PAST YOUNG LEADERS
2010 Participants
Brian Castro
Senior Counsel
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Wesley Eberle
Vice President
O'Neill & Associates
Elizabeth Hearn
Advisor on European and Western Hemisphere Affairs
Department of Treasury
Erik Leklem
Senior Strategy Advisor
Department of State
Damian Merlo
VP External Relations
International Oil Trading Company (IOTC)
Steve Mirmina
Senior Attorney
NASA
Daniel Pedrotty
Director of Office of Investment
AFL-CIO
Jacki Schechner
National Communications Director
Healthcare for America Now
J.V. Schwan
Manager for International and Federal Affairs
Baxter International
Mark Vlasic
Partner
Ward & Ward LLC
2009 Participants
Jarrett T. Barrios
President
Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts
Toby Chaudhuri
Communications Director
Campaign for America's Future
Christopher Howard
President
Hampden - Sydney College
Wake Margo
Team Leader, International Business Development
Raytheon
Tom Matzzie
President
Gladius Strategy LLC
Tracy McKibben
Managing Director, Enviromental Banking Strategy
CitiGroup
Jose Ochoa
Director of MPP Admissions
Princeton University
Bennett Ruiz
Executive Director, Global Segment Marketing
AT&T
Melissa Shuffield
Press Secretary
John McCain for President
Nicole Spencer
Director of Energy Policy
Council of the Americas
2008 Participants
Travis Adkins
Regional Program Manager for Anglophone East & West Africa
AFRICARE
Amy E. Barss
Manager
International Visitor Training Program
World Affairs Council of Oregon
Mary T.H. Brazier
Foreign Affairs Specialist
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Under Secretary for Policy, Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict/Integrated Capabilities, Stability Operations Capabilities
Eric P. Farnsworth
Vice President of the Council of the Americas
Washington DC.
Michael D. Foulkes
Sr. Manager
State and Local Government Affairs
Apple Inc.
Christian Gomez
Program Assistant
Democratic Governance
Inter-American Dialogue
Washington DC
Joseph K. Hurd
Vice President,
Business Development
VideoEgg, Inc.
Leah Esther Klass
Director of Trade & Investment, South America and the Caribbean
Office of Economic Development and International Trade
State of Colorado.
Lisa Marie Lopez Tiru
Senior Policy Analyst
Office of Policy and Strategy
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Paul Piquado
Executive Director
Office of Trade Policy
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2007 Participants
Joanne Flores
Director of Core Programs
Smithsonian Latino Center
Hubert Riley
Partner
Capitol Advocacy
Jennifer Clinger
Project Finance Director
Virginia Department of Rail & Public Transportation
Cortney Dell
Foreign Service Officer
Europe Section Head
Bureau of Democracy
Human Rights and Labor
U.S. Department of State
Alexandria Dery
Director of Communications
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Cuong Huynh
Presidential Management Fellow/Program Analyst
NASA
Jesse Manzano-Plaza
Director
Mayor’s International Council Board
City of Miami
David Pryor
Senior Director for Federal and Government Affairs
FEDEX
Thea Richard
Program Manager
International Institute
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Aaron Rose
President
Rose Consulting
2006 Participants
Luis E. Baco, Esq.
Chief of Staff
Honorable Luis G. Fortuno
Member of Congress (Puerto Rico)
U.S. House of Representatives
Jeffrey Boyd
Vice President – Business Development
Latin America / Caribbean
TIV
Cesar A. Collantes
Management Analyst
Human Resources Management
Personnel Services Division
Corporate Recruitment
Federal Aviation Administration
Lillian deValcourt-Ayala
Staff Assistant
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Laura Isabel Trejo
Senior Attorney – Advisor
Office of International Law
U.S. Department of Transportation
Carlos Iturregui
Chief
Office of Policy and Strategy
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Susan J. Nathan
Cleary Gottleib Steen & Hamilton LLP
Eric Olafson, Esq.
Federal Affairs Coordinator
Miami-Dade County
Board of County Commissioners
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Maria Rendon, PhD
Deputy Director
U.S. Agency for International Development
Susan M. Silverman
Assistant Director
Center for Human Rights & Public Policy
B’nai B’rith International
CLASS OF 2011
David C. Vasquez
Vice President of Institutional Sales, G&A Partners
Monica Portes Reed
Vice President of Shared Services, Medco Pharmacy
Alan Neely
Senior Brand Manager, Diet Coke, The Coca Cola Company
Jeanne S. Rangel
Senior Ceremonials Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Adam Luna
Political Director, America’s Voice
Kenia Seoane Lopez
Bilingual Attorney Negotiator, District of Columbia Superior Court Domestic Violence Unit
Guillermo A. Meneses
Director of Communications and Government Relations, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA
Levana Layendecker
Communications Director, Democracy for America
Gabriela Ferrari
Global Transitions Manager, Nike Global Center of Excellence
Robert Aguilar
Chief Operating Officer, Cabrera Capital Markets
Paul Fleming
Climate and Sustainability Group Manager, Seattle Public Utilities