Speakers: Nina Murray (Deputy Division Chief, Cultural Programs), Holly Mayton, and Paul Fariss of the State Department. Nina Murray grew up in Lviv, Ukraine, and holds advanced degrees in linguistics and creative writing. Since becoming a Foreign Service Officer in 2011, she has served in Lithuania, Canada, Russia, and Washington, D.C.

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Speakers: Pitt REEES alumni Dr. Elise Thorsen (Senior Open Source Analyst) and Dr. Beach Gray (Senior Open Source Analyst) of Novetta. who specialized in Slavic languages and literature at Pitt, use their regional expertise to help Novetta provide data-driven, area studies expert-honed insight into the global information environment. This vital industry is projected to grow enormously in the coming years and provides excellent opportunities to students of foreign languages and area studies.

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Visit: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/career-week

Speaker: Alum Katie Sives, '18 GSPIA/GSPH formerly served as Policy Fellow with Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention. She assumed a new position at CDC working with COVID-19 response.

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Speaker: Join a conversation with Joshua Karnes, global health professional and a Foreign Service Officer with the US Agency for International Development. He served in Central Asia, where he led a team to improve early grade reading and fight HIV and multi-drug resistant TB. Before Central Asia, he served at USAID/Ethiopia where he was the Family Health and Infectious Disease Team Leader, overseeing the Maternal Child Health, Family Planning, Tuberculosis, Neglected Tropical Disease, and Global Health Security portfolios.

Maddie Little '15 (Anthropology) MPH Emory University is Program Associate for the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) and is interested in project management, health communications, and process improvement in public health.

Lillie Armstrong '12 (Sociology), MPH University of North Carolina, is Senior Manager of Drug User Health at NASTAD, supporting the development and operation of harm reduction services through federal, tribal, state, local, and community-based agencies.

Speaker: Liza Mitgang '13 (Urban Studies, BPHIL/IAS/Global Studies), MS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Liza serves as the Program Coordinator for the Service Delivery Innovation team in the Health, Nutrition, and Population global practice at the World Bank. She'll discuss her current position, opportunities with the World Bank, her experience at the London School of Hygiene.

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Speakers: Elizabeth Crivaro JD, '14 (Political Science) JD Georgetown University is Law Fellow at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network. https://cliniclegal.org and Reena Naik '16 (Political Science) currently pursuing a JD degree at Temple, Legal Intern with Tahirih Justice Services, former Judicial Intern with US Department of Justice, and Coro Fellow.

Organization: Fenton Communications

Speaker: Emma Cummings-Kruger, Account Executive at Fenton, supports media and messaging strategy, content development, for clients National Park Foundation, The Climate Mobilization, Color Of Change, and Wallace Global Fund. She’ll discuss skills sought for media, communications positions to support human rights programs.

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Organization: Alliance for Peacebuilding https://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/

Description: Alliance for Peacebuilding is a nonpartisan network of 130+ organizations (development, academic, humanitarian, faith-based) working in 181 countries to end violent conflict and sustain peace.