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peRCivaL mangLano ’98
has been appointed as the
economy and budget minister
of the Madrid Regional Government
(MRG). Manglano has
dedicated much of his career
to Spanish politics. He has
served as an adviser in foreign
affairs and international
development to the Popular
Parliamentary Group at the Spanish parliament, chief of
staff of Madrid’s immigration ministry and, most recently,
Madrid’s director general for development aid.
Haiti Task Team, managing
the USAID response to the
2010 earthquake.
In July 2010, Jennifer
Reichert ’98 joined CRDF
Global (U.S. Civilian
Research and Development
Foundation) as a senior
program manager. She
implements educational and
other cooperative programs
in support of international
nuclear security. She lives in
Alexandria, Va.
1999
Edward “Boz” Bestic ’99
and Jordan Winkler ’07 are
in Khost, Afghanistan; both
are serving as U.S. Department
of State members of
a military provincial reconstruction
team, focusing on
political, governance and
economic development
issues. Bestic has been incountry
since July; Winkler
since January 2011.
Peter Taylor B’99, ’99,
together with his wife,
JoAnn, and son, A.J., moved
back to the United Kingdom
last summer after 14 years of
living overseas in Singapore,
Hong Kong and Washington,
D.C. He is working in London
as an investment manager
for emerging markets
equities at Aberdeen Asset
Management.
Sergio Tjong-Alvares
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N’97, ’99 currently manages
a strategic marketing project
with the Israeli Ministry of
Industry, Trade and Labor
on behalf of consulting
firm Atid-EDI in Jerusalem.
He also remains a regional
reporter for Xinhua News
Agency. He and his wife,
Shira, enjoy raising their
children Tzuriel, 5, Kelila, 3,
and Gavriel, 1.
Friso van der Oord B’98,
’99 and his wife, Laura
Dorling, moved from Santa
Monica, Calif., to New York
in the spring. At first they
experienced culture shock
but have since begun to
enjoy the urban jungle of
Gotham City. He is leading
several lines of business at
LRN Corporation, an education
and advisory firm
helping companies inspire
principled and sustainable
performance. He likes
working with Christophe
Leroy ’02 on a program
to recast leadership in
business.
2000
Nicole King Allen ’00 and
Russ Allen ’00 of Atlanta
have been blessed with their
fourth child, Hart Law, born
on July 27. He was welcomed
into the family by big
brother Adger, 6, and big sisters
Elowyn, 4, and Carys, 2.
In April 2010, Ricardo
G. Rojas ’00 was appointed
as political counselor and
deputy chief of mission at
the Embassy of Chile in
Uruguay.
After spending nearly a
decade as a journalist for
Fortune magazine, Julie
Schlosser B’99, ’00 of Washington,
D.C., teamed up
with former colleague Lee
Clifford to launch a philanthropic
line of jewelry that
raises money and awareness
for global and local nonprofits.
Started in November
2010, their company,
Altruette, serves 30 nonprofits
such as CARE, the
International Rescue Committee
and GlobalGiving.
Andrée Simon ’00 of
Washington, D.C., is acting
chief executive officer of
Women for Women International,
an organization
providing women survivors
of war, civil strife and other
conflicts with the tools and
resources to move from crisis
and poverty to stability and
self-sufficiency. In February
2011, Simon worked with
women in East Congo on
issues related to economic
empowerment.
Markus David Taussig ’00
accepted a faculty position
in July at the National University
of Singapore Business
School. He assumed his new
post, assistant professor of
strategy and policy, after
defending his D.B.A. in
strategy at Harvard Business
School. He would like to
connect with SAIS alumni
in Singapore and Vietnam,
which he will be visiting
regularly for research.
2001
Adria Armbrister ’01 has
worked with the Inter-
American Development
Bank for three years. She
was transferred from Washington,
D.C., to Bogota,
Colombia, in March, and
will remain there for the
next three to five years. She
welcomes any visits from fellow
alumni.
Vanessa Friedman B’00,
’01 works in New York
City and in February 2009,
started her own international
communications consultancy,
V Dot Consulting. She
has two children, Dahlia,
4, and Max, 2. They live in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Since 2005 Zeynep
Kudatgobilik B’00, ’01 has
worked at Deutsche Bank
as an in-house economist
responsible for Latin America
and Turkey. She lives in
New York City with her husband,
Derek Meilman, and
children, Liam and Leila.
Christina Wu N’01, ’01
is an assistant U.S. attorney
for the District of Arizona,
where she handles prosecutions
for border-related
crimes, such as immigration
and firearms violations and
drug and alien smuggling.
She was married on April
30 in Phoenix. She met her
fiancé in law school at the
University of Arizona.
2002
Chris Allen ’02 and his wife,
Cynthia, returned to Washington,
D.C., at the end of
August. Allen accepted the
position of northeast director
of real estate for P.F.
Chang’s Bistro and Pei Wei
Asian Diner.
In May, Hassan Baroudy
’02 became chief of party
for a USAID-funded project
in Kabul with Democracy
International. Since then, he
has been leading a team of
U.S. expatriate and Afghan
experts in promoting elec-