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2008 Fellowship Awardees
Past
Fellows
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 Yll Bajraktari > Kosovo
Born in Prishtina, Bajraktari is currently a student in the Master in Public Policy program, from which he will graduate in June 2009. He holds a BA from the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Before coming to HKS, Bajraktari worked at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), where he played a lead role in establishing th Center of Innovation on Media and Conflict. He also organized and published about USIP’s Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, particularly concerning issues of governance, elections, the role of women, natural resources, and civilian military relations in non-permissive environments. Prior to USIP, Bajraktari served as the founder of The Forum, a prominent non-governmental organization in post-war Kosovo. He served as executive director until 2002, directing the implementation of numerous projects in the fields of advocacy, political accountability, and ethnic reconciliation.
 Kosmas Kaprinis > Greece
A native of Thessaloniki, Kaprinis will enroll in the Master in Public Policy program in September 2008. He received a B.A in Economics and International Relations at Brandeis University, and a LLB from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-Greece. Kaprinis held internship positions with the European Commission Delegation (Washington, DC), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, and the Athens 2004 Olympic Organizing Committee. He also worked as a research assistant in various projects on Southeastern Europe at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, the Fletcher School of Diplomacy and the Brandeis International Center for Ethics.
 George Saravelos > Greece
Born in Thessaloniki, Saravelos will enroll in the Master in Public Administration in International Development program in September 2008. He graduated with a first class BA degree in economics from Cambridge University. Prior to HKS, he worked as a foreign exchange strategist at Deutsche Bank, where he was responsible for the fundamental analysis of major currency markets. In this role, he advised the bank's largest financial, corporate and public sector clients on risks and opportunities in foreign exchange markets. He also designed and traded currency models as part of the bank's proprietary trading activities.
 Ussal Sahbaz > Turkey
A native of Ankara, Turkey, Sahbaz will enroll in the Master in Public Administration in International Development program in September 2008. He holds a BS degree from the Middle East Technical University and an MA from Bilkent University, both in economics. Sahbaz currently serves as a case officer at the Turkish Competition Authority, an autonomous antitrust enforcement agency. He was involved in the establishment of Economic Policy Research Foundation (TEPAV), an Ankara-based think-tank, where he coordinated design of the initial research agenda and recruitment of the junior staff. Sahbaz also wrote speeches for the chairman of the Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB).
 Jelena Sesar> Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sesar, a native of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, will enroll in the Mason Fellows/Mid-career Masters in Public Administration program in July 2008. She holds a BA in Political Science and History from Purdue University and an MA in Southeast European Studies from the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. She currently serves as a political advisor for security sector issues in the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. For eight years, she worked on various state-level institution and capacity building projects in Bosnia, including police reform and the establishment of the state-level police agencies responsible for combating organized crime, international terrorism, and human trafficking. Sesar also worked on the introduction of the first post-war ethnically neutral personal documents (ID cards, passports and driving licenses) for all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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