Past Fulbrighters/Case Studies

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Natalie Black
All-disciplines Postgraduate Awards, 2009-10

Fulbright Project: Masters in Public Policy, Harvard University

Natalie was born in Winchester and went to school in Southampton before studying International Relations at the LSE. While at university, she was researcher to David Chidgey MP and then Baroness Shirley Williams, and interned at Chatham House. She was also captain of the ladies hockey team, and chaired the Students' Union General Meeting before being elected Treasurer of the Union. Natalie then volunteered in Rwanda for a genocide survivors’ charity before joining PA Consulting Group as a management consultant, contributing to strategic policing and counter-terrorism initiatives as well as education reform in Northern Ireland. She is currently chair of a charity that supports vulnerable young people in Rwanda and is a governor of her local junior school. As a Fulbright Scholar and a recipient of a Presidential Public Service Fellowship, Natalie will pursue a Masters in Public Policy at Harvard University, focusing on conflict prevention and security.