“Meeting Justice Scalia reminded me of the importance of keeping a sense of humor throughout life. Watching him joke with one of the interns and refuse to sit as the interns surrounded him for a picture, was a warm gesture.”
Quenton Horton, IFE Intern 

Institute for Education interns play an important role in achieving IFE’s goals. IFE interns must be diligent, dynamic, flexible, and willing to assume responsibility and autonomy when working on important projects.

The IFE internship program helps interns develop leadership skills while receiving a real world, hands-on education in how Washington, D.C. works. IFE is unique among many organizations in the city in that it provides interns with virtually unlimited possibilities to work on interesting projects. In addition, interns are given invaluable networking opportunities with world leaders.

With a small organizational base, IFE leaders are able to supervise all interns to gauge their abilities and assign projects that are challenging yet rewarding, always with an eye toward developing interns’ practical skills. All projects are geared to match interns’ individual skills and ages.

IFE provides interns with access to learning opportunities that are, quite simply, not available in other traditional internships.

Former IFE Interns and Fellows:

Andrei Cherny:  Candidate for Arizona State Treasurer, Arizona Assistant Attorney General,  Founder and Co-Editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Author of The Next Deal: The Future of Public Life and The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America’s Finest Hour.

Jon Favreau: White House Director of Speechwriting, Deputy Speechwriter for John Kerry’s Presidential Campaign

IFE Fellows:

Kathryn Alvarez : American University, 2010; Office of the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, Intern at the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq

Leah Bannon: The George Washington University; Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton; Program Director of Media and Technology Roundtable

Carine Dumit: The George Washington University; Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton

Pascale Dumit: The George Washington University; Spectrum Management Engineer, ITT Corporation. Program Director of Emerging Markets Roundtable

R. David Edelman: Yale University; Director of Cybersecurity, National Security Council

Laura Gerhardt: Tufts University; Communications Coordinator for Burness Digital, Burness Communications.

Ghadeer El Ghamry: Faculty of Pharmacy  Cairo Unviserity, LearnServe Egypt 2011

Cassie Griffin: UVA, 2010; Peace Corps; Intern, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, EPA, The Rutherford Institute

Mae Joo: Rutgers University; Fox News Channel, Former Special Projects Coordinator, The White House

Carla Langjahr: William and Mary, MBA; Senior Business Analyst at Dynamics Research Corporation, international trade specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce in the International Trade Administration in the Office of Manufacturing and Services.

Eli Liebman: Georgetown University, Masters of Math and Statistics program, Economist in the Office of the  Chief Economist for the  Bureau of Economic Analysis, researching healthcare expenditures

Stephanie S. Miedema: MA International Diplomacy, gender and foreign policy; School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

Reda Saeed: Egyptologist

Mark Schulte: Oberlin College, BA; American University, MA; National Education Coordinator at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Nick Seaver: The George Washington University; Associate for Health & Science Advocacy, Burness Communications

Paul Selker: Yale University; President, Spark Street Digital

Sami Tahari: UC Berkeley; Marketing Division at Mandate International, Executive Training Program at Lionsgate Entertainment

Ali Wyne: MIT; Research Assistant at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Zaahira Wyne: University of Virginia, 2006; Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution and Hoover Institution; IFE Discover China Program Director, 2010.

George Zaidan: MIT, 2008; Freelance writer and producer. Host and co-writer of Seasoned with Weather on The Weather channel; creator, host and writer of Pocket Science.

IFE Interns:

Henry Altman: Richard Montgomery High School

Edouard Asmar: Washington International School, 2014; Next Gen Roundtable, Program Director

Michael Clemens:- Lafayette College 2012, LearnServe Egypt 2011

Selma Ebraham,  University of Virgina, 2014, LearnServe Egypt  2011

Jordan D’Eri: American University 2013, LearnServe Egypt 2011, IFE Social Media Director, Journalism Intern

Nick Gaines: Washington International School, 2010; University of California – Berkeley, 2014

Mai El Ghamry: The American University in Cairo 2011; LearnServe Egypt 2011

Quenton Horton: IFE Learn Serve China, 2007, Learn Serve Egypt 2011 assistant; Prince George’s Community College

Hunsun Jung: American University 2012, SungKyunKwan University 2013

Sikander Khare: Washington International School, 2014; Next Gen Roundtable, Program Director

Michael Kisi: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

Jean Lee: Richard Montgomery High School 2012

Skyla Lilly: American University 2013, LearnServe Egypt 2011

Georgie Milanovic: Washington International School, 2010; University of Southern California, 2014

Olivia Persons: Benjamin Banneker Academic High School 2013

Andrew Ravenscroft: Gonzaga College High School 2012

Celia Ringland: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

Nicholas Roberts: American University 2014

Jenny Shore: The Learning Community International, 2012; Next Gen Roundtable, Founder

Christina Valentine: Washington International School, 2011; Learn Serve  Japan 2010; Learn Serve Paraguay 2009

Kelsey Valentine: Washington International School, 20011; University of Southern California, 2013; Trustee Scholar USC, LearnServe China 2007, Learn Serve Japan, 2008, Learn Serve Mexico 2010

Stephen Weiner: Sidwell Friends School, 2012

Disa Yu: Richard Montgomery High School 2012

Kaihua Zheng: Sidwell Friends School; Denison class of 2014; Learn Serve China, 2007