ALUMNINOTES Vladimir Vano (A 99) appeared with former Slovak Ambassador to the U.S. Rastislav Kacer on Slovak National Radio. He has also made appearances on Slovak national television, Slovak State Press Agency, news TV channel TA3 and TREND online edition to comment on the topic of Greece’s financial turmoil and its impact on the Euro zone.
01 (l.-r.) Perihan Abdelghaly (I 08) visits her IIPES classmate Irene Schinaraki (I 08) in London. Abdelghaly is studying at the University of Manchester and Schinaraki is studying in London.
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Scott Rubush (J 98) is director of major grants at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Joseph Whitehead (I 98) is an attorney at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C.
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Kurt Couchman (E 02) earned a master’s degree in economics from George Mason University and is now manager of government affairs at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Ákos Hegyi (A 02) is a member of the general assembly for the municipal local government of Pécs City, Hungary.
Jeff Jacobs (B 01) is an account manager for WD Partners in Columbus, Ohio.
Desiree (Westby) Koetzle (B 02) moved to Bangkok where she is communications director for the American Chamber of Thailand.
R. Stuart Jones (E 01) is the U.S. Treasury Department’s financial attaché for the Gulf at the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Davor Kunc (A 02, I 04, E 05) is a knowledge management analyst for the International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C.
Solon Solomon (I 01, EJI 04) wrote the book The Justiciability of International Disputes: The Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Security Fence as a Case Study.
Enik Pogace (A 02) was appointed head of the European Union integration division at the Central Bank of Albania. Ting Qian (HK 02) graduated from New York University’s Stern Business School and is working for Morgan Stanley in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Paul Glader (J 99, A 00) is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Glader recently traveled to Russia and wrote two articles, one on where to stay and eat in St. Petersburg and another discussing the market for global highspeed trains. Archana Poddar (I 99) is a Foreign Service officer with the State Department and is located at the U.S. Consulate in Vietnam. Alexandra Toma (I 99) is executive director of the Connect U.S. Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that actively promotes responsible U.S. global engagement. 12
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Raymond Ratti-Beato (B 06) (front and center) volunteers with a community in San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic. Ratti-Beato started the nonprofit to help those in need in his home country.