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His Excellency Said T. Jawad, Ambassador of Afghanistan and IFE intern Christina Kemper Valentine, November 2009

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.

IFE Fellows and interns with H. E. Ichiro Fujisaki at an IFE-INFO Breakfast Public Policy Forum, held at the Japanese Residence.

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.

IFE fellows and interns with CNN's Wolf Blitzer for a New Year Celebration at the residence of Husain Haqqani, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. January, 2010

 

IFE interns with H.E. Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and IFE CEO, Kathy Kemper, at the XXIX Olympiad debriefing, Chinese Embassy, Washington D.C., September 2008

IFE intern George Zaidan and Senator Chuck Hagel at IFE/INFO public policy forum in the LBJ room of the US Capitol

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:

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

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

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.

George Zaidan: MIT; Production Assistant for the Disney movie "Step Up 3D" and the Food Network show "Good Eats"

Mae Joo: Rutgers University; Bureau Assistant at Fox News, Assistant to White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten

Mark Schulte: Oberlin College; Journalism Teacher at Washington International School

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

IFE Interns:

Cassie Griffin: University of Virginia, Class of 2010; Intern for Environmental Protection Agency

Charles Guislain:  Washington International School, 2011; Intern for CentroNia

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

Eli Liebman: American University, 2010; Intern at Greater Washington Initiative

Georgie Milanovic: Washington International School, 2010; Editor of International Dateline

Kaihua Zheng: Sidwell Friend’s School, 2010; Learn Serve China, 2007

Kathryn Alvarez : American University, 2010; Administrative Assistant at Novak, Druce + Quigg LLP, Intern at the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq

Kelsey Valentine: University of Southern California, 2013; Trustee Scholar USC, LearnServe China 2007, Learn Serve Japan, 2008

Kevin Waterman: Seton Hall; New Media Fellow at Americans for Tax Reform

Quenton Horton:  IFE Learn Serve China, 2007; Holocaust Museum

Sam Murray: Columbia Heights Educational Campus, 2010; LearnServe Paraguay 2009, Editor-in-Chief of The Multicultural Post

IFE interns and fellows with Press Counsellor of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Nadeem Kiani at the residence of His Excellency Husain Haqqani, the Ambassador of Pakistan, for a New Year Celebration in January, 2010