Harvard Kennedy School Student Policy Review Team

Jacob Winn is an MPP2 at HKS, focused on foreign policy and national security issues. Before coming to HKS, he was an Associate Research Fellow at the NDIA Emerging Technologies Institute, where he worked with government, industry, and academic stakeholders to conduct research on defense technology policy issues ranging from microelectronics modernization to replicating the successes of Operation Warp Speed across the government.

Gaurav Kalwani is a second-year MPP student at the Harvard Kennedy School. Broadly, he is interested in public health, international security, and the areas of intersection between the two fields. Immediately prior to HKS, Gaurav worked as a policy and communications specialist for a health policy advocacy organization known as Physicians for a National Health Program. Before that, he worked as a research assistant at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Gaurav graduated from the University of Chicago in 2019, and is originally from Rochester, Michigan.

Ben Brist, a second-year Master in Public Policy student, is a U.S Army veteran interested in foreign policy, national security, and their intersection with American politics.  Most recently, he worked as a Company Commander in the 4th Infantry Division in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born and raised in Madison Wisconsin and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a degree in History and Russian Language.

Liam Chai is a second-year MPP student at HKS focusing on health policy. His interests are in healthcare regulation, competition, and broadly the interaction between private- and public-sector players. Before HKS, Liam worked in management consulting and has since worked with state health programs, legislatures, and global health organizations. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and grew up spending time across Taiwan, California, and London.

Artemis Huang is a first-year MPP student at the Harvard Kennedy School with interests in global education policy, AI in education, human development, and democratic communication. Prior to HKS, she served as a policy consultant to Taiwan’s Ministry of Education and supported legislators in the national parliament, and spoke at the European Forum Alpbach on education reform and the role of media in advocacy. She also worked on edtech R&D and consulting in the United States and China, including public–private initiatives serving more than 100,000 learners. Trained as a data journalist, she has reported for The Boston Globe, GBH News, Cape Cod Times, The Patriot Ledger, The Daily Free Press, and BU News Service, and founded Taiwan’s largest youth-based global news organization. She holds an MSc in Journalism from Boston University (2023) and an L.L.B. from Peking University (2021) and is originally from Tainan, Taiwan.

Kathy Huang is a second-year MPP student at the Harvard Kennedy School studying Great Power Competition between China and the United States. Before HKS, she worked as a research associate at the New York-based think tank Council on Foreign Relations, where she researched and published on U.S.-China relations and Chinese domestic politics. She graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in Government and East Asian studies.

Anna Rusignuolo is a second-year Master in Public Policy student at Harvard Kennedy School and Managing Editor for HKS Policy Review. Their research focuses on how local and state governments strengthen accountability and coordination across housing, behavioral health, and justice systems. At HKS, Anna works on projects examining oversight and governance within California’s sheriff departments and state housing agencies. Their prior work in Los Angeles centered on housing access and reentry advocacy for unhoused and formerly incarcerated populations. Originally from Italy, Anna holds a B.A. in History and Public Policy from the University of Redlands.