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D.C.-based nonprofit. AUA
sends American citizens on
short-term volunteer assigments
in the Muslim world,
to help build partnerships
in education, health and
community needs. Orbach
lives in New York City.
Jason Sausto ’04 became
president for greater China
of consumer electronics
manufacturing company
Onkyo in 2008. Sausto
currently splits his time
between Shanghai and Hong
Kong and looks forward to
catching up with any fellow
SAIS alumni as they pass
through China.
Tomicah Tillemann ’04,
Ph.D. ’09 of Washington,
D.C., was appointed by
Hillary Clinton to serve as
the senior adviser to the U.S.
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Secretary of State for civil
society and emerging democracies,
in October 2010. Previously,
Tillemann worked
as Clinton’s speechwriter. He
and his wife, Sarah Beal
Tillemann ’03, have three
sons, ages 5, 3 and 1.
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Darlene Damm ’05 of Washington,
D.C., has been working
with Ashoka in the field
of social entrepreneurship
since 2007. Last summer she
participated in a 10-week
program at Singularity University
in California’s Silicon
Valley studying exponential
technologies and their application
to improving the lives
of one billion people.
Ajit Mohan ’05 published
a piece in The Wall Street
Journal in April titled “India
Journal: Hazare Triumphs,
but No Silver Bullets.” His
work examined the effects of
social activist Anna Hazare’s
hunger fast unto death,
which galvanized the public
fight against government
corruption. Mohan is a political
and social commentator
in New Delhi. He recently
co-authored McKinsey
Global Institute’s “India’s
Urban Awakening: Building
Inclusive Cities, Sustaining
Economic Growth.”
Michael Oko ’05 was
hired as director of media
relations at World Resources
Institute in August 2010. He
lives in Washington, D.C.
Rebecca Patterson B’04,
’05 has worked for J.P.
A group of overseas and traveling SAIS alumni gathered in Uganda in February 2011 for a reunion on
the thrilling whitewater descent of the Nile River at its source. Participants included Andrew Rhodes
’05 and his wife, Megan, who are currently assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda;
newlyweds Jessica Wolfendale ’05 and Keith Doxtater ’04, who have been working in Kisumu, Kenya,
and recently moved to Juba, South Sudan; Adrienne Stone ’02, and husband, Andy Colburn, who live in
Kampala with their new baby, Apolline; Katheryn Van Der Celen ’05 and Philip Van Der Celen ’05, who
visited East Africa on their six-month round-the-world tour; and Nanda Kamat ’05, Jed Howbert B’04, ’05
and Dan O’Neill ’05, who decided the timing was right for their own East African adventure and flew
out from the United States to join the crowd.
Morgan since 1997. In May,
she became the chief markets
strategist for J.P. Morgan
Asset Management, based in
New York City.
In July, the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs
named 22 individuals from
government, private and
nonprofit sectors as “those
who will help Chicago compete
and thrive in the global
era.” That list of emerging
leaders included Girish Rishi
’05, corporate vice president
for Motorola Solutions.
In September 2010, after
five years on the job at the
law firm White & Case LLP,
James J. Shea JHU’02, B’04,
’05 left his position as director
of U.S. trade services to
join the foreign service with
the U.S. Department of State.
He was confirmed as an
economic officer in October
2010 and in January 2011
was posted in Monterrey,
Mexico, where he will be for
two years.
Michael Wright N’02, ’05
has been working as an
associate attorney since
March 2010 in the corporate
department at Baker
Hostetler LLP in Chicago.
2006
Ana Ariño ’06 has been living
in New York City since
July 2008 and working
for the Boston Consulting
Group since June.
After five years at the
World Bank in finance and
private sector development,
Doina Cebotari B’05, ’06
returned to her home country
of Moldova in March
to work as adviser to the
prime minister of Moldova
on attracting foreign investment.
She is growing professionally
and learning about
various sectors of the local
and global economies.