“To create more prosperity, more equality, we need to understand the bottom line of how financial markets happen and how political deals are made. That’s something SIPA allows you to.”

“My goal is to make the food system more just and more sustainable and it's something that I wanted to build at SIPA.”

Lyzz Ogunwo MPA ’21 is program director of the National Basketball Players Association Foundation and a student in SIPA’s Executive MPA program.



 

MPA-DP student Avantika Thakur hails from the state of Himachal Pradesh in India and wants to work in education to empower both children and communities.

“If students want to create an impact, SIPA gives you a lot of avenues to pursue that. Each of us have something to give which can help create a equitable world. It's a matter of wanting to do that and connecting the right dots. If we want to create a sustained impact, we need to go to the policy route and SIPA has everything.”

Leselle Vincent MPA-DP ’22 was named among 15 'Lions of Social Justice’ From the Class of 2022 by Columbia University.

Jennifer Burden is the founder and CEO of World Moms Network and a student in Columbia SIPA's Executive MPA (EMPA) program.

“Anybody that is interested in taking their career to the next level in the way that I am, I don't know of a better program than the Economic Policy Management Program here at SIPA.”

“SIPA’s vast amount of classes allowed me to build a curriculum unique to me.”

“The EMPA program is the perfect complement to working professionals who are really happy in their current position and they want to take it to the next level or they're thinking about pivoting to a different sector.”