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SIPAnewsw i n t e r 2 0 0 1 / V O L U M E X I v N O . 11From the DeanRenovations and Restructuring: A New Design for SIPA2Faculty ForumSeth Weissman Gives a Brief History of Debt Relief3Alumni ForumMatthew H. Murray Reports on Making an Honest Profit in Russia4Faculty ProfileInternational Conflict Resolution Program Thrives under Andrea Bartoli5Alumni ProfileMarie Charles: A Chance to Make a Difference6Ties That Bind: SIPA’s Connection to the United Nations8High-Profile Speaker Season at SIPA12SIPA’s New Energy Center17A New Improved SIPA Building18SIPA Author Series13 MIA Program News14 MPA Program News16 Faculty News18 Class Notes24 Development News

From the Dean:Lisa AndersonRenovations and Restructuring:A New Design for SIPAThe fall of 2000 was a busytime at the School ofInternational and PublicAffairs. We inauguratedthe new Center forEnergy, Marine Transportationand Public Policy with aconference on the energy issues facingthe new Administration. We also celebratedour newly refurbished fourthfloor classrooms, including two stateof-the-artelectronic classrooms, with areception at which we thanked PatriciaCloherty ‘68, for the gift that madethem possible. Advisory Board ChairMichael Hoffman ‘73, was also recognizedfor the gift that permitted us torefurbish the Stetten Lounge.Later in the fall, we held a receptionat which the donors of fellowshipswere introduced to the fellowshiprecipients. This event has grown largereach year I have been dean, and it is adelight to see how much the studentsand alumni donors are a source ofinspiration to each other. Finally,former dean Harvey Picker spent aday with the students in the ExecutiveMPA program as we showcased thenew office suite and seminar roomof the Picker Center for ExecutiveEducation.It is not only the physical plant andcurriculum which are being renovatedand redesigned; we are also reorganizingthe School’s administration. In mid-October, Columbia’s Executive ViceProvost (and member of the MPAfaculty), Michael Crow proposed thatSIPA collaborate with the University’sEarth Institute to develop an innovativeset of new executive and professionaldegree programs in earth systems,science and public policy. This program,which will be housed at the PickerCenter and based partly at the EarthInstitute’s Biosphere in Arizona,marks a major University initiative incrafting new, interdisciplinary andpolicy-focused research and trainingplatforms, designed to take advantageof new distance-learning technologiesas well as Columbia’s traditionalstrengths in scientific research andpublic policy. Vice Dean StevenCohen’s expertise in environmentalpolicy and his demonstrated capabilityas a program designer and managermade him the obvious choice to leadthis new initiative; he will take up thedesign work on this program at thebeginning of the year.Although Dean Cohen willcontinue to be associated with SIPAas director of the Executive MPAprogram at the Picker Center, hisdeparture from the central Schooladministration has occasioned a majorrestructuring of our administrativeoperation. Rather than recruit anothervice dean, we will be enhancing therole of the School’s faculty in itsadministration. Faculty program directors,Professor Dan O’Flaherty (MPA)and Professor Mark von Hagen (MIA),will be joined by a third faculty memberwho will serve as associate dean ofthe faculty. Professors O’Flaherty andvon Hagen as well as Assistant DeansNancy Degnan and Barbara Gombachhave been working with enormouscare and thoughtfulness on the designof this new arrangement, and I amvery grateful to them for both theirdedication and their insight.We are also planning for the dayat the end of June when AssociateDean Joan Turner fulfills her threat toretire. Like Steve Cohen, Joan Turnerhas been a fixture at SIPA for decades;we do not expect to find anyone whocan do her job as it is currently configured.We are therefore redesigning theadministration of the School’s budget,human resources and allied operationsin the expectation that we will draw onseveral individuals to accomplish thesetasks. Obviously it is difficult to contemplateday-to-day life on the fourteenthfloor of the International AffairsBuilding without the good humor, notto say hard work, of Steve Cohen andJoan Turner, whose combined careersat the School add up to nearly fortyyears. I am pleased to report, however,that in part because they have donetheir jobs with such care and dedication,there are waiting in the wings a numberof very talented people who will takeup their responsibilities in the newlyconfigured School administration.Just as heartening have been theexpressions of care and concern aboutthe School, its programs and its peoplethat I have received over the last fewmonths from the faculty and, particularly,from the alumni. Obviously, werely on our alumni to provide financialsupport, both through the AnnualFund and through endowments.Indeed, were it not for generousalumni, we would not have had somany festive occasions this fall. Yet,the generosity of our community isexpressed in time and care as well asmoney and many alumni give amply oftheir time and energy for the School.Alumni involvement is no small part ofwhat makes my job so gratifying, sokeep those cards and letters coming!S I P A n e w s1

A Brief History of Debt Relief:From Y0K to Y2K and BeyondFaculty Forum: Seth Weissmaninjunction, advocated in Deuteronomy15:1, which admonishes lenders that“every seventh year you shall practiceremission of debts.” The Bible is neitherthe first nor only ancient legal systemto include a systematic program ofdebt forgiveness. The HammurabiCode provides for the practice ofandurarum (liberty from debt), andcontracts uncovered from ancientMesopotamia contain clauses wherebythe borrower waived any right toadvantage from a royal proclamationof debt forgiveness. The reforms ofSolon in Athens during the 6th centuryBC provided for the cancellationTo the profound relief of of overly burdensome debt as well.many an observer, theReducing poverty is an integralWest’s end-of-the-millenniumobsession to look HIPC applicants must submit apart of the current debt relief agenda.back at the past 100 years “Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper,”has irretrievably faded. outlining how the savings from debtYet one interesting idea did emergefrom the collective fixation: the hopethat the year 2000 might become a“Jubilee year” of debt relief for heavilyindebted poor countries (HIPCs).In 1996, when the Jubilee 2000campaign was launched, both therelief will be used to alleviate poverty.However, one can ask whether providingthe governments of HIPCs withdebt relief is the most effective meanof alleviating the crushing burden ofpoverty on the individual level.Ancient policymakers encountereda moral hazard problem whenThe legitimate intellectual inheritor of the ancient tradition of implementing debt relief—the knowledgeof possible debt forgivenessdebt forgiveness can be found in the recent explosion of microencouraged borrowers to rely on thisand accumulate unsustainable debtlevels. And perversely, the ancient debtfinance enterprises, which also function on the individual level.relief programs often harmed the verypoor as fears of debt relief dissuadedWorld Bank and the IMF identified 41poor countries with unsustainable debtlevels. Four years later, on November 6,President Clinton signed legislationproviding $435 million for debt relieffor the HIPC, and the IMF is currentlyproceeding with plans to sellsome of its gold reserves to financefurther relief.Let us examine the historicalmotivation for debt relief. The originaldebt forgiveness program is a Biblicalpotential lenders from issuing loans.This was not always as much of aproblem as one might anticipate. Thehistorical and archaeological recordindicates that debt forgiveness was successfullypracticed in Roman Palestineevery seven years from approximatelythe 5th century BC through the firstcentury AD. Only in the early years offirst century AD did lender anxietiesregarding debt forgiveness dry up thesupply of loanable funds; we can labelthis the “Y0K problem.” The proximatecause of the collapse was a period ofpopulation growth and urbanizationthat exacerbated the moral hazardproblem by making it more costly forlenders to monitor borrowers. Thefinancial crisis ultimately forced Hillelthe Elder, a judge in Jerusalem, toeffectively repeal the Sabbatical debtforgiveness law in order to stabilizecredit markets.The legitimate intellectual inheritorof the ancient tradition of debt forgivenesscan be found in the recentexplosion of micro finance enterprises,which also function on the individuallevel. Micro finance loan agreementsare designed to address the vulnerabilityof loan forgiveness to informationconcerns such as moral hazard. TheGrameen Bank, for example, issuesgroup loans. The logic behind thissystem is that a borrower’s reputationwithin his or her group functions as aform of “social collateral” and replacesthe traditional asset-based collateralused in banking. Other micro financeorganizations use face-to-face contactbetween lenders and borrowers coupledwith the threat of loss of access tofuture loans to encourage repayment.Finally, like in micro finance, theancient laws of debt forgiveness succeededwhen applied within the socialcontext of small, stable populations.Because urbanization and populationmobility provided borrowers with adegree of anonymity, these socialforces undermined a four-century oldpractice of debt forgiveness.Applying the model of debt reliefto the governments of the HIPCs tofight poverty raises important moralhazard questions. For example, considertwo HIPC borrowers. The firstmisuses the borrowed funds to buyweapons to finance a devastatingCONTINUED ON PAGE 11

Alumni Forum: Matthew H. MurrayMaking an Honest Profitin RussiaIhave been immersed in Russianaffairs since 1979, first as aresearcher on arms control inWashington think tanks, then asa legislative assistant for nationalsecurity issues to SenatorEdward Kennedy and, since graduatingfrom SIPA in 1988, as an attorney andentrepreneur living in Russia. In 1991,I founded Sovereign Ventures, Inc.,a U.S. managing consulting firm thatspecializes in conflict resolution, incubationof small businesses and providingrule-of-law development services in theRussian Federation. It has offices inSt. Petersburg and Washington, D.C.I developed my interest in Russiawhile studying under Dr. Robert Legvold,both as a graduate student at SIPAin the eighties and an undergraduateat Tufts University in the seventies.Legvold helped students penetratethe opaque world of Soviet thought,and challenged us to think in the subjectiveframework of Russian decisionmakersdespite the misperceptions ofthe Cold War.Two years ago, I had the rareopportunity to meet with ProfessorLegvold in St. Petersburg. Over dinner,Professor Legvold asked me, “Howmany Americans are doing what youare doing in Russia?” “Several hundred,”I responded. His rejoinder,“No, how many Americans do whatyou do every day?” made me pause.“Fifty?” Professor Legvold, using hisSocratic method, helped me recognizethat Sovereign Ventures had a uniqueniche in Russia.Sovereign’s corporate mission isto help build businesses on the foundationof the rule of law, resulting intransparent and ethical operations thatmaximize efficiency. It works closelywith Russian federal and local governmentofficials. In September 1998, theEurasia Foundation awarded Sovereigna grant to establish a model “Code ofBusiness Conduct,” i.e. a private-sectorinitiative promoting business ethics forthe Russian operating environment.Sovereign specializes in the followingareas:(i) Conflict Resolution: One ofSovereign’s unique services is to provideconflict resolution and mediationto foreign and Russian partners whobecome engaged in investment disputes.Sovereign’s role is to articulate thepositions of both parties and to find acommon language. At the same time,Sovereign installs business systemsdesigned to induce transparency andbring to light illegal and inefficientpractices by both parties.(ii) Business Incubation: Sovereignhelps a growing number ofdynamic Russian high-tech start-upsby providing the following incubationservices: identifying potential targetsof direct investment; performing duediligence; securing investment; negotiatingwith entrepreneur/owners tostructure transactions; creating financing;establishing financial managementsystems; establishing ethics compliancesystems; and managing/monitoringthe performance of the investment.(iii) Rule of Law Development:With the aforementioned EurasiaFoundation grant, Sovereign led theSt. Petersburg business community toadopt the “Declaration of Integrity inBusiness Conduct,” a voluntary statementof commitment to internationalbusiness principles and practices.By signing the Declaration, acompany undertakes to repudiate corruptionand to implement a code ofbusiness ethics as part of its policy ofcorporate governance. For companiesthat do not have a corporate code,Sovereign developed a Model Code ofBusiness Conduct, incorporating thebest corporate governance practices ofleading international companies. Asof October 2000, over 130 Russiancompanies have voluntarily signed theDeclaration.Sovereign has developed a team ofRussian experts dedicated to buildinga culture of ethics compliance in theSt. Petersburg business environment.These experts are being trained at theEthics Resource Center, a nonprofitorganization based in Washington,D.C. Sovereign’s team works with thesignatories to the Declaration as wellas a broad array of other stakeholdersin the St. Petersburg region. Theseinclude trade and professional associations,NGOs, government agenciesand quasi-governmental or recentlyprivatized industries. Sovereign designsand executes a variety of programs thathelp such organizations move fromrhetoric to the creation of real andsustainable behavior change.Sovereign is committed to supportingthe process of improvement inthe legal and business culture of Russia.To succeed, this process must integrateRussia’s strong moral traditions withinternational standards of business ethics.Whether as policy analyst or entrepreneur,I have sought to integrate thesubjective worldview of Russians firstopened to me by Dr. Legvold into myprofessional endeavors. I have encounteredcontradictions and reversals atseveral points along this route. Myefforts to understand Russians on theirterms have been fraught with risk, butultimately rewarding.Matthew H. Murray, founder and presidentof Sovereign Ventures, Inc., graduatedfrom the School of International andPublic Affairs and the School of Law atColumbia University in 1988.S I P A n e w s3

Alumni Profile:Maria CharlesA Chance to Make a DifferenceBy Sjur SkjaevelandThe ‘92 MIA graduatebelieves her chance isnow. Together with Prof.Dr. Joep Lange and Dr.Richard Hoetelmans, twoof the world’s foremostexperts on treatment of HIV/AIDS,she has founded PAI, a not-for-profitorganization. Its mission is to createand expand access to drugs for patientsin developing countries, and do so in aclinically justified way and at a sustainablecost. “Only an ambitious programcan make a difference in a world where35 million patients live with AIDSwhile only 350,000 currently receiveany treatment,” says Charles, “hencePAI’s goal to deliver treatment toone million people within 10 years.”The obstacles PAI faces are large:they range from convincing pharmaceuticalcompanies to help with thedrug costs of the program, to findingthe right monitoring tools for use inthe world’s poorest settings, to convincingHIV-infected people of theneed to take medication diligently.In addition, funding will be neededto build the medical infrastructurerequired and to ensure that the programeventually becomes self-sustainable.“The lack of access to medication indeveloping countries is not solelycaused by the lack of medication atlow prices; an equally large part of theproblem is the lack of medical infrastructureand patient awareness,”Charles explains.Yet, faced with such obstacles,Charles strongly believes that PAI hasthe expertise to make the program successful.This expertise is rooted in thecurrent careers of its founders: Charlesand Lange both manage IATEC, anacademic antiviral research center atthe University of Amsterdam, as chiefoperating officer and chief scientificadviser, respectively. Hoetelmans isone of IATEC’s key collaborators.IATEC, a UNAIDS collaboratingcenter, has extensive experience inconducting HIV clinical trials in thedeveloping world. “Part of organizingclinical trials in these countries involvesensuring that quality care is providedto patients and that the necessarymedical infrastructure is set up,” saysCharles. “However, we ran into theissue that IATEC, as a university affiliatedorganization, has to remain dedicatedto pure science. In addition, alarge logistics program does not needany more bureaucracy than absolutelynecessary: People are dying now andour goal is to provide immediate care.”This led the three colleagues to foundPAI, a small agile organization that isable to move quickly and can easilymake alliances with governments,NGOs, foundations and local clinicalgroups.Since the establishment of PAIlast August, Charles has been workingto persuade the major pharmaceuticalcompanies to provide drugs for theprogram at reduced costs while lobbyingwith foundations to obtain fundingfor the program. The PAI program isdesigned to deliver comprehensivemedical care according to a clinicaltreatment protocol while buildingup medical infrastructure and patientknowledge of the disease and itsprevention. Unlike the UNAIDS–sponsored Access Initiative, PAI willstart with pilot programs throughestablished medical facilities in theprivate sector, believing that success atthat level will allow the program toexpand rapidly into the public domain.The initial pilot programs, on trackto start by mid 2001, will be implementedin a handful of countries inAfrica.Charles claims to have picked upher “can do” attitude at SIPA. “Themost important lesson I learned atColumbia is that you can do anything,as long as you dedicate yourself 100%to it,” she says. Brought up in Belgium,Charles became a medical doctorat the Katholieke Universiteit inLeuven. However, upon completingher two years of practical training,Charles found working in the hospital“suffocating.” At the recommendationof an American friend, Antony, whoalso attended SIPA and later becameher husband, she applied to the MIAprogram. “SIPA opened my eyes, andshowed me the interdependence ofeverything: public and private it allCONTINUED ON PAGE 11The most importantlesson I learned atColumbia is thatyou can do anything,as long as youdedicate yourself100% to it.S I P A n e w s5

Ties That Bind: SIPA’s Connection tothe United NationsBy Joya Rajadhyaksha“SIPA has shaped mefor life,” says alumSandrine Tesner,MIA ‘94, who creditsher alma mater withhaving prepared herfor her job as a manager in the PrivatePartnership Unit of the UnitedNations Office for Project Services(UNOPS). She is not the only onefrom SIPA to have found a place forherself at the UN. Presently, in fact,close to one hundred SIPA graduatesare UN employees, and each semesterthere are a number of students whointern there as well.Not only students, but also faculty,have been able to make a smoothtransition from SIPA to the UN, noone more so than former SIPA DeanJohn Ruggie, who is now assistantsecretary general. Ruggie has been asource of inspiration to many aspiringUN diplomats since he took over asKofi Annan’s right-hand man in 1997.It was to honor his role in hosting last(from left) John Ruggie, UN assistant secretary general andformer SIPA dean with Sandrine Tesner, MIA ‘94 andRodrick Dial, development officer at the UN alumni luncheon.year’s Millennium Summit that Tesnerbegan planning the event which establishedjust how close the link betweenSIPA and the UN is.“I had no idea there were somany of us here,” Tesner says, referringto the reunion of SIPA alums atthe luncheon. Nancy Riedl helpedTesner to plan the event last spring atthe UN headquarters in New York.Riedl had just taken over as directorof alumni relations at SIPA in January2000, and the April 25th luncheonwas her first major alumni event. “Itmade me recognize the importanceof ties between SIPA and the UN andacknowledge that the UN is probablyone of the largest employers of ourstudents.”What is it about SIPA that preparesstudents for UN careers? “Location,location, location!” says Ruggie.Naomi Weinberger, who directs theUN Studies Program at Columbia(UNSPAC), attributes the strong tiesbetween the two institutions to morethan just geography.“Of course we takeadvantage of being inNew York,” she agrees.“Other schools don’thave as easy access to theUN, but they also don’ttake the UN as seriously.”In the three yearssince its inception,UNSPAC has distinguisheditself from otherUN studies programsprimarily because of itsinterdisciplinary bent,adds Weinberger,Naomi Weinberger, director of the UN StudiesProgram at Columbiaemphasizing the closecooperation betweenUNSPAC and the variousfunctional concentrations at SIPA,and also with the Law and BusinessSchools at Columbia.Tying UN studies into real worlddisciplines like law and business seemsto be in keeping with the UN’s ownagenda for the 21st century. “It’schange or die,” Ruggie recently saidin The New York Times of UN plansto incorporate the private sector intoeverything from its peacekeepingmissions to environmental actions.Tesner, too, is in favor of corporateinvolvement in the UN, and has writtena book on the subject — The UnitedNations and Business: A PartnershipRecovered.UNSPAC gives students a realisticlook into the workings of the UN byinviting a number of UN employeesto speak, and even teach as adjunctfaculty, at SIPA. In spring 2001, forinstance, it will bring in Mustafa Tlili,senior fellow for UN Affairs at theWorld Policy Institute, to teach acourse entitled “Communications forthe 21st Century: Role of the UN.”The program also tries to strike abalance between theory and practiceby arranging joint academic programswith UNITAR (United Nations Insti-6 S I P A n e w s

A View from theTopBy Trond Gabrielsen(from left) Paula Kling, MIA ‘01, Gina Dario, MIA ‘00, June Young Bae, MIA ‘00,Ruta Avulyte, MIA ‘01, Ina Kota, MIA ‘00, and Anthony Sgaglione, MIA ‘01, at theUN luncheon to honor former SIPA Dean John Ruggie.tute for Training and Research), andby sponsoring an annual ‘UN Day’in which panel discussions are heldon controversial and topical subjects.UN Day was most recently observedat Columbia University on October27 in SIPA’s Altschul Auditorium.It comprised two discussion sessions,interspersed with a lunchtime bazaarat which various UN agencies andorganizations put up informationbooths in SIPA’s Dag HammarskjøldLounge. Tesner chaired the firstdebate on “Globalization and Development,”and Nassrine Azimi (NewYork Bureau Chief, UNITAR) chairedthe second debate on “Peacekeepingunder Siege.” Both panels featuredsenior UN officials.Beyond academics, the UN StudiesProgram works with SIPA’s Officeof Career Services to guide students inobtaining UN internships. Thoughinternships offer an ‘in’ into the UN,they are not a guarantee of futureemployment there, warns Weinberger.She says that students who have“unrealistic expectations” of the outcome,as well as the course of theirinternships, are likely to be disappointed.Tesner agrees that interningat the UN can be frustrating, but saysthe experience varies from one agencyto another within it. “Operationalagencies, like UNOPS, are able to giveinterns greater responsibility than, say,the Secretariat, which deals with moresensitive issues.”Recognizing the limitations ofthe internship program, Weinberger ishoping to develop a mentoring programby tapping into the alumni networkat the UN. Tesner and Ruggie bothagree that alumni are a tremendousCONTINUED ON PAGE 11Eva Varga, a second-yearMIA student, cameto New York City notonly for the SIPA programin Economic andPolitical Development(EPD) but also because she hopedto get some work experience at theUN. She was able to do just that asan intern at the UN’s Global Compact initiative program onthe top floor executive office of the secretary general. “It washard, but a great experience,” she says of her stint there.Global Compact’s objective is to bring NGOs andprivate businesses together to improve corporate practicesand enhance learning experiences in human rights, laborand the environment. As an intern Varga took an activepart in developing its Web site.“I think I got the internship because of my businessbackground,” says Varga, who worked for five years inbanking, insurance and market research after graduatingfrom Budapest University of Economics. However, shepoints out that it did rely strongly on her SIPA courses, andthat they were relevant to her internship.Varga is very happy that Columbia University has aformalized UN Studies Program (UNSPAC), and thatpractitioners from the UN conduct lectures at SIPA. In fact,her own boss at the UN, Georg Kell, has spoken here twice,first in spring 2000 for a class on “Challenges Facing theUN in the New Millennium,” and most recently in Octoberat the “Globalization and Development” debate duringSIPA’s UN Day celebrations.Varga does not think it is a coincidence that so manyinterns at the UN are SIPA students. “The standard of SIPApeople is very high, and some of the School’s programs arevery focused in human rights and development,” she says.Although she thinks that interns at the UN could begiven more responsibility, Varga enjoyed her time withGlobal Compact, particularly her interactions with formerSIPA dean and now assistant secretary general John Ruggie.Trond Gabrielsen is a first-year MIA student, concentratingin International Economic Policy and International Financeand Business. Prior to coming to SIPA he worked for three yearsas a business news reporter in Oslo, Norway.S I P A n e w s7

Speaker Season at SIPABy Mike HickmanThis autumn, SIPA’s roundof guest lectures benefitedfrom an uncommonsummit meeting at theUnited Nations. Workingtoward a shared futurewhile wreaking havoc on midtowntraffic, the largest-ever gathering ofworld leaders converged on Manhattanand made history.The School used the opportunityto produce one of its most high-profilespeaker series in years. During twodays in early September, SIPA rolledout the carpet for Presidents VaclavHavel of the Czech Republic, FerencMadl of the Republic of Hungary,Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia andEmil Constaninescu of Romania.The VIP visits marked an auspiciousbeginning to yet another season ofdiplomats, government officials andpoliticians addressing SIPA audiencesthis fall.President Abdurrahman Wahidof Indonesia presented SIPA’s 21stGabriel Silver Memorial Lecture, joininga select list that includes DwightD. Eisenhower, Willy Brandt, BoutrosBoutros-Ghali and Wei Jingsheng,among others. The frail but influentialMuslim cleric, who emerged asIndonesia’s fourth president aftera controversial election last June,rejected the notion of using religionas an ideology. “Islam is the moralityand faith, but not related to the statein any way,” he declared. The civilunrest following the fall of PresidentSuharto’s 32-year rule resulted in a callby some for Islam to have an institutionalizedrole in Indonesia’s politicalsystem. But President Wahid informedthe packed audience that such a movecould spell the end for his country,President of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid delivering SIPA’s 21st Gabriel SilverMemorial Lecture.which has been troubled by ethnic separatismand inter-religious violence.Outlining democratic reformsenacted during his short time inpower, President Wahid commentedon investigations of atrocities committedin East Timor and the transformationof an autonomous military intoone now answerable to a civilianauthority. Upon taking office, PresidentWahid quickly abolished the InformationMinistry, long a tool of censorshipin Indonesia, and he endorsed greaterparticipation by the governmentto “open up” Indonesia to furtherforeign direct investment. At theend of his talk, Dean Lisa Andersonpresented President Wahid with theDistinguished Service Award —oneof SIPA’s highest honors.President Emil Constaninescuended his speech to a predominantlyRomanian audience with a personalanecdote. Through a translator, hetalked of a visit by several young professionalsto his presidential suite inBucharest last year. The group came toexpress their desire to halt Romania’s“brain drain” of academic and businesstalent flowing out of the country.A woman remarked how Romaniawas “like a bus she rode during a triphome: people shoving and pushingto get on and get off, no one helpingeach other,” he remembered her saying.Constaninescu used the anecdoteto explain the slow, hard transitionto democracy that Romania has beenthrough since its anti-communistrevolution in 1989.8 S I P A n e w s High-Profile

Nobel Peace Laureate, Elie Weiseland President Vaclav Havel were atColumbia for the presentation of anhonorary degree to the Czech president.Weisel gave an eloquent introductionfor Havel in St. Paul’s chapel:“He is a man who has given powerto the powerless, hope to the hopelessand a voice to the voiceless,” he praised.For the former Velvet revolutionaryand playwright-turned-president,Havel’s appearance at Columbiamarked a 32-year homecoming. In1968, he first visited the university andhelped promote a Czech studies program.On a brief return visit in 1990,he found that the fledgling curriculumhad not only remained but also blossomed.“So many people speakingCzech, it was amazing,” he recalled.The visit was coupled with the unveilingof a photo essay compiled for thefourth Forum 2000, a “global civilsociety conference” of world figuresheld annually in Prague. The assemblyof academics, artists, businessmen andpoliticians strives to identify majorthreats and long-term solutions forhumanity in the next century.Only three months into his presidency,Ferenc Madl of Hungary discussedhis ideas on economic growthand social advancement. Displaying asense of humor than ran through hisentire speech, the former college professorreferred to himself as a “walkingcommercial” for Hungary. He highlightedthe country’s six percent growth rate anddecreasing inflation and unemploymentas signs that Hungary is “an islandof stability” in an otherwise volatileregion. President Madl outlined hiseconomic vision for the country andalso presented SIPA with a copy of thePapal Bull, Hungary’s first constitution.Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Weisel (left) with Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republicat the presentation of an honorary degree to the Czech president.Almost a month after the delugeof world leaders visiting Columbia,Shimon Peres, Israel’s minister forregional cooperation and former primeminister, quietly slipped onto campusto talk about his views on globalizationand the Middle East Peace Process.Peres related a rare, first-hand glimpseinto the peace negotiations betweenIsrael and Palestine. He explained themany obstacles to achieving stability inthe Middle East and gave his definitionof power and success in the worldtoday. “No longer is a country’s or aregion’s wealth defined by its physicalresources,” he said. “In this new age,the sources of income and progress areintellectual, not material.”After his lecture, Peres took questionsfrom the audience. Many had heatedopinions, but despite the tense discussions,the co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel PeacePrize (with PLO Chairman Yasir Arafatand the late Itzak Rabin, prime ministerof Israel) calmly answered queries withhis well-known soft, measured tone.Latin America was not left out ofthe exceptional visits to the school thissemester.The mayor of Bogotá, EnriquePenalosa, posed a fundamentalquestion to students at the MPAPracticum: “What is happiness?” Heanswered with examples from hisinnovative approach to public policy.“Formulating policy can be a verycomplicated process, but it should bepursued with a very simple objective:to make people happy,” Penalosa said,defining happiness as communityinteraction, clean air and open space—for starters.Limited to a single three-year term,Penalosa has put his positive philosophyinto action. After an overhaul of thecity’s public transportation system,Bogotá soon had bike paths that crisscrossedthe city. As a result, morepeople were walking or biking to workand Bogotá saw a sharp reduction ofits severe pollution problem.The largest country in LatinAmerica, Brazil, has emerged as thepremiere economic force in the region.October saw Brazil’s minister ofCONTINUED ON PAGE 10S I P A n e w s9

(counterclockwise, from farright) U.S. Secretary ofHousing and Development,Andrew Cuomo; BrazilianMinister of Foreign Affairs,Felipe Lampreia; Mayor ofBogotá, Enrique Penalosa;President of Romania, EmilConstaninescu; IsraeliMinister for RegionalCooperation and FormerPrime Minister, ShimonPeres; and President ofHungary, Ferenc Madl.CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 (Speakers)foreign affairs, Felipe Lampreia, fieldinga variety of questions concerninghis country’s economic role and thedevelopment of democracy in thecountry since 1988. Commenting onthe effects of the global financial crisisthat began in Asia and spread via Russiato the rest of the world, Lampreia didnot pull any punches. He explainedthat Brazil was forced to give up itscurrency plan, causing the real to float.He admitted that his country has ahistory of unstable economic policies,but informed the audience that,despite the financial setback, Brazilhad positive GDP growth last year andis expecting four percent growth in theyear 2000. Lampreia cited reductionin urbanization and population growthas causes of political and economicimprovement.At the end of his speech, Lampreiapresented Professor DouglasChalmers, director of the Institute ofLatin American Studies at SIPA, withthe Cruziero do Sul, Brazil’s highesthonor reserved for heads of state,military figures and academics. Theinternational award commemoratesthe crowning of the constitutionalemperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro I,dating back to 1822.Last but not least, the UnitedStates made the SIPA speaker list thisfall when U.S. Secretary of Housingand Urban Development (HUD),Andrew Cuomo gave the annual M.Moran Weston II Distinguished Lecturein Urban and Public Policy. “Dr.Weston was doing what we now do inthe name of enlightenment, 20 to 30years ago,” Cuomo said. As a minister,banker and developer, Dr. Weston persuadedHUD to implement largerpublic housing and establish betterquality-of-life standards. He was alsothe first community activist to turn oldhospitals into housing for low-incomefamilies. Considered a visionary in theurban policy arena, Dr. Weston helpedreshape Harlem and MorningsideHeights, creating new communitiesfor underprivileged families.Secretary Cuomo talked candidlyabout a variety of issues facing HUDand the nation today. His perspectiveon the U.S. economy was particularlyimpassioned, stating that America,despite eight years of continuousgrowth, is in the middle of a severetransition from a manufacturing-basedto an information-based, high-techeconomy. “We have left behind anentire section of the country,” he said.“Today, one-out-of-three cities in thenation have what we call high povertyproblems, one-out-of-five are shrinkingand one-out-of-six have chronicunemployment problems.”The Secretary addressed the roleof the federal government as pivotal inspurring change, despite general cynicismtowards it. Cuomo said that hetook his current job to try to changethat cynicism. “What if we could takethe demonstration of failed governmentand actually turn it around?” heasked in a challenge to himself and toSIPA’s next wave of public managersand policymakers.Mike Hickman is a second-year MIAstudent, concentrating in Journalism,Finance and Latin America. Beforecoming to SIPA he was a copywriter andbroadcast producer in New York’s advertisingindustry. Last summer, he internedfor UNESCO in Brazil.10 S I P A n e w s

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 (Weissman)civil war, and subsequently defaults onits loans. The second uses the funds topromote job growth and uses the taxproceeds to repay its loan. Providing thefirst borrower with debt relief for itsunsustainable debt levels sends thewrong message to potential futureborrowing governments: act responsiblyand be punished with the burden ofrepaying your loans; misuse, and berewarded with debt relief. Might notalternative uses of the funds currentlyallocated for debt relief prove moreeffective and alleviate poverty byexpanding civil society instead ofbloating the civil service?Seth Weissman is a lecturer at SIPA. Hisresearch and teaching interests are econometrics,law and economics, industrialorganization, and economic history.He holds a Ph.D. in Economics fromColumbia. His dissertation topic was:“Price Matching from Roman Palestineto Today: Rationing Refunds to Reversethe Anti-Competitive Effects of PriceMatching.”CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 (Charles)goes hand-in-hand,” she says. Charlesreturned to SIPA this summer torecruit for PAI. Currently, two SIPAstudents—Edward Gometz (MIA‘02) and Kathy Reniers (MPA ‘02)—are working on the PAI program asvolunteers.Upon graduating in 1992,Charles worked for Merck & Co. inNJ as manager of new product development.In 1997, she followed herhusband on foreign assignments toJakarta and subsequently to KualaLumpur. During their first yearabroad, Charles stayed at home withtheir two small children, Maximilianand Antonia. But, as she says, “forme, sitting by the pool is not exactlyrelaxing.” Currently, the couple livesin Amsterdam. Her husband, AntonyCharles (MIA ‘92) is the managingdirector of Bristol-Myers Squibb,The Netherlands.Sjur Skjaeveland, SIPA News co-editor,is a second-year MIA student, concentratingin International Finance and Business.Before coming to SIPA he worked for threeyears as a business reporter in Oslo, Norway.Last summer he wrote for the PetroleumIntelligence Weekly, a U.S. based tradepublication.(top to bottom) Antony Charles, MIA ‘92,Antonia Charles, Maximilian Charles,CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 (SIPA and the UN)resource for current students to makeuse of, but maintain that a solid academicfoundation is the true basis ofa UN career. Ruggie is critical of“students [who] think it is enough tohave just interned at the UN, or takena few UN studies classes: My advice tothem is to pursue an area of substantiveexpertise instead. They are mostlikely to get a job at the UN if theycome out of SIPA as experts in a specificfield like human rights, developmentstudies or humanitarian affairs.”Tesner bears this out: “What I ammost grateful to SIPA for is havinggiven me a very sound, precisegrounding in international relationstheory. It’s something I use on a dailybasis. It’s the earth on which I walk.”Joya Rajadhyaksha, SIPA News co-editor,is a first-year MIA student, concentratingin International Media and Communications.Before coming to SIPA she workedfor The Times of India in Bombay.S I P A n e w s11

New Grounds:The Energy CenterBy Nahid SeyedsayamdostAt the October inaugural conference for SIPA’s new Center for Energy,Marine Transportation and Public Policy: (from left) CEMTPP ProgramCoordinator Jordanna Konovitch; U.S. Deputy Secretary of EnergyT.J. Glauthier; and CEMTPP Director Hurst Groves.Energy experts from boththe private and publicsectors convened at SIPAon October 24 for a daylongconference thatsignaled the inaugurationof Columbia’s new Center for Energy,Marine Transportation and Public Policy.The conference—at which deputysecretary of energy, T. J. Glauthier,and L. A. Noto, vice chairman ofExxon Mobil Corporation, spoke—was emblematic of what the new centeraims to be: a resource for research,a forum for debate, and an institute foreducation on all energy-related issuesof concern to practitioners, academicsand students alike.“The idea for the new center wasborn out of frustration,” said Hurst K.Groves, who left his job as seniorlawyer at Mobil this summer to takeon the task of developing the newcenter. As a result of pervasive budgetaryconstraints and restructuring,the energy industry and even somegovernment agencies increasinglyfound themselves relying on externalsources, like consulting, law andinvestment banking firms for expertiseon energy and marine transportationissues. “While other academic institutionsalso offer courses on energyissues, we will offer a more comprehensiveprogram with a clear focus onenergy. I think there is a real need forsuch a program,” Groves said.It was Mr. Noto, then chairmanof Mobil Corporation, who firstapproached SIPA with the idea for anenergy center. Given the resourcesalready available at SIPA—the MiddleEast and Harriman Institutes, theCaspian Project, and the expertise inthe fields of environment, humanrights, and international business andfinance—Mobil found the School tobe well suited for this project. In addition,the Center could draw uponUniversity-wide resources by coordinatingits activities with Columbia’sEarth Institute, the School of Engineeringand Applied Sciences, and thegraduate schools of Law and Business.The financial backing of the planscame from Exxon Mobil Corporationand the Alexander S. Onassis PublicBenefit Foundation, who togetherfueled $3 million into the EnergyCenter.From the start Dean Lisa Andersonwas enthusiastic about the new center.“This program will permit us to reachparts of the world and sectors of publicpolicy where we haven’t been highlyrepresented. I think the new centershould broaden our reach, and ouroutreach,” she said. And, in HurstGroves the new center has at its helm aman with 23 years of work experiencein the energy sector, serving as alawyer for Mobil and its different affiliatesaround the world for the bulk ofthose years.The Center’s goals and the curriculumfor the new concentration inInternational Energy Managementand Policy was developed in consultationsGroves had with experts fromthe industry, advisers from the consultingfirm Poten & Partners, and theSIPA deans. Candidates for both theMIA and MPA degrees can specializein energy management and policy.The concentration requires 22 credits,which comprises seven courses plusa practicum. Essential parts of theconcentration are a workshop in whichstudents gain hands-on experiencein client-requested consulting, and apracticum in which students learnfrom biweekly lectures given by practitionersin the field.Students’ enthusiasm for thenew concentration took Groves quiteby surprise: “I had expected interest tobuild over time, but already in the firstweek I had a waiting list for my class.”He was also struck by the different focistudents took to the concentration:“Some students look at this programnot as a way to understand energy perse but the role of infrastructure innational economies generally. Othersbelieve they can learn strategies for theprivatization of essential services fromthis concentration.”Nahid Seyedsayamdost is a second-yearMIA student, concentrating in InternationalMedia and Communications andthe Middle East. Last year she internedfor CNN in New York.12 S I P A n e w s Fueling

MIA ProgramnewsHumanitarian Affairs:Rebuilding War-Torn SocietiesBy Nahid SeyedsayamdostSince the end of the ColdWar the number ofcomplex emergencieshas increased around theworld, fueling a vigorousdemand for constructivehumanitarian aid. Theory has beentrailing practice, but now some universitiesare catching up. At SIPA, thenew Humanitarian Affairs program(HA) is expected to provide studentswith important skills to link relief,rehabilitation and development to theprocess of rebuilding war-torn societies.The new program’s director,Dennis Dijkzeul, comes to SIPAequipped with the skills and experiencenecessary for such work. Originallyfrom Amsterdam, he received hisPh.D. in management of internationalorganizations at the Rotterdam Schoolof Management.Even before he studied humanitarianaffairs, Dijkzeul had unusualholiday preferences: In 1989 hearrived in Kosovo after one of SlobodanMilosevic’s first speeches there. Healso traveled to Albania a few monthsbefore the pyramid schemes collapsed,survived a guerilla attack in Guatemala,and visited Turkish Kurdistan shortlyafter the Gulf War.Dijkzeul was sent by the UNPopulation Fund to Namibia to doresearch on primary healthcare. Hewas later assigned to be the facilitatorof a series of workshops on coordinationfor senior UN representatives ofemergency countries, and worked withteams from Liberia, Eritrea, and thePhilippines. “While working with theseteams,” Dijkzeul said, “I realized thatthose people were in dire need ofmanagement support. Some representativeswere burnt out and didn’t havea strategy on how to achieve peace.I just thought, this is the most importantmanagement problem there is,and it is the most difficult.” This realizationled him to the field of humanitarianaffairs.“Good intentions and idealismdon’t necessarily lead to results,”Dijkzeul added. “Now after the crisesin Somalia and Rwanda, where horriblemistakes were made, and Zaire, wherepeople helped those who committedgenocide, we see that professionalizationis necessary. People come intothese regions who don’t understandthe local political context, who don’tunderstand developing mechanisms,who don’t understand how to build onlocal capacities. SIPA can play a usefulrole in teaching those skills.”The new Humanitarian Affairsprogram aims to bridge the thinkingon humanitarian affairs in Europe andthe U.S. It also aims to teach studentsthose skills that Dijkzeul considers themost important for the field, namelyhow to manage international organizations,how to understand local copingmechanisms and capacities, and how toimplement policies. “It is importantthat humanitarian interventions operatein an impartial and politically savvymanner so that they don’t exacerbatethe conflict in the region,” he said.SIPA students can learn theseskills in five new courses: “HumanitarianEmergencies: From Root Causesto Rebuilding,” “Human Dimensionsof Natural Disasters,” “Public Managementfor International Affairs,”“Managing Complex Emergencies,”and “Gender in Humanitarian Affairs.”Steve O’Malley, MIA ‘01, HAprogram assistant and Sierra Leonedirector of Mèdecins Sans FrontièresDennis Dijkzeul equips students with thenecessary skills for humanitarian interventionacross the globe.It is important that humanitarian interventions operate inan impartial and politically savvy manner so that they don’texacerbate the conflict in the region.(Doctors without Borders) prior tohis studies at SIPA, said a real decisionhad to be made at SIPA last year. Sincethe course offerings for humanitarianaffairs were meager, a committeeformed by Dean Lisa Anderson proposedto either separate humanitarianaffairs from the Human Rights andHumanitarian Affairs (HRHA) concentrationand make it a program inits own right, or to remove it fromSIPA’s curriculum altogether. Strongadvocacy from students in support ofa new and distinct program played amajor role in the decision to create it.O’Malley participated in oneof the interviews the deans had withDijkzeul, and said that they were allglad to find a person with a solid academicrecord and a record of researchin the field. He continued: “It wasa bonus to find those qualities in aperson who is also very enthusiastic.”S I P A n e w s13

MPA ProgramnewsMPA Alumni Find a Home at Moody’sBy Melissa P. McNamaraSIPA alumni chat outsideMoody’s InvestorsService, affectionatelyreferred to as “SIPASouth” because it hires somany MPA graduates.Perhaps SIPA’s Mastersin Public AdministrationAlumni Associationshould host its nexthappy hour near Moody’sInvestors Service in Manhattan’sfinancial district. In the lasttwo years, eight students have pursuedemployment at Moody’s, which isaffectionately referred to as “SIPASouth” by some Columbia graduates.Nicole Johnson, a senior vicepresident at Moody’s and the primarymanager of the public finance teamthat employs most of Moody’s SIPAalumni, says she recruits MPA graduatesbecause they have the right combinationof analytical and financialskills. In addition, Ms. Johnson feelsMPA students are particularly wellsuited for positions at Moody’sbecause “they have experience talkingto public officials and it comes acrosswell during their interviews.”According to Ms. Johnson,Moody’s offers SIPA graduates ampleopportunity to put their financial managementskills into practice nearlyevery workday. Whether in reviewingbond sales in public finance or monitoringcredits in the municipal market,Moody’s analysts gain responsibilityand leverage their skills by monitoringone particular region of the countryand eventually becoming a specialistin that area.Junior analysts, the starting positionsfor most MPA graduates, teamup with a more senior analyst as wellas a peer. They also meet weekly withMs. Johnson, who ensures that they’remastering new sets of skills. At Moody’s,new employees find themselves back inthe classroom for a three to five monthtraining period in which senior analyststeach them how to observe markets,how to analyze municipal policies,and how to evaluate the work at largecorporations.While most MPA graduatesinterested in Moody’s apply throughSIPA’s Office of Career Services, thestrong network of past graduatesat the company attracts students aswell. Professor Mark Gordon says hefrequently refers his financial managementteaching assistants to Moody’s:“The TA system has become a nicefeeder system, so I can let people knowabout Moody’s if I feel they wouldbe good.”This strong SIPA network helpsMoody’s recruiters as well; at a recentSIPA career fair, a junior analystand SIPA alumnus accompanied aMoody’s manager to inform studentsabout job possibilities.Recent graduates speak highlyof their experiences. “I think on thewhole people have had a positive experience,”says Ms. Johnson, and BartOosterveld, MPA ‘97, agrees. “It’s agood place to work, especially in termsof benefits.” He points out that thegraduate school one attended is nota topic of daily conversation, but sayshe does enjoy working with otherColumbia graduates.“We look for people who learnquickly and show aptitude in the areaof public finance. The art of doing thejob well is to be an analyst and deduceimportant facts and figures. This abilityoften comes through when SIPA graduatestalk about their school projects,”says Ms. Johnson.Meg Heenehan, director of theOffice of Career Services at SIPA,believes the School’s emphasis ongroup projects enhances the qualityof SIPA graduates in the marketplace.“Teamwork is a wonderful skill thatemployers always say they are lookingfor,” she says, adding, “the MPA programis distinct from others, and fromMBA programs even, in the amountof teamwork it requires of students.”The number of students who usetheir financial management skills atcompanies like Moody’s may alsoindicate a subtle change in the MPAdegree. “Moody’s is a wonderfulsuccess story,” says Professor Gordon,who explains that there has been anincrease in students’ interest in publicfinance in the last five years, “on thebasis of which we have worked toenhance the teaching of publicfinance.”Perhaps the greatest change Ms.Johnson notices is that public policystudents are no longer just channeledinto public service jobs. As SIPAalumni continue to fill cubicles atMoody’s, it is clear the credit-ratingagency has benefited from this change.Melissa P. McNamara is a second-yearMPA student and a freelance writer.14 S I P A n e w s

New Short Course is Long onInspirationBy Kristin M. MatthewsWilliam J. Lindermay not look likeyour typical businessleader —and he’s not.Although Linderhelps run a multi-million dollar organization,he doesn’t wear a suit and tie,nor does he have the title of CEO.Instead, he goes by Monsignor.Linder has been a RomanCatholic priest for thirty-seven years,and the head of the New CommunityCorporation for thirty-three. NewCommunity, located in Newark, NewJersey, is the largest and most comprehensiveof 3,600 community developmentcorporations (CDCs) in theUnited States.CDCs grew out of the civil rightsmovement and focus on the developmentof low-income neighborhoods.According to Linder, CDCs have beenresponsible for 550,000 housing unitsand 247,000 jobs nationally, and havealso developed 71 million square feetof commercial space. He believes thatCDCs have succeeded in developinglow-income areas where the governmenthas failed.New Community was created in1967 in Central Ward, “the poorestarea” of Newark, a city that wasdescribed that year in Time magazineas the worst in the nation. “One of itslargest problems was that people feltlike they had absolutely no say overwhat was happening in their owncommunity,” says Linder.Following five days of violenceand unrest in the summer of 1967,Linder, along with his parish—Queenof Angels—and community leaders,united to take control of and transformlife in the Central Ward. New Community’sfirst undertaking was toimprove the dismal housing in whichCentral Ward residents lived. It graduallydeveloped a comprehensiveapproach to community improvementand now includes programs in educationand training, health, for-profitbusinesses, community banking,a newspaper, community arts andeconomic development.New Community today employs2,300 people and has an operatingbudget of $200,000,000.Linder’s success has not goneunnoticed. In 1997, he was named“Person of the Year” by New Jersey’sBusiness News. The publication honoredhim for “his tireless commitmentand keen business sense in helpingNewark residents improve the qualityof their lives.”Last fall, Linder was the instructorof a four-week short course at SIPA.While focusing on New Community,his course also provided an overview ofthe whole CDC movement, discussingeconomic strategies, healthcare, communitybanking and education.Linder told students that whatsets the CDC movement apart fromother nonprofits is that it “deals muchmore with the issue of self-reliance andthe participation of people. It’s muchmore comprehensive. It’s community,neighborhood types of things, insteadof individual ones.”Linder’s students, who visitedNew Community later this year, feltthey gained a lot by taking his course.“He is an amazing person who hasdedicated his life to this cause, and itwas inspiring to hear his story and seehow he has helped to change the livesof thousands of people,” says SallyRobinson, a second-year MPA. “Also,Monsignor William J. Linder taughtSIPA students about community developmentbased on his experiences with theNew Community Corporation.he offered some very practical adviceon the financial and political aspectsof running a community developmentcorporation.”Linder cites students’ energy andinterest in the topic as reasons why heenjoyed teaching the class: “They arereally alive—you can feel it. That partis very rewarding.”He added that his overall goalwas to educate rather than recruitpeople from his class. “I hope that alot of them do go into communitydevelopment,” says Linder, “but Ialso hope that those in business andin government know more aboutcommunity development now thanthey did before.”Kristin Matthews, a second-year MPAstudent, is studying media and politics.She has spent over eight years working injournalism and communications and iscurrently a freelance producer for CBS News.S I P A n e w s15

FACULTYnewsMERIT E. JANOW’S passionfor Asia began in Tokyo,Japan, where she was raised,and has guided her in herprofessional life. Janow,whose background is in lawand international trade policyand whose interests rangefrom Asian economic tradeand policy to the operationsof the World Trade Organization(WTO), is currentlyfocusing on both scholarlyand advisory work. Last yearshe and Professor Hugh Patrickof Columbia’s Business Schoolobtained a substantial grantfrom USAID to undertake atwo-year policy-orientedstudy on economic law andpolicy reform in Indonesia.She spent most of last summerworking on this project, inwhich some of the leadingU.S. experts in investment,competition policy, and internationaland corporate governancecollaborated with anIndonesian team of lawyersand economists. Three SIPAstudents also worked with theteam in Jakarta.In April 2000, she endeda two-year position as theexecutive director of the firstinternational antitrust advisorycommittee to the attorneygeneral in the U.S. Departmentof Justice. Before joiningSIPA she worked as a seniorofficial in the government,and was a trade negotiatorat the Office of the TradeRepresentative.Janow brings her vast professionalexperience to SIPAin a course called “MajorIssues in U.S. Foreign Economicand Trade Policy,” whichintroduces students to theWTO, regional arrangements,bilateral approaches,executive-legislative relationsand new issues in internationaltrade (i.e. investment, services,competition policy andtelecommunications).She has introduced a newadvanced seminar in internationaltrade policy and teachesinternational trade law atColumbia Law School.As director of SIPA’s InternationalEconomic Policy (IEP)concentration, Janow ensuresthat courses meet students’needs, arranges outreach programs,and brings in speakersthat introduce students to thelatest academic and policythinking in internationaltrade and finance.In his teaching and research,Assistant Professor ARTHURA. SMALL seeks to bringtogether the worlds offinance and environmentalprotection. His course inenvironmental finance,offered at SIPA for the firsttime this fall, focuses on howfinancial markets can be usedto mitigate environmentalrisks, regulate pollutingindustries, and raise capitalfor environmental projects.Small points to howgovernments are increasinglyturning to financial marketsto assist in the managementof natural resources and pollutionproblems. The introductionof tradable emissionpermits covering sulfur dioxide,greenhouse gases and otherpollutants is one example ofthis. In addition, key privatesector players are looking todevelop new financial toolsto manage the business risksthat arise due to variationsin the natural environment.“Insurance companies forexample,” says Small, “reallycare about how naturalphenomena affect theirinvestments. Think aboutHurricane Andrew wherethese companies were leftwith roughly $10 billion ofdamages.” Issuing so-called“catastrophic bonds,” wherethe return on the bonds istied to the occurrence of naturaldisasters, is one way forinsurance companies to usethe markets to help manageenvironmental risks. Studentsin Small’s class learn how tovalue and trade these kinds ofsecurities.Small himself took sometime to figure out that thiswas the field he wanted towork in. As an undergraduateat Columbia, Small was aRussian major who laterswitched to math. He thencompleted a Masters in mathfrom Cornell, before specializingin his current field witha Masters and a Ph.D. in agricultureand resource economicsfrom Berkeley. “My researchhas always been motivated bypolicy applications. I realizedthat my work would have agreater impact on policy ifI went into economics, thanwhat was likely to happen ifI had continued working inpure mathematics,” he says.After two years as an assistantprofessor at ColumbiaBusiness School, Small joinedSIPA this past summer. Inaddition to the fall semestercourse in environmentalfinance, he will be teaching“Economics of the Environment”and “Cost-BenefitAnalysis” in the spring.Adjunct Professor THOMASD. ZWEIFEL (MIA ‘96) haspicked up a thing or twoabout leadership in his career.Fourteen years ago, at age24, he was thrust into his firstleadership position as acampaign manager for TheHunger Project (THP),directing the organization’scampaign in 27 countriesworldwide. He later becamedirector of Global Operations,a job that involved meetingpolitical leaders like NelsonMandela and Bill Clinton inthe quest to mobilize leadersat all levels to end worldhunger. The achievementZweifel is proudest of is helpingto influence the Indiangovernment to create a billthat gave one-third of localgovernment (panchayat)seats to women. In thishistorical experiment, THPtrained many of the onemillion women elected to beeffective leaders.16 S I P A n e w s

In 1997, Zweifel wenton to co-found the SwissConsulting Group, a companyassisting clients like GE Capital,Siemens and UBS in buildingleadership skills and managingglobal high-performanceteams.This spring, he will returnto SIPA to share his leadershiplessons with the School’sstudents. His course, “Leadershipin International andPublic Affairs,” will focus ona new type of leadership: the“virtual leader,” as he calls it.“The explosion of free marketsworldwide, the unprecedentedaccess to information, andthe democratization of countriesand organizations alloweach of us to express leadershiplike never before,”Zweifel says. But, with newopportunities come newchallenges. “How do youlead in a virtual-reality world,where you have clients andemployees you almost neversee?” asks Zweifel. “If peoplein managerial positions arenot prepared to be ‘virtualleaders,’ they will fall behindand fail to unleash the potentialof their organizations.”The course will be bothpractical and theoretical.Zweifel will use cases andtheories to teach studentshow to be virtual leaders andintroduce them to abstract—but very real—concepts likevision and strategy, integrityand commitment, coachingand listening. Zweifel is lookingforward to teaching SIPAstudents. He believes theyhave a passion for making adifference. “And, after all,that is what sensible leadershipis all about.”—Shadawn SmithBandages Come OffBuilding’s FaceliftBy Vanita GowdaSIPA students have hada new and improved420 West 118th Streetbuilding since last fall. Theycan now head to the sixthfloor for a coffee at the relocatedCafé Cappuccino, orto use the new social studyarea and 24-hour computerlab there. In the fourth floorlobby, they can check out theday’s events on a computermonitor and the latest SIPAfaculty and alumni publicationsin glass display cases thatalso serve to hide more than400 lockers. And, if they findthat overhead projectors justaren’t enough for a grouppresentation, they can choosebetween two new electronicclassrooms equipped withstate-of-the-art electronicaudio-visual technology.Construction began slowlyin the spring semester, andmost of these extensive renovationswere made in justthree months over the summer.“It was an extraordinaryamount of work,” said JoanTurner, associate dean ofadministration and finance,who oversaw the remodeling.The $3.1 million renovationwas financed by giftsfrom former dean HarveyPicker, alumni Patricia Cloherty,MIA ‘68, Michael Hoffman,MIA ‘73 and university funds.The building’s new look wascreated by the architecturalfirm Belmont Freeman andthe Columbia UniversityOffice of Design and Construction.Dean Anderson shares a laugh with donor Patricia Cloherty,MIA ‘68 at a reception to celebrate the refurbishment of theSIPA building.The most ambitious projectwas the creation of theoffice suite for the PickerCenter for Executive Education.It is named after formerdean Harvey Picker, whoestablished the Master ofPublic AdministrationMichael Hoffman, MIA ‘73and chair of the Dean’sAdvisory Board, whose giftcontributed to the School’snew improved look.program in 1977. The centeroffers the Executive MPA andother programs for workingprofessionals.Renovations, which beganin 1999 with Altschul Auditorium,are far from over. In thespring, Columbia Universityhopes to start work on furtherimprovements, including newfacilities for the Institute forSocial and Economic Researchand Policy (ISERP) and theLanguage Resource Center.Vanita Gowda is a first-yearMPA student. Before coming toSIPA, she worked as a reporterin Washington, DC.S I P A n e w s17

ClassnotesCompiled byMike Hickman1948WILLIAM A. ROOT, MIA,More than Wine and Cheese: is the principal author ofthe fourth edition of UnitedStates Export Controls, justSIPA Author Seriespublished by Aspen Lawand Business. Presently aself-employed export controlBy Kristin Matthewsconsultant in Kensington,MD, Bill studied governmentmaking them feel that SIPAaffairs and Russian studies atis interested in staying connectedwith them,” addedSIPA. waroot@aol.comCutter. Before introducingWachs at the event, Andersonthanked Cutter, saying1950that the series “gives us anDICK ROWSON, MIA, isopportunity to show ourselvesrunning a matchmakingoff in a way that I thinkservice these days. As directorwill appeal to all kinds ofof the Executive Servicepeople in our community.Corps based in Washington,It mixes a nice combinationD.C., Rowson recentlyof alumni networking and Esther Wachs Book, MIA ‘94engineered a new partnershipgenuine substance.” presented her book, “Why the with the Support CenterSophia Kalantzakos,Best Man for the Job Is a of Washington, a nonprofitWoman”at the Columbia Club. training and consultativeMIA ‘98, felt that the eventorganization. Retired executivesand professionals arewas a welcome departure course, has the great advantagefrom typical alumni fare.of showcasing the recruited as volunteer con-Recently elected to the achievements of alumni, sultants and matched withGreek Parliament, she said which everybody enjoys.” nonprofit groups in needthat even with her busy The second program in of management services.schedule she jumped at the the Author Series, in early Formerly a president ofchance to come to this December, was with Jasonthree publishing companies,Rowson also served asgathering. “I don’t think Abrams, MIA ‘94, speakingdirector of Duke Universitypeople just want to have a about his book, Accountabilityfor Human Rights Center Press, the ForeignPress, the Woodrow Wilsondrink and socialize, peoplewant to exchange informationAtrocities in International Policy Association andand points of view. Law. Additional sessions Radio Free Europe. He’dThis event gave us an are planned for the spring. like to thank Anne Burke,opportunity to speak about Riedl looks forward to last year’s editor of SIPAsomething pertinent.” hearing from alumni who News, for covering his workDorcas Bethel, a 1995 dual would like to discuss their with “old grads” in thenonprofit world.degree MPA and Master of books and also encouragesDick@olympus.scu.orgSocial Work, concurred, them to suggest othersaying that she attended alumni events.because she “wanted to Riedl said that there arefind out what other women many exciting new alumni1951were thinking about in events in development,CARL R. FRITZ, MIA, is servingon the board of Americanterms of leadership.” including a breakfast forAnderson was not surprisedgraduates working in foun-Diplomacy magazine, aby the favorable dations.nonprofit, online quarterlyreviews. “As soon as Ana(www.americandiplomacy.org)mentioned it we all knewthat tackles issues facingthat this was going to work,diplomacy today, comprisedthat this was going to beof mainly retired U.S. ForeignService officers. Carlfun,” she said. “It also, ofIt was not your typicalalumni event. There wasthe requisite wine, cheeseand crackers, of course.But, instead of comparingjob experiences, the twentyfive-memberaudience wasdiligently taking notes andasking thoughtful questionsof fellow SIPA graduateEsther Wachs Book as shediscussed her latest publication,Why the Best Man forthe Job Is a Woman.The program, held atThe Columbia Club inSeptember, was the firstinstallment of “The SIPAAuthor Series”—the brainchildof Ana Cutter, MIA‘98. Her aim was to finda new way to bring SIPAgraduates together andexpose them to what theirformer classmates havegone on to do professionally.“Right now what’s availableare mainly happyhours. This is a new way tocelebrate our alumni andrecognize what they havedone,” Cutter said.She sees the series as justone part of a renewed SIPAeffort to reach out to alumniand keep them informedabout the School and eachother. She especially notedthe efforts of Nancy Riedl,the director of alumni relations,who helped organizethis event, and of LisaAnderson, dean of SIPA.“Dean Anderson has donean extraordinary job inrecapturing alumni andretired from the Agency forInternational Development(AID) in 1976 but workedfor overseas consultanciesuntil 1989. He currentlyresides in Chapel Hill, NC.Crfritz@aol.com1977After working for HollywoodInvestors.com as presidentand CEO and then HallmarkEntertainment as anexecutive vice president,ALLAN GRAFMAN,MIA/MBA, helped growTribune Entertainmentfrom a $2 million start-upto a $100 million mediacompany in just four years.Last July, Geyser Technologies,Inc., appointed himas their new president andCEO. Allan now overseesenterprise strategy, operationsand finance for Geyser, a hightech,B-to-B company whosesoftware is currently revampingthe entire fashion industrywith its ModeWire Imagingand Booking Systems.allan.grafman@modelwire.com1980FERNANDO KOATZ, MIA,has been putting his studyof Latin America to profitableuse and considershimself lucky for it. He hashis own law firm, Gleason,Koatz & Dyer, which seeshim travelling throughoutLatin America and Spain,servicing clients. Marriedto a fourth-grade schoolteacher, Fernando is theproud father of two littleboys, 6 and 4. He evenlives near Shea Stadium, inForest Hills, New York!fkoatz@gleasonkoatzdyer.comtel: 212.986.1544.

1981Following graduation,AUSTIN CHINEGWUAMALU, MIA, joined theUnited Nations DevelopmentProgram (UNDP) inNew York as an administrativetrainee and has servedthe organization’s AfricanBureau ever since. Afterstints in Rwanda, Guinea,Sierra Leone, and the DemocraticRepublic of Congo,Austin is now the directorof administration and financein Windhoek, Namibia. Hereturned to Columbia lastsummer to enroll his daughterat Barnard College.austin.amalu@undp.orgJEFFREY ITELL, MPA, isdirector of operations fore-Cruise. He lives in Pittsburgh,PA. j.itell@e-cruise.com1982DAN KAPLAN, MPA, hasrecently passed the 10-yearmark at the Oregon Seniorand Disabled Services Division.He has been the leadresearcher, rate setting manager,assistant administratorfor research and development,and for the past three years,the deputy administrator. Atpresent, most of his work goesto leading the effort to achievethe “right” mix betweencommunity based and nursingfacility based long-termcare services in Oregon.Daniel.B.Kaplan@state.or.us1984In July 2000, PEGGY TURBETT,MIA, joined The ClevelandPlain Dealer as night pictureeditor. Peggy, who completeda master’s thesis on Sundaymagazines in June 1999for Ohio University, is alsoinvolved in photo editing thePlain Dealer Sunday Magazine.She had been assistant photodirector at The CincinnatiEnquirer and photo editorat American Banker in NewYork City.1985HANS CHRISTOPH FUCHS,MIA, has lived in Londonfor 11 years and continuesto enjoy living there. Hansworks for Barclays Capital,the investment banking divisionof the Barclays Group ashead of origination for continentalEurope. He and hiswife, Cynthia, have threelovely boys — Philip age 7,Christopher age 5, andNicholas, who is 1.hans.fuchs@barcap.comRICHARD T. REITER, MIA,is a U.S. Foreign Serviceofficer serving at the U.S.Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.He has served tours inRecife, Brazil; Toronto,Canada; and in the Intelligenceand Research (INR)Bureau at the State Departmentin Washington, D.C.Previous to the ForeignService, Richard served inthe U.S. Peace Corps inJamaica and worked for ayear as a high school teacherin Honduras. He wouldbe delighted to respond toinquiries from SIPA studentsand recent alumni.rtreiter@hotmail.comMARC ST.JOHN, MIA,is a managing director ofnew technology at CVCCapital Partners, Europe’slargest private equity/venturecapital company withover U.S.$ 4 billion fundsunder management.Founded in 1981, CVCwas part of Citicorp beforeit spun out in 1993.marcstjohn@cvceurope.com1986HILARY D. CLAGGETT,MIA, has been occupyingmost of her time with marriage,kittens and restoringa 95-year old house in theConnecticut countryside.Hilary, who saw most of herclassmates enter businessrelatedfields, went into publishingand became an editorat a nonprofit devoted to thestudy of international affairs.She now acquires business booksfor academic and professionalmarkets and hopes that SIPAgrads will become her futureauthors. Visit her Web site atwww.greenwood.com, andclick on Quorum Booksto get an idea of what shepublishes. Proposals andinquiries to: Hilary Claggett,Senior Editor, QuorumBooks, 88 Post Road West,Westport, CT 06881hclagget@greenwood.comDAN COFFEY, MPA, is anattorney with Bouck, Holloway,Kiernan and Casey inAlbany, NY, practicing in theareas of insurance defenseand products liability. He ismarried and has a three-yearold daughter, Sarah.CoffeyD@bhkc.comRON ROSTOW, MPA, is thedirector of finance and managedcare at MIC Women’sHealth Services/MHRA ofNYC, Inc. MIC is a nonprofitwith eight health centerslocated in medically underservedcommunities throughoutthe City’s five boroughs.The centers have providedmaternity and family planningservices to over 21,000women for the last 35 years.rhr40@columbia.eduJOHN SITILIDES, MIA, hasgone coast-to-coast afterleaving SIPA. Until 1993, heserved as special assistant forcommunications and legislativeaffairs to Senator AlfonseD’Amato. John then movedto Sacramento, California toopen his own federal affairsconsulting office, specializingin land development andenvironmental issues. But hesoon found himself back inWashington, D.C., where hefounded the Western PolicyCenter. The nonprofit producesextensive public affairsprogramming, newslettersand position papers onGreek-Turkish relations,Eastern Mediterranean securityand Balkan affairs.1987In 1989, BENJAMIN C.FORTNA, MIA, returned toacademia after working for asmall international companyin Washington, DC. Eightyears later he received hisPh.D. in modern MiddleEastern History from theUniversity of Chicago. Benjaminhas decided to stay inschool and currently worksas a lecturer of ModernMiddle Eastern History atthe School of Oriental andAfrican Studies (SOAS) atthe University of London.Married with three boysaged 7, 5, and 2, Benjaminwould love to hear from anySIPA friends. bf7@soas.ac.uk1988“Going international” hasled MATTHEW FREY,MPH/MIA, from theDepartment of Health inNew York City to field officedirector for Save the Children/U.S. in Hanoi, Vietnam.Matthew started in the HIV/AIDS prevention field afterSIPA but followed his wife,Laura Wedeen, MPH, 1989,to Haiti in 1991. He hasspent most of the past decadeworking with Save the Childrenin various positions inNepal, Haiti and now Vietnam.It has been an extremelysatisfying ride for Matthew.vietnam@savechildren.orgGas travels as DEAN MONROE,MIA, will tell you. AfterSIPA, Dean joined the MobilCorporation (now Exxon-Mobil) and has lived andworked in seven countriesover the last 12 years,recently returning from anassignment in Venezuela.He currently is based inMiami and is responsible formanaging ExxonMobil’sdownstream planning relatedactivities in Latin Americaand the Caribbean.dean.d.monroe@exxon.comBRINDA WACHS, MIA, hashad a diverse career as aneconomist. In 1993 shejoined the UN after workingas an economist for theIndustrial Bank of Japan inNew York. Now a transporteconomist for the EconomicCommission for Europe(UN/ECE) in Geneva,Brinda’s job focuses on theeffects of transportation andthe environment and has herrunning workshops in EasternEurope and Africa ongeographic informationsystems (GIS). She is raisingtwo children, Jun, age 9 andTessa, age 5, at her home inthe bucolic French countrysideoutside Geneva. Brindais also pursuing a master’sdegree in conflict transfor-WILLIAM ROOT ‘48AUSTIN AMALU ‘81S I P A n e w s19

Classnotesmation by peaceful meansand studies painting andsculpture.brinda.shimizu@unece.orgMISCHA ZABOTIN,MIA/MBA, is head ofthe Leveraged & FinancialSponsor Group for theUnited States at CreditLyonnais, where he has beenemployed since 1989. He ismarried to Nicole, a Barnardand NYU Business Schoolalumna. They have two boys,Sacha and Lucas. Mischa ishappy to hear from alumsand soon-to-be alums whowould like to chat about thebusiness world.Mischa.Zabotin@clamericas.com1989JOHN C. TURBULL, MIA,owns and operates a start-uppublishing enterprise specializingin academic works inreligion, international affairsand urban issues. He lives withhis wife, Keri, in Decatur,GA. jandkeri@earthlink.net1990JAMES RAFFEL, MIA,teaches social studies at P.S.92 in the Flatbush sectionof Brooklyn and is currentlya New York City teachingfellow. Prior to that, he wasa financial analyst at Kokkinis& Associates, a small businessconsulting firm specializingin employee ownership. He andhis wife, Maria, live in Brooklyn.jcr101@columbia.edu20 S I P A n e w sALEXANDER ROBARTS, MIA,is currently a senior vicepresident in Latin AmericanEquities at Santander InvestmentSecurities in New YorkCity. As an equity analyst forconsumer stocks, Robartswas named to InstitutionalInvestor magazine’s 2000Latin American EquityResearch Team, the industry’smost prestigious poll of thebest analysts covering LatinAmerican equities. Robartshas been with SantanderInvestment for five yearsincluding a two-year assignmentin Sao Paulo, Brazilfrom 1996 to 1997 wherehe was a senior analyst coveringthe consumer sector.He started his career on WallStreet in 1993, as an analystat Merrill Lynch’s LatinAmerica equity researchdepartment.1991ALEXANDRA DUBOW, MPA,has undergone a total careerchange. After studying educationpolicy for two years atSIPA, she now works as afreelance graphic designerand writer, producingnewsletters, annual reports,brochures, invitations, programs,manuals and theoccasional Web site. AnySIPA folks looking to spruceup their communicationsmaterials can get in touchwith Alexandra atalexdubow@earthlink.netor check out her Web site atwww.alexdubow.com.tel: 516.767.6315.1992MARC-ANDRÉ BLANCHARD,MIA/MPA is a partner atMcCarthy Tètrault LawFirm in Montreal, Quebec,specializing in commerciallitigation—particularly inshareholders’ disputes andcontested takeover bids.He was recently involved inthe fight over the controlof Air Canada as well asVidèotron, Quebec’s largestcable company. Marc-Andréhas also been elected as presidentof the Quebec LiberalParty, the opposition partyof Quebec’s provincial legislature.He is married toMonique Ryan. They arethe proud parents of Adrien,2 and Laurent, who is oneyearold.DAVID FONDILLER, MIA,has been spending a lot oftime around SIPA. In thefall, he taught “ProfessionalDevelopment” for InternationalMedia and Communicationsstudents for theseventh time. Last spring,he taught “InternationalBusiness Reporting andWriting,” which he willteach again this year. “I wasvery fortunate to have agreat group of students whowere talented, motivatedand fun,” he says. David leftMerrill Lynch in May tobecome director of communicationsat Marakon Associates,an international strategyconsulting firm. Aware ofthe value of internships—both for students andemployers—David has takenon SIPA interns to help himout at the office.dfondiller@marakon.comDAVID CHASE LOPES, MIA,and his wife are the proudparents of 21–month oldCharles-Albert. For the pastthree years, David has beenworking in Paris for SociétéGénérale Bank where hecurrently is assistant directorof the bank’s CorporateAcquisition Finance Division.davidchaselopes@socgen.comMICHAEL PAUL, MPA,is president of MGP &Associates PR, a full service,international public relationsand public affairs firm basedin Manhattan. Michael isalso an adjunct professor ofpublic relations and marketingat that other universitydowntown, NYU.MGPaul@aol.comAfter taking the new economyto the old world, GEHANTALWATTE, MIA/MBA,decided to stay on in London,where he has beenliving for the past five years.Gehan founded and ran theEurope, Middle East andAfrica business for Eccelerate.com,an informationsecurity venture. He thenjoined Hoover’s Online thisMay, establishing theirEuropean subsidiary.gtalwatte@hoovers.com1993LAURA CASTANEDA, MIA,is an assistant professor atthe School of Journalism,Annenberg School of Communicationsat the Universityof Southern California.She lives in Los Angeles.lcastane@usc.eduFor the past four years,HILARY DUNST, MIA, hasbeen working as an independentpublic relations consultantin New York with afocus on writing and mediarelations. She has put herInternational Media andCommunications concentrationto good use with internationalclients includingthe Government of IsraelEconomic Mission and TheAbraham Fund (a nonprofitthat promotes co-existence

etween Jewish and ArabIsraelis). She is also delvinginto the world of the Internetwith an electronicarchive project calledJSTOR. Hdunst@aol.comMPA JENNIFER OVERTON’Sfirst three positions forCatholic Relief Services(CRS) were in Tanzania,Uganda and Kenya. Currentlya member of theSouthern Africa RegionalTeam, Jennifer serves as thesenior technical adviser forhealth, based in Antananarivo,Madagascar. She isresponsible for health programmingin CRS’s SouthernAfrican Region (SouthAfrica, Madagascar, Malawi,Zambia, Zimbabwe, TheDemocratic Republic ofCongo and Angola). Her jobis divided between HIV/AIDS interventions andmaternal and child healthissues. She and her husbandGreg have two children,Ellysia, 4 and Rebeccah, whowas born on September 24,2000. overton@dts.mg1994The University of Technologyin Kingston, Jamaica, willsoon be redesigning itsundergraduate public policyprogram thanks to SANDRABRAMWELL, MPA. Sandrastill runs Versan EducationalServices in Kingston, a collegeentrance exam preparatoryschool that boasts an 81%entrance rate for studentsthroughout the Caribbeanand Latin America that successfullyfinish the program.versanedu@jamweb.netMPA CHRISTOPHER MANS-FIELD’S career since SIPA hasseen a lot of twists and turns.After working at a number offinancial jobs at the PortAuthority of New York andNew Jersey, he was recruitedby American Express todevelop financial forecasts(P&L’s) for their travelbusinesses. He liked theexperience so much he leftthe job to go back to businessschool at NYU, wherehe is currently majoring infinance. Chris got marriedlast September at the NewYork Palace Hotel to SangJin Lee, a former corporatelawyer turned legal recruiter.sangandchris@aol.comVAISHALI NIGAM, MPA,works in the InternationalInvestments Group at Prudential,USA. His groupidentifies entry strategies,worldwide, for Prudential’son-shore mutual funds business.Specifically, Vaishalifocuses on opportunitiesin Asia and he describes thework as a combination ofstrategy, M&A and businessdevelopment.vaishali.nigam@prudential.comFor the past year, JIM POLLOCK,MIA, has worked with a specialcore team of editors anddevelopers who are redefiningMicrosoft’s Encarta softwareinto a “living encyclopedia.”Jim lives in Woodinville,Washington with his wifeMyriam and their daughterIsabella, who will be two yearsold on Valentine’s Day. Onorders from Big Brother BillGates, acolyte Jim encouragesSIPA grads everywhere toshare their regional andfunctional expertise withEncarta’s users.Jimpoll@microsoft.com1995ROY D. KAMPHAUSEN, MIA,is a Lieutenant Colonel withthe U.S. Army. He is currentlystationed at the U.S.Embassy in Beijing as anassistant Army attaché.rmakamp@eastnet.com.cnJASON C. LIN, MIA, hasbeen in Asia for three yearsand loves everything exceptthe lack of good Mexicanfood. He recently beganworking for Salomon SmithBarney, covering PC stocksin Taiwan.oceleron@hotmail.comASHLEY C. LUEDERS, MIA,went to work for Citibank inthe Czech Republic aftergraduating. Based in Praguefor three years, she was inthe Corporate Finance Divisionand worked on a projectinvolving the privatization ofthe Czech Republic’s socialsecurity system. Now backin New York City, she is arelationship manager forCitibank’s U.S. Pensionand University EndowmentFunds. Columbia Universityis one of her clients. Ashleylives in Brooklyn Heightsand welcomes the chance tomeet fellow graduates wholive in the area.ashley.lueders@citicorp.comJILL MAZZA OLSON, MPA,is still getting used to Vermont.“It’s so small, it’s notunusual to see the governoreating a hot dog on thestreets of Montpelier,” shereports. But it is also a greatplace to pursue her interestin public policy. As directorof quality improvement forBlue Cross and Blue Shieldof Vermont, Jill and her staffare responsible for the clinicalcare and service of members.Her job involves maintainingcompliance with Vermont’sRule 10, basically a “patientbill of rights” that is unlikeanything in the U.S. In February,Jill’s daughter Zoewill turn three with a babybrother or sister expected byJune. olsonj@bcbsvt.comThis January, MARC LEESCHWARTZ, MIA, will bemoving to Mexico City withhis wife and two daughtersto work for Pricewaterhouse-Coopers. Marc has beenwith the firm since 1995,working as an internationaltax consultant for the Taxand Legal Services group(he holds a dual degree withEmory University’s LawSchool). His client baseconsists of both U.S. basedtransnational companies andhigh-tech start-ups that areinvesting overseas.marc.schwartz@us.pwcglobal.comYUTAKA YOSHINO, MIA, ison his third year of his Ph.D.in international economicsand public finance at theUniversity of Virginia. He’scompleted his course workand plans to write his dissertationon trade, environmentand development.yfy2d@virginia.eduS I P A n e w s21

ClassnotesMIA, is putting his concentrationin InternationalEconomic Policy to gooduse. He is currently thedirector of the China BusinessCentre at PricewaterhouseCoopersin London.jianjun.zhang@uk.pwcglobal.com1996FLORENCE DENG, MIA,went home to Hong Kongafter SIPA to work for theBank of America’s CorporateDivision. Florence spent herfirst two years with the banktraining at various desks. Butshe soon “rotated out” toGeneral Electric, working onportfolio management forthat firm’s private equitygroup in Hong Kong, coveringthe Asia Pacific region.22 S I P A n e w s ALLAN JIANJUN ZHANG,For the last two years, JOEHEAPHY, MPA, has beenthe executive director of theNew York State Tenants &Neighbors Coalition, astatewide organization thatadvocates the preservationof affordable housing. Hehopes to leverage his SIPAeducation and work experienceinto a political career.Joe has launched a campaignto run in 2001 for the NewYork City Council, representingparts of Long IslandCity, Sunnyside, Woodsideand Maspeth. He hopes thathis fellow SIPA alumni willbe able to help with the campaign.Call Friends of JoeHeaphy at 718.482.1499 ore-mail FriendsofJHeaphy@aol.comJOEL MALONEY, MIA,works for the National Imageryand Mapping Agency(NIMA), in Bethesda, MD,assigned to the Internationaland Policy Office. Part of theU.S. Defense Department,NIMA is responsible for analyzingimagery and creatingmapping products from thefederal government’s classifiedimagery satellites. Helives in Vienna, VAwith his wife Susan and twoyoung daughters, Devonand Morgan.jnm9@columbia.eduTANA SENN, MPA, movedto Seattle this year and spentthe first few months workingon Washington State’s Senatecampaign (no recounts).She works for Pyramid Communications,a public affairsfirm whose clients are mostlynonprofits and foundations.Tanasenn@aol.com1997KRISTA (EILHARDT)BIRENKRANT, MIA, recentlybecame the foundation coordinatorat the Lawyers Committeefor Human Rightsin New York City. She waspreviously senior programdevelopment specialist at theNew York Association forNew Americans. Krista didtake a break from herupward climb in the nonprofitworld last summer.She married Marc Birenkranton July 14 in Maui, Hawaii.The newlyweds then shuttledover to Kaui and TheBig Island (Oahu) for theirhoneymoon.Eilhardtk@LCHR.orgROBB HECHT, MIA,plugged into the super informationhighway after graduating.Previously a communicationsassociate withGlobal Internet Media,Robb is now at WinstarInteractive Media in the salesand marketing department.Robb works with such clientsas Bloomberg, DealTime.com,Individual Investor Online,Office.com and other toppublishers.hechtrobb@juno.comNEHA DEVENDRA JANI,MIA, is making-up India.As director of New MarketDevelopment for EsteeLauder, Neha is responsiblefor cosmetic productlaunches within the Indiansubcontinent.njani@estee.comWENDY LOFGREN, MIA,joined Citibank’s GEMMAprogram straight from SIPA.GEMMA is a two-year internationaltraining programthat affords those selected towork overseas. Wendy didon-the-job and classroomtraining in Argentina, China,Hungary, Mexico, ThePhilippines, and the UK.She is now in her first “permanent”position (definedas 2-3 years) back in Mexicowith Citibank’s debt restructuringteam.wendy.lofgren@citicorp.comSITI N. MAULUDIAH, MIA,credits Professor MeritJanow for preparing him fora dynamic career full ofinteresting people. In 1998he was seconded as a directorin the Asia Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) Secretariatin Singapore—responsiblefor small and mediumenterprises and genderissues. Siti’s mid-term inProfessor Janow’s U.S. foreigneconomic policy courseinvolved an extensive APECmeeting simulation. “Whowould have known what wewere learning then wouldbecome a very significantpart of my job right now?”SNM@mail.apecsec.org.sgALLISON (BIEBER) MCKIBBEN,MPA, left her associateposition within the publicfinance group at JP Morganto become a managingdirector at SG Partners, anexecutive recruiting firm inNew York City. Her realnews, however, occurred lastsummer. On June 24, 2000,Allison married Jeffrey S.McKibben in Philadelphia.Fellow 1997 MPA classmatesJennifer Brown, KariFazio, Diana Bruce Oosterveldand Bart Oosterveldwere in attendance.amckibben@sgpartners.comMAYSOON SABKAR, MIA,is a manager for BMBInvestment Bank’s CorporateFinance Division. Helives in Manama, Bahrain.maysoons@yahoo.com

JENNIFER CIUNCI SAPOLSKY,MIA, is a manager of businessoperations and strategicplanning for GTECH Corporation,a world-wide lotteryprovider, in Providence, RI.Jennifer.Sapolsky@GTECH.com1998Currently an investment officerfor the MultilateralInvestment Fund (MIF), aspecial department of theInternational MonetaryFund (IMF), SUSANA GARCIA-ROBLES’, MIA, curriculumvitae looks like a worldleader’s itinerary list. Hereare just some of the meetingsshe has worked on: the Five-Year Review of the UN Conferenceon Population andDevelopment at the Hague,the Cairo Conference onPopulation and Development,the Beijing Conferenceon Women, the IstanbulConference on Human Settlements,the World Summiton Social Development inDenmark, and various G-77conferences. Susana is nowfocusing on growing LatinAmerica and the Caribbean’sprivate sector through severalMIF programs.SUSANARO@iadb.orgHANS GREIMEL, MIA,began his career with theAssociated Press as a “cub”in Portland, OR. Today, heis a foreign correspondentfor the AP in Frankfurt, coveringGerman business andeconomic news. His beatincludes the EuropeanCentral Bank, the GermanFinance Ministry, the Euro,DaimlerChrysler, DeutscheTelekom, Siemens, and IMF,OPEC and World Bankmeetings in Europe.hgreimel@ap.orgNEIL HERNANDEZ, MPA, isthe executive director of theBridges Juvenile Center (formerlyknown as Spofford)with the New York CityDepartment of Juvenile Justice.Neil leads the agency’sintake/admissions facility,which is responsible forprocessing youth offendersentering the City’s juvenilejustice system. He is alsopursuing his Ph.D. in politicalscience at CUNY’s GraduateSchool and University Center.nvh2000@msn.comAfter working for Priceline.comthis year as a product developmentmanager, ERINKOTHEIMER, MIA, joinedGruppo Levey, & Co., aboutique investment bankand private equity firm specializingin the direct marketingand internet industries.vosages@hotmail.comTITO ARMANDO VELASCO,MIA, works in poverty.From Washington, D.C. tohis home in La Paz, Boliviaand recently throughoutLatin America, Tito hastackled poverty and welfareissues for the World Bank,Plan International and theUN’s Economic Commissionfor Latin America andthe Carribbean. He is nowa regional director for theUN Commission.tvelasco@eclac.cltel: 562.210.2417ARTEMISVALLIANATOS,MIA and EMMANOUILSARIDAKIS, MIA ‘00,merged and acquired eachother on June 25, 2000.Artemis is a manager atErnst & Young, LLP in theFinancial Services ConsultingDivison. Emmanouil hasbeen working as an internationalbanking associate atthe European Division of theBank of New York.SaridakisAV@bernstein.comRACHEL ZENNER, MPA,is the national director ofAmerican affairs and domesticpolicy at Hadassah in NewYork. She works in all areasof government relations,public policy and advocacyconcerning domestic issuesfor women and the Jewishcommunity.rachelz2@yahoo.com1999MERRIE ARCHER, MIA, isthe associate director forprograms and developmentat the National Coalition forHaitian Rights (NCHR).Based in New York City,she oversees programs onchildren’s rights in Haiti,relations with the Haitiancommunity in NYC, andpolice misconduct in bothcountries toward Haitians.Merrie also works on immigrationissues and humanrights programs for Haitiansliving in the United States.She wants current SIPAstudents to know that theNCHR is always lookingfor good interns.marcher@nchr.orgtel: 212.337.0005ENRICA MURMURA, MIA, isa consultant for the ExternalRelations Department ofthe Inter-American DevelopmentBank (IADB).ENRICAM@iadb.org2000MARY A. DEMERI, MIA,is an analyst for the U.S.Department of State inWashington, D.C.RICK FAERY, MIA, is asenior consultant at DeloitteConsulting in London,specializing in internationalbusiness strategy.rfaery@dc.comS I P A n e w s23

DevelopmentnewsDonor ProfilesPatricia M. Cloherty ‘68Raised in a small town nearLake Tahoe, California,Patricia (Pat) M. Clohertygraduated from the Schoolof International and PublicAffairs in 1968 and hasenjoyed a successful anddistinguished career in theventure capitalism industry.Among her many professionaltriumphs was being namedthe first woman president ofthe National Venture CapitalAssociation (NCVA) and thefirst president of Committee200, a nonprofit organizationof leading women executivesand entrepreneurs. Clearly,her success has been drivenby her vision, leadership andadventurous spirit. Leadingby example and never expectingmore from anyone thanshe would expect of herself,Cloherty put the skills thathave propelled her businessacumen into action at SIPA.In 1998, Cloherty wasresponsible for another major“first” by establishing the firsteverelectronic “smart” classroomsat SIPA with a gift of$750,000 as part of Columbia’s$2.2 billion capital campaigninitiative. Cloherty’s generosityalso qualified SIPA forUniversity matching funds,which enabled SIPA toenhance more rooms thanwere originally planned,thus creating a suite of stateof-the-artclassrooms.After a private tour of thenew classrooms, Clohertywas honored at a specialreception in October 2000,where she spoke to a crowd ofhundreds of students, faculty,SIPA board members andother distinguished guests.Cloherty also attended aspecial SIPA dinner, wheremembers of SIPA’s Dean’sAdvisory Board expressedtheir personal gratitude forher support of SIPA and itsstudents. When asked howshe felt about what her gifthad been able to accomplish,Cloherty simply replied,“I’m just glad I could help.”Robert Meade Chilstrom ‘69With his most recent gift tothe School of Internationaland Public Affairs, BobChilstrom, together withhis wife Buena, has formallyestablished the ChilstromFellowship. Fully funded, theChilstroms’ $50,000 commitmentwill provide ongoing,unrestricted support forgenerations to come. TheChilstrom Fellowship hasalready provided awards totwo talented students: Olivierde Cointet and Ashley Gross,and Stephen O’Malley is thisyear’s recipient.Chilstrom credits SIPAas integral to the path his lifehas followed. “SIPA studentshave wonderful careeroptions—they can work inbusiness, diplomacy or publicservice. They also have a sensibilityand sensitivity to thisglobalizing world. My owncourses with Lou Henkin atSIPA inspired me to go on tolaw school and to develop aninternational legal practice.Because SIPA has helped toshape my own life, I hope toshape other people’s lives inthe international arena.Establishing a fellowship atSIPA is a natural progressionfor my wife and me at this pointin our lives. Philanthropy is animportant part of American culture;I would encourage allgraduates of SIPA to considerestablishing their own futurefellowships, whether they planto work in the United States orin other parts of the world.”Robert Kopech ‘77Kopech started out inColumbia’s Ph.D. programin Russian/Soviet ForeignPolicy with aspirations tobecome a professor. With fewjob prospects for doctoralcandidates in the late 70s,Kopech opted instead topursue a joint degree fromthe School of Internationaland Public Affairs and theColumbia Graduate Schoolof Business. His combinationof academic and professionalstudies made him moreattractive than just a graduatewith either degree.Kopech’s first post-graduatejob was with J.P. Morganin emerging markets.Kopech admits to a strongbond with SIPA because ofhis early interest in foreignpolicy and internationalaffairs. In 1998, he establishedthe Kopech EndowedFellowship to benefit studentswho choose to pursue concurrentdegrees at SIPA andthe Graduate School of Business.The $50,000 fellowshiphas provided support forthree exceptional students—Kenneth Blackman, ClaudiaFlores and Shoma Chatterjee.Before 1998, Kopech hadgiven some thought to doingsomething at some point buthadn’t really given any explicitthought to how a potentialgift would be structured.With the help of Dean Andersonand University Developmentand Alumni Relations,Kopech was able to design afellowship that fit his idealsand, perhaps, set an examplefor other SIPA graduates.“I hope that my gift in someway can be a stimulus to getother people involved. I’mlooking forward to it beingfully funded—not to dischargethe obligation—butto know that it is there andwill be there in perpetuity.”SIPA is a high valueeducation but it is expensive.The fellowship is a concretemeans of supporting studentsdirectly and of giving back tothe University for the opportunitiesit has helped him toobtain. “As a donor, I feelconnected to SIPA and to thefellows I support each year.I get a chance to meet and getto know the students. Thereis more ‘kick’ to this than justgiving money; it’s more personal.You can actually see thepeople that you are helping.”—Brigette BryantSenior Development Officer24 S I P A n e w s

In her first three years as dean,Lisa Anderson has made raisingfellowship funds her topdevelopment priority. Not onlydoes 100 percent of the SIPAAnnual Fund now supportstudent financial aid, butcurrent-use fellowship fundshave risen 79 percent in justtwo years. SIPA has also raisedover $3 million in endowedfinancial aid funds since 1995.What follows are examples ofSIPA’s successes in the last fewyears.Named FellowshipRecipients for 2000–01Through the generosity of anumber of alumni and friendsin 1999-2000, 17 SIPAstudents were designated asnamed fellows in the currentacademic year. Donors includethose who have createdendowed fellowships at SIPA,as well as those who contribute$10,000 or more per yearto the SIPA Annual Fund.The students are among theSchool’s most talented scholars.They were chosen fromamong the many studentsreceiving a fellowship in2000-01.Faik Cinar AkcinNemir Kirdar FellowMichael Joseph AndrewsRalph O. Hellmold FellowHelen BishopDr. Joseph M. Ha FellowDeirdre BrennanJames E. Jordan FellowLisa BryantAlexander E. Zagoreos FellowShoma ChatterjeeRobert I. Kopech EndowedFellowPaloma DallasRalph O. Hellmold EndowedFellowJulia FishermanAmerican InternationalGroup FellowGretchen FrenchJeanette Wagner FellowTanvir GhaniAmerican InternationalGroup FellowChristian GraneG. Unger Vetlesen FoundationFellowStephen O’MalleyRobert M. and BuenaChilstrom Endowed FellowMichael PearmanPeter Neill Marber FellowChrista StephensJames and Sandra LeitnerFellowEva VargaDonald and Vera Blinken FellowRaj WadhwaniAnnette Fox Endowed FellowChristopher WalkerJames and Sandra LeitnerFellowNebiat WoldemichaelJeffrey L. Schmidt FellowJohn Gerard Ruggie Fellowsfor 2000–01In the spring of 2000, twoSIPA alumni, A. MichaelHoffman ‘73 and BrianLippey ‘78, created the JohnGerard Ruggie FellowshipFund in honor of formerSIPA dean, John Gerard Ruggie.Together, Mr. Hoffman,who chairs Dean Anderson’sAdvisory Board, and Mr.Lippey, a member of theDean’s Advisory Board, gave$200,000 to support 22 outstandingfirst-year studentswith demonstrated financialneed. For the first time inSIPA’s history, the Schoolwas able to recruit superiorstudents from among thoseadmitted. In many cases thesefellowships made the differencebetween a student’schoosing SIPA and one of ourpeer schools. The students for2000-01 are as follows:Allison Marie AbramsLaurence Roman BergYogesh ChandraniCuiting ChenJennifer GagerPaula Irene LawtonTara Cabral McAuliffPatrick McGillicuddyNadine MentorJuniper Maiyaro NeillSharon Lynn OttermanGesang QimeiChitra RaghavacharyaFrederick Ken ShannonSangita SigdyalEileen Ann SimpsonShadawn Nicole SmithVeeraya Kate SomvongsiriDavid Thomas StarrMonica Anne Marie TedeschiDamon TurnerBrian Edward VitunicMulti-Year Commitmentsto SIPAIn the past three fiscal years anumber of individuals havemade pledges of $25,000 ormore to SIPA. In most casesthe pledges will be paid over atwo to five-year period. As ofJune 30, 2000, they are as follows:$500,000 and abovePatricia M. Cloherty, ‘68In April of 1998, Ms. Clohertycreated the Patricia M.Cloherty Endowed ElectronicClassroom Fund.$100,000 – $249,000Ralph O. Hellmold, ‘64In June of 1997, Mr. Hellmoldcreated the Ralph O. HellmoldEndowed Fellowship Fund.$50,000 – $99,999Robert Meade Chilstrom, ‘69 *In October of 1997, Mr.Chilstrom created the RobertM. and Buena ChilstromEndowed Fellowship Fund.Robert I. Kopech, ‘77In December of 1997, Mr.Kopech created the Robert I.Kopech Endowed FellowshipFund.Julie L. Rasmussen, ‘90In April of 1998, Ms. Rasmussencreated the Julie L.Rasmussen Endowed FellowshipFund.Kathryn E. Wilbur *In March of 1999, Mrs. Wilburlaunched the C. Martin WilburFellowship Fund at the EastAsian Institute.Bruno Z. Wu and Lan Yang‘96 *In April of 1998, Mr. Wu andMs. Yang created the Dr. WooKai Seng Fellowship Fund.$25,000 – $49,999Ambassador Donald M. Blinken *In December of 1998,Ambassador Blinken createdthe Donald and Vera BlinkenFellowship Fund.Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson, ‘66In July of 1997, Dr. Gitelsoncreated the Susan AureliaGitelson Fund for InnovativeProjects at SIPA.John A. Grammer, Jr., ‘63In September of 1997, Mr.Grammer made a multi-yearpledge to the SIPA AnnualFund.Dr. Joseph Man-Kyung Ha,‘71 *In April of 1998, Dr. Ha createdthe Annette Fox FellowshipFund.* Indicates that the pledge has beenfulfilled.Gifts in 1999–2000SIPA received gifts fromalmost 1,300 alumni,friends, corporations andfoundations in 1999–2000.Together these gifts totaled$3.44 million. Below are the303 donors who gave $250or more between July 1,1999, and June 30, 2000.Not listed are the 967donors who gave under$250, to whom we are verygrateful.Donors $25,000 or moreAmerican InternationalGroup, Inc.The Cambridge Group -ConnecticutThe Clark FoundationThe Ford FoundationThe Freeman FoundationFoundation for the Centerfor EnergyMary W. Harriman FoundationThe William & Flora HewlettFoundationA. Michael Hoffman, ‘73W. Alton Jones Foundation,Inc.The Korea FoundationThe Kosciuszko Foundation,Inc.James Leitner, ‘77 & SandraS. Leitner, ‘76The Henry Luce FoundationInc.Brian C. Lippey, ‘78The John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur FoundationKathleen H. MortimerDragomir Nicolitch CharitableTrustThe Rockefeller FoundationS I P A n e w s25

DevelopmentnewsSmith Richardson Foundation,Inc.The Starr FoundationArnold A. SaltzmanTaipei Economic and CulturalOfficeTrace FoundationThe Tides FoundationToyota Motor CorporationUnited States-JapanFoundationThe G. Unger VetlesenFoundationBruno Z. Wu & Lan Yang, ‘96Donors $10,000 – $24,999American Fonting FoundationMaurice AmadoAnonymousAmbassador Donald M.BlinkenCarnegie Corporation ofNew YorkRobert Meade Chilstrom, ‘69Joseph Man-Kyung Ha,‘71 Cert.Ralph O. Hellmold, ‘64Institute of InternationalEducationInstitute of InternationalRelationsJewish Communal FoundationJames E. Jordan, ‘71Nemir KirdarRobert I. Kopech, ‘77Habib LadjevardiMerrill Lynch & Company,Inc.Peter Neill Marber, ‘87I. & B. Neuman Foundation,Inc.Open Society InstituteThe Rosenstiel FoundationCharles H. Revson FoundationBlanka A. RosenstielJeffrey L. Schmidt, ‘79 I.F. &Cert.James D. Seymour, ‘61 Cert.The Tinker FoundationIncorporatedJeanette WagnerKathryn E. Wilbur26 S I P A n e w sDonors $5,000 – $9,999American Council for InternationalEducationWilder K. Abbott, ‘61The Chase Manhattan FoundationChiang Ching-Kuo FoundationSamuel C. Chu, ‘53 Cert.Conoco, Inc.Elizabeth W. CresseyDeutsche Bank AmericasFoundationExxon Education FoundationRobert E. Fulton, Jr.Susan Aurelia Gitelson, ‘66Michael A. Pettis, ‘81Janet W. PrindleRaphael Foundation, Inc.Mickey ShamahClaire Shipman, ‘94Texaco, IncorporatedGeraldine WangDonors $2,500 – $4,999Estate of Evelyn CrawfordBackerThe Howard Bayne FundMaureen R. Berman, ‘73Michael R. Chase, ‘93Pierre J. DeVeghGerman Academic ExchangeService (DAAD)James Relerford Helvey, III,‘84J. S. LeeVictor MarkowiczBruce A. PomerantzMary A. H. Rumsey FoundationJoan E. Spero, ‘68Matthew M. Stevenson, ‘78Bei Shan Tang Foundation,LimitedMichael Clark TroyDonors $1,000 – $2,499Lisa Anderson, ‘76 Cert.AnonymousDorothy M. BajakRoger R. Baumann, ‘85Kim Christopher Bradley, ‘83Chevvron CorporationWha-Sup Chung, ‘77Gregory R. Dalton, ‘94John William Dickey, ‘92Fernando X. DonayreMargaret EdsonMichele Douglas EletaShinkichi EtoCharles G. FreemanAnne S. GoodrichJohn A. Grammer, Jr., ‘63John D. Greenwald, Esq.,‘71 I.F.Guy B. Gugliotta, ‘73The Huang HsingFoundation, Inc.Edgar C. Harrell, ‘72 Cert.Donald L. Holley, Esq., ‘59Alison Briggs Hooker, ‘88Gail Lewis Howard, ‘84Chun-Tu HsuehLila J. Kalinich, M.D.Thomas L. KennedyPatricia G. Keros, ‘91Miodrag & Ewa M. KukrikaWendy Anne Lofgren, ‘97T. Dixon LongMonda AssociatesAnn Wilbur MacKenzieClaudette M. Mayer, ‘76Laurie N. Mayers, ‘82Sophia G. McConnellDeborah Duff MilenkovitchWalter T. MolanoMaurice T. MooreJames William MorleyCarol Jean Patterson, ‘76Harland RikerLinda C. Rose, ‘65 Cert.Franz RosenthalKirk P. Schubert, ‘82Christopher William Smart,‘89 Cert.Aurellia SobczykSpringcreek FoundationAlfred C. Stepan, III, ‘65 I.F.Sharyn Menegus Taylor, ‘85Mana Nabeshima Tokoi, ‘91Yuko Usami, ‘77Martin Varsavsky, ‘84Frank C. Wong, ‘82Thomas David Zweifel, ‘96Donors $500 – $999Frederica P. BarbourEmily Marino Baugher, ‘96Josephine Warren BeachEdwin G. Beal, Jr.Pamela Berardinelli-Garrud, ‘83Robin L. Berry, ‘78Peggy Robbins Bide, ‘85Marcia Beth Burkey, ‘88Pauline Ho BynumG. W. Cadbury CharitableTrustLeon M. F. ChirovskyRichard Wayne CoffmanLisa Maria Coleman, ‘85Charles D. Cook, Esq., ‘50Anne Cannon Cowles, ‘89Timothy J. Curran, ‘77Philip A. Dabice, ‘77Joyce EdsonPeter D. Ehrenhaft, ‘57Kashiyo C. Enokido, ‘78Karin FalenckiEdwin Anthony Finn, Jr., ‘83Roland Nelson Goff, ‘97Richard A. Golden, ‘79Joseph E. GoreRadmila GorupPaula S. HarrellNeal H. Harwood, ‘61Yasuko Hata Kato, ‘87Noel Dutton Humphreys, ‘72Masaru IkeiRay Christopher Johnson, ‘89Heidi P. Jouflas, ‘92Thomas Dale Kuczmarski, ‘75Janina KulikowskiKenneth C. LaudonAndre D. Lehmann, ‘73Steven I. LevineErna Gallian MavrovicAlan B. McDougall, ‘92John T. McGuire, ‘63Jacqueline CorbelliModzelewski, ‘88Sherwood G. Moe, ‘48Andrew J. NathanRichard T. Newman, ‘51Alexandra Curran Nichols, ‘67Peter J. PettibonePercy Parker Phillips, ‘97Louise Anne Poirier, ‘95Daiji Sadamori, ‘74Maurice R. Samuels, ‘83Gregory A. Stoupnitzky, ‘80Carol Gary Tatti, ‘82Wesley B. Truitt, ‘62 I.F.James Williamson Uehlinger,‘92

Ralph O. Hellmold (right)with Paloma Dallas, MIA‘01 and Michael JosephAndrews, MIA ‘01, recipientsof the two fellowshipsthat carry his name.Desa V. WakemanJayne S. WernerOdoric Y. K. WouMadeleine H. ZelinMyroslava T. ZnayenkoDonors $250 – $499Sanford AntignasThomas Paul Bernstein,‘66 Cert.Simon Michael BessieMelanie June Bixby, ‘91Kenneth Lawrence Blacklow,‘93Holly Bernson Bogin, ‘88Donald D. Bronkema,‘57 Cert.Peggy Lou CastlenParris H. ChangTun-Jen ChengIngrid D. Christophel, ‘83Scott D. Colby, ‘69 Cert.Gerald L. Curtis, ‘67 Cert.Emiko H. CusterAlexander M. Dake, ‘86Rodrick William DialRichard Albert Dikeman, ‘99Jutta E. Dorscher-Kim, ‘87Thomas John Durkin, ‘87R. Anthony Elson, ‘65Gordon Epstein, ‘77Angela M. Leahy Esteve, ‘92Mitchell B. Feldman, ‘77Louise R. Firestone, ‘79Laura Fontani, ‘86Alexander Mols Fraser, ‘90Grace Frisone, ‘76Geotechnical Supply, Inc.Larry S. Gage, Esq., ‘71 I.F.Evans Gerakas, ‘59Merle & Marshal GoldmanJohn M. GorupPeter L. Harnik, ‘75Joseph J. HartogHiromi Hayashi, ‘94Gary Edward Hayes, ‘81Miriam E. Hill, ‘99John Schaller Hopley, ‘90Ramya ThambuswamyHopley, ‘86Douglas R. Hunter, ‘73Constance Louise Hunter-Dupuy, ‘94Joshua Town PublishingAssoc., Inc.Roy Christopher Jackson, ‘90Stuart Macl Johnson, ‘67Kathleen Marie Karich, ‘90Julia Metzger Kennedy, ‘92Dale KnezevichMichael Korine, ‘86Peter Kurz, ‘84George M. Lazarus, M.D.,‘69 I.F.Allen B. LindenSophon Liwprasert, ‘84Dallas D. Lloyd, ‘58John Buchanan LongChristopher Joseph Loso, ‘97Z. Ming MaJerrold L. Mallory, Esq., ‘83Ann Hunt McDermott, ‘90John Micgiel, ‘77Amy L. Miller, ‘82Catherine Mulder, ‘81Brian Vincent Mullaney, ‘84Anne R. Myers, ‘70Yuko Nakajima, ‘91Thomas F. O'Connor, Jr., ‘76Ruth G. Ornelas, ‘81Polish Heritage PublicationsPolish Student Organizationin New YorkRichard B. Palmer, ‘55Lidia PaslawskyjHugh PatrickJohn Steven Perkoff, ‘86Victor M. Polce, ‘79Jefrey Ian Pollock, ‘97Robert W. Pons, ‘64Maidad Rabina, ‘73K. Steve RasiejBarbara Helen RegueroBarbaria, ‘86John M. Reid, ‘64Marvin M. Reiss, ‘87Carl A. RiskinWilliam A. Root, ‘48Stephen S. Rosenfeld,‘59 Cert.Ellen M. Sahadi, ‘81Albert L. Seligmann, ‘49James J. Smith, ‘75Elizabeth Stern, ‘89Emanuel Stern, ‘90Bosiljka StevanovicAlina S. SzczesniakHolly M. Taylor, ‘90Hui-Yu Caroline Ts’AiDragan D. VuckovicE. Reuben Weinstein, ‘77Gavin Conrad Wellington,‘95Osamu Yoshida, ‘99Arthur M. Yoshinami, ‘80Michael John Zaninovich, ‘89There were 122 new donors toSIPA in 1999-00. We wouldlike to thank them for theirfirst gift. They are as follows:Robert Stephen Adamenko,M.D., ‘91Garth D. Adams, ‘88 I.F.Sanford AntignasEmily Marino Baugher, ‘96Kevin Alan Baumert, ‘98Pita BaxterJune Beittel, ‘87Jennifer Anne Beubis, ‘95Charles Blanc, ‘90Matthew William Botwin, ‘98Michael James Brandmeyer, ‘95Michael John Burke, ‘89Gustavo Cano Hernandez, ‘96Barbara Cassidy, ‘91Michael Tatu Castlen, ‘93Mark Brice Chakwin, ‘92Elizabeth Champlin Geske, ‘87Kai J. Chin, ‘78Beverly E. A. Copeland, ‘79Jennifer Ragusa Corddry, ‘99A. Sebastian Corradino, ‘91Dan Bodie D'Agostino, II, ‘93Sandeep Dalal, ‘91Constantine D. Dantoulis, ‘96Elizabeth Davis, ‘95Jennifer Lynn Davis, ‘95Isabella L. de la Houssaye,‘88 I.F.Erica Margaretha Dellwo, ‘95Rodrick William DialFernando X. DonayreCorinne EbbsJohn N. EbbsMichele Douglas EletaScott F. Engle, ‘82Angela M. Leahy Esteve, ‘92Deborah A. Everett, ‘90Hugo Presgrave Faria, ‘88Brent Herman Feigenbaum, ‘84Anthony John Fiore, ‘95Bradley Feeney Foerster, ‘88Stefanie May Frease, ‘99Vivian L. Friedman, ‘81Gregory G. GebertHeidi Gifford-Melas, ‘91James Sevier Gilliland, ‘99Jeffrey Jay Goldberg, ‘99Peter C. GoldmarkCarolyn B. Green, ‘63John P. Green, ‘99Yasuko Hata Kato, ‘87Hiromi Hayashi, ‘94Susan Karen Heller, ‘93George Rabil Henman, ‘95Andrew William Higgins, ‘91Miriam E. Hill, ‘99Christopher John Hirth, ‘96Alison Briggs Hooker, ‘88Shirley Sui-Wei Hsu, ‘91Constance Louise Hunter-Dupuy, ‘94Bernd Gunnar Janzen, ‘92Robert Ronald Jystad, ‘93Daniel S. Kahn, ‘89Craig Lee Keller, ‘88David Eric Klotz, ‘89Peter Kurz, ‘84Bruce Edward Kutz, ‘89Lawrence Scott Larson, ‘97Peter John Lasky, ‘96Catherine Grace Lee, ‘96Eva Jean Lee, ‘95Wendy Anne Lofgren, ‘97Lynn A. Lurie, ‘81Bruce Maasbach, ‘85Diane Marie Malcolmson, ‘94Robert Harlan Malleck, ‘85Nancy Masterson-Newkirk, ‘88Kristin Kay Mayes, ‘99Deborah Lynn McKoy, ‘90John T. Meehan, ‘80Mikaela Sawtelle Meredith, ‘88Katherine Marie Metres, ‘97Thomas R. Michelmore, ‘74Adin Calis Miller, ‘96George R. Milner, Jr., ‘49Charles MitchelmoreMaryam Kamali Miyamoto, ‘92Jacqueline CorbelliModzelewski, ‘88Walter T. MolanoLinda A. Moulton, ‘82Yuko Nakajima, ‘91Tamara H. Norris, ‘88Kevin O'Neil, ‘85Pamella Klein Odhner, ‘95Eliot Highet Patty, ‘96Rachel L. Pohl, ‘84David C. PrestonCynthia Rich, ‘84Smedes Rose, ‘94Ronald H. Rostow, ‘86Maysoon M. Sabkar, ‘97Allison H. Schovee, ‘85Gary Scott Schumann, ‘91Samuel L. Sharp, ‘99Harry Sherman, ‘86Ilana Hoffer Skoff, ‘90Jamelyn Allison Smith, ‘86Nancellen Stahl, ‘83Carol Gary Tatti, ‘82Patrick Josef Tiefenbacher, ‘98Nicholas B. Tsocanos, ‘99Jonathan Lance Tunik, ‘86Atsushi Ueno, ‘91Patrick Vatel, ‘98Karen L. Verlaque, ‘94Betty Ellen Walter, ‘86Caroline Washburn, ‘99Elizabeth Roberts Wilcox,‘93 I.F.Steven Andrew Wolfe, ‘86Osamu Yoshida, ‘99June L. Yuson, ‘80 I.F.Eric Zachs, ‘84 I.F.Michael John Zaninovich, ‘89S I P A n e w s27

SIPA’s Global CommunityMore than any time in its history, SIPA’s alumni, faculty andstudents are becoming truly global actors, shaping the future oftheir local neighborhoods and the world community as scholars,policymakers, analysts, activists and business leaders. BecauseSIPA must be able to continue to recruit the brightest studentswith the widest array of skills, backgrounds, and aspirations, wemust continue to build our resources for student fellowshipsand our core programs. The new SIPA Global Community wascreated in the fall of 2000 to recognize our most generousalumni and friends.Partners:Classes of 1998-2000: $250 – $999Single gift or ten monthly credit card gifts of at least $25.Classes 1997 or before: $1,000 – $2,499Single gift or ten monthly credit card gifts of at least $100.Donors at this level will be recognized in SIPA News.Advocates: $2,500 – $4,999Single gift or ten monthly credit card gifts of at least $250.In addition to the recognition described above, donors at thislevel will receive copies of the Journal of International Affairsand Slant magazine.Builders: $5,000 – $9,999Single gift or ten monthly credit card gifts of at least $500.In addition to the above, donors at this level will be invited to anannual private reception and to attend special programs such asthe Gabriel Silver Memorial Lecture and the M. Moran WestonLecture.Architects:$10,000 – $24,999Single gift or ten monthly credit card gifts of at least $1,000.In addition to the above, donors at this level sponsor a studentin a designated field of study for one year. Donors will be invitedto meet their scholarship student at an annual event.Visionaries: $25,000 or moreSingle gift or ten monthly credit card gifts of at least $2,500.In addition to the above, donors at this level will be invited todinner with the dean and her Advisory Board once a year.Annual GlobalLeadershipAwards DinnerhonoringTed TurnerSenator George MitchellHuman Rights WatchWednesday, March 28, 2001The Plaza, New York CityFor more information, contact Nancy Riedl at 212-854-859828 S I P A n e w sThe Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. delivered SIPA’s CommencementAddress on May 16, 2000. Rev. Jackson asked the graduatesto consider the special challenges by which their generationwill be judged, stating that “the moral imperative of ourday is to leave no one behind.”SIPA News is published biannually bySIPA’s Office of External Relations.Co-editors: Sjur Skjaeveland, MIA ‘01,Joya Rajadhyaksha, MIA ‘02Reporter: Mike Hickman, MIA ‘01Contributors: Trond Gabrielsen, MIA ‘02,Vanita Gowda, MIA ‘02, Kristin M. Matthews, MPA ‘01,Melissa P. McNamara, MPA ‘01, Nahid Seyedsayamdost, MIA ‘01,Shadawn Smith, MPA ‘02, Beagan Wilcox, MIA ‘02Photographers: Amiaga Photographers, Inc. (24), Joshua Bearman (5),Eileen Barroso (9, 10 [Constaninescu, Madl, Peres]), Marie Charles(11), Michael Dames (7 [Varga], 8, 10 [Cuomo], 12, 17), Michael A.Guerrero (7 [Weinberger], 10 [Penalosa, Lampreia], 16 [Small]),Victor Marin (2, 4), Alan Orling (1, 16), Joe Pineiro (6, 7 [group]),Nancy Riedl (18), Barbara Winograd (12, 14, 17 [Zweifel])Cover Illustration: Phillip DvorakDesign and Production: Office of University PublicationsSCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRSDean: Lisa AndersonAssociate Deans: Robin Lewis and Joan TurnerOffice of External Relations:JoAnn Crawford, Director of Publications and Special Events;Nancy Riedl, Director of Alumni RelationsCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY420 W. 118th St.New York, NY 10027MIA Program: (212) 854-8690MPA Program: (212) 854-2167Office of External Relations: (212) 854-8671Fax: (212) 854-8660SIPA News, 420 W. 118th St., Room 1508, New York, NY 10027E-mail: sipanews@columbia.eduPhone: (212) 854-7156 • Fax: (212) 854-8660http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa