SAIS alumni often appear in the news either as the feature for stories highlighting prominent accomplishments or as the writer of op-eds presenting opinons on noteworthy global activity. Below is an article about Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley's recent ambassador appointment:
Alumni News Highlight:
Kelly Magsamen S’05, a U.S. Department of State career civil servant who has been director for Iran at the National Security Council (NSC), has been named the NSC’s new senior director for strategic planning. More...
Other Top Stories of Interest:
Music Video Released By Newly-Formed SAIS Alumni Rock Band
Megaphone Barons is a band formed by three SAIS alumni, Christopher Lewis B’08, S’09, Timothy Preston S’10 and Daniil Davydoff B’08, S’09. On April 17, the band released their new music video, Send Somebody Else. More…
New Austrian Ambassador Named
SAIS Bologna alumna Melitta Schubert B'89 has been named the new Austrian Ambassador to Greece.
President Obama Nominates a SAIS Alumnus to the Rank of Lieutenant General
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta recently announced that President Obama nominated Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Jon M. Davis S'01, for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general, and for assignment as deputy commander U.S. More...
SAIS Alumnus Creates a New Social Network on Global Ethics
Do you agree that ethics matter in international affairs? If so, Senior Program Director & Senior Fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Devin Stewart S’99, invites you to join Carnegie Council's new online Global Ethics Network. Through this social network, you can interact with like-minded educators and students who care about ethics in international affairs. More….
New Board Chairman for Atlanta BeltLine Partnership
SAIS Alumnus Charles Shufeldt S’76 has been elected to be Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atlanta BeltLine Partnership. More… New World Bank Director for Brazil
On March 8, Deborah Wetzel B'85, S'86 was named the new director for the World Bank in Brazil and will officially begin her role in that position on April 2. Deborah holds 25 years of experience in the field of development and has worked in countries all over the world. More...
New Deputy Assistant Administrator for USAID Public Affairs
With 15 years of experience in the field of public affairs, SAIS alumna Ann DeFabio Doyle B'01, S'02 was recently hired to take on the role of Deputy Assistant Administrator for USAID Public Affairs. More... SAIS Alumni Op-Ed Perspective on Israeli Politicians
SAIS alumna Tove Norlen, Ph.D. '10 has submitted an op-ed on "Hawks, Doves and Israeli Politicians." More... Consul General of Canada Spoke to an Audience at Indiana University Bloomington
Roy Norton S'93, Ph.D. '99, Consul General of Canada spoke to Indiana University Bloomington constituents about Canada's trade relationship with Indiana on Friday, February 28. More...
China's Rising Leader and Current Vice President, Xi Jinping, Travels to the U.S. After Appeasing Situation With Syria
Reuters reports on China's Vice President Xi Jinping and his upcoming trip to the U.S. and includes a quote from SAIS alumnus and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Tiankai Cui S'87. More...
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Hires New International Affairs Director
Congratulations to S. Bruce Wilson B'71, S'72 who will start a new job as director of the office of international affairs at PCAOB on February 6. More... Yahoo News White House Correspondent
Starting February 13, 2012, Olivier Knox B'95, S'96 will be Yahoo New's first White House Correspondent. Though this is a first-time connection for Yahoo News, Knox has been working at Agent France-Press for 10 years, of which the last eight has had him covering news on the White House. More... Exciting SAIS-Kosovo Connections
On January 23rd, President Obama announced his nomination for Tracey Ann Jacobson JHU ’97, ’98 to be the new U.S. ambassador to Kosovo. This was only a few weeks after the President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga came to speak at SAIS on "Kosovo's President: What Does She Represent?" More...
New Peace Corps Director for Nepal
Andrea Wojnar-Diagne S'91 was appointed the new Peace Corps Country Director for Nepal. More...
Su Chi S’75, Senior Advisor to Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou, Reflects on Recent Elections
Su Chi S’75 is quoted in the Washington Post saying “Both China and the U.S. are breathing a big sigh of relief,” in response to Taiwan's President Ma Yong-jeou’s re-election in mid-January. More… Interview With Kathy Matsui S'90
In an interview with Julie Steinberg of Fins Finance, Kathy Matsui S'90 describes her life as a high-level, female executive living in Japan. More... Congressional-Presidential Battle of Keystone Discussions Continue
SAIS alumnus Christopher Sands S'94 summarizes recent and continued debates between President Obama and Congress on the issue of whether or not to expand the Keystone XL pipeline into Canadian territory. More... SAIS Alumnus Looks Back on his Long Career With the Navy
SAIS alumnus Tom Longo B'68, S'69 proudly reflects on his long career with the Navy and his high levels of responsibility along the way. More...
Jaipur Literary Festival Speaker
SAIS MA alumnus and current SAIS Ph.D. student Anit Mukherjee S’05 will be a speaker at the Jaipur Literary Festival with Thant Myint U S’91 and former SAIS professor Sunil Khilnani. More...
Career Changing SAISer Works on International Sanctions Package Being Applied to Iran
Eleven years ago, after the 911 terrorist attacks, SAIS alumnus Mark Dubowitz S'97 left his job as a Bay Street lawyer and high-tech venture capitalist in Toronto to instead become executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD). As reported by the National Post, "he is [now] a recognized international expert on developing sanctions that might cripple Iran’s oil industry." More...
Taking on New Responsibility at Avascent
Christina Balis B'99, S'00, Ph.D. '05, who has long played the role as principal at Avascent, will take on new regional responsibility as lead for its European operations. More...
Protiviti Hires a New Managing Director in the Risk and Compliance Solution
After working in the financial services sector for 25 years, we offer congratulations to Shaheen Dil S'73 who was recently hired as the Managing Director in the Risk and Compliance Solution at Protiviti. More...
Future of the Euro-Atlantic Security Framework
Hall Gardner N'89 shares his views on the future of the Euro-Atlantic security framework and the various relationship conflicts among and between countries in the region. More...
Supporting Efforts in Bermuda
French Consul Riquette Bonne-Smith S‘09 who lives in Bermuda takes pride in helping people in emergency situations, supporting students traveling abroad and more. View her story. SAIS Alumnus Named Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic
Having most recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, responsible for U.S. relations with Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians, Jacob Walles S'81 was named nominee for the Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic by U.S. President Barrack Obama in December 2011. More...
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley S'84 Appointed U.S. Ambassador to Malta
Having most recently served as the Director of the Office of Egypt and the Levant in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (2007 to 2008) and next as Deputy Coordinator for Programs and Policy in the Secretary's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (early 2008 to August 2011), Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley S'84 was appointed U.S. ambassador to Malta by U.S. President Barack Obama on October 17, 2011. More... Path to Becoming a Fortune 500 CEO
DirecTV's CEO Michael White S'76, after graduating from Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, worked at Andersen Consulting and then spent five years at Bain. Read more about Michael White’s story and the path that many have taken to becoming a fortune 500 CEO. Award Winning SAIS Alumna
SAIS Congratulates alumna Alison von Klemperer B'86, S'89 for receiving the 2011 Award for Extraordinary Service from the Institute of International Education (IIE)'s Scholar Rescue Fund. SAIS Alumnus and Bermudian Art Historian Publishes the First Two Volumes of His Art History Triology
Jonathan Land Evans B'85, S'86 joins the ranks of inspired artists like Winslow Homer and Georgia O'Keefe as a Bermuda art historian with his recent publishing of the first two volumes of his art history trilogy “Bermuda in Painted Representation: A Survey Of How (And By Whom) Bermuda has been Depicted In Art." More...
Thitinan Pongsudhirak S’92 Illustrates a Tie Between Thailand’s Politics and Its Recent Flooding
Inaccurate information, poor management and nature have all combined to unleash one of Thailand's worst floods in decades. More… SAIS Alumnus and Adjunct Professor Publishes Article on CNN
SAIS professorial lecturer and political scientist, Christopher Chivvis JHU ’93, S’97, Ph.D. ’04 and his colleague, Frederic Wehrey, have appeared on CNN to discuss the capture and death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and the overthrow of his regime.
Interview With RDML Brown, SOCSOUTH Commander
Rear Admiral Thomas L. Brown II S'93 has worked in and studied Latin America for the last couple of decades. He learned Spanish in the 80s, attended Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies to pursue a master’s degree in Latin American Studies, and....More... Airman Takes First Place in Kabul-based Marine Corps Marathon Forward
Johns Hopkins University classmates Goranka Henegar '06 and Catherine Bateman S'07, were the first two women finishers of the 2011 Marine Corps Marathon Forward satellite marathon held in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 30. Henegar crossed the finish line with a time of 4 hours, 6 minutes and 4 seconds.
SAIS alumnus Bert Koenders B'80, S'81 takes up new post in Côte d'Ivoire
The new United Nations envoy to Côte dIvoire today urged political leaders and all Ivorians to commit to work together to ensure stability and national unity, saying he would do his utmost to support the process of reconciliation. More... | 
