Directors Peter Buttigieg is currently a management consultant in Chicago. A Rhodes Scholar, Peter earned a degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at Oxford with first class honors. Originally from Indiana, he received his A.B. from Harvard College in History and Literature, served as student president of the Institute of Politics, and led the Institute's annual study of youth attitudes on politics. He has worked on Capitol Hill, at NBC in Chicago, for the Washington strategy firm The Cohen Group, and in various political campaigns, including the Kerry-Edwards campaign. His commentary has appeared on NPR, The New York Times, and Boston local television and radio.   Ganesh Sitaraman is currently a third year student at Harvard Law School, where he is an editor on the Harvard Law Review. A Truman Scholar, Ganesh received his A.B. in Government from Harvard College, and a masters in political thought and intellectual history as the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Ganesh has worked on numerous political campaigns, investigated terrorism with ABC News' Investigative Unit, and consulted at the World Bank's Inspection Panel. He is the co-author of Invisible Citizens: Youth Politics After September 11 (2003), has been published in The New York Times, and has commentated for New York Public Radio, Voice of America, and the NBC Nightly News. Members Danielle Ivory is a Senior Fellow and Research Director for The Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, presently working at PBS' Bill Moyers Journal. Her journalism career has included production and reporting roles at The Nation (Bangkok) and NPR's Weekend Edition. She holds a Masters in Modern History from Oxford, and an A.B. in history from Princeton. Her interests and expertise include political history, the role of the media, and social responsibility.   Adam Grogg, from Frederick County, Virginia, is currently a student at Yale Law School. He graduated from Williams College in 2004 with a degree in Political Science and Economics. As a Marshall Scholar, he completed an MPhil in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford University in 2006 with a thesis on the politics of education reform. Before beginning law school, Adam worked for Google in London and for CEOs for Cities, a U.S. network of cross-sector urban leaders headquartered in Chicago. He is particularly interested in understanding and advocating issues of equality in cities and schools.   James Mueller is a Ph.D. candidate in Physical Oceanography at the University of Delaware. A native of South Bend, IN, he holds degrees from Notre Dame in Mathematics, History, and Philosophy. His research and policy interests include science policy, economics, and the intersection of science and religion.   Justin Mutter graduated from the University of Virginia in 2003 with a degree in Modern Studies and Religious Studies. Following graduation, he served for two years in central Haiti as a field volunteer for Zanmi Lasante, the Haitian sister organization of Boston-based NGO Partners in Health. From 2005-2007 he studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, obtaining higher degrees in comparative religion and in the modern history of medicine. His interests include the interaction between politics and religion on both the domestic and international stages, as well as the relationship between health, politics, and society. He currently lives in Baltimore, where he attends The Johns Hopkins University, completing his requirements for medical school.   Raised in the outskirts of Kosciusko, Mississippi, Kenneth Townsend graduated in 2004 from Millsaps College – where he studied political science and English. Upon graduating from Millsaps, Kenneth completed the MPhil Politics: Political Theory from Oxford University. After finishing at Oxford in 2006, Kenneth returned to Mississippi to work as a visiting professor of political science in the University of Mississippi's Honors College. Since June 2007, Kenneth has also worked with the University of Mississippi's Lott Leadership Institute and the department of public policy leadership.   Beth Pearson works as a research associate for a non-profit public policy research organization in Iowa City, Iowa. Her work for the Iowa Policy Project focuses on state tax and budget policy as well as economic opportunity issues in Iowa. She returned to her home state of Iowa in 2007 after graduating with distinction from the University of Oxford, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar. While at Oxford, Beth conducted research on the relationship between gender and policymaking in the post-conflict state of Rwanda, which has the world's highest proportion of female legislators.   Reared on a family farm in Tennessee, Michael Lamb received a B.A. in political science from Rhodes College and a second B.A. in philosophy and theology from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Princeton University, focusing on the relationship between politics, ethics, and religion. Combining theory with practice, Michael has interned for a U.S. congressman, managed a state senate campaign, and served as a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He is the editor of Transformations: Stories of Service and a co-founder of Alliance Africa, a non-profit that supports sustainable development in various African countries.   Nathaniel Myers grew up in Indonesia, India, and Senegal before attending Harvard. After working on the political desk of the Kerry-Edwards campaign, he relocated to Cambodia to advise a coalition of Cambodian human rights organizations preparing for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. He then worked in Jakarta on a development program in post-tsunami Aceh, and then on corruption and governance issues as a consultant to the World Bank. His essays and articles have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and other newspapers and journals in the United States and Southeast Asia.   Sabeel Rahman is currently a PhD candidate in the Government Department at Harvard University. He holds an M.Sc in Economics for Development from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, as well as an AB in Social Studies from Harvard College. He has been involved in a variety of organizations, including McKinsey & Company, BRAC (Bangladesh's largest NGO), the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Harvard International Review. His current research focuses on the intersection of democratic theory, international relations, and democratization in developing countries.   Sarah Schulman is a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University where she is completing her doctorate in social policy. Sarah spent last year working with senior civil servants and lawmakers in the United Kingdom, the United States, and New Zealand to improve cross-government, collaborative policymaking. Sarah's work looks at how to put citizens and service-users at the heart of policy design and implementation. She started and runs a youth-run consulting network, Youth Infusion, that partners with government agencies and NGOs to embed young people in organizational structures, processes, and culture. Sarah started Youth Infusion when she was 13 and over the last 10 years has helped more than 20 organizations engage young people in decision-making. Sarah is also an associate with Participation Works and a freelance consultant with England's Department for Children, Schools, and Families.   Jason Spitalnick works in the Legal Counsel Division of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, where he advises the Executive Branch of the District government. Prior to law school, Jason was a policy analyst for the New York City Council Education Committee and served on the New Hampshire staff of Dean for America. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 2002 and Harvard Law School in 2007. While at law school, Jason co-founded the Warren Reports, a group blog covering middle class economic issues, and was a founding editor of the Harvard Law & Policy Review, the official legal journal of the American Constitution Society. Jason was born in New York City and raised in Roslyn, New York.   Eric Twerdahl is currently in his second year at Harvard Medical School. Originally from New Canaan, Connecticut, Eric graduated from the US Naval Academy in 2004 with degrees in Chemistry and English. From 2004 to 2006, he studied Human Physiology at Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar. While at Oxford, Eric led the Oxford University Strategic Studies Group, the university's oldest international affairs society. At Harvard, Eric is a founding member of the International Relations & Biomedicine Circle, sits on the organizing committee of the Harvard Medical School Ethics Journal Club, and is presently initiating a discussion forum dedicated to issues of environmental science and policy. Eric has spent time studying the health care systems of Dubai and India, and has spoken at a number of international conferences on the subject of India's health care transformation.