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2023–24 Inaugural Carnegie Distinguished Fellows

Inaugural Carnegie Distinguished Fellows

IGP’s Inaugural Carnegie Distinguished Fellows visited SIPA throughout the 2023–2024 academic year, collaborating with faculty from across Columbia University on IGP publications, convening experts for campus-wide events, and engaging with students.

IGP’s inaugural cohort included a diverse mix of high-profile practitioners from across a range of sectors, including a former head of state, high-ranking policy officials, diplomats, activists, and other distinguished leaders from across the globe.

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Stacey Abrams

Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University, Former Georgia House Minority Leader, Voting Rights Activist

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Michelle Bachelet

Former President of Chile and Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Shabana Basij-Rasikh

Cofounder and President of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA)

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Hon. Henrietta Fore
Former Executive Director of UNICEF; Former USAID Administrator

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Kim Ghattas
Author of Black Wave and contributing writer for The Atlantic magazine

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Michel Kazatchkine
Former Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

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Sir Stephen Lovegrove
Former UK National Security Adviser; Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia SIPA

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David Miliband
President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee; 74th UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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Frank Mugisha
Prominent Ugandan LGBTI Rights Advocate

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Robert O’Brien
Cofounder and Chairman of American Global Strategies LLC; 27th US National Security Advisor

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Maria Ressa
Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Journalist; Cofounder and CEO of Rappler

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Eric Schmidt
Cofounder with his wife Wendy, Schmidt Sciences; Former CEO & Chairman, Google

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John Sullivan
Former Deputy Secretary of State and US Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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Marie Yovanovitch
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine