Alexandra is currently a MALD candidate at the Fletcher School and was formerly a Reporter at The Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon covering local news related to politics, human rights, women's issues and health. As an undergraduate she co-led the ALLIES 2008 Joint Research Project to Jordan and was a member of the "Original Syns", the first class of Synaptic Scholars.
Megan is currently the Project Associate for Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) where she oversees randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for development economists at top universities and the World Bank. In essence, she runs the on-the-ground rigorous evaluations of development and policy interventions ranging from reducing degradation of tropical forests to providing unconditional cash transfers to HIV positive individuals. Ms. Kearns oversees the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, coordinates with IPA's in-country implementation partners, and serves as the boots-on-the-ground for the economists overseeing the research design.
Matan Chorev joined the US State Department in February 2013 as a speechwriter and special assistant in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of State. He previously served as a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Executive Director for the Future of National Security Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and a Rosenthal Fellow at the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning. Matan holds a BA from Tufts and a MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.