Alejandra Leal Vallejo
MPP 2012, Current position: National Coordinator of the Safe Mobility Coalition
“Annually, 15,000 people die in road crashes in Mexico, most of whom are pedestrians, who pose the least risk to other road users. Working for safe mobility is working for social justice.”
Alumni Achievement Award Winner 2023
Alexander Busold
MPP 2016, Current position: Senior Program Manager, Alfred Landecker Foundation and Founder of Her.Tietz Initiative
„The Hertie School community promotes honest discussions and an open society - which inspired Her.Tietz to openly address the "Aryanization" of the Hermann Tietz Department Stores (later renamed to Hertie"
Alumni Achievement Award Winner 2021
Laura Franken
MPP 2016, Current position: Policy Officer Sustainable Finance at Federal Minister for Finance
„The Hertie School community promotes honest discussions and an open society - which inspired Her.Tietz to openly address the "Aryanization" of the Hermann Tietz Department Stores (later renamed to Hertie"
Alumni Achievement Award Winner 2021
Damian Boeselager
MPP 2018 (Dual Degree with Columbia University), Current position: Members of the European Parliament (Green/European Free Alliance parliamentary group), Co-founder of Volt Europa
„My time at Hertie will always be remembered as a time of transition, of big and bright ideas, one that reminds me of taking risks and perseverance through doubt."
Alumni Achievement Award Winner 2020
Besa Shahini
MPP 2009, Position: Minister for Education, Sport and Youth of Albania (until 2021)
„My Hertie School education helped me a lot to tackle some of the challenges that have now in my current job.”
Alumni Achievement Award Winner 2019
Mónica Wills Silva
MPP 2014, Current position: Senior Advisor at The Behavioural Insights Team
„I got introduced to the [behavioural insights] topic in one of my courses at the Hertie School, and it was love at first sight. I just fell in love with the whole concept."
Alumni Achievement Award Winner 2018
Camilo Sánchez Meertens
MPP 2014, Current position: Reintegration and peacebuilding Project Manager at UNDP
"At Hertie, I learned how to turn knowledge into actionable policies and consider the interaction of politics, law and economics as well as the simultaneous role of civil society, governments and the private sector."
Alumni Achievement Award Winner 2017
Anne-Marie Kortas
MPP 2014, Current position: Policy advisor for the integration commissioner of Berlin
„To find viable solutions, one needs to include diverse perspectives because problems are complex and every viewpoint has value and purpose“
Alumni Achievement Award Winner 2016
Joseph Ayamga
MPP 2011, Position: Country Director of SEND SIERRA LEONE