Gabr Fellows 2013

Elizabeth (Beth) Cartier
Assistant Director, Council on Foreign Relations

Beth Cartier is the assistant director of New York Meetings at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Before working in the Meetings program, Cartier was an intern for CFR's Women and Foreign Policy program. Previously, she worked with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Striking Viking Story Pirates. Cartier received an MA in Politics and International Relations from New York University and a BA in theater from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Beth is originally from Southboro, Massachusetts.

3rd February 2016

Becca Doten
Chief of Staff, Office of City Councilmember Richard Alarcon

Becca Doten works as the Chief of Staff to a Los Angeles City Councilmember. In this capacity, she manages staff at four offices, oversees the legislative and constituent service agenda for the Councilmember, is a key strategic advisor for politics and policy, and handles media and communications. Issue areas she has focused on include entertainment/film policy, job creation, environmental protection and reducing poverty. Prior to this position, she worked for blogger/activist Arianna Huffington during the launch of the Huffington Post. Becca recently completed the LAPD Reserve Officer Training Program and will be sworn in on as a LAPD Reserve Officer on April 19, 2013. She serves on the Board of Directors of Students Run LA, a local non-profit, and she is the only Young Democrat elected to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from California. Becca holds a B.A. degree in Film Production from the University of Southern California. She was born and raised in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

3rd February 2016

Christina Fallon
Plans & Programs Analyst, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Christina Fallon is a defense policy analyst focused on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Prior to that, she served as a US naval officer working on security-related education and training. Christina graduated with a BS in English Literature from the United States Naval Academy, and earned her MA from Georgetown University’s Center for Peace and Security Studies where she concentrated on the intersection of technology with world security issues. Originally from Virginia Beach, she lives in the District of Columbia.

3rd February 2016

Alex Goldmark
Senior Producer, WNYC - New York Public Radio

Alex Goldmark is a journalist and public radio producer covering social enterprise, technology, sustainability, transportation and noteworthy whimsy. His work has appeared across the public radio spectrum on shows including: NPR’s Morning Edition, On The Media, APM’s Marketplace, the BBC World Service as well as WNYC - New York Public Radio where he is a Senior Producer in the newsroom. Among his duties at WNYC is editing the Transportation Nation reporting project, a partnership with several public radio stations to cover the social and environmental impacts of transportation and infrastructure policies. Alex is also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and a co- founder of Longshot Radio, an experiment in technology and collaborative storytelling. Previously, he helped launch two national political talk radio programs for the erstwhile Air America Radio Network. Before that adventure, he served as a researcher and consultant for the World Bank and the Aspen Institute, studied (and tried to end) poverty and violence in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and earned a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Georgetown. Born and raised in New York, Alex lives next to the Brooklyn Bridge.

3rd February 2016

Haroun Habib
ASPH/CDC Global Health Fellow – Global Program Management, CDC-Zambia

Haroun is a leader with a passion for global health, social entrepreneurship, social justice issues and fostering coalitions that empower others to improve their lives. He is currently an ASPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellow with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Zambia, where he is focusing on Global Program Management. Prior to joining CDC-Zambia, Haroun worked as a Policy Support Officer at the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator at the U.S. Department of State and a Communications Specialist for an international development consulting company and as an Analyst at a state public health nonprofit organization. He earned an MPH with a concentration in international health from the Boston University School of Public Health in 2007, and he received a BS in health policy and administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a public health professional, he has experience in a diverse range of health policy issues on the local, state, national, and global level, from HIV/AIDS, to health disparities and minority health, to injury prevention and control, to refugee health and human rights. Born in California, raised mostly on the east coast of the U.S., and with a family background from Sierra Leone, West Africa, Haroun considers himself a global citizen and has a keen interest in international affairs, dialogue, and cooperation.

3rd February 2016

Leslie Lang
Senior Vice President of Strategic Development, Microclinic International

Leslie Lang is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Development at Microclinic International (MCI), a global health non-profit that addresses chronic disease and health behavior change. Leslie oversees MCI's strategic development by identifying new partnerships and strategic opportunities. She also assists with MCI's program management and policy initiatives. Prior to joining MCI, Leslie worked for the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell and the World Bank. As a John Gardner Fellow at the World Bank, Leslie coordinated access to finance initiatives in the Africa region and worked with the legal department on several insolvency law projects. Leslie has also spent time at governmental institutions such as the United Nations, the African Development Bank, and the Supreme Court of Rwanda. While attending university, Leslie established a program with the Alameda County Social Services Agency that provides social workers with volunteer interpreters to better serve the non-English speaking community. Leslie received her B.S. in Business Administration and B.A. in Rhetoric (Phi Beta Kappa and Highest Honors) from the University of California, Berkeley and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. Leslie was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California.

3rd February 2016

Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez
Fellow at the Comparative Constitutions Project

Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez is a fellow at the Comparative Constitutions Project where he specialized on issues involving constitutional transitions and institutional design. A Venezuelan-American, Daniel writes a weekly column for El Universal, Venezuela’s highest circulating independent newspaper and he is a regular contributor to ForeignPolicy.com. His analyses on law and international affairs have appeared in media outlets such as the New York Times/IHT, the Financial Times, the New Republic, Foreign Policy, the Economist, and Radio Free Europe; and he is likewise a frequent commentator on national and international media outlets. Daniel is a graduate of Carleton College and holds a masters degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago. Daniel grew up between New York City, Connecticut and Caracas, and he currently lives in Chicago,Illinois.

3rd February 2016

Vedrana (Veda) Partalo
Brand Strategy Director, Droga5 Advertising

Veda Partalo is a Brand Strategy Director with Droga5, a global advertising network recently recognized as one of the most innovating companies in the world. During her nine years as a strategist, Veda has developed campaigns for American Express, Porsche, Coca Cola, Puma, Hennessy and Cadillac. Her unique approach to advertising strategy has been profiled by Fast Company magazine and The Globe and Mail, among others. She received her BSB in Marketing from The Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Veda was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and has climbed the Great Wall of China once.

3rd February 2016

Daniel (Dan) Sullivan
Regional Representative, United Nations Association Steering Committee

Daniel Sullivan served for over a decade as Aide to the Dean of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He serves as Regional Representative to the United Nations Association Steering Committee and as North American Representative to the Youth Advisory Board of UN- HABITAT. Daniel is a Truman National Security Project Partner, Fellow of the New Leaders Council, and Volunteer at the Clinton Global Initiative. He received his ALB in Government from Harvard University Extension School, a Certificate in Health and Human Rights from the Harvard School of Public Health, and is a graduate of the Leadership for Change program at the Winston Center on Leadership & Ethics at Boston College. He is an Education Policy Fellow, American delegate to Young Turkey/Young America, and a Pundit at policymic.com. He hails from Plympton, Massachusetts.

3rd February 2016

Jeff Walls
Freelance graphic designer

Jeff is a designer and artist based in Portland, Oregon. Jeff is originally from Michigan and attended the University of Michigan's School of Art and Design as an undergraduate, majoring in Visual Communication and Illustration. After graduation Jeff lived in Chicago, Illinois for several years and worked as a web and graphic designer at the Art Institute of Chicago. Jeff relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2011 and works as a freelance designer and art director for clients including Adidas and eMusic. Jeff is particularly interested in the continuing evolution of aesthetics and cultural signifiers in the digital age. In his free time Jeff plays in a band and enjoys cycling and the outdoors.

3rd February 2016

Morgan Williams
Co-Founder & President/CEO, Biochar Solutions, Inc.

Morgan Williams is a current member of The Environmental Systems Dynamics Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley where he is a Chancellors Fellow pursuing a PhD in Anthropedometrics; the quantitative analysis of human processes that lead to the creation or destruction of soils and the ecosystem functions they provide. Prior to joining Berkeley, Morgan co-founded Biochar Solutions Inc, where he developed technologies that convert sequestered carbon from the atmosphere into soil products for land restoration. In this role, he was recognized by Sir Richard Branson as 1 of 11 Global Pioneers in The Virgin Earth Challenge, a $25M science prize to sustainably remove a gigaton of carbon from the air in the effort to reverse climate change. Morgan has presented his work at professional and scientific conferences in five countries, and believes that international collaboration in ecological and atmospheric restoration can serve to strengthen solidarity between environmental and social justice movements. He is originally from Carbondale, Colorado.

3rd February 2016

Bessie (Bes) Young
Mitchell Scholar, University of Ulster Belfast, School of Art & Design

Bessie Young is currently studying for her MFA in Photography at the University of Ulster Belfast as a Mitchell Scholar. Her driving passion is for aging and using the visual arts as a way to document, understand, and advocate on behalf of the elderly in a cross-cultural context. From 2011-2012, Bessie lived as a Henry Luce Scholar in Nishinomiya, Japan, photographing group homes for elderly Japanese living with Alzheimer's and dementia. This work was a continuation of her honors thesis at Amherst College for which she photographed senior living facilities in Turkey, France and the United States and received summa cum laude honors. Bessie was born in Tewksbury, New Jersey.

3rd February 2016