Bronte Kass is a first-year student in the Master of Science in Foreign Service program with a concentration in International Development. Prior to Georgetown, Bronte worked as a Program Manager for U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. She previously interned with the United Nations Development Programme in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she assisted with the implementation of democratic governance initiatives to strengthen policy development, capacity building, and public service delivery. She has also interned at MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and undertaken fieldwork with Saha Global to promote female entrepreneurship and implement sustainable water treatment businesses in northern Ghana. Bronte has a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Economics and a minor in Managing for Social Impact from Boston College. Her hometown is Los Gatos, California.

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