Alumni

ALLIES ALUMNI

	Michael Abare (’07)   Mike Abare graduated from Tufts in 2007, where he majored in International Relations with a thematic focus on Global Cooperation and Justice and minored in Economics. During his sophomore year, Mike participated in the Inquiry program where he enjoyed facilitating the understanding of compelling oil and water issues to high school students.  He spent his junior year studying abroad in Andalusia, Spain.  During his senior year, Mike attended both the West Point SCUSA conference and a Texas A&M symposium discussing Civil-military Relations in a post 9/11 world.  One of his favorite memories was celebrating with West Point cadets at West Point's historic Officer's Club during the culmination of the SCUSA conference.  Mike also participated in on campus EPIIC symposiums and hosted cadets visiting Tufts.    In addition to his involvement with ALLIES, Mike was a TCU Senator and rower on the Tufts Men's Crew Team. He currently works at Oracle Corporation and is enrolled at Northeastern's Part-Time MBA Program.  He is planning on applying to policy school in Washington, DC after he completes his MBA. (Dec. 2009)
	Brian Mackey ('07) First Lieutenant, U.S. Army TAC Officer. 20th Engineer Battalion   First Lieutenant Brian Mackey graduated Tufts in 2007 with a BS in Civil Engineering. He commissioned from Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA and after extensive Army schooling, served a year as a Platoon Leader under the 584th Mobility Augmentation Company (MAC). He is now working directly for the commander as the 20th Battalion's TAC officer at Fort Hood, Texas. His unit is preparing to deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to conduct counter-IED and Route Clearance Operations. Brian is a big supporter of ALLIES, and has enjoyed everything that he's done with the organization. He sends his regards to the current members; thank you for what you do for the Tufts Community. (Dec. 2009)
	Nancy Henry (’09) Second Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force ALLIES Co-Chair 2007-2009 JRP Trip Leader 2008 Nancy Henry from Chattanooga, TN, is a 2009 Tufts alumna and a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.  She was a two-year co-chair of ALLIES and co-led the 2008 Joint Research Project in Amman, Jordan.  Also at the IGL, Nancy was a member of the 2006-2007 EPIIC class and participated in the NIMEP fact-finding trip to Lebanon.  Outside the IGL, she studied Arabic in Yemen and was an Executive Staff member of the National High School Model United Nations Conference.  At Tufts, Nancy earned a B.A. in Political Science and Anthropology.  Following her training, she will be assigned to Creech AFB, Nevada. (Dec. 2009)
	James Nadel (’09)   James Nadel graduated from Tufts in May 2009, with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and French. His experience includes work for a U.S. Senate campaign, an internship at the Foreign Policy Association in New York City, and two internships in government. At Tufts, James was involved in the execution of the first two ALLIES Intellectual Roundtables. Membership in ALLIES prepared James for his internship in the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, where he supported the office's Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team planning process, and developed options papers for a proposed interagency lessons learned system. He received the Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowship, one of three awards given annually to State Department interns. Additionally, James recently completed a short research fellowship at the Army War College on behalf of ALLIES, as well as an internship at the National Defense University's Center for Applied Strategic Learning. (Dec. 2009)
	Jesse Sloman (’09) Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps ALLIES Co-Chair 2007-2009 Second Lieutenant Jesse Sloman, US Marine Corps, is currently a student officer at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia. He is a 2009 graduate of Tufts University with a degree in political science. While at Tufts, Jesse served as co-chair of ALLIES, helping to organize ALLIES' first Intellectual Roundtable and many of ALLIES' engagement efforts with the Service Academies. Along with ALLIES co-founder Peter Maher, Jesse created and taught a full-credit Experimental College class introducing students to the US military. He was also a member of 2006-07 EPIIC class. Prior to reporting to The Basic School, Jesse worked as a Research Assistant at the US Army War College's Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute. (Dec. 2009)

ALLIES 2016-17

Manal Cheema ('17)
Co-Director

Manal Cheema is a senior majoring in Political Science in addition to pursuing a certificate in Ethics, Law, and Society and a minor in Cognitive and Brain Sciences. She has been involved with ALLIES since her freshman year as Freshman Rep/JRP Coordinator and served as Treasurer her sophomore year. She is excited to serve as Co-Director and work on expanding ALLIES this year. Outside of ALLIES, Manal runs a debating society at Tufts, the Union, and is a Writing Fellow. She is also writing a thesis on the Vietnam and Iraq Wars, undoubtedly inspired by her participation in ALLIES. For fun, she draws, pretends to be fit, and relishes in the fact that she can still beat her 10 year-old sister in Mario Kart after a shocking loss in Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Matt Felsenfeld ('17)
FieldEx Director

Alexandria Hayman ('19)
Treasurer

Alexandria Hayman is a sophomore at Tufts University majoring in International Relations and Political Science, with a minor in Mandarin Chinese. In joining ALLIES, she hopes to explore international relations from a perspective different than the one she is familiar with (namely, reading articles late at night), and is excited to have the opportunity to manage ALLIES’s budget as treasurer. In her free time, Alexandria also acts as treasurer for the Tufts Debate Society, serves as an elected member of the Tufts Judiciary, plays viola with the Tufts Symphony Orchestra, interns with USAID, and drinks coffee.

Eva Kahan ('19)
Programming Director / Communications Director

Eva is a freshman from Mountain View, California, hoping to major in International Relations or Middle Eastern Studies. Having joined ALLIES this year, she is honored to serve as freshman representative and to have worked on the SIMULEX team, and is excited to participate in more conferences throughout this year and to encourage more freshmen to do the same. On campus, she is also involved in the Ballroom Dance team, Concert Choir, and Hillel, and she works as a shelver in Tisch Library. In her free time, Eva also enjoys high quality hot chocolate and social swing dancing.

Sarah Lubiner ('17)
Co-Director

Sarah Lubiner is a junior from Florida studying International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Sarah was the co-director of the 2015 Civil Military Relations Conference: Peacekeeping and Post Conflict Resolution in the 21st Century. Other than ALLIES, Sarah coaches a middle-school debate team and volunteers to walk an adorable black Labrador dog.

Vance Matthews ('18)
FieldEx Deputy Director

Vance Matthews is a sophomore from Monterey, California majoring in either International Relations or Economics. Coming from a family with deep roots in the military, he thought joining this club would be a great way to honor many those who have served, or who currently are serving, in his family. His main goal as Curriculum Director is to foster a greater community in ALLIES. Vance is currently involved in the Institute for Global Leadership's EPIIC class and symposium. When he is not studying or doing homework, he enjoys playing guitar and running.

Sammy Salkin ('18)
Civil Military Relations Conference Director

Emily Spak ('17)
FieldEx Deputy Director

Emily is a senior from Connecticut studying International Relations, Computer Science, and Russian. She has been a member of ALLIES since her first year at Tufts, and is very excited to join the Executive Board this year. Outside of ALLIES, Emily is a member of the Tufts Model UN team, where she is helping organize Tufts's first high school MUN conference. She also enjoys reading, writing, and drinking large quantities of tea.

Jon Hyuk "Kevin" Sung ('19)
Logistics Director

Jun Hyuk “Kevin” Sung is a sophomore from Los Angeles, California interested in dogs and majoring in International Relations or Community Health and minoring in German. His freshman year, he worked on the Civil-Military Relations Conference and FieldEx planning boards. He is very eager to continue working on CMRC and to serve on the ALLIES Executive Board as Logistics Director. In his free time, Kevin Sung likes to dream of one day being a moderately successful father and proud parent of three beautiful dogs.

Samuel Weitzman ('18)
Curriculum Director / Civil Military Relations Conference

Sam is a junior from Cleveland double majoring in International Relations and Philosophy. In addition to his responsibilities as curriculum director, he serves as the co-director of the 2016 Civil-Military Relations Conference: Changing War in a Changing World. Last year, he served on the planning teams for the 2015 CMRC and FieldEx 2016. Sam joined ALLIES after hearing Sherman speak at Jumbo Days, although a misdiagnosis of whooping cough delayed his attending a meeting until the very end of the first semester of his freshman year. On campus, he is also involved with Tufts CIVIC, Philosophy Club, the Tufts Daily, and intramural soccer. In his free time, Sam enjoys (among other things) reading, writing, sports, spending time with friends, and making semi-obscure pop culture references.