LEAP Advisory Council

LEAP Student Advisory Council (LEAPSAC)

The Leadership, Ethics, and Practice Student Advisory Council consists of students, alumni, faculty, and staff in the Elliott School. The Student Advisory Council, formed in the Fall of 2020, provides ideas, energy, and insight to the LEAP Initiative through its engagement of diverse perspectives.

Faculty Advisors

Arturo Sotomayor

Director, M.A. in Security Policy Studies

Shirley Graham

Director, Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs

Student Advisors

Abdelrahman Hussein

B.A. International Affairs

Chair of the Religious Tolerance and Influence Subcommittee; Co-Chair of the Human Rights and Social Justice Subcommittee

Abdulrahman Al-Eryani

Master of International Policy and Practice

Member

Alexandra Butler

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Alexandra Kicior

B.A. International Affairs
Concentration: Security Policy

Member

Amina Khan

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Andrei Bacrau, B.A. '17

B.A. International Affairs and Philosophy
Minors: Security Policy, Public Affairs

Member

Arush Karan Doddwad

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Brooke Holmes

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Caroline Clough

B.A. International Affairs and History
Concentration: Security Policy

Chair of the Public and Global Health Subcommittee

Carmella Saia

M.A. Security Policy Studies

Member

Elias Pinkes

B.A. International Affairs

Chair of the Environmental Protection Subcommittee

Emma Beach, B.A. '21

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Faiqa Khan

M.A. International Development Studies

Member

George Magera

M.A. Security Policy Studies

Member

Georgie Hallbach

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Grace Cassineri

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Isabella Soileau

B.A. International Affairs

Co-Chair of the Human Rights and Social Justice Subcommittee

Jiayi Zhang, M.A. '22

M.A. International Affairs

Chair of the Innovations Committee

Jinsil Yearm

B.S. International Affairs and Finance

Member

Josh Monacelli, B.A. '19

B.A. International Affairs
Minor: Naval Science
Concentration: Security Policy

Member

Lucero Flores, M.A. '22

M.A. International Affairs

Chair of the Women in Foreign Policy Subcommittee

Ludovica La Rosa

B.A. International Affairs
Concentration: International Politics, Business

Member

Luke Moody

B.A. International Affairs

Chair of the Film Series Committee

Marisa Coghlin

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Matthew MacKenzie

M.A. International Affairs

Member

Maximilian Mueller

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Renee Kowalski

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Sadie Turner

B.A. International Affairs

Member

Samantha Lee

B.A. International Affairs
Concentration: Asia, Comparative Political, Social, and Economic Systems

Member

Sara Wolverson

M.A. Security Policy Studies

Member

Shivam Kotak

B.A. International Affairs
Concentration: Security Policy, Public Policy

Member

Shreya Lad

M.A. International Affairs
Concentration: International Security

Chair of the Defense and Security Subcommittee

Stephanie Scafa

Master of International Policy and Practice

Member

Sydney Boyd

B.S. International Affairs and Public health Minor: Health Equity

Member

Tracy Liu

B.A. International Affairs and Economics

Member

Vanessa Duboulay

M.A. International Affairs

Member

Vinithra Sudhakar

B.S. International Affairs
Minor: Geography
Concentration: International Development

Co-Chair of the Economics, Trade, and Development Subcommittee

Wenlin Huang

B.A. International Affairs and Economics

Member

Zhijun He

B.A. International Affairs
Concentration: International Development

Co-Chair of the Economics, Trade, and Development Subcommittee

Zohra Hunter

M.A. International Affairs

Member