Portraits

Parnika Ray is Program Director of New Global Perspectives – Paris. New GlobalPerspectives is a platform for emerging thought leaders to share fresh ideas about global issues. Topics include energy, sustainability, diplomacy, security, transport,urban development and much more.

Valentina is working as a NextGen Graduate, Strategy & Consulting at 3Shape in Copenhagen. The company produces 3D scanners and other digital solutions for dentists. Valentina has a Master in International Economic Policy.

Tania Johnson, the Director of Sponsored Programs at Swarthmore College, had a long-time dream of living and studying in France. She had begun studying the language in middle school and high school, and as a French and International Relations major at the University of Pennsylvania, was “really grateful to have had the opportunity to study” at Sciences Po.

Elsa Alvarado, currently a Senior Vetting Analyst for the 59th Presidential Inaugural Committee, dreamed of attending Sciences Po, where so many influential French political leaders were educated. She spoke to us about her passion for politics, leadership in the Hispanic community, and dedication to being a global citizen.

David Vigoureux has graduated from the Master in International Development. He now works as an Innovation Executive at Brink in London.

Readers might recognize her as the anchor of the Saturday edition of the “CBS Weekend News,” but in addition to reporting on COVID-19, Chicago gun violence, and the Flint water crisis, Adriana Diaz “had the pleasure of going to Sciences Po twice.”

Alexandre Chenesseau is a Managing Director at Evercore in New York, working in global mergers and acquisitions advisory, and a graduate of Sciences Po’s Master in Finance and Strategy. He describes having always wanting to pursue diverse fields early on in his life, including foreign affairs, diplomacy, and even journalism, for which he thought “Sciences Po was a pretty obvious choice.”

From the Master in Public Policy, Public Administration stream, apprenticeship programme, to technical adviser and parliamentary assistant

Francis Effiong is a Sustainable Finance Analyst at BNP Paribas in France. He works on integration of ESG analysis within client and transaction management. He also conducts research for senior bankers.

Leana Lebeuf is a Project Manager at Impact Partners in France. She graduated from Sciences Po Carrières with a Master in International Development.

In this Q&A, we interview Alexis Cheney, an American student in the first year of a dual Master’s degree programme between Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She shares her experiences taking virtual classes and studying in Paris during a lockdown. 

Ankit Mishra has graduated from the Master in International Economic Policy with specialisations in Security Studies and International Energy.

Anass Mourjane arrived at Sciences Po as an undergraduate student on our Paris campus in 2010. Involved in a multitude of associations and student clubs on campus, he was active in politics during his student years and chose to pursue his master’s at the School of Public Affairs.

Siavash Barkhordar has graduated from the Master in International Energy. He is a Commercial Director of a French listed SME in Energy Efficiencyindustries at Enertime in France.

Interview conducted in May 2020 - Mike Schmuhl graduated from Sciences Po's School of International Affairs in 2015. A few years later, he became the lead campaign manager of Pete for America, Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign. Read the interview below on his impressive career path so far.

Kayvan Noroozi is a trial lawyer based out of California, who spent an undergraduate year abroad studying at Sciences Po. For Noroozi, the time he spent at Sciences Po helped him develop a wide range of friendships and an international perspective, a valuable asset in his work in high stakes commercial litigation focusing on intellectual property. He remembers his year at Sciences Po as “one of [his] best years,” and has “nothing but positive memories.”

Krystal Wilson Azelton is a Director of Space Applications Programs at Secure World Foundation, an organization working internationally towards secure, sustainable, and peaceful uses of outer space.

Jennifer Famery-Mariani is an independent curator and the founder of Tribeca Art+Culture Night. Her career has spanned both the public and private sectors in Paris and New York. She believes that through Sciences Po, she was granted the exposure to different points of view, different student profiles, and different themes that prepared her to successfully navigate the professional world.

Michael Strauss became the General Counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the beginning of 2020. He studied at Sciences Po in 1998 on an exchange program from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and found that his time at Sciences Po prepared him well for his career in many ways.

Arnaud Tesson is a Sciences Po alumnus, who studied Economy and Finance, and the U.S. Asset Management Practice Leader at executive search firm Egon Zehnder.

Julia Schmidt has graduated from the Master in International Economic Policy. She works as a Junior Policy Analyst at the OECD in the Statistiscs and DataDirectorate.

Two undergraduate students in the dual degree programme between Sciences Po and Columbia University took their social impact projects to the next level by participating in the selective Millennium Fellowship from August to November 2020.

Maria Villena works as an Economist at the Peruvian Ministry of Finance. She is in charge of mattersrelated to environmental sustainability. Villena has graduated from the Master in Environmental Policy.

Lamia Mounavaraly is a master’s student in Economics and Public Policy at the Sciences Po School of Public Affairs. This fall 2020, she flew the flag for French women at the prestigious G(irls)20 Global Summit. She tells us about her experience as an official delegate.