Johannes is currently pursuing a master's in international policy at Stanford, where he also completed his bachelor's in computer science with an AI concentration. His interests span the fields of anti-labor trafficking work, defense tech, and U.S.-China relations.

Most recently, he was a product development intern with New Product R&D at Facebook Reality Labs, Education Modernization. Prior to this, he had also done research at CSIS with the Human Rights Initiative where his work centered on forced labor in the apparel supply chain.

Over the past several years, Johannes has also been inspired by the impact of creative applications of technology. He has seen this firsthand while developing a pilot grocery delivery platform in rural South Africa and working as an intern at Fast Forward, an accelerator for nonprofit tech startups. A lover of the outdoors, in my free time, he hopes to be found backpacking and seeking the creator of it all.

Amanda Leavell is pursuing a Master’s in International Policy at Stanford University where she specializes in international security. She focuses on human rights, particularly the role of international organizations, humanitarian intervention, and the rights of children. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked for Human Rights Watch as a senior associate in the Children's Rights division, supporting research and advocacy on issues affecting children around the world. She has also served as a human rights fellow with Columbia University's Obama Oral History Project and an intern at Kiva and the US Department of State. At Stanford, Amanda is a Knight-Hennessy scholar, a community associate, and a graduate student assistant coach of the Varisity Women's Lacrosse team.

David is an active duty Infantry Officer in the US Army assigned to study at Stanford University as a General Wayne A. Downing Scholar with the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. David graduated West Point with a Bachelor of Science degree in systems engineering and has spent the past decade serving in conventional and special operations organizations deploying frequently to Afghanistan. David is eager to study cyber policy to gain understanding of the evolution of social media use and its effects on global security, specifically its use by state and non-state actors to precipitate or deter conflict. David intends to apply this education in future positions within the special operations community or conventional Army upon completion of his degree. David is moving to Stanford from the Seattle area with his wife and two children. David pretends to be able to surf and will attempt to reunite with the sport during the course of his studies at Stanford.

Brian is a U.S. Army Infantry Officer with a decade of Light Infantry and Special Operations experience across the Middle East and Asia. His five deployments include combat and contingency operations in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Gonzaga University. As a Wayne A. Downing Scholar with West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center, Brian plans to specialize in Cyber Policy in the MIP program before continuing his Army career. Within the Cyber Policy arena, he hopes to improve his strategic analysis and communication abilities against the problem sets of transnational threat networks, especially as they relate to more significant geopolitical threats. His academic interests also include defense innovation, and future planning, particularly concerning violent extremist organizations and emerging near-peer threats. Brian’s wife Laura is a physical therapist, and they have two daughters.

Jonathan is pursuing a joint JD/MIP and joins the MIP program after his second year at Stanford Law School. Before coming to Stanford, Jonathan attended Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he graduated with degrees in International Relations and Business Finance. At Stanford, Jonathan plans to specialize in International Security, with particular interest in U.S. strategic competition with China and its effects on U.S. policy outside the Indo-Pacific. After Stanford, Jonathan plans to commission as an officer in the U.S. military.

Janani Mohan has an extensive background in nuclear, human rights, defense, and science policy, with experiences across the U.S. federal government and think tanks. Currently, Janani is a Ford Dorsey Fellow at Stanford University's Masters in International Policy Program, and was also awarded the McCaw Fellow for exchange study at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria. While at Stanford, Janani has researched Russia-Pakistan nuclear energy cooperation and transitional justice in Southeast Asia. Prior to to Stanford, she has worked and interned with seven federal government agencies, served as a think-tank representative to the United Nations in Austria, co-founded a cybersecurity startup, and graduated Summa Cum Laude from UC Berkeley in Political Science. Janani also co-founded Dweebs Global, an international COVID-response nonprofit which works in over 35 countries around the world to provide free career and mental health resources. For fun, she loves travelling, taking photos, and playing with the world's cutest dog, Rishi.

Arden graduated with bachelor’s degrees in economics and international affairs from the University of Georgia. She researched nonproliferation issues at KAIST and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and developed WMD terrorism policy through the U.S. government. She also tracked propaganda and disinformation campaigns for two years through AFRICOM and the U.S. Department of State. In addition to her involvement with NGOs focused on human rights issues in the East Asian and Pacific Region, Arden received a U.S. Department of State Certificate of Appreciation for exemplary service regarding the promotion of human rights in North Korea and Southeast Asia. At Stanford, Arden intends to develop skills relevant to a career focused on disarmament, arms control, and mass atrocity prevention. During her free time, Arden enjoys running, listening to political podcasts, cooking experimentally, and traveling.

Francesca Bentley was born and raised in Illinois and spent her later years living in several areas of the North and Southeast. She recently graduated from Spelman College, where she attained a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Psychology. During her undergraduate matriculation, Francesca worked as a Peer Recitation Facilitator for the Department of African Diaspora Studies and served as Spelman College’s Pulitzer Center Campus Consortium Reporting Fellow for 2020. While working for the Pulitzer Center, Francesca published a piece on African refugees’ and asylum seekers’ perspectives on American racism.

Additionally, Francesca studied abroad twice while at Spelman, once in Barcelona, Spain and once in Cape Town, South Africa - where she worked as a paralegal. In the summer of 2020, Francesca assisted U.C. San Diego’s Center for Peace and Security Studies team in gathering information on foreign countries’ nuclear platforms. For much of this year, Francesca worked as a research assistant with an MIT professor to create datasets detailing companies’ stances and reactions to racial and social justice issues that will eventually be made public to consumers. Francesca is exploring her interest in coercive diplomacy through the MIP's International Security specialization, in hopes of using her knowledge acquired through the MIP program to become a Foreign Service Officer in order to generate greater stability in African states and strengthen the U.S.’ relations with said communities.