IDP Alumni

Graduates of the ID Program are currently working in a wide variety of organizations including:
Academy for Educational Development,
Catholic Relief Services,
Chemonics,
Counterpart International,
Creative Associates,
Development Alternatives Inc,
Eurasia Foundation,
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN,
Global Fund for Women,
Grameen Foundation,
Inter-American Development Bank,
International Food Policy Research Institute,
Mercy Corps,
Oxfam,
PACT,
Save the Children,
Timor Aid,
UN Development Program,
UN High Commissioner for Refugees,
US Agency for International Development,
US Department of Agriculture,
World Bank,
World Vision
and many other non-govermental organizations in The US, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

The International Development Program appreciates and counts on the good work of their alumni worldwide. The Program is richer for the recent strenghtening of the alumni association...

The AU International Development Program Alumni Board (IDAB) was founded in 2003 to strengthen the IDP community and promote ongoing links among alumni as well as between alumni, students, and professors. It aims to do this by expanding the alumni network, encouraging professional exchanges, building ties between alumni and current IDP students to promote alumni interaction and enhance graduate study in AU's International Development Program, and raising funds in support of the program and its students. Following in the IDP tradition, the Alumni Board aims to perpetuate in our community an ethical approach to development work that seeks to understand, defend, and promote the interests of disadvantaged people everywhere.

To better keep alumni connected, the board has established its own website. There you will find updated information on the Board, how to stay in touch, the Steve Arnold Small Grants Award, the student-alumni mentoring program, and the latest news and events.

This Spring's "Featured Alumni" is Greg Walker-Wilson, Class of 1997. Greg has been the executive director of Mountain Microenterprise Fund (MMF) in Asheville, NC since getting his MA in International Development at American University in 1997. More on his exciting carer in microfinance can be found on this spring's "Featured Alumni."

Throughout the year, this page will feature a variety of ID Program Alumni. If you would like to suggest a "Featured Alum" or be featured yourself, please contact pcarlson@partners.net