The 2022 Horizon Fellowship cohort: Where are they now?
Horizon fellows serve 12-month terms at federal agencies, congressional offices, or think tanks. They can be renewed for a second 12-month term, either within their initial host organization or at a different institution. In the 2022 cohort, all fellows who requested a second term received one, and most are continuing their work at their initial host organization. Two fellows decided to explore a new host organization during their second term, and two were hired into full-time jobs.
Horizon junior fellows serve for 6-month terms at think tanks, with the possibility of renewing for a second 6-month term. All four of the 2022 junior fellows renewed for a second term, which they have now completed. All also received full-time job offers after the fellowship and will continue to work in policy and public service: two have transitioned to government work (at the Department of Homeland Security and the Government Accountability Office), and two have been hired by their host think tanks as full-time staff.
Horizon’s goal is to help fellows break into a new career and to set them up for transitions to permanent positions in policy and public service, so we’re thrilled with the track record of our first fellowship cohort.
2022 think tank fellows
- Aurelia Attal-Juncqua — continuing to serve as a bio fellow at the Center for Health Security
- Di Cooke — continuing to serve as an AI fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Joseph Keller — continuing to serve as an AI fellow at the Brookings Institution
- Matt O’Shaughnessy — transitioning from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to serving as an AI fellow at the State Department’s human rights bureau
- Jassi Pannu — continuing to serve as a bio fellow at the Center for Health Security
- Siddarth Srinivasan — received a position as post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University’s EconCS group under Professor Yiling Chen after completing his initial term as AI fellow at the Brookings Institution
2022 congressional fellows
- Max Katz — continuing to serve as an AI fellow in the office of Senator Martin Heinrich
- Julia Pan — received a position as full-time staffer at the Senate Commerce Committee after completing her initial term as AI fellow on the committee
2022 executive branch fellows
- Lisa Einstein — continuing to serve as an AI fellow at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Jess Rogers — continuing to serve as a bio fellow at the Department of Defense’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office
- Katarina Watney — continuing to serve as a bio fellow at the Department of Health and Human Services’s Administration for Preparedness and Response, transitioning from the Coordination Operations and Response Element (H-CORE) to the Office of Preparedness
2022 junior think tank fellows
- Krystal Jackson — received a position as IT Cybersecurity Specialist at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency after completing her AI fellowship at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology
- Shayna Korol — received a position as Program Associate at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) after completing her bio fellowship at NTI
- Hadrien Pouget — received a position as Associate Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace after completing his AI fellowship at Carnegie
- Michael Yang — received a position at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) through GAO’s Professional Development Program after completing his AI fellowship at the Center for Democracy and Technology
