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Practitioners in Residence

The Practitioners in Residence initiative promotes interactions between MSFS students and leading practitioners in international affairs in order to advance students’ professional development. Every year, leading professionals in global affairs are selected to be MSFS Practitioners in Residence. These Practitioners mentor students and offer career guidance and advice through activities such as skills clinics, seminars, and career sessions.

As recognized experts in fields representing at least one of MSFS’s four academic concentrations (Global Politics and Security, Global Business and Finance, International Development, and Science, Technology, and International Affairs). Practitioners may also serve as guest lecturers in MSFS classes or as examiners for the spring MSFS final oral examinations.

Practitioners are expected to hold a graduate degree and possess a distinguished record of professional achievement and/or exceptional community service. Each spring, members of the MSFS Curriculum Committee nominate potential Practitioner candidates who, if selected, serve a one-year term from the start of the following fall semester.

The Practitioners in Residence initiative furthers MSFS’s stated mission to prepare women and men to be creative leaders in the public, private, and non-profit sectors of international affairs. By connecting with mentors in leading roles across the sphere of international affairs, our students will gain a deeper understanding of the various contexts of contemporary international relations.

2022-23 Academic Year Practitioners

  • Joe Gartin

    Former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council

  • Photo of Senator Hussain Sayed
    Mushahid Hussain Sayed

    Senator; Chairman, Senate Defence Committee (Pakistan)

  • Headshot of Kathryn Lavelle
    Kathryn Lavelle

    Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs, Case Western Reserve University

  • Headshot of Ambassador Deborah McCarthy
    Deborah McCarthy

    Visiting Senior Fellow, Finnish Institute for International Affairs; former US Ambassador to Lithuania

  • Headshot of Claudia Escobar
    Claudia Escobar Mejía

    Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Schar School of Policy, George Mason University; Guatemalan lawyer

2021-22 Academic Year Practitioners

  • Headshot of Nadia Schadlow
    Nadia Schadlow

    Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute. Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy

  • Jorge Dajani

    Chief Ethics Officer, World Bank

  • Vera Songwe

    Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

  • Joe Gartin

    Former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council

2020-21 Academic Year Practitioners

  • Headshot of Hafez Ghanam. Man with glasses in a dark grey suit smiling.
    Hafez Ghanem

    Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank

  • Headshot of Farieha Aziz, woman with straight black hair and a white sweater smiling.
    Farieha Aziz

    Co-Founder, Bolo Bhi

  • Headshot of Melika Carroll, Woman with blonde wavy hair smiling in a red suit.
    Mèlika Carroll

    Vice President, Public Affairs, Sonder

  • Headshot of David Weiss. Smiling man with gray hair in a plaid suit.
    David A. Weiss

    Chief Executive Officer, Global Communities

2019-20 Academic Year Practitioners

  • Elise Labott
    Elise Labott

    Global Affairs Journalist

  • Abel Lee
    Abel Lee

    Head of Financial Services Industry Partner Engagement, World Economic Forum

  • Elizabeth Phu
    Elizabeth Phu

    Office of the Secretary of Defense Chair and Assistant Professor

  • Uzra Zeya

    CEO and President, Alliance for Peacebuilding

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