David Ignatius is a former Author/Columnist, The Washington Post at GMF.
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Marc Grossman is a former Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group at GMF.
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Alberto Tagliapietra is Senior Program Coordinator at the GMF South and Wider Europe program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in Brussels. His research interests focus on EU policies, migration, and the intersection between technology and migration.
Alberto joined GMF in 2019. He holds a BA in international relations and an MSc in European and international studies from the University of Trento.
Paul Costello is a Berlin-based senior program manager for GMF Cities. He leads the team’s City Directors of International Affairs (CDIA) Network and contributes to GMF Cities’ democracy, disinformation, migration, and Ukraine projects.
Costello has a background in public policy and prior work experience in sustainability and public diplomacy programs. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and a bachelor’s degree in political science from McGill University in Montreal.
Steven Bosacker is a former Managing Director, GMF Cities at GMF.
Bryce Barros is a former China Affairs Analyst, Alliance for Securing Democracy at GMF.
Adrienne Goldstein is a Senior Program Coordinator with GMF Technology, focusing on disinformation and social media platforms. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in History from Middlebury College, where she was a member of the Media Portrayals of Minorities Project lab.
Annika Vollmer is a Brussels-based program officer for GMF’s Leadership Programs. She oversees the EU-US Young Leaders Seminar, and designs and implements other programs, including the Marshall Memorial Fellowships, the Transatlantic Inclusion Leaders Network, and the Schuman Challenge. All the programs foster skills development, critical thinking, and cross-cultural understanding among next-generation leaders.
Fluent in German and English, Vollmer holds a master’s in international relations with a specialization in security studies from Leiden University and a bachelor’s degree in European studies from Maastricht University.