Alumni
Since 2010, Emory MDP has graduated over 200 alumni, 96% of whom are employed in relevant fields. See here for a distribution of MDP graduates across sectors. This network is an invaluable resource to current students, providing mentorship, internship opportunities, networking contacts, and job leads.
As a practice-oriented program, Emory MDP intentionally emphasizes
MDP students and graduates benefit from a free DEVEX Career Account that provides job search resources. There are also many free portals to job ads in the global development and humanitarian sector, see this meta-list curated by the Peace & Collaborative Development Network.
The exellence of Emory MDP alumni is recognized in the inclusion of several of them (Amelia Conrad, Sam Friedlander, Esther Joe, Sidra Khalid, Taylor Spicer and Joanna Galaris) among the Forty Under 40 Emory alumni celebrated for their service and success as "architects of change" across fields.
Below are some examples of entry-level positions which recent Emory MDP graduates have moved into:
- Evaluation Specialist, CDC Foundation
- Public Health Analyst, Health Resources and Services Administration
- Research Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Program Associate, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
- Senior Researcher, Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
- Technical Advisor, Trachoma Control, The Carter Center, South Sudan
- Knowledge, Learning and Communications Advisor, Save the Children USA
- Value Chain Sustainability Manager, Dell Technologies
- Data Visualization Analyst, DevTech Systems
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Katie PonsKnowledge, Learning, and Communications Advisor,Save the Children
Katie is based in Washington, D.C. and works for Save the Children as a Knowledge, Learning, and Communications Advisor. In her role, she supports several USAID/BHA-funded to promote food and nutrition security, particularly in evaluating impacts of humanitarian efforts. Katie is also engaged in a project aimed to removing barriers to gender and youth integration in development programming. More broadly, she leads the development of dissemination and socialization plans, produces technical deliverables, and facilitates peer-to-peer learning with practitioners around the world. "The MDP program helped me gain not only technical skills, but also equipped me with a critical lens to examine and challenge traditional development paradigms. In addition, the practice-oriented approach of the program offered me invaluable experiences to apply what I was learning in real-world settings." |
Where We Work
Listed below are agencies and programs that employ Emory MDP graduates.