliance, and Anti-Financial Crime Analyst where she studies regulatory trends, and advises business lines on best practices and risk management. She believes in giving back to communities through public service, and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. At George Washington, Jennifer volunteered with the Smithsonian National Museum for Natural History, and the African Union. Jennifer aspires to increase her experience in Sub-Saharan African development, in order to use business, finance, and social inclusion to promote sustainable and equitable opportunities in Africa.

Alumni Update:

Erin is an ecologist at the US Geological Survey based in Colorado. She conducts research addressing conservation and management challenges in the American west, ranging from wildfires to wildlife connectivity.

Fellow Bio:

Erin (Princeton ‘11) is an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major from Rosalia, Washington. While at Princeton, she played on the women’s club basketball team, was a leader for the freshmen pre-orientation community action program with the Student Volunteers Council, and was a member of 2-Dickinson Co-op. A defining experience of her time at Princeton was studying abroad in Kenya with the EEB department her junior spring and then conducting her thesis research there during the summer. This led to her pursuit of an African Studies certificate. She looks forward to working in Livingstone and seeing Victoria Falls next year as a fellow with African Impact.