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Eight Students Selected as Presidential Management Fellows for 2019

Posted Nov 25 2018
Each year SIPA sends students and alumni to the Presidential Management Fellows program.
Each year SIPA sends students and alumni to the Presidential Management Fellows program.

Congratulations to the eight SIPA students selected to join the Presidential Management Fellows Class of 2019!

This year’s SIPA-affiliated finalists are Andrew  Bariahtaris MIA ’19 (ISP), Stephen Denoms MIA ’19 (ISP), Clayton Dixon MIA ’19 (ISP), Kirsten Holland MPA ’19 (E&E), Julia Koppman Norton MPA-ESP ’19, Casey Luskin MIA ’19 (ISP), Tyler Quillico MPA-DP ’19, and Katy Swartz MPA ’19 (EPD).

As in past years SIPA excelled in the assessment process; our students and alumni represent two-thirds of the 12 PMF Finalists selected from Columbia University. The prestigious management program received 4,045 applications overall, and ultimately chose 351 Finalists — approximately 8.7 percent of applicants. All told, the 2019 selectees represent 56 different disciplines and 113 academic institutions worldwide; 12 percent are veterans.