2019 Honoree
Maureen Ahmed’11
BA Political Science//Women's Studies
Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
- Served as a United States Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of State for the Class of 2016, completing rotations to U.S. Embassies in South Africa and Croatia
- Managed the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program for South Africa, the United States' largest global health assistance program, with a budget of over $1.4 billion across fiscal years 2019 and 2020
- Currently a 2019-2020 Penn Kemble Forum on Democracy fellow and a Security Fellow for the Truman National Security Project
- Received the State Department’s Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Service for providing exceptional diplomatic services at U.S. missions overseas
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