Michelle E. Zapiain, from Florida International University, served as the 2007 Harriman Fellow at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. Michelle is a graduate of Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas where she was awarded a Presidential Scholarship, which brought her to study at FIU as a National Hispanic Scholar.  Michelle is a double major, studying International Relations and Economics.  In her community, she has been active as a tutor and with “Hands on Miami.” Along with professors Patricia Price and Damian Fernandez at FIU, Michelle completed a study funded by the National Science Foundation titled “Comparative Civic and Place Engagement in Three Latino Enclave Neighborhoods in Transition.”  She was the founding President of the Undergraduate Economics Association at FIU.

SUMMER 2006

Jared Bennici, from the College of the Holy Cross, served as the 2006 Harriman Fellow at the State Department in Washington, DC. As a political science major at Holy Cross, Bennici authored several research papers on American foreign policy and on international relations. He was selected for the Holy Cross Washington Semester Program in the fall of 2005 and was awarded the Edward M. Vannicelli Thesis Award for his Washington Semester thesis, titled, “Why the Federal Government’s Response to Hurricane Katrina Failed: 9/11 & Domestic Preparedness – The Missing Link.&rdquo

Emiliano Reyes, from Fordham University, served as the 2006 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in London, England. A business administration major, Reyes was selected a James Reynolds Scholar and a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of the Fordham Left Hook newspaper and served as the President of the Fordham College Democrats. He served as a scheduling assistant to former President Bill Clinton and the former office manager of the Pots/Pans Community Outreach Center in New York.

Kelly McClure, from Boston College, served as the 2006 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in Paris, France. McClure majored in International Studies at Boston College, where she was selected to the Dean’s list every semester. Her senior thesis project was a comparative study of Muslim immigrants in France and the Netherlands, specifically focusing on their processes of political integration and the implications for political theories of multicultural democracy. McClure volunteered as an English as a Second Language instructor and at the French Language and Cultural Center of Boston.

SUMMER 2005

Allison Biggs, from the College of William and Mary, served as the 2005 Harriman Fellow at the State Department in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Warren County High School in Front Royal, Virginia, Biggs was involved in a variety of organizations and honor societies at William and Mary including the Mortar Board Service and Leadership Honor Society, the Order of Omega Greek Leadership Honor Society, the Pi Sigma Alpha Government Honor Fraternity, Golden Key Honor Society and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Fraternity. She served on the Student Alumni Council and as a tour guide and summer intern for the Office of Undergraduate Admission. She also served as the Student Assembly Deputy Secretary for Public Affairs and the Assistant Secretary to the Board of Visitors.

Joshua Boehm, from Yale, graduated from City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, where he was the Valedictorian, a National Merit Scholar, and an Iowa Governor’s Scholar. During his time at Yale, Joshua served as a research assistant to both the Yale Department of Political Science and the Yale School of Management. Joshua volunteered as a tutor for America Reads at a local New Haven elementary school, meeting with underprivileged first graders for five to six hours per week.

David Peloquin, from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, served as the 2005 Harriman Foreign Service Fellow at the United State Embassy in Paris. A graduate of Lakeville Senior High School in Lakeville, Minnesota, David is an accomplished classical pianist as well as a choir member at the Northfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. David was named to the Carleton College Dean’s List in 2002-03 and in 2003-2004. He compiled a dossier in French on the artists of the Fluxus movement, as part of the Carleton Paris Program in the spring of 2004 and received an exemplary rating on his sophomore writing portfolio. David has also researched the privatization of state-owned enterprises in the Czech Republic for his Soviet Economic History class.

SUMMER 2004

Emily A. Godfrey, a sophomore at Stanford University, was selected to serve as the 2004 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in Paris. A graduate of Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Arizona, Emily is involved in a variety of activities, including Amnesty International, the Stanford Environmental Education Program and the Shakespeare Festival. She was the recipient of the Stanford University Presidential Award, the Kodak National Leadership Award and was named a Rogel Scholar. Emily interned for United States Congressman J.D. Hayworth, where she conducted research on rural education in American schools.

Lauren C. Manners, from Oklahoma State University, served as the 2004 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in London. A graduate of Ripley High School in Ripley, Oklahoma, Lauren volunteered for the Oklahoma Special Olympics and the Study Abroad Office at Oklahoma State. She also served as the president of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society and as treasurer and vice president of Taking Care of Business, a business administration club. As a finance major with an international accounting concentration, Lauren researched the East Asian financial crisis and the risks of international finance, as well as completed a descriptive case study on the effects of monetary integration in the European Union stock markets.

SUMMER 2003

Laurie Ball, from Duke University, served as the 2003 Harriman Fellow at the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, DC. A graduate of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Massachusetts, Laurie’s undergraduate work focused on public policy. While studying abroad at the School for International Training in Chile, she volunteered as a tutor and mentor. During the summer of 2001, Laurie interned for the Guatemala Human Rights Commission. Her academic research complimented her public service with a plan to examine the needs of Hispanic immigrant children in a local public school, entitled, “Educating Immigrant Children.” For her work in Chile`, she received the Mellon Award for Undergraduate Research. At Duke University, she was named to the Dean’'s List with distinction.

Jonathan Bolls, from the College of William and Mary, served as the 2003 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in London. From West Palm Beach, Florida, Jonathan attended the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1999-2001, where he made the Dean’'s List. After transferring to the College of William and Mary in 2001, Jonathan worked as a Resident Advisor, served in the ROTC unit, was a member of the Mock Trial Team, and represented the United Kingdom at the Harvard National Model UN competition. As an Eagle Scout, he still remembers with pride his project to refurbish an historic African American Church in Clifton, Virginia.

Phyllis Maloney, from Harvard University, served as the 2003 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in Paris. A graduate of St. Bernard Preparatory School, in Cullman, Alabama, she led a group of Harvard students to her hometown in Alabama to renovate low-income housing, while also helping to “break down stereotypes on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.” At Harvard, she received the President’s Student Service Award for her commitment to community service. Last summer she received the Kawamura Visiting Fellowship to Japan, and in the summer of 2001, Phyllis studied abroad in Paris. In continuing the legacy of Pamela Harriman, Phyllis envisions an “everyman’s diplomacy,” stressing the importance of cross-cultural dialogue, friendship, and understanding in which every American can participate.

SUMMER 2002

Katherine Linder, from Princeton University, served as the 2002 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in Paris. A graduate of St. Francis High School, Katherine served as an intern for the Business Council for the United Nations, co-authoring an article on Global Compact that was published in the U.N. Association’s quarterly publication, The InterDependent. At Princeton, she aligned her activities with her work experience as UNICEF chair in the Model United Nation’s Club, member of the Whig-Clisophic Society, officer for the Class of 2004, and Treasurer of Princeton’'s Model Congress. Katherine has proven to be an equally active scholar, receiving the Washington Crossing Scholar, National Women’s Political Caucus Award, National Merit finalist, and valedictorian of her high school class.

Adam S. Rein, from Yale University, served as the 2002 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in London. A graduate of the Crossroads School in Santa Monica California, Adam's service includes organizing a spring break service trip to Florida to work with Habitat for Humanity, providing weekly piano lessons for underprivileged children, and tutoring elementary school students in writing. As an Ethics, Politics, and Economics major, Adam wrote numerous research papers on subjects ranging from the potential of PayPal and E-Commerce, to Utilitarian Voting Methods, to an in depth study of the Machiavellian State and Campaign Finance Reform. Adam spent his junior term studying at Oxford University. At Yale he served as a teaching assistant in Management Science and was selected to co-edit the Yale Daily News.

Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, from Princeton University, served as the 2002 Harriman Fellow to the Department of State in Washington, D.C. A graduate of The New-Forest School in New York City, Carlos' service includes working in the Speechwriting Office of New York City Mayor Guiliani in 2001, as a research analyst for the Lazio New York Senatorial campaign in 2000, and for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1999. At Princeton, Carlos worked as editor and founder of the student run magazine American Foreign Policy; served as a regular columnist for the The Daily Princetonian; and was chairman and founder of the Princeton Committee Against Terrorism, a student activist group.

SUMMER 2001

Elizabeth Grimm, from the College of William and Mary, served as the 2001 Harriman Fellow at the United States embassy in Paris.  A graduate of Franklin Regional Senior High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth entered William and Mary as a Monroe Scholar and was Awarded the Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship."  While at the College, Elizabeth served as a committee chair of the International Relations club, committee chair of the Bone Marrow Drive, Student Alumni Liaison Council, founding member of a Habitat for Humanity program in Pennsylvania, and a English tutor during her semester abroad at the University of Nancy II, while maintaining an outstanding academic performance.  Her research projects included a summer internship examining the potential impact of closing Eastern State Hospital-the first public psychiatric hospital in the country. 

Jennifer Shaloff, from the University of Maryland, served as the 2001 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in London, England.  Jennifer, a graduate of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Maryland, worked with The Program for Survivors of  Torture and Severe Trauma with the Center for Multicultural Human Services.  Her experience includes an internship as a Research Assistant at the World Resources Institute, an internship for the Office of Congressman Sanford Bishop, and an internship with the Bureau of European Affairs, specifically with Nordic and Baltic Countries.  At the University of Maryland, Jennifer's research combined international awareness with her curiosity in world health, including extensive involvement with Dr. Martin Heisler's paper, "The Conceptual and Empirical Attenuation of Loyalty,"  published in the Journal of the National Institute of Health, and her senior honors thesis on "Deconstructing the German and French Response to Jory Haider and the Freedom Party of Austria." 

Stephanie Molnar, from Seton Hall University, served as the 2001 Harriman Fellow to the Department of State in Washington, DC.  Stephanie, a graduate of Lacey Township High School on Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey, was a double major in social and behavioral science and a triple minor in political science, Spanish, and criminal justice.  She kept an equally challenging array of community service projects, serving as a volunteer in the DC Reads Tutorial Program, Madison Avenue Baptist Church Homeless Shelter, New York Cares Day of Service, and Seton Hall University Day of Service.  For her efforts, Stephanie received the Seton Hall Servant Leader of the Century Award.  A highlight of her undergraduate service record included a trip sponsored by DOVE for an international service project to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 

SUMMER 2000

Derek Smith, from Harvard University, served as the 2000 Harriman Fellow at the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, DC.  A graduate of Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, MD, Derek distinguished himself as one of the finest students in his class.  Elected to Phi Beta Kappa and a recipient of the Keasbey Scholarship, Derek's leadership qualities extend beyond the classroom.  Music director, arranger, and soloist for an a capella group, he founded and led a barbershop quartet, rowed on the Harvard Freshmen Crew Team and composed chamber music.  He wrote his senior honors thesis on the proliferation of dual-use satellite systems. 

Akash Desai, from the University of Rochester, served as the 2000 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in London.  Akash, a graduate of Cortland High School in Cortland, NY, wrote his thesis on Indian-American political participation.  He organized a number of community service projects, most notably the first National Gandhi Day of Service at the University of Rochester, and was on the school's debate team.  His experience included an internship with the Department of State in the Bureau of European Affairs, and a semester serving as a research assistant in the House of Commons of the British Parliament. 

Rachel Ziemba, from the University of Chicago, served as the 2000 Harriman Fellow at the United States Embassy in Paris.  Rachel, a graduate of the Crofton House School in Vancouver, Canada, spent a winter at the University of Chicago's French Language and Western Civilization program in Tours, France studying French language, culture, and history.  Rachel has prior experience with the Department of State as an intern in Toronto, where she did market research for American companies.  At the University of Chicago, Rachel was a member of the Model United Nations group, plus United People, an outreach program that explains the purpose of the United Nations.  Rachel tutored area children in Latin as a means of helping them with reading and writing and taught the fundamentals of art to fifth graders.