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2024 Civic Fellows

Owen Cai

Vanderbilt University
National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNHPI)

Emma Chan

Harvard College
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Cassidy Chang

University of California,
Berkeley

Emerson Collective

Fiona Chen

The University of Texas at Austin
U.S. Department of Transportation

Kylie Chen

University of California,
Los Angeles

U.S. Department of Treasury

Katie Cheung

Georgetown University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Ayden Chi

University of California,
Berkeley

Hudson Institute

Sonal Churiwal

Washington University in St. Louis
Emerson Collective

Andrew de la Alas

Washington University in St. Louis
U.S. House of Representative
Cori Bush (MO-01)

Angela Deng

Johns Hopkins University
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

My Fu

Claremont McKenna College
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Rachel Gai

Emory University
National Credit Union Administration

Merek Hall

Pepperdine University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Rehman Hassan

Stanford University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Katherine He

University of Pennsylvania
U.S. Department of Treasury

Nicole Hoang

University of Pennsylvania
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Austin Huang

Georgetown University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Anouska Jani

University of Colorado Boulder
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Yewon Kee

Cornell University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Ruth Lee

University of Pennsylvania
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Bethany Lee

Johns Hopkins University
U.S. Department of Treasury

Kailin Liu

University of Southern California
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Fiona Lu

University of California,
Los Angeles

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Xavian Panjwani

The University of Texas at Austin
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Kiran Patt

Cornell University
Colorado Department of Law

Michael Raybetz

Cornell University
U.S. Department of Justice

Yuv Sachdeva

Rice University
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Sian Salazar

University of Southern California
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Marissa Sun

Kenyon College
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Michael Sun

New York University
U.S. Department of Transportation

Robert Sun

Brandeis University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Mahima Suresh

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Office of the US Trade Representative

Misaal Tabassum

Yale University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

George Tang

University of Maryland,
College Park

Woodrow Wilson Center

Amelie Tsao

Brown University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Urvi Vallapareddy

Emory University
U.S. Department of Transportation

Zayd Virani

Texas A&M University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Zoe Wang

William & Mary
U.S. Department of Labor

Mengyu (Amy) Wu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Shining Xi

Stanford University
U.S. Department of Labor

Alvis Yang

The George Washington University
District of Columbia Public Schools

Chloe Yun

Cornell University
National Credit Union Administration

Kelly Zhang

Georgetown University
Hudson Institute

Saranna Zhang

New York University
International Tax and Investment Center

Tangia Zheng

Colorado State University
Export–Import Bank of the United States

2023 Civic Fellows

Ryan Abbasi

UC Berkeley
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Maya Adhikari

Rice University
U.S. Department of Justice

Nicholas Blumenthal

University of Florida
International Food Policy Research Institute

Christopher Cao

American University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Grace Chen

Cornell University
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Xuan Chen

UNC – Chapel Hill
Hudson Institute

Wei Hung

University of California, Irvine
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Rebekah Jin

Loyola University Chicago
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Shaun Karakkattu

Vanderbilt University
USAID

Vanessa Lee

University of Washington Seattle
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

Christine Li

Harvard University
U.S. Department of Treasury

Beatrice Lin

University of Southern California
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Elayni Liu

University of Michigan
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Justin Liu

Georgetown University
Export–Import Bank of the United States

Sungho Moon

Yale University
Export–Import Bank of the United States

Tayae Rogers

Wellesley College
U.S. Department of Treasury

Chloe Ryan

Loyola University Chicago
U.S. Department of Treasury

Claire Sun

Barnard College
Export–Import Bank of the United States

Michael Sun

New York University
Small Business Administration

Rachel Sun

UC Santa Barbara
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

Rachel Tao

Georgetown University
U.S. Department of Labor

Adrian Tong

University of California, San Diego
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Catherine Tong

University of California, Los Angeles
U.S. Department of Treasury

Haohan Wang

The University of California Irvine
U.S. Department of Treasury

Wendy Wang

Washington University in St Louis
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Nicole Wei

George Washington University
U.S. Department of Labor

Wen Wen

Cornell University
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer

Matthew Wong

Georgetown University
USAID

Margaret Wu

Georgetown University
White House Office of Management and Budget

Kristin Yao

University of Washington Seattle
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Angela Yu

Georgetown University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Jason Xu

University of Washington Bothell
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

Cynthia Yu

University of Washington
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Tess Yu

Johns Hopkins University
USAID

Kathleen Zhang

University of Minnesota
USAID

Sophie Zhang

University of Chicago
Hudson Institute

Jessica Zou

Pitzer College
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

2022 Civic Fellows

Kyto Batt

University of Michigan
U.S. Department of Treasury

Jacob Chan

Carnegie Mellon University
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Marcus Chang

Dartmouth College
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Stephen Dai

University of California, Berkeley
U.S. Department of Justice

Eric Dong

Brown University
U.S. Department of Treasury

Josh Guo

Yale University
The White House Council on Environmental Quality

Ali Husaini

Franklin & Marshall College
U.S. Representative Scott Peters (CA-52)

Rehman Liaqat

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
DC Attorney General’s Office

Sujin Lee

Michigan State University
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

Lucas Lin

Georgetown University
U.S. Department of Transportation

Jodi Lo

University of California, Santa Barbara
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

Jimmy Murphy

Virginia Military Institute
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Paris Nguyen

Georgetown University
Cato Institute

Sara Olsen

University of California, Berkeley
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

Bailey Shen

Boston University
U.S. Department of Transportation

Richard Shu

University of Michigan
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Gabbi Son

The College of New Jersey
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Samyuktha Sreeram

Duke University
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Macy Su

Vanderbilt University
U.S. Department of Education

Seraphine Sun

University of Southern California
U.S. Agency for International Development (AID)

Colin Wong

University of Colorado Boulder
Presiding Judge Joe Jefferson, Englewood Municipal Court, Colorado

Duke Wu

Temple University
National Institutes of Health

Theresa Wu

University of California, Berkeley
U.S. Department of Interior

Ethan Yin

Georgetown University
U.S. Department of Education

Kevin Zhang

Georgetown University
Hudson Institute

Angela Zhong

Harvard University
UN Capital Development Fund

Joyce Zhou

Harvard University
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

2021 Civic Fellows

Raj Aryal

University of Michigan
Hudson Institute

Jonathan Chen

Columbia University
Federal Aviation Administration

Richard Dong

Brown University
U.S. Department of Treasury

Eric Fan

University of Washington
National Institutes of Health

Justin Fernando

Michigan State University
U.S. Department of the Interior

Elaine Ficarra

Drexel University
National Institutes of Health

Victor Ficarra

Penn State University
U.S. Department of the Interior

Megumi Fukuzawa

University of Maryland:
Baltimore County

U.S. Rep Kathy Castor (FL-14)

Nina Gohel

Rutgers University
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Joe Hong

Georgetown University
Environmental Protection Agency

Sora Heo

University of California: San Diego
U.S. Agency for International Development

Kathleen Jiang

University of California: Los Angeles
Department of Treasury

Nicole Li

Yale University
U.S. Department of Labor

Maya Lu

University of California: San Diego
U.S. Agency for International Development

Chloe Majzel

Michigan State University
U.S. Department of Treasury

Ishani Mehta

University of Pennsylvania
U.S. Agency for International Development

Satyam Sharma

University of California, Berkeley
Export-Import Bank of the United States

Victoria Mui

University of Wisconsin
U.S. Department of Treasury

Hannah Snyder

University of Louisville
Hudson Institute

Angie Sohn

Colby College
U.S. Agency for International Development

Choetsow Tenzin

Harvard University
U.S. Department of the Interior

Andrew Wan

Rice University
Federal Aviation Administration

Munahil Sultana

Franklin & Marshall College
U.S. Department of the Interior

James Wang

St. John’s University
Minority Business Development Agency

Jenna Wang

Northwestern University
Department of the Interior

Angie Xiao

University of Chicago
Hudson Institute

Grace Xu

Georgetown University
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs

Jasper Yu

Syracuse University
Hudson Institute

Michael Zhu

Harvard University
U.S. Department of Justice

Carolyn Zhao

University of Chicago
U.S. Department of Justice & Englewood (CO) Presiding Municipal Judge

2020 Civic Fellows

Syeda Shadia Ahmed

New York University
Federal Communications Commission

Mengwei (Crystal) Chen

University of Washington
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Sean Chou

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ILF Challenge (COVID-19 PPE & Innovation Spaces)

Karen Gan

Princeton University
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE & Innovation Spaces)

Melissa He

Wellesley College
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)

Khana Hoang

California State University – East Bay
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)

Ethan Hong

University of Southern California
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)

Emilie Hu

Scripps College
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative & Innovation Spaces)

Esther Hung

Georgia State University
Minority Business Development Agency

Daniel Kim

Columbia University
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Adrian Lam

Washington and Lee University
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)

Ellen Lasko

University of California, Berkeley
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)

Matthew Leung

New York University
Minority Business Development Agency

Julian Lin

University of Southern California
Minority Business Development Agency

Michelle Lin

University of Michigan
ILF Challenge (COVID-19 PPE)

Sean Lin

Indiana University
Minority Business Development Agency

Sarah Lu

Vanderbilt University
DOJ/ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)

Aaron Pathak

Rice University
EPA/ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)

Ilena Peng

George Washington University
Federal Communications Commission

Christine Shan

University of Virginia
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE & Innovation Spaces)

Adney Silva

Franklin and Marshall College
Rep. Meng

Rebecca Soo

University of California, Berkeley
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Linda Tang

Duke University
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)

Jeffrey Tsai

Pepperdine University
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)

Callie Wen

University of Maryland, College Park
USAID/ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)

Justin Yuan

University of Michigan
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative

Angie Zhang

University of Michigan
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)

Yanni Zhang

Vanderbilt University
ILF Challenge (COVID-19 PPE)

Alumni

2019 Civic Fellows
  • Nolan Burdett – House of Representatives
  • Carolyn Chen – House of Representatives
  • Channing Chi – EPA
  • Manali Joshi – USAID
  • Hannah Kim – Federal Communications Commission
  • Ashley Lai – EPA, Office of Land and Emergency Management
  • Ruth Lee – EPA, Office of Administrative & Executive Services
  • Kiana Lui – MBDA, Office of Legislative, Education & Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Fei Mo – MBDA, Office of Legislative, Education & Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Miles Mochizuki – EPA, Office of General Counsel
  • Abhi Nathan – House of Representatives
  • Anthony Nguyen – FEMA
  • Alex Pu – EPA, Office of Environmental Education
  • Alex Qi – Aerospace Industries Association
  • Vikram Vallapareddy – House of Representatives
  • Kimiko Varner – TRE, Bureau of Fiscal Service
  • Yvonne Wu – EPA, Office of Environmental Justice
  • Brian Xu – USAID, Bureau for Asian, Outreach and Communications Division
  • Xue Han Yu – EPA, Office of Chief Financial Officer
  • Alan Zhang – SEC Honors
  • Yijiang Zhao – Harvard Executive Office of Technology Services and Security
  • Jefferson Zhu – Federal Reserve Board
2018 Civic Fellows
  • Manjula Andukuri – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Jaime Martin Atilano – U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Charles Castillo – U.S. Agency for Internal Development
  • Kristen Chang – U.S. Senate
  • Monica Chan – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Albert Ha – U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Kevin Han – Minority Business Development Agency
  • Elena Jiao – Minority Business Development Agency
  • JoAnn Jung – U.S. Department of Education
  • Nuha Khalfay – U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
  • Jessica Li – U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
  • Louis Lin – U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Emerson Liu – U.S. House of Representatives
  • An Nguyen-Phan – U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Stanley Shaw – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Rachel Su – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Cynthia Sun – U.S. Agency for Internal Development
  • Casey Wang – Minority Business Development Agency
  • Daniel Warner – U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Alexander Wiederkehr – U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • Angela Wu – U.S. Senate
  • Isaac Kim – U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
  • Dorothy Lee – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2017 Civic Fellows
  • Michael Chang, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
  • Trenton Chang, Stanford University, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Joy Chiu, Yale University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Patricia Choi, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
  • Natasha Cox, Columbia University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Yijun (Tom) Feng, University of Georgia, U.S. Department of Treasury
  • Sean Gu, University of Michigan, U.S. Department of Treasury
  • Angela He, Fordham University, U.S. Department of Education (ED)
  • Sophie He, Boston College, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
  • Heidi Hsiao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S. Department of Treasury
  • Preston Huang, Duke University, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
  • Kathryn Jian, University of Southern California, U.S. Department of Treasury (TRE)
  • Hana Kim, George Washington University, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
  • So Jung Kim, University of Michigan, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Arria Lakha, Brown University, U.S. Department of Education (ED)
  • Brian Le, Harvard University, U.S. Department of Treasury (TRE)
  • Ryan Lee, Brown University, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Alexander Li, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Department of Treasury (TRE)
  • Florrie Li, University of Washington – Seattle, U.S. Department of Transportation – Federal Railroad Administration (DOT FRA)
  • Sean Liu, Rice University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Neha Manu, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Na-Yeon Park, Rutgers University – New Brunswick, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Madison Schumacher, Macalester College, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Jin Sohn, Middlebury College, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Benjamin Soong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S. Department of Transportation – Federal Railroad Administration (DOT FRA)
  • Megha Torpunuri, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Department of Commerce – Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
  • Vaimalu Vaiau, American Samoa Community College, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Rebecca Wang, Stony Brook University, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA FSIS)
  • Hank Wu, New York University, U.S. Department of Treasury
  • Kevin Yen, The University of Texas at Austin, U.S. Department of Treasury
  • Kion You, Brown University, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Jinchen Zou, Yale University, U.S. Department of Treasury
2016 Civic Fellows
  • Safiyah Bharwani – MBDA, Department of Commerce
  • Lilian Chan – HHS, Office of Minority Health
  • Olivia Chang – EPA
  • Amanda Chen – USAID, Bureau for Latin America, Strategy Department
  • Julia Duong – MBDA, Office of Business Development
  • Sean Fisher – International Monetary Fund (IMF), Secretary’s Department
  • Christopher Gao – USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service
  • Isabella Gatti – EPA, Office of Environmental Information
  • Kevin Gwen – Department of Treasury, Debt Management
  • Michelle Hoang – USDA, Human Resources Division Office of Management Food Safety and Inspection Service
  • Kabir Hossain – Office United States Congresswoman Grace Meng
  • Annalie Jiang – USAID, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs
  • Caroline Kim – Office of Congressman Charles Rangel
  • Esther Kim – USAID, Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning
  • Liu Lafaele – U.S. House of Representatives Office of Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen
  • Lyndsay Lee – HHS, Office of Minority Health
  • Nathan Lo – Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
  • Kyle Lui – Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
  • Victoria Ma – HHS, Office of Minority Health Resource Center
  • Sumaia Masoom – White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders
  • Janel Mendoza
  • George Park
  • Victoria Peng – HHS
  • Kelly Song – EPA, Office of Water
  • Yifan Song – MBDA, Department of Commerce
  • Sarah Tang – USAID
2015 Civic Fellows
  • Gracie Chang – HHS, Office of Minority Health Resource Center
  • Jing-Shuan Chen – EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
  • Wayne Chen – USAID, Asia Bureau, Office of Strategic Planning and Operations
  • Karim Farishta – USAID, Office of Inspector General/Investigations
  • Aaron Huang – EPA, Office of Executive Services within the Office of the Administrator
  • Stella Huang – USAID, Asia Bureau
  • Adya Jain – EPA
  • Selina Jan – Office of Congresswoman Grace Meng
  • Joyce Kim – U.S. Department of Education, International and Foreign Language Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
  • Samuel Kim – Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Safety Organization
  • Jocelyn Lai – Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention
  • Jung-Ju Lee – DoD, National Defense University, Eisenhower School
  • Jessica Liang – USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service
  • Jessica Liu – Program for Public Consultation
  • Andre Luu – USAID, Office of Engagement & Communications, United States Global Development Lab
  • Vy Luu – U.S. Department of Education, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  • Michelle Mui – Department of the Treasury, Office of Economic Policy
  • Jonathan Nguyen – DoD, National Defense University, Eisenhower School
  • Aaron O’Hoyt – HHS, Office of Minority Health
  • Sofi Sinozich – Pew Research Center, American Politics
  • Calvin Su – MBDA, Office of Public Affairs
  • Andrew Wang – Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service
  • Henry Xu – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
  • William Yang – EPA, Office of Water
  • Tiffany Yue – MBDA, Department of Commerce
  • Emily Zhen – Department of the Treasury, Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Improvement (OSPPI)
2014 Civic Fellows
  • Nikhil Bontha, House of Representatives
  • Justin Chang, MBDA
  • Norman Chang, NASA
  • Juliette Chen, Department of the Treasury
  • Jeffrey Chien, USAID
  • Melinda Chou, Department of Health and Human Services
  • Hau Chu, MBDA
  • Joanne Chua, USAID
  • Kimberly Dao, USAID
  • Jason Hong, Department of State, USAID
  • Yuna Kim, USAID
  • Emily Kong, USAID
  • Leona Lam, MBDA
  • Connie Lee, Federal Aviation Administration
  • Justin Lee, Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Annie Li, MBDA
  • Belinda Li, House of Representatives
  • Christopher Liao, Department of Agriculture
  • Amy Muramoto, Food Safety and Inspection Agency
  • Tin Nguyen-Phan, Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Tarlochan Rakhra, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  • Linda Ren, USAID
  • Eunice Roh, Center for American Progress
  • Rohan Shetty, Office of Minority Health
  • Bee Vang, Department of the Treasury
  • Prama Verma, Federal Aviation Administration
  • Christopher Wu, Federal Aviation Administration
  • Li Zhu, Department of the Treasury

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