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.

Caroline is a Master’s in International Policy candidate at Stanford, where she focuses on the global governance and ethics of digital and emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence. Caroline came to Stanford after nearly five years working in Beijing and Berlin as a China-focused consultant and analyst, advising multinationals and EU stakeholders regarding Chinese technology and industrial policy initiatives. At Stanford, Caroline has held research positions with the Stanford Internet Observatory and the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, as well as completing a summer internship with Zoom’s Trust and Safety team. Caroline holds a degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Cambridge. A German national, she grew up bilingually in London. In her spare time, she is an avid choral singer, loves analogue photography and has recently started rock climbing. 

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.

Benjamin Rubin joined the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies as a member of the development team in 2021. Previously, he worked as a financial planner for Foster Klima & Company and as a professor of Roman Archaeology at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. Benjamin received his BA in English and Classics from Macalester College and a PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Classical Art and Archaeology.

Soomin Jun is a Master’s in International Policy Class of '22 at Stanford. Soomin is interested in finding unconventional solutions for public policy through prioritizing inclusivity in policymaking. Over the summer, she interned at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), where she analyzed the economic impacts of climate change in the region and researched strategies to build resilient economies post-COVID-19.

Prior to Stanford, Soomin spent four years with The Asia Foundation in Mongolia. She worked closely with Ulaanbaatar City to mitigate risks from economic volatility rooted in Mongolia’s extractive industry-based economy. One of her accomplishments includes establishing Mongolia’s first Women’s Business Center and Incubator, a Center with over 5,000 clients that promotes women’s role in the higher-value-added sectors such as tech start-ups.

Soomin holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the highest distinction, where she completed a double major in Economics and Global Studies and a minor in Chinese. In her free time, Soomin enjoys playing golf and practicing yoga.

Eyal Zilberman, from Tel-Aviv, Israel, is pursuing a joint MIP/MPP degree as a Knight Hennessy scholar. Eyal graduated from Tel-Aviv University with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, political science, and economics (PPE) and previously served in the Israeli Defense Force as a Cyber Intelligence Officer. Eyal is interested in the societal effects of online platforms and researches the global implications of platform regulations at FSI's Global Digital Policy Incubator. During the summer of 2021, Eyal worked as a public policy intern at the Oversight Board, where he participated in third-party examinations of Facebook's implementation of its content policy rules.