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Alumni Interactions
The Institute honored two alumni with its Alumni Achievement award this year:
• David Puth, the Founder of Eriska Group and the former Managing Director and Head
of Global Currency and Commodities for JP Morgan Chase. He is also a Board Member
and Senior Advisor for JHWhitney Investment Management and a Board Member of the
Robin Hood Foundation. David serves on the IGL’s External Advisory Board and gave the
Boryana Damyanova Corporate Social Responsibility Lecture on the Global Governance
and Multinational Corporations: Changing Roles and Responsibilities” panel at the EPIIC
symposium.
• Jennifer Selendy (EPIIC’90), a partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis
LLP and the recipient of the 2006 Kirkland & Ellis Pro Bono Service Award. She has
substantial litigation and arbitration experience and her practice involves all aspects
of trial and appellate practice in a wide variety of substantive areas including,
securities and shareholder litigation, complex commercial contracts, employment,
environmental/mass tort, intellectual property, defamation, trade secrets, and
capital markets disputes. She gave a lecture to the campus on “The Politicization of
Law.”
In the Spring 2007 International Relations Newsletter, Karina Weinstein wrote about the impact that EPIIC had on her plans
after graduation: “I first became introduced to Tufts University through my high school, which participated in the Institute for
Global Leadership’s Inquiry program. For two years in a row, Inquiry brought me to the Tufts campus to discuss world affairs
with other high school students. Inspired by the articulate EPIIC students who facilitated our discussions – and aware of the
University’s strong International Relations Program – I knew Tufts was the right place for me….Beyond International Relations,
two other involvements at Tufts contributed immensely to my professional and personal growth: EPIIC and the Ex College. I
enrolled in EPIIC as a freshman and was challenged to tackle the issue of global crime, corruption, and accountability….The
directors dared their students to examine the world from a critical perspective and to be creative in finding solutions. The
lessons I learned in EPIIC have stayed with me for many years and I constantly think back to the daunting task of organizing
the symposium. Besides gaining confidence and critical thinking skills, I became exposed to many international leaders and
activists who came to speak to the class. EPIIC, too, played a large role in shaping my work in Chile after graduation…After
graduation from Tufts, I received the Samuel Huntington Award to create the Esperanza Cultural Center in Santiago, Chile. I
spent one year working closely with community leaders and local grassroots organizations to create a safe space for children
and youth. The year I spent in Chile allowed to put in practice what I had learned at Tufts. After returning to the United States,
I started the Esperanza Scholarship Fund which helps exceptional impoverished children attend private schools…I am currently
pursuing a Masters in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. My passion is to eradicate urban poverty and create
educational opportunities for children living in slums.”
Publications
The most recent edition of the New England Journal of Public Policy, edited by Padraig O’Malley, feature many of the
presentations from EPIIC’s 20 th Anniversary symposium on Oil and Water. The journal is a publication of the John W.
McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Massachusetts/Boston.
This year, the Institute also produced its first calendar, featuring the photography of its students and alumni from Afghanistan,
Argentina, Burma/Myanmar, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, and the United States. From
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