Alumni Stories

Markos Kounalakis, a CEU alumnus (IRES PhD, ’16) and a fellow at CEU’s Center for Media, Data and Society was appointed by President Barack Obama last week to serve as a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD).

CEU Alumna Leshchenko new World Bank Manager for Liberia

August 8, 2016

CEU alumna Larisa Leshchenko (ECON ’93) was recently named World Bank Country Manager for Liberia.

Her duties include leading the bank’s day-to-day dialogue with the Liberian government and key stakeholders on issues including structural reform, portfolio management, country partnership strategy and more.

Alumna Tsikhelashvili Named Georgian Reconciliation and Civil Equality Minister

August 3, 2016

CEU alumna Ketevan Tsikhelashvili (IRES ’00) was recently tapped as Georgia’s new Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality.

Ketevan, 37, previously served as the State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civil Equality’s First Deputy Minister. Her experience includes work with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, plus other international and research institutions.

Ketevan is a Ph.D aspirant in Philosophy and Social Sciences at Tbilisi’s Ilia State University, where she is also a lecturer of European Studies.

Alumna McGrath on National Terror Study

August 2, 2016