2022 Harvard Foreign Policy International Relations Scholars Program
Guests and Experts
Keynote Speakers
Jason Furman — Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Maria Fernanda Espinosa — Former President of the United Nations General Assembly
Dean Garfield — Vice President of Public Policy, Netflix
Karen Dynan — Former Chief Economist & Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Jody Olsen — Former Director of the Peace Corps
Workshop Speakers
Below is a running list of participating guests that will be present at our program. Updates are made daily. Some guests are not listed due to security measures.
SESSION I
Laura J. Gross — Director, Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Paul Watzlavick — Former Director Office of Analysis for Near East Affairs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, United States Department of State
Declan Walsh — Chief Africa Correspondent for The New York Times, based in Kenya.
SESSION II
David Hale — Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Edward Alden — Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor, Western Washington University
Elizabeth Horst — Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy Berlin
Robert Eatinger — Former Deputy General Counsel for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
Dean Thompson & Scott Sanford — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
SESSION III
Rachel M. Poynter — Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mexico and Canada, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Dana Houk — U.S. Department of State Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)
Kelly Geoghegan — Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo
Hady Elneil — Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
James M. Acton — Co‑Director, Nuclear Policy Program; Jessica T. Mathews Chair, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
SESSION IV
Robert J. Faucher — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
Kerri S. Hannan — Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Policy, Planning, and Coordination
Roger Carstens — Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs (SPEHA), U.S. Department of State
Richard M. Mills — Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations
Justin Vogt — Executive Editor, Foreign Affairs Magazine
SESSION V
Hillary Batjer Johnson ‚ Deputy Coordinator for Homeland Security, Screening, and Designations; Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State
John Creamer — Former Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Mexico City
Elaine Lammert — Former Principal Deputy General Counsel, FBI Office of the General Counsel
Special Session: Victoria Nuland — Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States
SESSION VI
Jody Daniel — Director, Nuclear Risk Reduction Center
Lawrence Bartlett — Director of the Refugee Admissions Office of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
William H. Moser — Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operation (OBO)
Silvana Koch-Merin — President and Founder of Women Political Leaders (WPL)
Annette Redmond — Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Intelligence Policy and Coordination (IPC) in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)
SESSION VII
Ambassador Luis G. Moreno — Former Ambassador to Jamaica
Tracy Walder — Former Staff Operations Officer, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
CAPSTONE PROJECT ADVISOR
Alicia Ely Yamin — Lecturer, Harvard Law School