Named for a longtime U.S. Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Max Kampelman Fellows represent the next generation of American leaders in security policy, human rights, and strategic communications.
Carly Breland, Communications Fellow, recently graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Journalism, concentrating on business communications, and History, concentrating on the Cold War and political history. Prior to joining the Commission, she interned with the communications team at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Carly previously served as an educational content intern at the Council on Foreign Relations and at CNN on the FactCheck team. Her research interests include irregular threats, state-sponsored terrorism, and human rights diplomacy.
Alexander John Paul Lutz, Policy Fellow, is an incoming Master of Arts in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies student at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, he holds an M.T.S. in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Harvard Divinity School and a B.A. in International Affairs, Political Science, and History from Mercer University. Alexander is currently a Junior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council (working primarily within the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute), and prior to joining the Commission, he was a Georgian Studies Research Fellow at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Researcher at the Georgian Institute of Politics. He is proficient in French, Georgian, and Azerbaijani, and is studying Ukrainian and Russian. His research explores the politics of belonging, meaning, and purpose in the post-Soviet space, with particular attention to the relationship between religion and nationalism.
Connor O’Kelley, Policy Fellow, is currently pursuing an M.A. in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. From 2022 to 2025, he specialized in researching Russian disinformation as an analyst at the Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Prior to his time at the Commission, Connor also worked as a contractor with the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute and interned with State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, and the German Marshall Fund. He previously completed a B.A. in International Affairs with a minor in Russian at the George Washington University and maintains advanced proficiency in Russian along with basic proficiency in Bulgarian. Connor’s primary research interests include Russian shadow warfare and threats to democratic governance, particularly in the Black Sea region.
Maggie Spence, Intern, recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies with a M.A. in International Relations where she focused on national security issues in Europe and Eurasia. She also holds a B.A. in International Studies and French from Butler University. Before joining the commission, Maggie most recently served as a Global Coordinator working on Sub-Saharan Africa for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – ALSAC. She has previously interned for Ranking Member Steve Cohen in the U.S. House of Representatives and has gained experience doing NGO work for The International Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is proficient in French. Maggie’s research interests include transatlantic security, defense policy, democratization, intelligence, and conflict management.
Former Kampelman Fellows
Fall 2025
Collin Frank (Policy)
Viktor Olah Sallai (Policy)
Nate Gattuso (Communications)
Summer 2025
Connor Lewis (Policy)
Matthew Matava (Policy)
Caden Umansky (Communications)
Spring 2025
Ann Olivia Radicioni (Policy)
Sarah Stevens (Communications)
Fall 2024
Isabella Baker (Policy)
Sophia McGrath (Policy)
Justin Moorad (Communications)
Jared Smith (Communications)
Summer 2024
Anthony Hu (Policy)
Ashleigh Grindon (Policy)
Bridgette Lang (Communications)
Angelica Berrios-Nieves (Communications)
Lilja Kjaernested (Intern)
Spring 2024
Kate Riccardelli (Communications)
Grace Jarrett (Communications)
Fall 2023
Catherine Cata (Policy)
Bethany Salas (Policy)
Zachary Stoor (Policy)
Chloé Evans-Svarre (Communications)
Alanna Margulies (Communications)
Kyle Garett (Intern)
Summer 2023
Ian Gilchrist (Policy)
Zachary Stoor (Policy)
Beth Wiesinger (Communications)
Alanna Margulies (Communications)
Spring 2023
Georgiy Kent (Policy)
Diana Sosa (Policy)
Beth Wiesinger (Communications)
Fall 2022
Christina Oh (Policy)
Ashley Bradway (Policy)
Desiree Winns (Communications)
Summer 2022
Jessika Nebrat (Policy)
Mollie Blum (Policy)
Jennie Piotrzkowski (Communications)
Spring 2022
Ryn Hintz (Policy)
Paulina Kanburiyan (Policy)
Worth Talley (Communications)
Fall 2021
Rowan Baker (Policy)
Nathaniel Haas (Policy)
Arwen Struthers (Communications)
Summer 2021
Rowan Baker (Policy)
Joelle Besch (Policy)
Katya Sankow (Communications)
Spring 2021
Taylor Buck (Policy)
Harrison Nugent (Policy)
Emma Derr (Communications)
Katya Sankow (Communications)
Fall 2020
Zantana Ephrem (Policy)
Michelle Ngirbabul (Policy)
Emma Derr (Communications)
Spring 2020
Erick Boone (Policy)
Courtney Kaufman (Policy)
Mia Speier (Communications)
Fall 2019
Erick Boone (Policy)
Juliet Michaelson (Policy)
Annie Lentz (Communications)
Summer 2019
Andrew Carroll (Policy)
Daniela Ondraskova (Policy)
Annie Lentz (Communications)
Spring 2019
Harrison William Prescott Floyd (Policy)
Alexandre Le Coz (Policy)
Shruti Bhatt (Communications)
Fall 2018
Thea Dunlevie (Policy)
Cade Stone (Policy)
Yena Seo (Communications)
Summer 2018
Felicia Garcia (Policy)
Berke Gursoy (Policy)
Sean McAndrews (Policy)
Teresa Cardenas (Communications)