SAIS graduate Evan Ryan '06 was named, by President Obama, the nominee for Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State on July 9, 2013.
Elaine Bunn '80, a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, was chosen to serve as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy on March 22, 2013.
It was announced in the Wall Street Journal on July 3, 2013 that SAIS Alumna Alejandra Kempff '07 has been appointed the new company director of Ferrum Americas Mining.