Ford School Yearbook 2020-2021

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2021 YEARBOOK B A | M P P | M PA | P H D SPRING 2021


L to R: Amanda Kaplan (BA '21), Lauren Solomiany (BA '21), Brett Zaslavsky (BA '21), Marty Taxay (BA '21), Bennett Bramson (BA '21), Summer O'Sullivan (BA '21), Ben Gerstein (BA '21), and Simone Jaroslaw (BA '21), Apr. 2021

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GERALD R. FORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

2021 YEARBOOK

TABLE OF CONTENTS Student life............................................................................................... 4 Events........................................................................................................ 6 MPP graduates....................................................................................... 8 MPA graduates.................................................................................... 12 PhD graduates..................................................................................... 13 Student orgs......................................................................................... 14 BA graduates........................................................................................ 16 Thinking globally................................................................................. 20 Acting locally ....................................................................................... 22

DEAR FORDIES: You are leaders grounded in service. This isn’t just aspirational, this is who you are. Amid a pandemic, political conflict, and personal challenges, you revealed yourselves as resilient and strong. You helped vulnerable communities, armed policymakers with facts and tools, worked for nonprofits and small businesses, marched for racial justice, listened and learned and spoke up, protected each other’s health, helped us offer an outstanding education and keep our community connected, turned out the vote, and stood up for our democracy. To our graduates, we are so proud of your achievements, and hope you’ll stay in touch. To our entire community, enjoy this commemorative yearbook, filled with photos submitted by you and your peers, and cherish the memories of your time at the Ford School and Michigan. MICHAEL S. BARR Joan and Sanford Weill Dean; Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law

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Student life Welcome Week scavenger hunt, August 24, 2020. L to R: Adam Flood (MPP/MPH '22), Miguel Lopez (MPP '22), Michelle Yi (MBA '21), and Jennifer Crist (MPP '22)

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JAMES B. AN G E L L SCHOLARS Angell Scholars are undergraduate students who earn all A’s for two or more consecutive terms in a calendar year. Congratulations to:

Army vs. Michigan football game, Sept. 2019 L to R: Mariam Sayeed (MPP '21), Emma Kern (MPP '21), Steven Garcia (MPP '21), and Danny Rosa (MPP '21)

Impromptu photo booth, Oct. 2019.

Rutgers game, Sept. 2019

Lucia Lopez (BA ’21) and

Ruqayya Ahmad (MPP '21) and Mariatu Santiago (MPP '21)

Magdalena Mihaylova (BA '21)

Fall 2019 incoming MPP/MPA Cohort

September 2020 Annalisa Wilder (MPP/MS '21)

Galentines Day 2020

2021 GRADUATES Hilal Bazzi Anthony Bui Marianna Boully Perez Bennett Bramson Bryce Brannen Sabrina Butcher Connor Cain David Carpenter Miriam Chung Julia Cohn Meredith Days Brady Diller Cydney Gardner-Brown Molly Garyantes Abigail Gawthrop Benjamin Gerstein Leah Graham Maximillian Grahl Arushi Gupta Grace Hermann Dylan Horwitz Jonah Jacobs Amanda Kaplan Daniel Kim Alex Kremer Michael Lovegrove Matthew MacPhail Camille Mancuso Madeline McLaughlin Aaron Mei Karuna Nandkumar Bennett Neuhoff Michael Ocasio Summer O’Sullivan Eric Payerle Connor Reese Julia Scavnicky Julia Siegel Nicholas Silk Zayna Syed Eliza Frances Sykes Martin Taxay Mikaela R. Uddfolk Jacob Alan Viviano Matthew Weiner

Accidental twin day, back in the before times Mathew Rigdon (MPP '21) and Chadd Dowding (MPP '21)

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Events Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a special master class at the Ford School, Oct. 2019

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PHI BE TA KAP PA INDUCTEES Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776, is the oldest scholastic honorary society in America. Congratulations to:

Hillary Clinton event, Oct. 2019 L to R: Maggie Barnard (MPP '21), former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Jonatan Martinez (MPP '20)

“Education of an Idealist” Book tour with the Weiser Diplomacy Center

Policy Talks event with Christopher Hart Avril Prakash (MPP/MBA '21)

Ambassador Samantha Power and

Ambassador Susan Rice on "Tough Love," Jan. 2020 Victor Rateng (MPP '21)

Ruqayya Ahmad (MPP '21)

Discussion on Ta-Nehisi Coates essay "The Case for Reparations," Oct. 2019.

Daily Show star Trevor Noah, Nov. 2020 for a conversation on racial justice and American democracy

J'Taime Lyons (MPP/MBA '22)

L to R top: Dean Michael S. Barr, Trevor Noah, Josiah Walker

Hilal Bazzi Mariana Boully Perez Bennett Bramson Connor Cain David Carpenter Brady Diller Abigail Gawthrop Benjamin Gerstein Leah Graham Maximillian Grahl Grace Hermann Jonah Jacobs Simone Jaroslaw Amanda Kaplan Matthew MacPhail Camille Mancuso Aaron Mei Karuna Nandkumar Eric Payerle Allison Pujol Aleksandra Rzadkosz Jacob Viviano Ryan Woock

L to R bottom: Danny Rosa (MPP '21), Shannon Nulf, J'Taime Lyons (MPP/MBA '22)

Campaigns and Elections, Oct. 2019

Hillary Clinton event, Oct. 2019

James VanSteel (MPP/MURP '21)

Magdalena Mihaylova (BA ’21)

Ambassador Susan Rice on "Tough Love," Jan. 2020

and Finntan Storer (BA '20)

Ambassador Susan Rice and

Credit: Alec Cohen

Vivian Kalumbi (MPP/MBA '22)

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Congratulations,

MPP GRADUATES!

Rebecca Ackerman

Ruqayya Ahmad

Mallak Ali Anani

Monika Anderson

Jonathan Ashken

Leonymae Aumentado

Capri Backus

Maggie Barnard

Aditya Benyamin

Ali M. Berri

Sheron Brown

Chris Campbell

Linnea Carver Dec. 2020

Cristian Casanova Velarde

Sidi Cheng

Alison Christiansen

Samuel Thomas Conchuratt

Rebecca Copeland

oSha Cowley-Shireman

Kellen Datta

Carolina Dominguez

Chadd Dowding

Jerome Durden II

Nishat Farzana

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Kevin Finnegan

Yanjing Fu

Ameya Ganpule

Steven S. Garcia

Eli Gold

Sarah Gruen

Shiyu Guo

Sophia Hart

Wendy Hawkins

Baltazar Hernandez

Samuel Ainsworth Hird

Sungwook Huh

Kseniya Husak

Kyle Douglas Jarrett

Jaclyn Kahn

Maxwell Kaufman

Emma Kern

Jaeyeon Kim

Sunhong Kim

Heather Kiningham Dec. 2020

Andrew Krantz

Jocelyn Kuo

Christopher LeFlore

Barton Linderman Dec. 2020

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Congratulations,

MPP GRADUATES!

Tory Lowy

Dedrick McCord

Safiya Merchant

Erik Muliawan

Landon Myers

Iqra Nasir

Kevin Naud

Meghan Schroeder O’Leary

Nathaniel Ojo

Akinloluwa Olumoroti Dec. 2020

Tanya Omolo

Guy Packard Dec. 2020

Sharanya Pai

Edwin Peart

Lauren Alexandra Peisach

Sacha-Rose Phillips Dec. 2020

Avril Erika Prakash

Karolina Ana Ramos

Victor Ochieng Rateng

Christen Jade Richardson

Sarah Richardson

Mathew Rigdon

Jonathan J. Rodriguez

Danny Rosa

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Hannah E. Rosenfeld

Julie Rubin

Orlando Sanchez Zavala

Mariatu Funna Santiago

Mariam Sayeed

Matt Sehrsweeney

Alex Serwer

Rizki Oddie Putro Sitompul Dec. 2020

Marianna Smith

Thomas Staines

Kai Su

Eleanor M. Sullivan

YaYa Sun

Nida Syed

Jessica Taketa

Kalena Thomhave

Sarah Tresedder

Sarah Truax

Amy C. Turner Dec. 2020

Mai Ze Vang

James VanSteel

Connor Wakayama

Alex Weaver

Michael Hans Weiss

Kelly Wilcox

Annalisa Wilder

Wanzhuo Yang

Triana Yentzen Toro

Mohammad Akbar Zadran

Jingwen Zhang

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Congratulations,

MPA GRADUATES!

Dominic Arellano

Ethan David Baker

Anna Balzer

Karli Boulware

Anne Coglianese

Tom Cruz

Lindsey Dowswell

Stephanie Iovan

Hailey Jures

Raymond A. Kahn

Jamie Lyons-Eddy

Christopher Bryan McClain

Rebekah Ostosh

Julia Rhodes

Anuj M. Sahay

William Scott Selesky Dec. 2020

Lamiya Sharafkhanova

JoMeca L. Thomas

William Whelan

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Congratulations,

PHD GRADUATES!

GERALD R . FO RD PR ESIDENTI A L F ELLOWS Elena Davert (MPP/MS '23) Rebecca Ackerman (MPP '21)

R IECKER F EL LOWS Iqra Nasir (MPP/MS '21) Guy Packard (MPP '20)

Chiara Ferrero Doctor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Economics

Michael Lerner Doctor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Political Science

Stephanie Owen Doctor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Economics

B OHNE TT FE L LOWS Summer 2021 Kristina Curtiss (MPP '22) Adam Flood (MPP/MPH '22) Clare Knutson (MPP '22) Summer 2020 Safiya Merchant (MPP '21) Alyshia Dyer (MPP/MSW '22) Kevin Naud (MPP '21)

Our second Master of Public Affairs cohort, now fully vaccinated, at Allmendinger Park, May 2021

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Student orgs First cuts at SAC's pumpkin carving event L to R: Kellen Datta (MPP '21), Sam Hird (MPP '21), and Meghan O'Leary (MPP '21)

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Global Fordies trivia night

In the news SCPP Hosted Ramón Cruz, President of the Sierra Club, on October 13, 2020 for a policy talk moderated by SCPP Chair Baltazar Hernández

SAC trip to Wiard's Orchard, Oct. 2019

OpEd: Puerto Rico Should Not Hold More Status Referendums Caribbean Business

Michigan Daily

Javi Piñeiro (MPP/JD '24)

Magdalena Mihaylova (BA '21)

This OpEd summarizes the historical ineffectiveness of status referendums in Puerto Rico and points at the use of this mechanism as a failed political strategy. It further calls for a Constitutional Assembly, a UN-recognized mechanism for decolonization, to solve the issue of Puerto Rico's status in a binding process that centers all Puerto Rican voices.

I interviewed seven student-athletes who are women on campus to share their struggles, achievements, and realities as women in the institution of sport. More specifically, looking into how their experiences of reflect broader societal themes and challenges, especially for those who are women and/or POC.

Sex and love: Women at U-M reflect on lessons learned

L to R: Alison Christiansen (MPP '21), Annalisa Wilder (MPP/MS '21), Lauren

Michigan Daily

Peisach (MPP '21), J'Taime Lyons (MPP/MBA '22), Christen Richardson (MPP

Magdalena Mihaylova (BA '21)

'21), Vivian Kalumbi (MPP/MBA '22), and Katherine Cima (MPP/MBA '22).

I interviewed six women at the University to connect anecdotal experiences in love, relationships, and sex with feminist theory and my own narrative as a young woman on campus. The article aims to illuminate and enriched the oftentimes surface-level discussions about hookup and dating culture at colleges.

Constructing a culture: Dilemmas of firstand second-gen Americans SCPP trip to the DIA, Nov. 2019. L to R back: Gerson Ramirez (MPP '20), Baltazar Hernandez (MPP '21), Lankeu Muteleu (MPP '20), Jonatan Martinez (MPP '20), Aloka Narayanan (MPP '20) L to R front: Ruqayya Ahmad (MPP '21), and Mariatu Santiago (MPP '21)

How women student-athletes navigate college life

Michigan Daily Magdalena Mihaylova (BA '21) As a child of immigrants myself, I wove together my own exploration of identity with that of other bi-cultural students on campus. We discuss notions of nationalism and patriotism, quirks in tradition, and how the cross-cultural perspective impacts our worldview.

Latinx heritage month organizers see new opportunities in going virtual Michigan Daily Baltazar Hernández (MPP '21) “One challenge was figuring out what Latinx Heritage Month looks like in a virtual environment and we were grappling with how to celebrate the diverse cultures within the Latinx umbrella so we wanted to incorporate as many different voices as we could,” Hernández said. “We really wanted to emphasize Afro Latinx identity and specifically through music,” Hernández said. “We’re trying to build a mosaic of different stories that these instruments (in the logo) tell and how diverse our narratives are as people from a larger region.”

Ford School undergraduates continue to lead during the pandemic fordschool.umich.edu Mariana Boully Perez (BA '21), Matthew MacPhail (BA '21), David Carpenter (BA '21), and Walter Aguilar (BA '21) The school highlighted four undergraduates who have found ways to lead the way through difficult circumstances and continue to make a positive impact on their communities with student support and outreach, music, and research.

Student-organized tailgate fall 2019 Mariam Sayeed (MPP '21) and Emma Kern (MPP '21)

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Congratulations,

BA GRADUATES!

Bahaa Abazeed Dec. 2020

Leah Adelman

Camryn L. Banks

Hilal Bazzi

Mariana Boully Perez

Bennett Bramson

Mary Bryce Brannen

Anthony Bui

Sabrina Butcher Dec. 2020

Connor Cain

David Carpenter

Damian Chessare

Miriam Chung Dec. 2020

Julia Cohn

Sheridan Jayne Cole

Meredith Winston Days

Samantha Della Fera

Brady Diller Dec. 2020

Lena Dreves

Jack Eichner

Jackie Erlon-Baurjan Dec. 2020

Riston Escher Dec. 2020

Cydney Gardner-Brown

Molly Garyantes Dec. 2020

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Abigail Elizabeth Gawthrop

Benjamin Gerstein

Leah Graham

Maximillian Grahl

Erin Crawford Grant

Arushi Gupta

Grace Hermann

Nora Kate Hilgart-Griff

Dylan Horwitz

Jonah Dylan Jacobs

Simone Jaroslaw

Molly Edersheim Kalb

Amanda Kaplan

Grace Kent

Daniel Kim

Daphne Kreiger

Alex Kremer

Marita Ky

Tal Lipkin

Caroline Logue

Lucía López Olaiz

Michael Elliot Lovegrove

Matthew MacPhail

Camille Liliana Mancuso

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Congratulations,

BA GRADUATES!

Kelli Martin Dec. 2020

Julia Esther Mati

Kerrigan McCabe

Madeline Theresa McLaughlin

Aaron Mei

Magdalena Mihaylova

Katherine T. Miner

Jason Moonka

Karuna Nandkumar

Bennett Neuhoff

Devan O’Toole

Summer O’Sullivan

Michael Antonio Ocasio

Eric Payerle

Angelica Priest

Allison Marie Pujol

Connor William Uan Reese

Aleksandra Rzadkosz

Sarah Sarnak

Julia Scavnicky

Julia Siegle

Nicholas Silk

Maeve Anne Skelly

Lauren Michelle Solomiany

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Trevor Phillip Stratz

Zayna Syed

Eliza Sykes

Martin Taxay

Jacob Viviano

Matthew Weiner

Ryan Woock

Brett Daniel Zaslavsky

Mikaela Uddfolk

Claire Vapnek

#FordSchool21 Magdalena Mihaylova (BA '21) and Lucia Lopez (BA '21)

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Thinking globally Life Monteverde Coffee Farm, Costa Rica L to R top: Connor Cain (BA '21), and Sierra Stephens (BA '20) L to R middle: Maximillian Grahl (BA '21), and Sabrina Butcher (BA '21) L to R bottom: Camille Mancuso (BA '21), Anthony Bui (BA '21), and Leah Graham (BA '21)

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IEDP 2020 visit to Colombia's Ministry of Mines and Energy

Costa Rica Global Engagement Seminar, Mar. 2020 L to R front: Sierra Stephens (BA'20), tour guide, Susan Collins, Leah Graham (BA '21), Cydney Gardner-Brown (BA '21), Aleksandra Rzadkosz (BA '21) L to R back: Arushi Gupta (BA '21), Billy Dering (BA '20), Caroline Logue (BA '21), and Maximillian Grahl (BA '21)

Medellín, Colombia Botanical Gardens, Feb. 2020 L to R: Chadd Dowding (MPP '21), Lauren Peisach (MPP '21), Maxwell Kaufman (MPP '21), Carolina Dominguez (MPP '21), Ashley Nowicki (MPP/MAE '20), and Annalisa Wilder (MPP/MS '21)

Annalisa Wilder (MPP/MS '21) at COP 25 in Madrid, where she delivered a presentation on her climate adaptation research in Seychelles. Dec. 2019.

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Acting locally (L to R) Top Left: It's all smiles under those masks for Celia Sawyerr (MPP '22), Jordan Incorvia (MPP '22), and Kate Randall (MPP '22) after volunteering at the Dearborn vaccine clinic and receiving their covid vaccines. Top Right: The final day at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Aug. 2019. Annalisa Wilder (MPP/ MS '21), Eileen Lo (MS '20), and Kristin Prestel (MPP '20) Bottom: Kate Randall (MPP '22), and Celia Sawyerr (MPP '22)

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Working at the polls L to R: Sadie Marsman (MPP '20), Sophie Hart (MPP '21), and Vivian Kalumbi (MPP/MBA '22)

Walter Aguilar (BA '21)

Fordies celebrating voting in the 2020 Michigan Primary

Leah Adelman (BA '21)

L to R: Lauren Peisach (MPP '21), Rachel Abendroth (MPP/MBA '22), Chadd Dowding (MPP '21), Vivian Kalumbi (MPP/MBA '22), Amy Turner (MPP '21), Danny Rosa (MPP '21), Marianna Smith (MPP '21), and Sarah Richardson (MPP '21)

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