About
Our Fellows
Program
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
Hudson Institute
Jonathan Chen
Columbia University
Federal Aviation Administration
Richard Dong
U.S. Department of Treasury
Eric Fan
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
U.S. Department of the Interior
Megumi Fukuzawa
University of Maryland:
Baltimore County
U.S. Rep Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Nina Gohel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Joe Hong
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
U.S. Department of Labor
Maya Lu
University of California: San Diego
U.S. Agency for International Development
Chloe Majzel
U.S. Department of Treasury
Ishani Mehta
U.S. Agency for International Development
Satyam Sharma
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Victoria Mui
U.S. Department of Treasury
Hannah Snyder
Hudson Institute
Angie Sohn
U.S. Agency for International Development
Choetsow Tenzin
U.S. Department of the Interior
Andrew Wan
Federal Aviation Administration
Munahil Sultana
U.S. Department of the Interior
James Wang
Minority Business Development Agency
Jenna Wang
Department of the Interior
Angie Xiao
Hudson Institute
Grace Xu
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs
Jasper Yu
Hudson Institute
Michael Zhu
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
Federal Communications Commission
Mengwei (Crystal) Chen
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Sean Chou
ILF Challenge (COVID-19 PPE & Innovation Spaces)
Karen Gan
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE & Innovation Spaces)
Melissa He
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
Khana Hoang
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
Ethan Hong
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)
Emilie Hu
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative & Innovation Spaces)
Esther Hung
Minority Business Development Agency
Daniel Kim
Columbia University
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Adrian Lam
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)
Ellen Lasko
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
Matthew Leung
Minority Business Development Agency
Julian Lin
Minority Business Development Agency
Michelle Lin
ILF Challenge (COVID-19 PPE)
Sean Lin
Minority Business Development Agency
Sarah Lu
DOJ/ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
Aaron Pathak
EPA/ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)
Ilena Peng
Federal Communications Commission
Christine Shan
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE & Innovation Spaces)
Adney Silva
Rep. Meng
Rebecca Soo
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Linda Tang
ILF Challenge (COVID-19/PPE)
Jeffrey Tsai
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
Callie Wen
USAID/ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
Justin Yuan
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative
Angie Zhang
ILF Challenge (Social Justice Initiative)
Yanni Zhang
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 – EPA
- Jaime Martin Atilano – USDA
- Charles Castillo – USAID
- Kristen Chang – Senate
- Monica Chan – HHS
- Albert Ha – DOT
- Kevin Han – MBDA
- Elena Jiao – MBDA
- JoAnn Jung – ED
- Nuha Khalfay – HHS
- Jessica Li – HHS
- Louis Lin – DOT
- Emerson Liu – House
- An Nguyen-Phan – DOT
- Stanley Shaw – EPA
- Rachel Su – EPA
- Cynthia Sun – USAID
- Casey Wang – MBDA
- Daniel Warner – DOT
- Alexander Wiederkehr – TRE
- Angela Wu – Senate
- Isaac Kim – HHS
- Dorothy Lee – EPA
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
About
Our Fellows
Program