Ayushi is a philanthropy and new economy strategist and storyteller. She spent several years as an independent consultant and advisor, supporting individual and institutional funders to advance economic, climate, and racial justice. Previously, Ayushi served on the founding staff of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, and was a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. She was a 2022-23 Fellow at the Just Economy Institute, and was named a 2023 Young Climate Leader of Color at the People's Climate Innovation Center. Most recently, Ayushi served on the board of New Economy Coalition, a network of over 200 organizations building regenerative economies in the United States, and was a Leadership for Sustainability Fellow at the University of Vermont. She completed her MPA internship working as a Summer Research Fellow with the Global Mental Health Lab at Columbia University, spending time in New York, Peru, and Bangladesh. Ayushi holds a B.A. in international relations and psychology from Stanford University. She grew up in New Delhi, India, and then spent a decade living in the Bay Area, being shaped by its deep history of organizing for just futures. She enjoys teaching and practicing yoga and somatics, reading, dancing, and cooking. During her time at Princeton, Ayushi aims to deepen her understanding of the intersections of global climate finance and policy, as well as the intersections of climate policy, environmental storytelling, and narrative strategy. Eventually, she hopes to lead an integrated capital fund (combining grants, loans, and investments) to mobilize Global North - Global South resource flows towards climate justice.

Ashley is from Toronto, Canada and is an innovative finance and international development practitioner. Prior to Princeton, Ashley worked at Social Finance U.K. on the international development team, supporting the design and launch of outcomes-based approaches and innovative finance mechanisms across a range of sectors such as employment, water and sanitation, and climate. She started her career at a not-for-profit impact investment intermediary in Canada, where she led due diligence and investor relations. In her spare time, Ashley enjoys cooking and sharing a meal with friends, spending time outdoors, and learning new yoga inversions.

Keiana was born, raised and attended college in the Berkshires, Massachusetts, where her awareness of local racial injustice influenced her commitment to social equity. After graduating with a B.A. in psychology from Williams College, she worked in post-apartheid South Africa as a Princeton in Africa Fellow to implement monitoring and evaluation processes and lead an impact assessment at an NGO supporting low-income students attending formerly segregated high schools. After returning to the U.S., she worked at the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office and human rights organization, where she provided attorneys with paralegal assistance and advised community coalitions throughout the nation as they developed responses to the continued impact of racial violence and discriminatory laws throughout history. Before coming to SPIA, Keiana served as a Senior Community Engagement Coordinator at a research and action think tank, where she supported advocates, practitioners, directly impacted community members, and government officials in efforts to build more equitable public safety systems. This summer, Keiana worked as a Summer Mayoral Fellow in the Office of the Mayor of the City of Chicago. At SPIA, she hopes to strengthen her skills in policy analysis and enhance her ability to advance equitable policy development and resource allocation practices that prioritize community wellbeing and safety.

Prior to the Princeton MPA program, David lived in Paris working as a Research Officer at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Center for Tax Policy and Administration. There, he co-conducted the official economic impact assessment of the OECD's once-in-a-century, multi-billion-dollar, "Two Pillar" overhaul of the global corporate tax system, contributing key economic analysis to a 141-country multilateral treaty negotiation. David also co-authored an OECD working paper on the econometric relationship between taxation and corporate investment. Originally from Washington, D.C., David double-majored in economics and public policy at the University of Chicago, graduating summa cum laude and winning the Richard P. Taub prize for his bachelor's thesis. At the University of Chicago, he also co-founded a student-run think tank, the Paul Douglas Institute. In addition, David has interned at Washington, D.C., think tanks including the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institute. This past summer, David interned at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. After Princeton, David hopes to pursue a career in the intersection of economic policy analysis and multilateral negotiation.

Before joining Princeton SPIA, Jennifer was the Special Assistant for Research to the President at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). In that role, she conducted research on foreign policy issues connected to the work of the President, including serving as the lead researcher for his book, “The Bill of Obligations.” Jennifer focused her academic studies on foreign policy and the Middle East, and she graduated from Vassar College in 2018 with an honors degree in international studies and a minor in international economics. After a year working as a paralegal, Jennifer realized that she missed foreign policy and was excited to rejoin the field in 2020 at CFR. As a two-time U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholar in Jordan and Morocco respectively, a year-long study abroad student in Egypt, and a Vassar Ann Cornelisen Fellow in Jordan, she is passionate about Middle East studies and forging cross-cultural fellowships. This summer, Jennifer completed her MPA internship at the Carboun Institute in London. In her free time, she loves to play and watch soccer, in particular her favorite team, Arsenal FC.