Humanitarian Action

Tara Bailey ’20, joined AmeriCorps NCCC for one year following graduation, working with a team on projects in Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma to strengthen undeserved communities. She currently works for FEMA as an Emergency Management Specialist where she was deployed to New Orleans for Hurricane Ida relief, providing free temporary housing to disaster survivors. Tara is now based in Washington, D.C. to rebuild FEMA’s Leadership Development curriculum, reconstruct the agency’s employee qualification systems, and create a mentorship program.

Timothy Salit ’19, majored in finance and minored in humanitarian action. Following graduation, Tim joined Deutsche Bank’s corporate and investment banking graduate training program in NYC. He is now an associate working with global teams to provide multinational corporations with foreign exchange, liquidity, and payment solutions. Leveraging his humanitarian action classes, he helps treasurers navigate different political social environments while also creating and executing environmental, social, and corporate governance strategies.

A Newman Civic fellow, Nicole majored in international studies and minored in humanitarian action and health studies. She worked at the non-profit Wildlife Conservation Society for two years in fundraising, where she supported staff in Global Resources and the Center for Global Conservation. She received the Newman Civic Fellowship in 2016, when she advocated for Lakota youth on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota.

Nicole is currently an AmeriCorps VISTA, working at the Arizona Food Bank Network as the Native American Programs Coordinator. She has assisted in COVID-19 relief efforts in Navajo Nation and works with Tribal communities to create community led cross-sector coalitions to assess the root causes of child food insecurity and create corresponding solutions. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in biology through the Global Field Program at Miami University.

Adrienne Sgarlato ’17, worked at the U.S. Department of State Following graduation. Adrienne then continued her studies at American University School of International Service to complete her Master’s in International Affairs: Global Governance, Politics, and Security. She now works at the U.S. Department of State Office to monitor and combat trafficking in persons, managing more than $10 million in foreign assistance for anti-trafficking projects in West Africa.

A JUHAN fellow at Fairfield, Emma Cannon ’14 double majored in international studies and Spanish with a focus on Latin America. Emma was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala for two years, where she worked in support of the Healthy Schools Project, a national initiative that aims to improve basic health and hygiene in primary school students in rural Guatemala. She received the JUHAN Humanitarian Citizenship Award in 2014. She currently works at University Research Co., LLC (URC) & Center for Human Services (CHS) Support Zika Response activities in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador and Jamaica. She is currently pursuing a degree in nursing.

Klevisa is an international development consultant and currently working for Youth Assembly at the United Nations, a program of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation. She has engaged in international organizations and work in France, Indonesia, India and China. She worked in UN Women in Kosovo and the Permanent Mission of Albania to the UN. Her specializations include democratization, gender and sustainable development. Klevisa has dual Master's degrees from Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris in International Affairs and Development. She graduated from Fairfield University, majoring in International Studies, Politics and French.

Julianne Whittaker '12 worked in the Humanitarian field in Jordan after completing an English Teaching Assistantship Fullbright in that country in 2013 and is the founder and co-director of the Amal Foundation which provides university scholarships for Syrian refugees in Jordan. She completed her Master's in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University in 2017. After graduating, she was a Catholic Relief Services (CRS) International Development Fellow in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza and currently works for CRS as Livelihoods Program Manager in Iraq.

‌‌Julianne also received a Fulbright teaching scholarship to Jordan. Watch the video!