Oleg Tofilat ’14 E.M.P.A.
is an advisor to the Republic of Moldova�s prime minister. Tofilat�s focus as advisor is centered on transportation and infrastructure.
Oloruntobi Dare ’18 B.A. (IR)
completed the master of public health degree in global health program design, monitoring and evaluation at George Washington University in May 2020. Dare currently serves as a COVID-19 case investigator for Ajilon.
Rebecca Maifeld ’16 B.A. (IR)
is a program operations specialist at the United States Agency for Interna-tional Development (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance in the Africa Division in Washington, D.C. She previously worked as an emergency personnel and operations specialist for USAID�s Office of Food for Peace as the personnel unit lead.
Sabithulla Khan ’11 M.P.A./
authored Islamic Educa-tion in the United States and the Evolution of Muslim Nonprofi t Institutions (Edward Elgar Pub), earning the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize awarded by the Association for Research on Nonprofi t Organizations and Voluntary Action. Khan is a program director and assistant professor at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Sarah Davis ’16 M.P.A.
is executive director for the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency in Seneca County, N.Y. She previously served as a program coordinator for CenterState CEO.
Sophie Katz ’19 B.A. (PSt)
is clinical excellence and innovation coordinator at the Community Health Care Association in New York City. When the pandemic hit, Katz pivoted to a role that directly supported New York State�s COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts at the community level, mainly the planning, logistics and distribution of vaccines.
Victoria Savage Kreiger ’15 B.A. (IR/PSt)
is vice president at Goldman Sachs Prime Brokerage. She previously worked as a due diligence analyst at Stroz Friedberg in New York City.
Virginia Giannini ’16 B.A. (IR)
passed the New York State Bar exam after completing a juris doctor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. She is now providing legal advice to immigrants at the New York City Immigration Court.
Youssef El Ayachi ’16 / ’19 M.P.A.
is chief executive officer for Africa Bright Asset Management in Douala, Cameroon. El Ayachi was previously a board member for the firm and was adjunct professor at Emlyon Business School in France from June 2018 to August 2020.
Sayed Zaman Hasemi ’10 E.M.P.A.
is chief executive offi cer at Afghani-stan Chamber of Commerce and Investment. He previously served as general director for the legal depart-ment for the Ministry of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Ashley Denney ’20 B.A. (IR)
is serving in the AmeriCorps Volun-teers in Service to America program in the New York City Department of Education. She focuses on education for children�s afterschool programs and coordinates partnerships with donors to sponsor grant programs.
Ashlee Newman ’15 B.A. (PSt/PSc)
is an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York City. Newman earned a juris doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in Wash-ington, D.C.
Andres Laguna Martino ’18 B.A. (IR)
completed a master�s degree in political and corporate communica-tions at the University of Navarra in Spain. Laguna Martino designed a one-year communication strategy for the Citizens Party of Spain.
Alexandra Curtis ’14 B.A. (PSc)
is a second lieutenant in public affairs for Rhode Island�s National Guard. Curtis previously interned for two congressional offices in Rhode Island and Florida and was named Miss Rhode Island in 2015.
Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti ’19 B.A. (Econ/PSt/PPhil)
is special advisor for the United Nations.
Raymond Went ’99 B.A. (PSt)
is an attorney at Nehmad Perillo and Goldstein, P.C. Went previously served as president of the Atlantic County Bar Association from 2019-20.
Lynda Barrow ’94 M.A. (PSc)/ ’98 Ph.D. (PSc)
authored Religion & Politics on the World Stage: An IR Approach (Lynne Rienner Publishers), analyzing the junction of religion and world politics. To understand the world around us, Barrow explains, we must fi rst understand how reli-gious ideologies shape our politics.
Alok Srivastava ’08 M.P.A.
is principal secretary to the state government of Punjab, India. He previously served as permanent representative of India for the Inter-national Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, Canada.
Timothy Rudd ’04 B.A. (PSc)/ ’07 M.P.A.
was appointed by Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh as director to lead the city�s Offi ce of Management and Budget. There, Rudd will serve a vital role in planning for the city budget and its six-year capital improvement plan.
Norma Riccucci ’84 Ph.D. (PA)
is a Board of Governors Distin-guished Professor at Rutgers Univer-sity in Newark, N.J. In 2020, she earned the William Duncombe Excellence in Doctoral Education Award for her work advising doctoral students at Rutgers. In 2021, the Midwest Political Science Associa-tion named Riccucci recipient of the Herbert Simon Award for her contri-bution to the scientific study of bureaucracy.