Fellows Cohort 2025 – 2026

2025-2026 Speakers

• Congressman Adam Smith, Washington's 9th Congressional District
• Dr. Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science, Providence College; Strategic Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute; Fellow, Transnational Institute
• Nicole Tisdale, Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity Programs, Aspen Digital; Founder and Principal of Advocacy, Blueprints LLC
• Ciarán Donnelly, Senior Vice President, Crisis Response, Recovery and Development, International Rescue Committee
• Milan Vaishnav, Senior Fellow and Director, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, PhD, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
• Alvin Wang Graylin (汪丛青), Chairman, Virtual World Society; Vice-Chair, Industry of VR Alliance; Digital Fellow, Digital Economy Lab, Stanford
• Ambassador Mark Gitenstein, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Romania
• James MacGregor, Chairman, Greater China Region, APCO Worldwide
• Ambassador Alina Romanowski, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Kuwait