Career Cafe- Cait Nordehn, BA-IA ‘09 & MA-Anthro ’11, at TechnoServe

When: Tuesday, January 27th 2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST

Location: Elliott School of International Affairs, Graduate Student Lounge, 1957 E Street Northwest, Washington, D.C

Join Elliott's GSS Career Café with free coffee/tea and great conversation! In this casual, open discussion will meet Elliott and GW Alumna Cait Nordehn, BA-IA ‘09 & MA-Anthropology ’11,  who has over 15 years of experience advancing women’s economic empowerment and inclusive economic growth in partnership with international development practitioners, researchers, government and private sector actors in over 20 countries across Africa and Asia. Through her work she leads and contributes to initiatives which drive sustainable, inclusive growth across industries. Her current role, Senior Manager- Global Practice for Women and Youth, she provides technical leadership on women's economic empowerment (WEE) to TechnoServe's programs through the Practice, focusing on entrepreneurship, agriculture—especially coffee—and food processing. She is passionate about advancing women’s economic empowerment and leading initiatives to foster knowledge creation, sharing, and learning across the organization. She also develops standard tools for integrating WEE and youth economic empowerment throughout the project cycle.ESIA NO-SHOW POLICY IN EFFECT.In order to ensure the effectiveness of the services offered by the Elliott School's Graduate Student Services and maintain professionalism and courtesy between graduate students, alumni, professional staff, and our Employer Partners, the No-Show Policy is in effect for this event. Should you need to cancel your registration, you must log in to Handshake and update your RSVP, or contact our office [email protected] no later than 24 hours before any career event.DRESS CODE-  BUSINESS CASUAL/CASUALNote:  The dress code for all employer events is business professional unless otherwise stated. Students who are dressed inappropriately may be turned away. Please reach out to your career coach or GSS if you have questions about what professional dress entails.