Marshall Memorial Fellowship

The Marshall Memorial Fellowship (MMF) is GMF’s flagship leadership development program.
Clarissa Villondo / Karlin Villondo Photography

The Marshall Memorial Fellowship (MMF) is GMF’s flagship leadership development program. Created in 1982 to introduce a new generation of European leaders to the United States, it now prepares leaders from both sides of the Atlantic for transatlantic cooperation. The program relies on 6 months of distance learning and 21 days of first-hand experience to facilitate knowledge and network development for effective transatlantic engagement. The MMF alumni network numbers more than 2,500 leaders. Their transatlantic engagement continues throughout their careers with GMF alumni projects, seminars, and major events.

This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the German Federal government through the KfW Development Bank, the Kresge Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Phokion Potamianos, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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Impact Stories

"The Fellowship was an incredible experience. GMF selected some incredibly accomplished and talented individuals with whom it was an absolute joy and pleasure to travel, get to know, and become friends."
Christopher Hundley
Marshall Memorial Fellow 2022
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Through MMF I’ve learned a lot from Americans about how they put their values into action. I now wonder to what extent we can extend those values in Poland and across Europe.
Błażej Moder
Marshall Memorial Fellow 2016
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Some of us have the privilege of being in positions where we are able to change the world we live in. That privilege comes with a responsibility to ensure that the way we develop ideas and policies includes the people and that we speak with and to the people in ways that reach them.
Marie Hindhede
Marshall Memorial Fellow 2019
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A global leader in today’s world must respect the complexity of societies and humanity without losing sight of the common thread: the global desire to educate, work and advance our families.

We must lead individual nations while holding on to the fundamental belief that what happens to the other happens to you.
Olivia Mendoza
Marshall Memorial Fellow 2016
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Our Alumni 

Explore the MMF cohorts of the past ten years below. 

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This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the German Federal government through the KfW Development Bank, the Kresge Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Phokion Potamianos, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

If you have any questions, please direct them to [email protected]

 

Program Experts

Hanna Kovhan

Senior Program Coordinator, Leadership Programs
Berlin Office