GSPIA sez © ‘Ste Map | Fit Main ens Lyric Clark Master of Public and International Affairs, 2001 "GAO's Youth Movement" In Washington, D.C..youth rules. Presidential hopeful Barak Obama garners media buzz, newly graduated interns jockey for positons on Capitol Hill, and the Goverment Accountabilty Office's staffis'a young bunch, a5 well Over 60 percentofthe workers have been on sia five years or less. Lic Clank, a Senior Foreign Aftairs Analyst, has worked at GAO since graduating rom GSPIA's International Afairs program in 2001, and she's in good company-the agency likes to hire GSPIA rads, to. Latin American nations are Clark's area of special interest, She has 2 certifcate n Latin American Studies, ‘an¢, early in her GAO career, worked on the disaster Tecovery programs administered to Honduras and Nicaragua in the wake of Hurricane Mitch in 1998 ‘Through her Bosch Fellowship, from June 2004 to June 2005. she was able to study U.S-Latin American relations forthree months at he Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn, Germany. ‘An unforgettable leaming experience, he Bosch Fellowship also afforded Clark the opportunity to attend a World Trade Organeetion conference in Geneva alongside English-speaking joumalists from developing counties like Nigeria and the Philippines. She participated in discussions on Urgent global topics such as intellectual properyy nights and VITO actutes. GAO was an attractive choice to Clatk, asthe agenoy is Nexible with ts employees, encouraging sabbatcals for learning enrichment. "When | lef GSPIA,| definitely wanted a career that would alow eto travel around the world” said Clark, referring both to her fellowship and to her cecent journey ta Burma, atthe request ofthe House Internatonzl Relations Committee, to study UN actvties and humanitarian issues there, ‘The environment at GAO, simliarto Me amalgamation cf talents In a gracuate program, is an especially anticing aspect of Clarks job. "David Waker the US. Compircller Ganeral] has done a Foto bring young minds to the agency.” she said, praising fer co-workers. “They have new, fresh ideas to addto the govemment”™ Last updated on September 2, 2007 @ hiversity of Pictsburgh Grasuate Sool of Fue anc rteratonal Aras 3601 Posver Hal Patsuran,Pennsylvanie 15260 Phone, {12518-7649 Email opis@ptteds