Summer 2026 Director's Interns

Meet our Summer 2026 cohort of our Director's Internship Program! Learn more below about each student, their internship placement, plus their academic interests and future plans.

The Director's Internship is a signature program of the IOP. Since 1995, the IOP has partnered with high-profile organizations and elected officials around the world to provide substantive, career-oriented summer internships for undergraduate students interested in politics, government, and public service.

Dev Ahuja

The Office of Senator Charles E. Schumer

Stephen Behun IV

New Voters

Taylor Beljon-Regen

The Common Good Forum

Margot Cerbone

Allegheny County District Attorney

Eunice Chae

Law Offices of the Public Defender - San Bernardino County (Hometown)

Aerin Chen

Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote

Leah Choi

Impactual

Kristen Chun

Korea-US Alliance Foundation

Riley Combs

Villarreal Legal Group

Khaya Dryden-Peterson

Office of Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander

Lincoln Duckson

UNICEF - Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) Learning and Engagement

Sylvia Eckman

Luminary Strategies

Caleb Graupera

UNICEF - Planning, Monitoring and Data Intern

Sona Hawkins

Rise, Inc.

Kelli Higgins

The State of Michigan Executive Office of the Governor

Sophie Houck

Eric Ager for NC House 114 (Hometown)

Maya Jen

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office (Hometown)

Alexandra Kluzak

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts (Hometown)

Lucille Komar

Vital Oceans at C Minds

Caroline Kramer

Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (Hometown)

Zeynep Kurtulus

Municipality of Adapazari (Hometown)

Clyve Lawrence

Crimson Goes Blue

Jessica Liu

The Tobin Project

Jacky Loc

United States Conference of Mayors

Cristina Mercado

Sanctuary for Families

Wyatt Meyer

New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice

Sophie Nguyen

Office of U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen

Uy Pham

Government Accountability Project

Anniyah Rizvi

March for Our Lives

Sophia Robertson

Center for American Progress

Madison Rosen

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Samantha Ruazol

Democratic Women's Caucus

Tigran Sahakyan

Trilogy Interactive

Yehia Said

UNICEF - Information Management Intern

Cyrus Sarfaty

Search for Common Ground

Luke Schofield

Cottonwood Environmental Law Center

Carlos Sevilla

Prolepsis Institute

Suhani Sharma

Chandigarh National Service Scheme Cell (Hometown)

Anusha Shayegan

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - Policy Intern

Oliver Song

City of Boston, Mayor's Office

Morgan Thomas

Office of State Senator Liz Miranda

Isaiah Trumbull

Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought

Jack Tueting

Environmental Defense Fund, Federal Affairs, U.S. Region

Juan Wulff

The Cook Political Report

Ariana Vieira

Director's Intern - DRCLAS Summer Internship Program - Brazil

Kaylee Yang

Office of the New York State Attorney General

Kevin Zhong

Office of the MA Attorney General