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Alumni Profiles
Bindu Ananth, MPA/ID 2007 - India
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Bindu Ananth is president of the IFMR Trust, whose mission is to ensure that every individual and every enterprise has complete access to financial services. MORE... |
Douglas Barrios, MPA/ID 2012 - Venezuela
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When you make the choice of becoming a public servant one of the greatest fears you come across, is that of being alone - feeling unaided and up against an enormous and sometimes unrewarding task. However, coming here has reassured me not only that I’m not alone in my devotion towards excellence in public service, but rather that I’m accompanied in the pursuit of this dream by the most outstanding group of individuals I could’ve imagined. MORE... |
Lucilla Maria Bruni, MPA/ID 2012 - Italy
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The MPA/ID curriculum has been the perfect preparation for furthering my career in international development, with its perfect balance between economic rigor, political analysis and public management studies. The Program's excellence stems from a world class faculty of development thinkers with real world experience, though its uniqueness comes from the most diverse, dedicated and talented cohort of classmates. MORE... |
Shannon Ding, MPA/ID 2012 - U.S.A.
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I started the MPA/ID Program knowing that I wanted a rigorous training that combined economics, institutions, and policy analysis that would teach me to go beyond symptoms, and understand the root causes of development problems. MORE... |
Donny Eryastha, MPA/ID 2012 - Indonesia
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Upon returning to Indonesia, I have accepted a position as Advisor to Indonesia's Minister of Investment/Chairman of Investment Coordinating Board. I’m really excited to be strategically involved in national policy making. MORE... |
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Ryan Moore, MPA/ID 2012 - U.S.A.
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During my work as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Ecuador, I observed the effects of poverty first hand and struggled to make sense of the painful status quo of the lives of the rural poor with whom I spent my every waking hour. I decided that I needed better frameworks through which to understand the way the world works and the reasons for continued poverty in the 21st century. The MPA/ID Program gave me those empirical frameworks I sought and so much more in the way of lasting relationships with some of the most brilliant, talented development professionals in the world. MORE... |
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Varad Pande, MPA/ID 2005 - Indonesia
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Contrary to popular perception, Sustainable Development is not synonymous with environmental protection – it is about ensuring that the world achieves a ‘triple-bottom line’, i.e., integrating the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development. MORE... |
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Elad Pashtan, MPA/ID and MBA 2011 - U.S.A.
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When I set out on my career search, I was fortunate to know that I had the implicit support of the Kennedy School community in helping me set my own path. Having worked with many financial institutions prior to school I knew what my interests were, yet given our extraordinary economic challenges I hoped that I could both stay in the field and make a contributing impact. MORE... |
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Wissam Yafi, MPA/ID 2002 - U.S.A.
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I was honored to have been accepted into the first ever MPA/ID cohort. At the time, I was a Lebanese American technology entrepreneur working in Colombia in South America. Heads down into technology for most of my career, my passion for development had been simmering in the background, but unable to fully emerge. The MPA/ID Program would bring to the fore the mystique of international development. MORE... |
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- Bindu Ananth, MPA/ID 2007 - India
- Douglas Barrios, MPA/ID 2012 - Venezuela
- Lucilla Maria Bruni, MPA/ID 2012 - Italy
- Shannon Ding, MPA/ID 2012 - U.S.A.
- Donny Eryastha, MPA/ID 2012 - Indonesia
- Ryan Moore, MPA/ID 2012 - U.S.A.
- Varad Pande, MPA/ID 2005 - Indonesia
- Elad Pashtan, MPA/ID and MBA 2011 - U.S.A.
- Wissam Yafi, MPA/ID 2002 - U.S.A.