Before joining Princeton, Jeremy spent five years working in philanthropy at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), a New York City-based foundation with thematic focus areas of democracy, climate change, and peacebuilding. Most recently, as director of special projects, he led a $14M funding initiative that sought to strengthen American democracy through reforms to political institutions, civil society, and civic culture. He also helped to build and secure seed-funding for a national philanthropic collaborative, slated to launch in 2024, that will invest in rural civic life across the United States with annual, $10M RFPs. Earlier, as a research assistant at the RBF, he supported the foundation’s president and CEO on issues related to Iran and Afghanistan. For his MPA internship, Jeremy worked as a Graduate Fellow at The Quantum Hub in New Delhi, India. He graduated from the University of Chicago with honors in philosophy, minoring in classics and mathematics. After college, he moved to Berlin as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. Jeremy lived in Berlin for three years, continuing to work as a music teacher and legal translator. Born and raised in New York City, he enjoys hiking, German literature, and noodling on the jazz guitar. 

Nathan was born and raised in Provo, Utah. Directly after graduating high school, he spent two years in the Philippines as a service missionary for his church. In the Philippines, he became fluent in Tagalog, made many Filipino friends, and developed an interest in international affairs. When he returned home, he studied political science at Brigham Young University. Some of the highlights of his undergraduate experience include interning in Congress, representing BYU at the national model United Nations conference in New York, studying abroad in the United Kingdom, interning for a Utah-based nonprofit, and working as a research assistant on international banking and development issues for over two years. After graduating BYU in 2020 when COVID-19 hit, he moved to Arizona and began teaching second grade through Teach for America. He spent the first year teaching entirely online, and the next two years teaching in-person while managing COVID-19 protocols. While teaching, he obtained a master's degree in education at Arizona State University and volunteered for a nonprofit called the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, which brought foreign policy experts to speak in Phoenix. This summer, through the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship, Nathan worked as a Trade Analyst Intern at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) within the Executive Office of the President. He is so excited to be working alongside an incredible cohort and studying under a renowned faculty as he prepares for a future career in U.S. foreign policy.

Though born near Princeton, Uma considers herself a Virginian after her family moved there when she was 13. After graduating from UVA, where she wrote her fourth year capstone on post-conflict justice mechanisms, Uma moved to Washington, D.C., to explore a potential career in the legal field by working as a paralegal for an international trade-focused practice. Having realized that her passions lay elsewhere, Uma joined Accenture Federal Services, working as a contractor for the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration to analyze and reform U.S. policies in order to accelerate refugee application processing timelines. She then continued her career as a federal contractor with Deloitte, working on projects for the U.S. Army. This past summer, Uma worked as a Peace, Governance, and GESI Intern at Mercy Corps in Washington. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, making lists (and crossing things off), Wikipedia deep-dives, good and bad TV, and rock climbing. She is a native Marathi speaker and conversationally fluent in Italian.

Originally from Bentonville, Arkansas, Rachel earned a Bachelor of Arts in international relations from Stanford University, where she graduated with honors, served as the president of her class, and was a founding member of Stanford Women in Politics. She has spent the last five years working for a government consulting firm where her primary client is NASA Headquarters. Most recently, Rachel served as the Chief of Staff for NASA Heliophysics, acting as the primary advisor to the NASA Heliophysics Director and 50-plus staff members. Rachel also has a passion for volunteering and served as the Director of Communications for the Young Democrats of Arkansas and on the Arkansas Democratic Party State Committee. This summer, Rachel worked as a White House Intern within the Presidential Personnel Office. After completing her MPA from Princeton, her goal is to  return home to Arkansas to work in public service. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys spelunking, drinking tea, and encouraging people to vote.

Mohamad is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College where he majored in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Throughout his time at CMC, Mohamad volunteered as a facilitator of student activities for various affinity groups. During his bachelor's, Mohamad also spent a semester studying in Washington, D.C., and working at K&L Gates, where his appreciation for the intricacies of the public policy process began. Mohamad returned to D.C. after his 2021 graduation to work at Pew Research Center on the Race and Ethnicity team where he conducted public opinion polling and demographic analysis. After graduating from Princeton, Mohamad hopes to bring his social science experience to bear on social policy design, implementation, and analysis in the realms of poverty alleviation and social mobility.