Executive Board
Alejandro J. Ramos
Alejandro J. Ramos is a second-year MPA Candidate at Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, where he serves as a Brooks Public Policy Fellow. Alejandro is deeply passionate about politics and public policy, with a particular focus on education policy. He actively holds five fellowships both within and beyond Cornell’s campus, covering topics from education policy to voting behaviors.
In addition to his role at The Cornell Policy Review, Alejandro is the Executive Director of the Ramos Research Institute, an organization he founded to advance research and dialogue in public policy. His recent publication, “A Path to Informed Democracy: Bridging Civic Engagement and Media Literacy,” has garnered significant attention in academic circles, with six recent academic conference presentations.
Ramos’s commitment to public service is demonstrated through his most recent work consulting with the Town of New Lebanon, NY, focusing on hazard mitigation and flood risk management. His work involves developing mitigation strategies to reduce vulnerabilities and influence local policy through detailed recommendations to the Town Board.
Alejandro’s academic and professional journey is marked by his dedication to making a meaningful impact on the world. He continues to contribute to academia through his leadership at the Cornell Policy Review and his ongoing research and advocacy efforts.
Managing Editor:
Johanna Van Fleet
Johanna Van Fleet is a second-year Master of Public Administration (MPA) student at the Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy, concentrating in Environmental Policy and an Environmental Finance and Impact Investing (EFII) Fellow. Johanna has her Bachelor of Arts in Applied Psychology and Human Development from Boston College, alongside minors in Environmental Studies and Managing for Social Impact. She is a Graduate Researcher at the Atkinson Center for Sustainability, where she works on various climate and nature finance projects. More recently, Johanna has worked with the Town of New Lebanon, NY to develop hazard mitigation strategies, and Ithaca’s Green New Deal to operationalize Justice50. After working as the Managing Associate in 2023-2024, Johanna looks forward to the year ahead on CPR’s Executive Board!
Content Editor:
Andrew Bongiovanni
Andrew Bongiovanni is a second-year MPA candidate and fellow concentrating in Economic and Financial Policy. He currently works for PBCIP, a local community development corporation (CDC) in Camden, NJ working on built-environment projects and residential, commercial, and mixed-use housing developments with built-in equity to decrease the racial wealth gap and increase homeownership and community empowerment. Previously, Andrew has been a researcher on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts End Veterans Homelessness (EVH) campaign for the Executive Office of Veterans Services and at Housing Rights Initiative investigating voucher discrimination in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. Andrew graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey with a BA in political science, where he worked as a research assistant studying the political-idealogical and regulatory underpinnings of the US carceral system. After Brooks, Andrew hopes to work in a policy analysis role––applying objective measurements to gauge the efficacy of social policy in the United States and joins CPR as an Associate Editor with a desire to aid in advancing novel and consequential policy discussions through the publication.
Public Relations Editor:
Arsh Naseer
Arsh Naseer is a Master of Public Administration fellow (‘25) at Cornell’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. She is concentrating in Public and Nonprofit Management, and aspires to have a career in Local Government, particularly within the realm of Policy Implementation. During her first year in the MPA program, Arsh worked as the Public Relations Associate at Cornell Policy Review, but has had previous public relations experience through her past internships and her undergraduate career at Stony Brook University. She is beyond excited to be part of the Cornell Policy Review Editorial Board and looks forward to all that is to come this year!