What IAC Graduates are Doing
Liberal Arts graduates of the Ivan Allen College are finding exciting career opportunities and pursuing advanced degrees at prestigious universities around the world. Take a look at what some of our recent graduates are up to:
- Computational Media
- Economics
- History, Technology and Society
- International Affairs
- Public Policy
- Science, Technology, and Culture
Computational Media
Angus Perkerson CM 2008
Working in Los Angeles on the website for the television show South Park.
Brien Applegate CM 2008
Usability Ananlyst and Interface Designer at 360Works, a consulting and programming firm for FileMaker Pro
Brian Shrader CM 2008
Creative designer for Eyewonder, an interactive digital advertisements company that specializes in marketing campaign advertisements and consulting.
Christina Lacey CM 2008
Researcher in the field of artificial intelligence, authoring virtual characters in a wiki-environment for Second Life, with the Intel Scholarship Research Program.
Cameron Aubuchon CM 2008
Working as a Web Developer for Impact Media Solutions.
Jill Donnelly CM 2008
IT Specialist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), udating the CDC intranet, making newsletters and other IT-related projects.
Rob Fitzpatrick CM 2006
Completing masters in the Information Design and Technology program at Georgia Tech.
Economics
Amanda Meng GEML 2008
Serving in the Dominican Republic as an Information Communication Technoloy Educator/ Specialist for the Peace Corps.
Mark Wiles ECON 2008
Investment Account Administrator at Bell Capitol Management.
Stephanie Walker ECON 2008
Completing her JD Law degree at Georgia State Law School.
Ryan Willis ECON 2008
Attending the National Outdoor Leadership School in Alaska and then planning to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Celso Souza Junior ECON 2008
Residing in Brazil, where he works as a Professor at the University of Brazil, while completing his Ph.D.
Pinar Zaimoglu ECON 2007
Senior Financial Analyst for the Global Brand Marketing & Marketing Communications at the Coca-Cola Company.
Cliff Entrekin ECON 2007
Consultant of Global Sourcing and Supply Chain Finance at Kurt Salmon Associates.
Zach Aten ECON 2007
Assistant to the Chief of Protocol at the Georgia Office of Economic Development.
Alex Henke ECON 2007
Working for the German American Chamber of Commerce.
Mark Iannucci ECON 2006
Consultant for McKesson Provider Technologies, a division of the McKesson Corporation Fortune 16 company that serves 50 percent of the nation's large hospitals.
David Sibal EIA 2006
Investment Banker for Citigroup in New York.
Cory Benton ECON 2006
Working as a risk associate for the real estate financial services division of Wachovia.
Nate Watkins ECON and PUBP 2004
Received a Truman Scholarship, but before beginning law school served as an officer for rural community development for the mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes Region for the US Department of Agriculture.
Stephen Parr ECON 1990
Associate Dean at the University of Virginia Law School. Parr also minored in Western Literature and International Affairs while at Tech and went on to obtain a MA in Economics from Princeton in 1994 and then a JD from Yale in 1999. Parr is the previous Senior Associate Dean at the George Mason University School of Law.
Fred Carillo ECON 1989
Joined Franklin Covey in Atlanta as an execution specialist for the Southeast region.
History, Technology, and Society
Andy Bozanic HTS
Completing PHD at the University of Delaware in History. He has been recognized in 2006 for his outstanding work as a Teaching Assistant with the Stanley J. and Marion Goldfus Memorial Award. He is also actively engaged as an Alumni in Georgia Tech's President Scholars program.
Elizabeth Darnell HTS 2006
After graduation worked as Program Assistant for the Clean Air Campaign as a Program Assistant with their Cash for Commuters and Commuter Prizes Programs. Elizabeth is now attending the London School of Economics and Political Science for a masters in Political Sociology.
Sarah Edwards HTS 2005
Completing masters in Education Adminstration at Texas A & M University. She also completed graduate internship summer 2006 at Georgia Tech's Career Service Office.
Kelly Farrell HTS 2004
Works for Bose Coorporation in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Chris Young HTS 2000
Chief of Protocol for the state of Georgia. He is also actively engaged in working with Undergraduates at Georgia Tech through the freshman partner program and by offering internship opportunities.
International Affairs
Rachel Benkeser INTA 2008
Received a $16K fellowships to pursue graduate studies in public health at Harvard University.
Halley Espy INTA 2008
Named a Fulbright Scholar to Germany.
Alexandra Thomas INTA 2007
Joined Teach for America.
Jennifer Layer IAML 2007
Account Coordinator for CNN en Espanol.
Chris Sung INTA 2006
Worked with Teach for America in Korea for one year and now has pursuing his Juris Doctorate at UGA to become public defender.
Nabile Wilf INTA and BIOL 2006
Received a Fulbright language grant to study Arabic in Syria and he is continuing his studies at Cambridge University as a doctoral candidate in biochemistry.
Melissa Scholz IAML 2006
Completing MA in German and European Studies at Georgetown University.
Harrison Duckett INTA 2005
Serving as Peace Corps Volunteer in Guyana. He is primarily involved in Community Health Education and Promotion in a Guyanese community.
Christine Dehn IAML 2005
Completing post graduate internship at the Department of Defense in Washington D.C.
Neal Donaghy INTA 2005
Sr. Analyst in Global Risk Oversight for The Home Depot. Neal identifies and evaluates global trade opportunities, analyzes country level risk and is responsible for end-to-end Supply Chain security.
Ashley Case IAML 2005
Business Analyst for Accenture, a global management consulting and technology company in Atlanta.
Emily Taylor INTA 2005
Project assistant with the RAND Corporation, living in Fairfax, Virginia.
Jeremy Farris INTA 2004
Awarded Rhodes Scholarship. Farris is the third Georgia Tech student to win a Rhodes Scholarship. He recently began a two-year master’s of philosophy program in political theory at Oxford October 2006. Aside from conducting research and teaching public policy, he would like work with the American Civil Liberties Union and the White House.
Brooks Keene INTA 2003
Works for CARE in poor communities in more than 70 countries around the world to find lasting solutions to poverty.
Christina Sampanes IAML 2000
Position trader at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, living in Atlanta.
Jennifer Dodd Monaghan INTA 1994 MS 2000
Manager at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP in Philadelphia.
Aimee Brown INTA 1999
Received a law degree from Valparaiso University and has recently accepted a position as a compliance specialist in the corporate employee relations department at SunTrust Bank's corporate headquarters in Atlanta.
Vince Pedicino INTA 1999
Completed his masters in International Affairs at Tech in 2007, joined the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs as Program Coordinator in support of academic programs, and now serves as the Academic Advisor for INTA and IAML students.
Courtney Harkness INTA 1999
Marketing program manager with the CheckFree Corporation.
Stephanie Devaney INTA 1996
As Senior Manager in IBM's Strategy Consulting Practice, Stephanie works with Senior Executives in the Manufacturing, Chemical and Aerospace Industries to resolve their challenges and identify opportunities in their corporate business and technology strategies.
Elizabeth Wheeler INTA 1994
Attorney with Minor, Bell & Neal.
Cristina Williams INTA 1992
Recently published her debut novel under her given anem Cristina Graciela entitled, My Cafe Cubano which is now available at Amazon. Cristina also recently joined the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs as their new Communications Officer.
Michael Williams INTA 1992
Attorney at Fincher Denmark & Williams in Jonesboro Georgia. Completed his MA in Political Science at Stanford University and JD Law degree in Georgetown University. He served as Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Denise Majette, 2003. Legislative Assistant: U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, 1993-1996; Mark Cleland, 1997-1998. He is currently actively engaged as an alumni in Georgia Tech's President Scholars program.
Nicole Kruse INTA
As Chief Development Officer for Health Programs at The Carter Center, Ms. Kruse directs the development activities for the Center’s health and agriculture programs, which include international efforts to eradicate disease, improve agricultural production, and educate the public and policymakers about important mental health issues.
Trevin Dye INTA
As Assistant Director of Business Development for the Japanese External Trade Organization, Trevin identifyies and supports potential investors (individual and corporate) interested in entering the Japanese market; also supports Japanese firms interested in establishing themselves in the Southeastern United States.
Public Policy
Saira Amir PUBP 2006
Finished a two year stint serving in the Peace Corps in a mountain town about an hour away from Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, where she was involved in tourism development, creating a website for the town, and organizing the annual donkey polo tournament. She is now pursuing her JD Law degree from Georgetown University.
Puja Patel PUBP 2006
Currently pursuing her JD Law degree from the University of Georgia, where she serves on the Editorial Board and is an Articles Editor of the Georgia Law Review. Also, she practices law at the firms of both Troutman Sanders LLP and Parker, Hudson, Rainer and Dobbs LLP.
Summer McWilliams PUBP 2006
Served as a Project Assistant with King & Spaulding and is now attending Florida State with full funding to pursue her Masters in Sociology, with which she will focus on social psychology and life course studies.
Michael Handleman ECON and PUBP 2004
Completing his MS in Public Policy at Harvard Universities John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Heather Whaler PUBP BS 2004, MS 2005
Senior analyst for consulting firm Bearing Point, working on budget analyses for the Centers for Disease Control.
Cynthia Warrick MS PUBP 1994
Appointed dean of the School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, N.C. She previously served as associate professor and director of the Institute of Public Health in the College of Pharmacy and Parmaceutical Sciences at Florida A&M University.
Sarah Cames PUBP 2003
Completed her JD Law degree at Stanford Law School, and was associate managing editor of the Stanford Law & Policy Review.
Chad Slieper PUBP 2002
Director of Emory University School of Law's Global Health and Policy Project. Graduate of Emory Law School.
Wes Younger PUBP 2001
Environmental Specialist for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Matthew Wesolowski PUBP 2000
General manager and owner of radio station WYAB in Flora, MI.
Kobi Abayomi PUBP 2000
Completing his PHD in Statistics at Columbia University, specializing in the use of quantitative methods to environmental concepts such as sustainability, economic value, and disaster risk.
Rochelle Routman PUBP 1997
As Senior Environmental Specialist for Georgia Power her responsibilities include compliance, permitting, and environmental policy development for Georgia Power in the areas of waste management and environmental management systems.
Science, Technology, and Culture
Ben Jones STAC 2006
Demonstration Specialist at Bose Entertainment. Jones is also operating a production company called AngelDown Studios.
Jim Monaco STAC 2006
Multimedia Production Specialist for the Worcestor Polytechnic Institute Academic Technology Center in Massachusetts.
Nnenna Okeke STAC 2005
Completing her MA in Sociology at Rutgers.
William Armstrong STAC 2005
Multimedia Designer for Cartoon Network.
Nicole Rateau STAC 2005
Public Relations Specialist, working for the Georgia World Congress Center.
Merideth Ray STAC 2000
Assistant Director of Success Programs/ Director of FASET here at Georgia Tech.
Sara Wilson STAC 1999
Working as business writer for the nationwide BCD Travel Company in Chattanooga, TN.
Jessica Luza STAC 2007
Working as co-host of MTV's The Hills Fashion Wrap-up, a web-based series in Los Angeles, CA. Jessica also works part time with a graphics playback company that does computer graphics for television shows like CSI, Dexter, and Lost.
