Alumni Spotlight: Diana Mao (MPA 2008)
Diana Mao (MPA 2008) is the Co-Founder and President of Nomi Network, an organization that she first envisioned creating during her time at NYU Wagner.
NYU Wagner’s Sonia Ospina and UK Collaborators come out with SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry
NYU Wagner’s Professor Sonia Ospina, along with Danny Burns and Jo Howard from the Institute for Development Studies
Maureen Ahmed
MPA in Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy
2016
Foreign Affairs Officer
U.S. State Department
Year Graduation
INCREASING PERIOD PROTECTION FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN ZAMBIA
Client
ZAMPADS
Faculty
Andy Moss
Team
Ashley Otto, Olivia Thompson, Camilla Zard
Capstone Year
2020-2021
MEASURING CLIMATE RESILIENCE DISPARITIES AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN BELIZE CITY
Client
BELIZE ASSOCIATION OF PLANNERS
Faculty
Natasha Iskander
Team
Joey Baietti, Carrie Eidson, Jah-Milka McClean, David Zhong
Capstone Year
2020-2021
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING OUTCOMES
Client
HUNGER PROJECT
Faculty
Kathleen Apltauer
Team
Adi Gorstein, Harvey Han, Sasha Lopez
Capstone Year
2020-2021
ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
Client
UGANDA VILLAGE PROJECT
Faculty
Kathleen Apltauer
Team
Akshara Anirjita, Emma Bryden-Brown, Ruirui Gu, Mercy Swarna
Capstone Year
2020-2021
INVESTING IN MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
Client
UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
Faculty
Leonardo Romeo
Team
Sion Griffiths, Caitlin McTiernan, Feiras Rahman, Will Richards, John Zhang
Capstone Year
2020-2021
LAUNCHING A GLOBAL YOUTH GRANTMAKING PROGRAM
Client
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY YOUTH NETWORK
Faculty
Mo Coffey
Team
Deirdre Dolan, Tasia Hawkins, Emmily Kissa, Lusine Muradyan
Capstone Year
2020-2021
ADDRESSING HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR WOMEN IN PUNJAB, INDIA
Client
DRIVEHER
Faculty
Andy Moss
Team
Kaela Barna, Kah Yoke Ho, Elizabeth Kalu, Rajwinder Kaur
Capstone Year
2020-2021
PROTECTING A SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE IN GUATEMALA
Client
ASSOCIATION OF FOREST COMMUNITIES OF PETÉN
Faculty
Natasha Iskander
Team
Katherine Kelly, Loreta Lancellotti, Luisa Portugal, Maria Talania, Abe Silberstein
Capstone Year
2020-2021
CIVIL SOCIETY’S POTENTIAL TO DISRUPT ILLEGAL ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE
Client
GLOBAL INITIATIVE AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME
Faculty
Vanessa L. Deane
Team
Kha Dang, Kylie McDowell, Alex Ruzevich, Jacquelyn Spade
Capstone Year
2020-2021