SAIS Europe

Cara Christie B'05, '06 is a finalist for the 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals awarded each year to federal workers for her work at USAID fighting drought in Africa and was written about in the Washington Post on July 22.

The Grameen Foundation has announced the appointment of Hillary Miller-Wise B'97, '99 as Vice President for information services.

SAIS alumnus Thomas Stelzer B'83 will begin his new position as Austrian Ambassador to Portugal after leaving his post as Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs and Secretary of the Chief Executives Board (CEB) on June 30, 2013.

SAIS alumna Elena Panaritis B'90, '91 published an article titled, "Just Like Sisyphus, Greeks Are Forever Pushing That Boulder Up the Hill" on 6/27/13 in the Huffington Post.

SAIS alumnus Peter McConaghy B'10, '11 published an article on 6/28/13 titled, "Tourism: a ‘win-win’ sector to promote recovery & employment in the Middle East & North Africa" in the Global Arab Network.

Christiane Amanpour, SAIS 2013 commencement speaker, paid a visit to the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo and is pictured in this photograph with recent SAIS graduate Amar Causevic B'12, '13.

Rebecca Patterson B'94, '95 did a special CNBC “Fast Money” show Tuesday, June 4 from 5-6pm ET. It was an all women panel, talking about markets but also women in business/finance.

In May 2013, the Philippine government acknowledged the support of many of its advisors, one of whom was  Tom Lu JUH '09, B'09, '10, Associate, Sovereign & Supranationals Debt Capital Markets, for assisting in receiving an investment grade rating from Standard & Poor’s.

A SAIS wedding celebrtion was announced in the New York Times on May 3, 2013, under title "From Ordeal to Fairy Tale, but Not Without Obstacles," involving Marc Schleifer B'04, '05 and Veronika Belenkaya B'10, '11.