Rosie is in her final year of a joint J.D. and Masters in International Policy at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute, respectively. Through her two degrees, she has sought to focus on short and long-term responses to the issues of immigration, human rights, and climate justice. As a law student, she has served on leadership for the Stanford Human Rights Law Association, Stanford Advocates for Immigrants Rights, Stanford Environmental Law Journal, and the Disability and Mental Health Network at Stanford. She has also served clients through the Workers Rights Pro Bono Project and the Environmental Law Clinic. Prior to grad school, she worked for several years as a Development Manager at Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP), where she has helped raise millions of dollars to support Latino-led and Latino-serving nonprofits throughout the United States and across Latin America. Before arriving at HIP, Rosie served as a Program Assistant in the Refugee and Immigrant Program at The Advocates for Human Rights through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, where she ran the intake process to connect asylum seekers to pro bono attorneys. She has a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Creative Writing from Stanford University. When not working, Rosie enjoys hiking, going to shows and making music with her husband Eric and newborn son James.

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.

Mikk Raud, from Pärnu, Estonia, is a second year Master's of International Policy candidate at Stanford, specializing in cyber security and policy. Prior to Stanford, Mikk spent nearly eight years studying and working in the Greater China region. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Government and Law from the University of Hong Kong and a Master's degree in Economics from the Yenching Academy of Peking University. Mikk then gained professional experience as a cyber security consultant in Hong Kong, advising multinational companies with cyber maturity assessments, threat assessments, crisis management, and regulatory compliance. While at Stanford, Mikk has completed an internship in the technology and information security department at PayPal and is currently working as a research assistant at the Cyber Policy Center. In his free time, Mikk is a keen tennis player, hiker and an aspiring surfer. In addition to his native Estonian, Mikk is conversant in Mandarin Chinese and Russian, and is part of the Estonian Defense Forces reserves.

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.

Omar Pimentel specializes in the intersection of commercial space and national security, with a focus on strategy, innovation, and market growth. He currently serves as the Policy and Strategy Lead for the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Space Portfolio, where he drives initiatives to align the Department of Defense (DoD) with the rapidly evolving commercial space sector.

At DIU, Omar leverages the Commercial Space Integration Strategy and DIU 3.0’s mandate, directly reporting to the Secretary of Defense, to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology. He works with leading startups, investors, and established aerospace firms to shape business models, partnerships, and acquisition pathways that allow the DoD to benefit from private-sector investment while helping companies scale dual-use capabilities.

He collaborates closely with regulatory agencies such as the FAA, FCC, and NOAA on enabling speed to market. By anticipating how regulators can adapt ahead of emerging technologies, Omar helps reduce barriers for companies, creating the conditions for experimentation, commercialization, and deployment at scale.

Omar’s work is grounded in bridging the public and private sectors, reducing friction for companies while unlocking new opportunities for the DoD. His efforts reinvigorate government access to leading-edge space technologies without the full burden of development cost, creating win–win outcomes for industry and national security.

Prior to DIU, Omar served at NASA Headquarters’ Office of Technology Policy and Strategy (OTPS) and in the U.S. House of Representatives.

He earned a Master’s in International Policy from Stanford University, where he conducted research at the Hoover Institution on multi-domain nuclear deterrence and the geopolitics of space and semiconductors. He is also an inaugural Defense Innovation Scholar at the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation.

Omar holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Florida State University. In his free time, he enjoys golfing, Florida State football, cooking Dominican food, and exploring everything related to space and history.

Tanvi joins the MIP program after working as a consultant for four years where she advised pharmaceutical clients on their Marketing and Supply Chain strategies. She also led the global women’s initiative at her firm, working towards equity and representation in the workplace. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from New York University, where her undergraduate research focused on development. Through the MIP program, Tanvi hopes to examine the role of policy interventions in the alleviation of the gender gap in healthcare and to design incentives to advance women’s development through public-private partnerships. By specializing in Governance and Development, she hopes to leverage the skills she honed as a consultant to understand and address real-world challenges faced by women. In her spare time, Tanvi enjoys reading, exploring new cuisines, listening to podcasts and traveling.

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.

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.