Center For Global Affairs's Non-Resident Visiting Fellows
The NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs' Non-Resident Fellows Program brings together exceptional practitioners with diverse expertise. Each fellow contributes valuable insights through research projects and collaborative activities, enriching the student body and the broader university community. Our Distinguished Fellows include senior scholars or eminent practitioners; Senior Fellows include scholars or established practitioners; and, Junior Fellows include PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, or early-career practitioners.
Current Non-Resident Visiting Fellows 2024-2025
Michael Bak
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
MICHAEL BAK is a policy and digital rights expert with 25 years of global experience spanning public policy, freedom of expression, digital citizenship, tech and democracy, international development, peacebuilding, and crisis governance. A proven bridge builder and leader, he has worked with startups, multinationals, and multilaterals, including USAID, the UN, and Facebook. Known for his authenticity and commitment to justice, he is an empowering manager and skilled diplomat who represents influential global organizations.
Jonathan R. Beloff
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
JONATHAN R. BELOFF, PhD is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the Kigali Genocide Memorial and a former Postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College London’s Department of War Studies, his research focuses on Strategic Theory and the politics and security of the African Great Lakes and East Africa. Since 2008, he has collaborated with Rwandan and international officials, honing unique methodologies to engage policymakers and elites, gaining deep insights into public policy formation in the region.
Andrea Bomine-Blanc
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
ANDREA BONIME-BLANC is founder and CEO of GEC Risk Advisory, advising businesses, NGOs, and governments on governance, risk, ESG, and cybersecurity. A former senior executive (Bertelsmann, Verint, PSEG), she serves on various boards, including the Cyber Future Foundation and NACD New Jersey. She is also an independent advisor to the Financial Oversight Board for Puerto Rico and the Platform for Social Impact. Andrea is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and recipient of numerous awards, including the 2023 Diligent Governance 100. A global keynote speaker and author of Gloom to Boom (2020), she holds a JD and PhD from Columbia University.
Bethany Brantley
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
BETHANY BRANTLEY is a sustainability executive and ESG investor with over a decade of experience in climate change mitigation, adaptation, and ESG integration. She is Head of ESG at IPI Partners, the world’s largest digital infrastructure private equity platform. Bethany has published research for the U.S. Department of Energy and was named a 2022 iMason’s IM100 award recipient. As a non-resident senior fellow at CGA, she will focus on ESG integration in private equity and digital infrastructure for sustainability. She holds a master’s in environmental management from Harvard and a bachelor’s in finance and marketing from Texas Christian University.
Jag Gil
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
JAG GIL is an entrepreneur and inventor focused on sustainability and global supply chains. She is CEO and Co-Founder of VERTRU, an early-stage venture using big data and AI to track human rights, social, environmental, and climate impacts in global trade. Backed by Europe's largest impact venture fund, VERTRU promotes transparency in supply chains. Jag has served as Technology Partner to the EU, designing digital programs on labor rights in Asian supply chains, funded by global institutions. She holds a US patent for ESG risk monitoring technology and has received funding from top venture firms and foundations.
Christiane Lemke
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
CHRISTIANE LEMKE is Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Relations at Leibniz University Hannover and former Director of its Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence. She has held fellowships at Harvard University and NYU, and was the first woman to lead the Lower Saxony state parliament. A media expert on transatlantic security and European affairs, her research focuses on transatlantic relations, climate change policy, gender in migration, and the war in Ukraine. As a non-resident senior fellow, she will mentor CGA graduate students, organize international panels, and co-author a paper on resistance strategies by women's and LGBTQ rights activists in EU countries under right-wing populism.
Current Non-Resident Visiting Fellows 2024-2025
Helidah Ogude-Chambert
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
HELIDAH OGUDE-CHAMBERT is a Migration and International Development scholar with 15+ years’ experience in conflict-affected settings. Her work focuses on migration, forced displacement, conflict prevention, social cohesion, and inclusion. Using critical theories and mixed methods, she examines how political elites exploit emotions and discourse to influence media and policy, shaping inequalities.
A Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre, she begins as Departmental Lecturer in Migration and Development at Oxford in Fall 2023. She has worked with the World Bank, South African government, and International Crisis Group. At CGA, she will publish a working paper and host events on 2023 Global Refugee Forum initiatives.
Hendrik W. Ohnesorge
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING DISTINGUISHED FELLOW
HENDRIK W. OHNESORGE is Managing Director of the Center for Global Studies and a Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Bonn. He holds degrees from the University of Münster and Bonn, where he earned his PhD summa cum laude. A former Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley and Associate at Harvard's Weatherhead Center, his research focuses on power dynamics, soft power, U.S. foreign policy, and leadership in global politics.
His recent books include Soft Power and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy (2023). As a non-resident CGA fellow, he will re-examine soft power's origins in realist thought and its role in U.S. policy today.
April Pham
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
APRIL PHAM is a feminist and women’s rights advocate, April is the Senior Gender Advisor and Chief of Gender Unit at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), with over 30 years’ experience in social justice, human rights, migrant and refugee rights, and gender-based violence in development and humanitarian settings.
She began as a youth worker in Australia, later advocating for legislative reforms to protect migrant and refugee women. Her activism shaped her state government work on policy, prevention, and reforms addressing violence against women.
Michael Tran
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
MICHAEL TRAN is is a Managing Director on the Global Energy Strategy Research team at RBC Capital Markets in New York, specializing in energy market fundamentals. He also leads RBC’s Digital Intelligence Strategy (DIS), leveraging data science to identify investment opportunities driven by societal changes and real-time events. With nearly 15 years in research, trading, and investment banking at UBS and BP, he is a trusted advisor to Canadian governments on energy policy.
Michael serves on the Advisory Board of Orbital Insight, the Board of the New York Energy Forum, and the USAEE Business Committee. A frequent media commentator, he graduated with distinction in Finance and Economics from the University of Alberta. As a CGA non-resident senior fellow, he focuses on big data, energy markets, and global energy security, empowering future energy leaders.
Andras Vamos-Goldman
CGA NON-RESIDENT VISITING SENIOR FELLOW
ANDRAS VAMOS-GOLDMAN is a retired Canadian diplomat, international lawyer, and social entrepreneur, has focused on international justice since 2000. As Canada’s UN legal adviser, he helped establish the Sierra Leone Special Court and the ICC. He later founded Justice Rapid Response, professionalizing international investigations, earning him an Ashoka Fellowship in 2014.
An adjunct professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs since 2018, he joined the Board of Diplomats Without Borders in 2019. As a CGA fellow, he advocates for accountability and diplomacy in conflict resolution.
Past Non-Resident Visiting Fellows 2019-2023
- Dr. Olajumoke Ayandele, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at New York University Center for the study of Africa and the African Diaspora
- Dr. María Isabel García, journalist and Post-Doctoral researcher at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
- Yovita Ivanova, Senior Manager at the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT
- Sarmad Khan, international affairs professional
- Rina Amiri, Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls and Human Rights
- Adam Seth Levine, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins
- Marlon Parker, Founder of RLabs
- Dr. Derek M Powell, Associate Professor in constitutional law and government at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa
- Edward Price, Political economist and former British trade official
