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Alumni Student Ambassadors

strengthening connections between students and alumni

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Mark Brennan, A&S '12

MAJOR/MINOR: International Studies/Environmental Science and Mathematics minors
HOMETOWN: Highland Park, NJ
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
FAVORITE MEMORY: The speaker brainstorming process for the Foreing Affairs Symposium every year : "So, what leading international figure do you want to have dinner with this spring?"
FUN FACT: Likes reading French newspapers
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Editor-in-Chief Undergraduate International Relations Journal, Advisor and Executive Director-Emeritus of the Foreign Affairs Symposium, Admissions Interviewer, Research Assistant in an Earth and Planetary Science Lab
HOBBIES: Swimming, running, mountain biking, photography.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Ibrahim Fellowship, Provost Undergraduate Research Award, Bander International Research Award, Sigma Iota Rhoe

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Lauren Brown, A&S '12

MAJOR/MINOR: Public Health/Economics, English minor
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: Summit, NJ
FUN FACT:
Has bungee jumped off of the bridge into Zimbabwe
HOBBIES:
Running, travel, skiing
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Student Admissions Board, Admissions Representatives, Blue Key Society, Executive Board of Alumni Student Ambassadores, Phi Mu Fraternity

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Bryn Carroll, A&S '12

MAJOR: Public Health
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: Philadelphia, PA
FAVORITE MEMORY: Snowpocalypse 2010
FUN FACT:
I have been an Irish dancer since 1996.
HOBBIES:
Reading and shopping
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Cooking 4 Love, Public Health Student Forum, Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium

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Kiernan Coleman, A&S '13

MAJOR/MINOR: International Studies
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, PA
FAVORITE MEMORY: Dinner with Thomas Friedman and President Daniels
FUN FACT:
I can tap 24 beats per second
HOBBIES:
Irish dance (hammerstep.com), basketball, road biking
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: FAS Executive Director 2010-11, 4K for Cancer 2010, Admissions Rep
SCHOLARSHIP: Hodson Trust Scholar

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Alex Dash, A&S '14

MAJOR/MINOR: International Studies; Economics and Latin American Studies
HOMETOWN: Sacramento, CA
GRADUATION YEAR: 2014
FAVORITE MEMORY: Nerdily enough, studying in the Hut. No, really, Spring Fair
FUN FACT: I'm in touch with my sensitive side: I like to garden and throw pottery
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Sophomore class senator, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Executive Board for President's Day of Service 2011b
HOBBIES: Ping pong, ultimate frisbee, and water polo

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Colby Eisen, A&S '15

MAJOR/MINOR:Public Health Studies
HOMETOWN: Bedford, NY
GRADUATION YEAR: 2015
FAVORITE MEMORY: My favorite memories from Hopkins took place in the Fresh Food Café (freshman dining hall) my first year at Hopkins. The FFC has great food and is the perfect environment for spending time with friends and meeting new people.
FUN FACT: I am a certified elephant handler.
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Phi Mu Fraternity, Blue Key Society, MSE Symposium, MSE Library Student Advisory Committee, and internship at Jhpiego (Hopkins affiliated organization preventing maternal mortality worldwide)
HOBBIES: Hobbies Horseback riding in Owings Mills, Maryland, traveling, learning to speak Zulu
SCHOLARSHIPS: Bloomberg Scholar

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Hannah Jiam, Engr '13

MAJOR/MINOR: Biomedical Engineering
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
HOMETOWN: Phoenix, Arizona
FAVORITE MEMORY: Sliding down the beach during the 2010 Snowpocalypse
FUN FACT: I love to play the ukulele.
HOBBIES:
Knitting, slam poetry, acting, playing instruments, eating
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Student Traditions Board, Community Law Center, Baltimore Youth Advisory Council, JHU Camp Kesem
SCHOLARSHIPS: Bloomberg Scholar

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Nikki Jiam, A&S '12

MAJOR/MINOR: Neuroscience/Entrepreneurship & Management minor
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: Phoenix, Arizona
FAVORITE MEMORY: The 2nd Annual Women's Pre-Health Leadership Conference - The female speakers & panelists were phenomenal and so inspiring!
FUN FACT: I got an average of 8 hours of sleep during my toughest semester yet.
HOBBIES: Dining at the top rated restaurants in Baltimore, road-tripping and traveling, watching movies at the Charles Theater, attending local festivals and the Waverly Farmers' Market
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Neuroscience Research on Aging, Women’s Pre-health Leadership Society Co-President, 2009 Orientation Logistics Chair, B'more Healthy Babies Intern, City of Baltimore Youth Advisory Board Member,  Baltimore Mission Rescue Clinic volunteer, 2010-2011 Empowerment Health Intern
SCHOLARSHIPS: Provost Undergraduate Research Award, American Marketing Association Book Scholar

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Ian Han, A&S '14

MAJOR/MINOR:Film and Media Studies/ Entrepreneurship and Management
HOMETOWN: San Diego, CA
GRADUATION YEAR: 2014
FAVORITE MEMORY: Giving my first "Blue Key" Tour and seeing the same awe and delight I felt when I took my JHU tour in high school.
FUN FACT: Was a Finalist in the Johns Hopkins Business Plan Competiton as a Freshman
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: The JHU Barnstormers (Publicity Exec), Blue Key Society (Co-Chair), Hopkins Student Enterprises, Summer Conferences, Admissions Volunteer
HOBBIES: Running, Theatre, Filmmaking, Guitar

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Andrew Kelly, Engr '13

MAJOR/MINOR:Mechanical Engineering/Entrepreneurship & Management
HOMETOWN: Philadelphia, PA
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
FAVORITE MEMORY: Working the Young Alumni Tent in 2011 and seeing old friends.
FUN FACT: Built a road-going kit car in high school
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Hopkins Baja SAE Team, Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student Council, Deans Innovation Group
HOBBIES: Cars,Music, Photography, Travel

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Jessie Koljonen, A&S '13

MAJOR/MINOR:Behavioral Biology and Spanish (double major)
HOMETOWN: Phoenix, AZ
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
FAVORITE MEMORY: Spring Fair!
FUN FACT: I used to be a competitive figure skater
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Admissions Representatives, Blue Key Society, Admissions Office Student Worker, Phi Mu Fraternity, Shadowing a Neurosurgeon at Hopkins Hospital, Neuroscience Lab Research at Hopkins Medical Campus, Behavioral Biology Student Ambassador, Alumni Student Ambassador
HOBBIES: Traveling, baking, running, shopping

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Jonathan Kornblau, A&S '12

MAJOR/MINOR: International Studies/Financial Economics minor
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: New York City, NY
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Salant Investment team portfolio manager, 2010 MSE
Symposium, Admissions Representative, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, Inter-Fraternity Council treasurer

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Nigel H. Lewis, A&S '12

MAJOR/MINOR:International Studies;Global Environmental Change and Sustainability
HOMETOWN: New York, NY
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
FAVORITE MEMORY: Discovering the gummy worms tub at Charles Street Market.
FUN FACT: I live between New York City and Johannesburg, South Africa
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: JHU Model United Nations, Admissions Representative, Blue Key Society
HOBBIES: Anything related to food. I'm a hardcore foodie

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Benjamin Whorf McGuiggan, A&S '12

MAJOR/MINOR: Public Health/Psychology minor
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: Hingham, MA
FAVORITE MEMORY: Sledding on the beach
FUN FACT: Has been an extra in three movies
HOBBIES:
Running, Singing
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Class of 2012 President, Center for a Livable Future research assistant
STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCES: Edinburgh, Scotland for the 2010-2011 school year

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Arnav Mitra, A&S '13

MAJOR/MINOR:Economics, Minor in Financial Economics
HOMETOWN:Cincinnatti, OH
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
FAVORITE MEMORY: Any times spent with my fraternity brothers at Pi Kappa Alpha
FUN FACT: I lived in China for Three years
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity, MSE Symposium, Marshal Salant Investment Team, JHU Institute for Applied Economics
HOBBIES: Tennis, Golf, Squash, Live Music, Traveling, Personal Portfolio Mangement

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Madeleine O'Hagan, A&S '14

MAJOR/MINOR:Writing Seminars; French
HOMETOWN:New York, New York
GRADUATION YEAR: 2014
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: MSE Symposium, Intern with the International Refugee Council

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Synteche Simone Ribeiro, Engr '12

MAJOR/MINOR: Electrical Engineering/Mathematics minor
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: Warrenton, VA
FAVORITE MEMORY: All the plastic flamingos that appeared on the upper quad one morning!
FUN FACT:
I used to be too shy to even talk to my own family.
HOBBIES:
Art, crafts, piano, writing.
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT:Camp Kesem; Peace by PEACE; Senior Gift; Admissions Representative; Engineering Ambassadors; Hopkins Organization of Minority Engineering Students; Hopkins Undergraduate Engineering Society; Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers; Agape Christian Campus Ministries.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Blackbird Techonologies Scholar; Robert A. and Irene M. Boenning Scholar

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Jonathan Rogers, Engr '12

MAJOR/MINOR: Chemical Engineering
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: Greenwich, CT
FAVORITE MEMORY: Barbequing on alumni weekend
FUN FACT:
Will climb Kilimanjaro this upcoming January
HOBBIES:
Sports, playing the piano, and long walks on the beach
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Rugby, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Outdoor Pursuits

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Debra Schwitzer, A&S '14

MAJOR/MINOR:Economics Major, Entrepreneurship & Management Minor
HOMETOWN:Fair Lawn, NJ
GRADUATION YEAR: 2014
FAVORITE MEMORY: Gail McGovern- CEO of the American Red Cross, visit to Hopkins
FUN FACT: Tap Dancer 14 Years
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Center for Social Concern Dance Program, Sophomore Class Senator- Student Government Association, Dance Marathon, Phi Mu, MSE Symposium
HOBBIES:Dancing, working out

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Brian Shell, Engr '12

MAJOR/MINOR: Environmental Engineering
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: Aberdeen, NJ
FAVORITE MEMORY: "Snow Week" during the Blizzard of 2010
FUN FACT:
I'm legally blind in my left eye
HOBBIES:
Traveling, photography, finding new restauraunts
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT:  Work half-time in Admissions, Admissions Representatives, Engineering Ambassador, Student Admissions Advisory Board, Executive Board of Hopkins Organization for Programming (the HOP), Research in Environmental Engineering
SCHOLARSHIPS: Westgate Scholar in the Whiting School of Engineering

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Will Shepherdson, Engr '13

MAJOR/MINOR: Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
HOMETOWN: Bethesda, MD
FAVORITE MEMORY: Leading a Pre-Orientation trip is my favorite Hopkins memory. It's an unparalleled experience being in the outdoors with eight incoming freshmen and having the opportunity to introduce them to Hopkins.
FUN FACT:
In the past 12 months, I spent more than six weeks in total whitewater kayaking, backpacking, climbing, and canoeing with Outdoor Pursuits.
HOBBIES:
Photography, Whitewater Kayaking
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Outdoor Pursuits & Pre-O Training Director and trip leader, News-Letter technical advisor and staff photographer, Admissions Representative, Student Traditions Board
SCHOLARSHIPS: Bloomberg Scholar

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Nimi Vora, Engr '13

MAJOR/MINOR:Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering/Psychological & Brain Science
HOMETOWN:Arlington, VA
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
FAVORITE MEMORY: Snowmageddon 2010 (for those of you too young to know, the week we got off of Hopkins because of a blizzard)
FUN FACT: I plan to open up my own pastry shop.
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: RA in Bradford, Student Worker at Career Center, Researcher in ChemBE department, AIChE/SBE Vice President of Industry, Alpha Phi Fraternity, Cooking 4 Love
HOBBIES:Kayaking, Baking, Rock Climbing, Cake Decorating, Mountain Climbing, Singing, Hiking, Reading, Running

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Charlie Weintraub, A&S '13

MAJOR/MINOR:International Studies, Near Eastern Studies / Economics
HOMETOWN:Los Angeles,CA
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
FAVORITE MEMORY: Winning the DIII water polo title this past season (fall 2010)
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Varsity Water Polo Team, Phi Kappa Psi Alumni Chair, Blue Key Tour Guide, JIGL Representative (Jews In Greek Life), Applied Economics Research
HOBBIES:Avid traithlete, Cellist

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Jacob Wildfire, A&S '13

MAJOR/MINOR:Spanish & Int'l Studies;Global Environmental Change and Sustainability
HOMETOWN:Pittsburgh, PA
GRADUATION YEAR: 2013
FAVORITE MEMORY: I will never forget Dorm Wars from Freshman orientation. I met a lot of my good friends and had a great time competing.
FUN FACT: I love trees.
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Johns Hopkins Outdoors Club, Hopkins Organization for Programming, Johns Hopkins Model United Nations Conference, Pre-Orientation Staff
HOBBIES:Camping, reading, cooking, running

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Meagan Young, Engr '12

MAJOR/MINOR: Civil Engineering and Archaeology/Classics minor
GRADUATION YEAR: 2012
HOMETOWN: PA
FAVORITE MEMORY: Snowpocalypse! Sledding through the snow on cafeteria trays and instigating snowball fights with other random students was a great time. Also began the first of, hopefully, many end-of-year parties for the Classics, Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology departments!
FUN FACT:
I got my driver's license three days before Freshman Orientation!
HOBBIES:
Photography, drawing, skiing
ON CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Alumni Student Ambassadors (Ambassador, Executive Board), JHU Archaeology and Ancient Civilizations Club (President), American Society of Civil Engineers, JHU Chapter (Member), BMA (Human Resources Assistant)
SCHOLARSHIPS: Bloomberg Scholar, Vredenburg Scholar, Centennial Scholar, ASCE MD Section Scholarship
STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCES: Two months in Japan (summer 2010) doing research in earthquake engineering through Kyoto University, one week in Tokyo to attend the Fifth World Conference for Structural Control and Monitoring, the Asia Pacific Summer School for a few lectures, the Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, and so much more