Alex grew up in Milan, Italy, with family in Italy and California. Prior to joining Princeton SPIA, he was a political appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration, serving in various roles in the Department of Defense, including under the Deputy Secretary of Defense, under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, and under the Chief Strategy Officer for Research of Engineering. He previously worked on the Biden for President campaign in 2020, for Governor Gavin Newsom during the 2021 recall campaign, and was one of the first team members of Europe Elects, creating their website and poll averages. Alex studied Engineering of Computing Systems at the Politecnico di Milano and at Princeton will continue to explore the role of investment in emerging technologies and industrial policy in the future of the United States.

From Groton, Massachusetts, Stephen graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 2019 with undergraduate degrees in international studies, Chinese, and French. Stephen studied abroad at Peking University and the University of Strasbourg, focusing on language acquisition and regional security perspectives. He also interned at the U.S. Mission to NATO, supporting the U.S. Department of State lead negotiator in preparing the 2018 Brussels Joint Summit Declaration. Stephen earned his commission as an Air Force Intelligence Officer in 2019 and later served at the Intelligence Directorate for U.S. European Command Headquarters as well as the 612 Air Operations Center. He is a four-year active duty veteran and seeks to transition from Defense Intelligence to a Foreign Service career enabling diplomatic engagements and security cooperation. His academic areas of interest include European regional security, gray zone warfare, and policy approaches for regional conflict prevention and resolution. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, yoga, weightlifting, and board games.

Colton hails from Mount Carmel, Tennessee, and is a recent graduate of the Department of Politics at Princeton University, where he also earned certificates in American Studies and History and the Practice of Diplomacy. In 2023, Colton interned at the Tennessee Justice Center, supported by the Pace Center’s Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS) program, where he worked directly with poor and working clients to help them gain access to Medicaid coverage. Prior to that, Colton spent his gap year in 2021 working as a Legislative Correspondent for U.S. Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, where he managed the environmental policy portfolio and worked on various others including health and labor policy. He was also a 2020 John C. Bogle Fellow and worked as an Intern Coordinator for a U.S. House campaign, promoting youth engagement in the electoral process. Colton spent fall 2022 studying European politics at University College London. His research experience includes his Junior Paper, “Working-Class Representation in Congress,” which analyzed the consequences of working-class underrepresentation in Congress, and his senior thesis, which focused on the barriers that disproportionately prevent workers from running for office. At Princeton, Colton was a Head Fellow for the Scholars Institute Fellows Program. He also served as a Community Living Advisor for Rockefeller College and Member of the Department of Politics Undergraduate Committee.

Consuelo is from Viña del Mar, Chile. She was previously an Economist at Chile’s Ministry of Finance, where she managed the 5-year Policy Evaluation Agenda. Prior to that, Consuelo worked as a Research Associate at J-PAL Latin America and Project Manager at ConsiliumBots, improving centralized school assignment systems in Colombia and Brazil. As an undergraduate, she served as a student representative and co-founded "Cuarentena Feminista" (Feminist Quarantine), gathering women across Chile during the COVID-19 pandemic. For five years, she volunteered with communities in informal settlements through the nonprofit TECHO in her hometown. Consuelo holds a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in applied economics, both from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She loves photography and outdoor activities. 

Rebecca is from Annandale, Virginia. After graduating from Yale in 2020 with a B.A. in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, she worked for the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a data scientist and had a formative experience deploying to recovery efforts from Hurricane Ida. She transitioned into climate work, including as Deputy Director for Sustainability at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Rebecca is passionate about making public institutions transparent and accountable.