Born and raised in London, an amazingly multi-cultural but socioeconomically divided city, to a family of teachers and with mixed-raced heritage, Maddie’s ambitions are driven by a committment to lessening inequity. With previous experience as a Strategy Consultant at Bain & Company, Business Innovation Consultant at the U.N. World Food Programme and Fellow at the World Economic Forum, her experience has crossed the public and private sector. Her work has focused on addressing the inequalities perpetuated by food insecurity, and how systemic transformation is needed to build a climate-resilient and inclusive food ecosystem for the future.

Mariah was born and raised in Los Angeles, where she graduated with honors from UCLA majoring in political science and environmental science. Her thesis on the impact of oil sector FDI in Ecuador was one of twelve to receive the UCLA Political Science Departmental Honors distinction. Since then, Mariah has worked and interned for various international and research organizations including the Venezuelan refugee response team with USAID, the climate resilience arm of ICF International, and the UCLA Luskin Center climate communications team. Most recently, she worked as a sustainability fellow at a national affordable housing nonprofit. Mariah is a 2024 Rangel Fellow and is currently serving out her summer internship with Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12) as part of her fellowship program.

Julian is a joint degree MPA/J.D. student who is passionate about the relationship between labor unions, housing markets, local economies, and local political culture. As a Toll Public Interest Scholar, he is committed to serving the public in his legal career, a commitment that led him to proudly working for a full year for the Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union Number 19 in Philadelphia. Prior to joining Princeton, he worked for the City of Philadelphia's Law Department, assisting city solicitors as they coordinate public finance, competitively-bid contracts, and city intellectual property and telecommunications licenses. This past summer, Julian split his time interning at the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia and the U.S. Department of Labor. He hopes to represent working class families and unions as an attorney, facilitate deals to develop affordable housing between unions and community groups, and advise his city and state's labor and development policies with advocacy, expert guidance, and political engagement. He’s a native of Northeast Philadelphia, a graduate of Saint Joseph's University, and an avid golfer, bowler, and Philly sports fan.

Captain Ian MacPherson is an active-duty Infantry officer and U.S. Army General Wayne A. Downing Scholar hosted through the United States Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center. Over the past three years, he commanded multiple companies in the 75th Ranger Regiment. Ian has operational experience in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Ethan is an incoming Scholars in the Nation's Service Fellow (SINSI). He graduated from Princeton in 2024 summa cum laude with a degree in Philosophy with minors in the History and Practice of Diplomacy and Environmental Studies. A previous SINSI intern while at Princeton, Ethan served in the Office of Space Commerce within the Department of Commerce and worked on satellite and space debris and tracking, international engagement, and mission authorization issues. Ethan has previously worked on issues relating to weapons of mass destruction and security studies as well, and plans on continuing to work in space security upon his return to government. He has published papers on science policy, including a piece he co-authored with Professor Christopher Chyba for War on the Rocks, advising the Biden administration to include the President’s Science Advisor on the National Security Council’s Principals Committee. Ethan is a member of the Space Generation Advisory Council, a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization which enables young civil servants and professionals to shape space policy. As an undergraduate at Princeton, he was the director for the Center for International Security Studies simulations team, and has run multiple successful wargames and tabletop exercises, including creating a simulation focused on space security.