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2024-2025 Fellows

Hannah Knight

Program Fellow

Hannah is a second-year law student at ASU's College of Law. She attended ASU for her Bachelor's Degree, where she studied Political Science, with a keen interest in Global Affairs. She is a Student Research Fellow with ASU's International Rule of Law Society and has worked in international political advocacy and research.

Hannah is interested in the rule of law, human rights, and humanitarian law and hopes to explore either capacity-building accountability mechanisms or international legal affairs from a governmental side. Her interest in foreign relations stems from her love of history and law and a deep-rooted belief in peace and community.

Tarun Masapeta

Public Affairs Fellow

Tarun Masapeta is a global business concentrate student at Thunderbird set to graduate in May 2025. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India in May 2023. While in college, Tarun founded Project EIFL. EIFL works to educate high-school and early-year college students from low-income backgrounds across rural and urban India on basic financial literacy skills. Over the past 3 years, he has expanded the project across 5 countries in 3 continents.

With a keen interest in business development and partnership building, Tarun comes with a strong foundational experience in hospitality. He worked for Marriott in India and Aman in the US. Tarun’s post-graduation plan is to work on cross-sector leadership and focus on partnership development.

Kathleen Tate Mulligan

Membership Fellow

Kathleen Tate Mulligan is a strategic leader with a deep commitment to fostering international collaboration and understanding. Raised in the Dallas, Texas area, Tate’s passion for global affairs began during a Rotary Youth Exchange in Argentina. She holds a degree in International Relations and History from Rhodes College, where she was a Bonner Scholar and co-founded the local chapter of the Food Recovery Network. Her experiences living in Belize and Spain further enriched her global perspective.

Currently, Tate is pursuing her graduate studies at Thunderbird School of Global Management, where she co-founded the Foreign Policy Initiative. She also owns a strategy and communication consulting firm, with a focus on working with public-private foundations aiming to create sustainable change within their communities. Her expertise centers on innovative approaches to urban development and community-building, with an emphasis on impactful, long-term solutions.

Tate’s leadership extends to board roles with organizations like Serenity High School and Día de Los Muertos in North Texas. Her dedication to cross-cultural dialogue and policy makes her an active contributor to the PCFR community, where she aims to deepen her work in global leadership, diplomacy, and smart city initiatives. In her personal life, she enjoys hiking, biking, reading, and bringing people together for good food and dance.



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Past Fellows

Gabriel Flores, 2023-2024

Luis Gonzalez, 2023-2024

Brenden Kazensky, 2023-2024

Lilian Taruvinga, 2022-2023

Steven Marshall, 2022-2023

Samuel Childerson, 2021-2023

Erica Ingram, 2021-2022

Diana Salas Diaz, 2021-2022

Trevor Cook, 2020-2022

Connor McAndrew, 2020-2022

Sam Richardson, 2020-2022

Spencer Morgan, 2019-2021

Briana Nowak, 2019-2021

Matthew Totlis, 2019-2021

STUDENT FELLOWS DONOR

Thank you to our Student Fellowship Program donor, Jerry Hirsch, whose annual donation funds the student fellows activities.

Jerry is Chairman of The Lodestar Foundation. Lodestar’s strategies are to encourage philanthropy and to encourage nonprofits to collaborate and employ other business practices. Jerry has also been instrumental in the development of several international philanthropic networks and was recognized by Barron’s magazine in 2010 as one of the world’s 25 most impactful philanthropists. He is also involved in leadership of organizations promoting peace or stability in the world; he is on the advisory board of the Global Leadership Foundation and is on the International Board of the U.S./Middle East Project, established by the Council on Foreign Relations. Jerry holds a BA, and a JD (magna cum laude) from the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.


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