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Event ID: 1009105
| Organization: | Perseus |
| Location: | N/A |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | J.P. Bauman, AB'03 (Economics), MBA'06 |
| Host Title: | Associate |
| About the Organiztion: | Perseus is a $1.5 billion private equity firm. For more information about Perseus, please visit: www.perseusllc.com |
| About the Host: | John P. Bauman is an Associate of Perseus. Prior to joining Perseus, Mr. Bauman worked at One Equity Partners, the private arm of JP Morgan. He was involved in all aspects of the investment process at One Equity Partners, including leading the financial and operational diligence of prospective investments, participating in the execution of transactions, and monitoring portfolio companies. Mr. Bauman has also worked in the commercial banking and private wealth management divisions of JP Morgan and in the marketing department of the Kellogg Company. Mr. Bauman holds an MBA, with concentrations in finance and accounting, from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and an AB in Economics from the University of Chicago. |
Event ID: 1009243
| Organization: | Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
| Location: | 1100 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Karl Christensen, AB'89 (Physics) |
| Host Title: | Senior Investment Officer |
| About the Organiztion: | The Overseas Private Investment Corporation was established as an agency of the US Government in 1971. OPIC helps US businesses invest overseas, fosters economic development in new and emerging markets, complements the private sector in managing risks associated with foreign direct investment, and supports US foreign policy. Because OPIC charges market-based fees for its products, it operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to taxpayers. OPIC offers three financial products to US investors in developing countries: Loans, Political Risk Insurance, and Equity Funds. OPIC underwrites and funds loans of $1 million - $250 million for projects in developing (i.e., low-income) countries. This externship opportunity is ideal for students interested in emerging-market financing. For more information about OPIC, please visit: www.opic.gov. |
| About the Host: | Karl Christensen received his AB in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1989 and an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University in 1995. At Overseas Private Investment Corporation he is a Senior Investment Officer in the Structured Finance Group. |
| Organization: | US Department of State |
| Location: | N/A |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Linnea Bohn, AB'88 (Political Science) |
| Host Title: | Director, Iraq Policy and Operations Group |
| About the Organiztion: | The Iraq Policy and Operations Group assists in the interagency coordination of the multi-faceted involvement of US government agencies in Iraq. Established after Iraq’s interim government assumed sovereignty over the country’s affairs, the IPOG is chaired by a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and a Senior NSC Director for Defense Policy. The IPOG conducts daily video teleconferences on such issues as infrastructure, reconstructions, security and elections planning in Iraq. In addition, the team coordinates Congressional briefings, reporting on Iraq and other interagency collaboration projects. www.state.gov (look for the US Embassy Baghdad website) and www.bearingpoint.com. This externship requires that the person be a United States citizen either by birth or naturalization (for security clearance purposes). The extern should have a working knowledge of the US government foreign policy structure, including the Department of State, the NSC, the Pentagon, etc. The candidate will need to be high-energy, very professional and culturally sensitive. |
| About the Host: | Linnea Bohn works for BearingPoint and is the Director of the Iraq Policy and Operations Group at the Department of State. She has a team of 15 people who work to support interagency collaboration on all Iraq issues. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1988 with a Political Science/French degree. She also has an MA from Columbia in International Finance, 1997. She spent nine years in the Foreign Service serving in Lithuania, the United Nations in New York and at the Office of Foreign Missions in San Francisco. She spent four years in International Business Development at Macromedia, Inc. then came back to be the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer at the Department of State in 2003. In June of 2004, she left that job for BearingPoint and the opportunity to build and lead this Iraq team - in DC and in Baghdad. |
| Special Requirements: | This externship requires that the person be a United States citizen either by birth or naturalization (for security clearance purposes). |
Event ID: 1009372
| Organization: | Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, U.S. Department of Defense |
| Location: | National Defense University Fort Lesley J. McNair 4th and P Streets, SW Washington, DC 20319-5066 |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Jim Przystup, AM'68 (International Relations), PhD'75 (Diplomatic History) |
| Host Title: | Member, Policy Planning Staff |
| About the Organiztion: | The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) is a policy research and strategic gaming organization within the National Defense University serving the US Department of Defense, its components, and interagency partners. The Institute provides timely, objective analysis and gaming events to senior decision makers and supports NDU educational programs in the fields of international security and defense policy. Through an active outreach program, including conferences, international exchanges, and publications, the Institute seeks to promote wider understanding of emerging international security challenges and defense policy options. Established by the Secretary of Defense in 1984, INSS is comprised of four components: the Research Directorate, which analyzes global and regional security trends and frames national security policy and defense strategy options for senior decision-makers; the National Strategic Gaming Center, which develops and facilitates numerous strategic-level policy exercises and experiential learning activities for senior Executive Branch officials, the military combatant commands, Members of Congress, and various NDU educational programs; the Publication Directorate, which is responsible for the editorial development and production of a range of NDU Press publications, as well as Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), published for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the Conference Directorate, which annually organizes several major symposia and supports more than 100 other conferences, seminars, and round-tables organized by the research staff. The Director of INSS serves concurrently as NDU Vice President for Research. For more information about INSS, please visit: http://www.ndu.edu/inss/insshp.html |
| About the Host: | Jim Przystup studied Japanese at Columbia University and at Keio University in Tokyo. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Przystup served as the Director of the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. For close to twenty years, he has worked on Asia-related issues. He served on the staff of the United States House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs; in the private sector at Itochu and IBM World Trade Americas/Far East Corporation; and in the United States government on the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Director for Regional Security Strategies on the Policy Planning Staff. In 1983-84 Mr. Przystup served as the Deputy Director of the Presidential Advisory Commission on U.S.-Japan relations. He has specialized in Asian security issues in particular the US-Japan and the US-Republic of Korea security relationships. Mr. Przystup was presented with the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award in 1989 and in 1991; he also received the Defense Department's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1992. Currently, at Institute for National Strategic Studies, he is involved in long-term strategic planning toward East Asia and on-going policy toward Japan, Korean Peninsula, China and Southeast Asia. Mr. Przystup has expertise in Foreign Policy, National Security Policy and East Asia. |
Event ID: 1009281
| Organization: | Science Applications International Corporation |
| Location: | SAIC, National Security Analyst 1710 SAIC Drive MacLean, VA 22102 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Jessica Iannotti, AB'05 (Political Science) |
| Host Title: | National Security Analyst within Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive) and the Disaster Consequence Management Support Project |
| About the Organiztion: | Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500® company is one of the world's leading providers of outsourcing and IT services, and the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States. SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 43,000 employees with offices in over 150 cities worldwide. www.saic.com. Externs must be US Citizens. |
| About the Host: | Jessica Iannotti graduated from the U of C in June of 2005 with a degree in political science and public policy. While at Chicago, she was a member of the varsity basketball and track & field teams. She was also a sister of the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi, an undergraduate fellow in the Program on International Security Policy (PISP), and a Phi Beta Kappa electee. Jessica started working as an analyst for SAIC in July of 2005. Jessica started working as an analyst for SAIC in July of 2005, where she researches national strategy documents and military plans; she contributes to briefings that are presented to company executives as well as government customers; she attends conferences and meetings, mostly in support of Department of Defense clients; she helps to plan and execute state and regional-level exercises to test and validate national preparedness goals; she researches various legal aspects of foreign consequence management operations; and she writes information papers on national security topics. |
| Special Requirements: | Externs must be US Citizens. |
Event ID: 1008436
| Organization: | Brookings Institution |
| Location: | 1775 Massachussetts Avenue, Washington, DC 20036 | Google map |
| Host Name: | William Galston, MA'69 Political Science, PhD'73 Political Science |
| Host Title: | TBD |
| About the organiztion: | The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. For more than 90 years, Brookings has analyzed current and emerging issues and produced new ideas that matter—for the nation and the world. For further information about the Brookings Institution, please visit their website at: www.brook.edu. |
| Special Requirements: | Confidentiality, paperwork, etc. |
Event ID: 1009343
| Organization: | National Institute of Mental Health |
| Location: | National Institute of Mental Health Room 4S237A Building 10 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Joel Kleinman, SB'66 (Biochemestry), MD'73, PhD'74 |
| Host Title: | Section Chief |
| About the Organiztion: | The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This public health mandate demands that NIMH harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment, and eventually, prevention of these disabling conditions that affect millions of Americans. For more information about NIMH, please visit: www.nimh.nih.gov |
| About the Host: | Dr. Kleinman received his SB, MD and PhD from the University of Chicago in 1966, 1973 and 1974, respectively. His graduate studies with A. Heller and P. Hoffmann involved the effects of monoamines on carbohydrate metabolism in the rat brain. Dr. Kleinman did an internship at San Francisco General Hospital and residencies in psychiatry and neurology at Massachusetts Mental Health Center and George Washington University, respectively. He joined the NIMH as a Fellow in 1976, became a Section Chief in 1984, and has done research on schizophrenia for 29 years with an emphasis on postmortem studies. The research of the lab has identified twenty to thirty genes that increase the risk for schizophrenia. Dr. Kleinman is a past President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and a recipient of the A. E. Bennett Award and an Outstanding Service Medal from the U.S.P.H.S. His section explores the neuropathology of schizophrenia. |
Event ID: 1009344
| Organization: | Conflict Resolution Center Montgomery County (CRCMC) |
| Location: | Conflict Resolution Center Montgomery County (CRCMC), 2424 Reedie Drive, Suite 301 Wheaton, MD 20902 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Patricia Lee |
| Host Title: | Executive Director |
| About the Organiztion: | The CRCMC is a Mediation, Training, Community Conferencing and Facilitation Center. The mission of the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County is to help Montgomery County residents manage conflict in a constructive way, by offering collaborative problem solving services such as mediation, facilitation, community conferencing and training. |
| About the Host: | Patricia Lee is the Executive Director of the CRCMC. She has a law degree from Northwestern University that she received in 1982. Her expertise is in Mediation and Law. |
Event ID: 1009393
| Organization: | National Science Foundation |
| Location: | N/A |
| Geographic Location | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Samuel Scheiner, AB'78 (Biology), MS'80, PhD'83 |
| Host Title: | Directorate of Biological Sciences, Division of Environmental Biology |
| About the Organiztion: | NSF is the leading funding source for basic academic research in the federal government. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $5.92 billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. For more information about NSF, please visit: www.nsf.gov. |
| About the Host: | Samuel Scheiner (B.A. Biology 1978; M.S. 1980; Ph.D. 1983) is Program Director for the Directorate of Biological Sciences, Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation. He manages competitive grants programs in the areas of ecology and evolution. |
| Organization: | Dinosaur Fund |
| Location: | N/A |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Peter Kranz |
| Host Title: | President |
| About the Organiztion: | The Dinosaur Fund is a not-for-profit organization to help raise money for dinosaur research in the National Capital Region. http://www.glue.umd.edu/~gdouglas/dfund/index.html |
| About the Host: | Peter Krantz holds a PhD'72 in Geology from the University of Chicago and has expertise in Paleontology. As the President of Dinosaur Fund, he researches and teaches about dinosaurs. The extern who is awarded this externship will join a group of adults and children on Dinosaur digs and museum visits. |
| Organization: | America Road and Transportation Builders Association |
| Location: | N/A |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Richard Juliano, AB'89 (Economics), JD'98 |
| Host Title: | Vice President of Chapter Relations & Grassroots Programs and Managing Director of Contractors Division |
| About the Organiztion: | The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is a federation whose primary goal is to aggressively grow and protect transportation infrastructure investment to meet the public and business demand for safe and efficient travel. In support of this mission, ARTBA also provides programs and services designed to give its members a global competitive edge. The transportation design and construction industry ARTBA represents generates more than $200 billion in US economic activity annually and employs 2.5 million Americans. |
Event ID: 1010074
| Organization: | Pillsbury, Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
| Location: | 1650 Tysons Boulevard, 14th Floor, McLean, VA 22102-4859 | Google Map |
| Geographic Location: | Washington, DC Metro Area |
| Host Name: | Kevin Learned, JD'88 |
| Host Title: | Senor Associate |
| About the Organiztion: | With influence and presence on both U.S. coasts and abroad, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman enjoys an expansive international platform. They have 15 offices in global centers for capital markets, energy and technology and provide our clients with the strength of this reach and a commitment to cross-border service and responsiveness. Pillsbury is a leader in their core areas of focus – Capital Markets and Finance, Energy, Global Sourcing, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Technology, Life Sciences and Communications. Organization Website: http://www.pillsburylaw.com |
| About the Host: | Kevin R. Learned (J.D. 1998) is Senior Associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. His current duties include representing public and private domestic and foreign clients, particularly in the technology, financial services, communications, real estate and health sciences industries, in connection with: negotiating stock, asset and business mergers, acquisitions and dispositions; organizing and restructuring operating companies and joint ventures; debt and equity financing and restructuring; organizing and investing in private equity investment funds; acting as corporate counsel with respect to routine corporate matters; and compliance with federal and state securities and laws and regulations, exchange listing requirements and general corporate law matters. He also has significant experience working on ventures qualifying for the low-income housing tax credit. Prior to joining Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, he worked in the Washington office of Debevoise & Plimpton, where he was a member of the investment management group. |
| Special Requirements: | Student will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement as he or she will be exposed to confidential client information. |
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