Portraits

Patricia Wu is Vice President and Managing Director at Crowell & Moring International, a global government affairs and public policy consulting firm. As an undergraduate student, she spent a year abroad at Sciences Po studying international relations and affairs.

Jonathan Silver is an executive with a history of success investing in the clean economy, a senior advisor to multiple large firms in clean economy sector, and an alum of Science Po’s Certificat d’Etudes Politiques (CEP) program. After graduating from Harvard with a major in government, Silver was awarded a MacArthur Rotary Graduate Fellowship to study in France. “I chose Sciences Po because the school specialized in the areas of study I was interested in,” he says.

Louis Mark is a senior program consultant at Anthesis Group, a consulting group focusing on sustainability. He joined the Sciences Po Master’s Degree in Energy Economics in the fall of 2016, after spending time researching in China. “The year before I started was a pivotal moment for climate,” he says, “and I was already doing some research in China at the time. My focus was on air pollution, displacement of indigenous people, and energy infrastructure.” When the Paris agreement was signed in April 2016, Mark felt even more compelled to continue his studies in climate.

Abel Mavura is the founder and director of Marvel Act Youth Organisation in Paris, France. He is a graduate in Advanced Global Studies (Development Practice) His advice to other students is that, when you learn to get the paper, instead learn so that you can put what you learnt into practice.

Benjamin Haddad is the director of the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center, and he has always had an interest in international politics, stemming from his time as a student at Sciences Po.

From the Master in Public Policy, Social Policy and Social Innovation stream, to consultant at YCE partners

Amy Dubey has graduated from the Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action. She has joined the Dynamic Knowledge and Early Warning, Analysis and Prevention team at UN Human Rights in Geneva.

From the Master in Public Policy, Markets and Regulation stream, to Monetary Policy Market Operator at the European Central Bank

Gawie Kanjemba is the first Namibian to have joined PSIA. He is a Manager for Strategy, Innovation & Digitalization at the NamibiaInvestment Promotion and Development Board. He has recently been awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to complete his LLM in the USA.

Mélina Dunham is Program and Development Strategist at Ecogenia in Athens (Greece) She is responsible for fundraising, stakeholder engagement and building up the programming for pilots. Dunham is a graduate in International Public Management.

From the Master in Public Policy, Health stream, apprenticeship programme, to consultant at GovHe

From the Master in European Affairs, Markets and Regulation stream, to the position of Communications Officer in the European Commission's Finance Department

From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, apprenticeship programme, to the Presidency of the NGO Graines Populaires

From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, apprenticeship programme, to Institutional Affairs Manager at the Kering Group

From the Master in Public Policy, dual degree with Fudan University, to Development Manager at the International Organisation for Migration

Claire Pétreault is a 2019 graduate of the From the Master in Innovation & Digital Transformation at Sciences Po. She is a member of the “ Climate Generation’: a generation of youth who refuse to work in a career that has a negative impact on the environment. Claire co-founded in May 2020 the Facebook group “Sciences Po en Vehicle en Transition” which now has more than 2,000 members.

Parnika Ray is Program Director of New Global Perspectives – Paris. New GlobalPerspectives is a platform for emerging thought leaders to share fresh ideas about global issues. Topics include energy, sustainability, diplomacy, security, transport,urban development and much more.

Valentina is working as a NextGen Graduate, Strategy & Consulting at 3Shape in Copenhagen. The company produces 3D scanners and other digital solutions for dentists. Valentina has a Master in International Economic Policy.

Tania Johnson, the Director of Sponsored Programs at Swarthmore College, had a long-time dream of living and studying in France. She had begun studying the language in middle school and high school, and as a French and International Relations major at the University of Pennsylvania, was “really grateful to have had the opportunity to study” at Sciences Po.

Elsa Alvarado, currently a Senior Vetting Analyst for the 59th Presidential Inaugural Committee, dreamed of attending Sciences Po, where so many influential French political leaders were educated. She spoke to us about her passion for politics, leadership in the Hispanic community, and dedication to being a global citizen.

David Vigoureux has graduated from the Master in International Development. He now works as an Innovation Executive at Brink in London.

Readers might recognize her as the anchor of the Saturday edition of the “CBS Weekend News,” but in addition to reporting on COVID-19, Chicago gun violence, and the Flint water crisis, Adriana Diaz “had the pleasure of going to Sciences Po twice.”

Alexandre Chenesseau is a Managing Director at Evercore in New York, working in global mergers and acquisitions advisory, and a graduate of Sciences Po’s Master in Finance and Strategy. He describes having always wanting to pursue diverse fields early on in his life, including foreign affairs, diplomacy, and even journalism, for which he thought “Sciences Po was a pretty obvious choice.”

From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, apprenticeship programme, to technical adviser and parliamentary assistant