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	Pavle Milekić M.A. Candidate, Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies President Pavle is a 2009 M.A. Candidate at the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at Georgetown University, interested in the Balkans and Russian foreign & security policy. Prior to coming to Georgetown he graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with an honors double degree in International Relations and Russian. He spent the past summer working for a hedge fund in London; the summer before he interned with the investment bank UBS. Pavle is currently working as a research assistant at the Eurasian Strategy Project at GU. He is a native speaker of English and Serbo-Croatian, fluent in Russian, and conversational in Italian. He was born in Belgrade.
	Leonid Godunov M.A. Candidate, Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies Vice President Leonid is a first-year M.A. candidate at the CERES program of Georgetown University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from College of William and Mary with a dual degree in history and psychology. His main research interests include Russian domestic policies in Chechnya, Islam in the Caucuses and Xenophobia in Modern Russian Cinema. Leonid has worked in a number of organizations dealing with Russia and Eastern Europe, and is currently doing research as the Kennan Institute. He interpreted for the ISAF coalition forces in Central Asia and has experience in the US military. Leonid is a native speaker of Russian, but also knows French, Arabic and Ukrainian.
	Jay Terloar MSFS Candidate, School of Foreign Service Chief Financial Officer Jay is a 2010 Master of Science in Foreign Service candidate at Georgetown University. His studies focus on International Relations and Security, with a regional emphasis on Russia and the post-Soviet republics. Born in Gainesville, Florida, Jay majored in English literature at the University of Florida. Upon graduation he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine and has also worked as an teacher both domestically and abroad.
	Emily Stromquist M.A. Candidate, Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies External Liaison Emily is a second year M.A. candidate in CERES at Georgetown. She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania with a dual major in International Relations and Russian Language and Literature. Emily has worked in the renewable energy sector for a company in the UAE, as a senior research assistant for a project looking at democratic transitions in post-communist Europe and Eurasia, as a consultant in the Middle East, and she is currently with the U.S.-Russia Business Council in Washington, DC. Her academic and professional interests include Russian domestic and foreign policy and global energy issues.
	Nikunj Oli MSFS Candidate, School of Foreign Service Director of IT and Communications
	Anna Melyakova M.A. Candidate, Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies Director of Operations Anna is a 2010 MA candidate in Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. She received her BA from Georgetown University in Comparative Literature (Russian and German). Anna has worked as a research assistant at the National Security Archive, concentrating on Russian political elites during perestroika and the collapse of the Soviet Union. She was born in Almaty and is a native speaker of Russian.
	Zisa Sari MSFS Candidate, School of Foreign Service Director of Operations I am a 2009 Master of Science in Foreign Service candidate at Georgetown University. I received my B.A. from Hacettepe University, Economics Department. After two years as an Assistant Revenue Expert at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Turkey, I began to work as an Assistant Foreign Trade Expert at the Eurasia Department of The Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade of The Republic of Turkey. I was responsible for the Turkey’s trade relations between Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Georgia. During my career there I worked on a number of different teams, conducting research and organizing international meetings led by trade ministers. I am a native speaker of Turkish and also speak French.

2008 Professionals in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Affairs