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Tulane University Political Science Department presents
Distinguished Young Alumni Roundtable Discussion: “Where Do I Go from Here?”

Featuring:
Ian Bremmer ‘89 President and Founder, Eurasia Group
In 1998, with $25,000 in hand, Bremmer founded the research and consulting firm Eurasia Group. Today, Eurasia Group is the preeminent global political risk consultancy, with 80 full-time employees in New York, London, and Washington; as well as 480 experts in 65 countries worldwide. Widely respected for its objectivity, Eurasia Group has worked with government leaders (as well as opposition leaders) throughout the world. AIG, Bear Stearns, Boeing, Citigroup, ExxonMobil, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Google, Merrill Lynch, Motorola, News Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Shell are among Eurasia Group’s more than 200 multinational clients.

Mara Karlin, ‘01 Mid East Advisor, Pentagon
Mara Karlin is a 2001 graduate of Tulane University. Mara went to Washington D.C. after graduation from Tulane, to work at the policy arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. In 2005, she received her Master’s degree from the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. At about the same time, she began work in the Department of Defense, where she currently serves as Special istant to the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.

Christine Martin ‘95 Foreign Affairs Officer, State Department
Christine Martin graduated from Tulane University in 1995 with a B.A. in Political Science, concentration in International Relations, Magna Laude, and a B.S. in Chemistry, Laude. From 1995 to 2000, she worked as a Foreign Affairs Specialist in the Department Energy’s (DOE) Office of National Security and Nonproliferation. In 2000, Christine joined the Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Christine has served as the Executive Secretary of the Subgroup on Nuclear Export Controls and as Chair of the Nuclear Interdiction Action Group, in which she supported the NSC-chaired Interdiction Policy Coordination Committee. She has led and supported delegations negotiating and implementing nuclear energy cooperation agreements and nonproliferation agreements, including attending meetings of the Nuclear Suppliers Group and International Atomic Energy Agency on issues ranging from the 1998 nuclear explosive tests in South Asia to negotiation of international guidelines for physical protection of nuclear material and security of radioactive sources. Christine has also worked to promote bilateral and multilateral cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, with countries such as Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, and South Korea.

Michael G. Sherman is a 2001 graduate of Tulane University. A Mayoral Fellow in the Marc Morial administration, he attended Georgetown University School of Law, from which he earned his J.D. in 2004. While attending law school, he was elected by the citizens of the District of Columbia as Commissioner, representing an area that encompassed the residential neighborhood surrounding Capitol Hill. Upon graduation, he joined the firm of Sullivan & Worcester, in Washington, D.C., where he worked on energy utility regulation and other matters. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina, Mr. Sherman returned to New Orleans, and represented the New Orleans City Council in their successful effort to secure emergency funding on Capitol Hill. Mr. Sherman left the security of large firm legal work in D.C. to become Vice President of Coastal States Development, a Florida-based real estate company. Now working for himself, Mr. Sherman recently opened a law practice, Sapir and Sherman, with Eddie Sapir, a former City Council President and judge, and continues to develop real estate for commercial and residential uses in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Duration : 1:32:44

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