Since 1965, White House Fellowships have offered a select group of outstanding people a year-long opportunity to participate in government at the highest levels. Nearly 600 alumni of the program have gone on to become leaders in all fields of endeavor, fulfilling the fellowship's mission to encourage active citizenship and service to the nation.

The current class of fellows includes:

Randi D. Burlew Cincinnati, Ohio Department of Veterans Affairs	Randi D. Burlew, 27, previously served as a Senior Research Associate at Philliber Research Associates. In that position she oversaw the New York City office and was responsible for evaluating programs that serve under-represented youth and families across the U.S. In addition, she served as one of the lead evaluators for a youth sexuality education program created by the Ministry of Education and Action Health Inc. in Lagos, Nigeria. She also... » More
Ronald J. Clark Westbury, New York Department of Labor	Ronald J. Clark, 32, is an active duty Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He most recently served for two years as the commanding officer of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, where he led the seizure of critical infrastructure in Northern Iraq, integrated with Kurdish forces, and established a Civil Military Operations Center during Operation Iraqi Freedom. » More
Wesley P. Hallman Glendora, California Department of Agriculture	Wesley P. Hallman, 37, is an active duty Lieutenant Colonel (Select) in the U.S. Air Force. Previously, he attended the U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University. » More
Jerry L. Johnson Atmore, Alabama Department of Defense	Jerry L. Johnson, 33, previously served as Vice President for Investment Banking at Wachovia Securities. While at Wachovia, he managed and evaluated high yield merchant banking transactions in the media, communications, and technology sectors. » More
Samrat S. Khichi Toms River, New Jersey Department of Housing and Urban Development	Samrat S. Khichi, 36, previously served as an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice group at the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery. He specialized in uncontested and hostile domestic and cross-border acquisitions and business combinations. » More
Patrick J. McClanahan Crofton, Maryland Securities and Exchange Commission	Patrick J. McClanahan, 36, is an active duty Commander (Select) in the U.S. Navy. He most recently served as the Aviation Program Analyst, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, where he directed and developed aviation readiness policy and programs, and managed an operating budget of $9 billion. » More
Patrick S. O'Hanlon Westfield, New Jersey Office of Management and Budget	Patrick S. O.Hanlon, 36, previously served as the Vice President of Finance with MBIA, a Fortune 500 company that provides financial services to public municipalities and private clients worldwide. He also serves as a Major in the U.S. Army Ready Reserves. » More
Louis F. O'Neill New York, New York Department of State	Louis F. O'Neill, 36, previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office. He investigated and prosecuted cases involving organized crime, immigration fraud, crimes by attorneys, arson, embezzlement, insurance fraud, forgery, and identity theft, among others. » More
Daniel J. Orcutt Indianapolis, Indiana National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Daniel J. Orcutt, 34, is an active duty Major in the U.S. Air Force. He recently graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where his thesis on U.S. policy options for North Korea's nuclear weapons won the Naval Institute Award for most outstanding thesis. » More
Ahmed M. Saeed Rockville, Maryland Department of the Treasury	Ahmed M. Saeed, 34, previously served as Managing Director of NextCom Venture Partners, a venture capital fund where he was responsible for overseeing all investment activities, as well as for managing the firm's operations. » More
Amy M. Wilkinson Portland, Oregon Unites States Trade Representative	Amy M. Wilkinson, 31, previously served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co., advising CEOs and senior executives on international strategy and its implementation. » More
Lauren J. Zucker Hamden, Connecticut Department of Homeland Security	Lauren J. Zucker, 26, previously worked with the Maritime Intelligence Group, providing real-time analysis of the maritime terrorist threat to ports around the country. » More

Randi D. Burlew,, 27, previously served as a Senior Research Associate at Philliber Research Associates. In that position she oversaw the New York City office and was responsible for evaluating programs that serve under-represented youth and families across the U.S. In addition, she served as one of the lead evaluators for a youth sexuality education program created by the Ministry of Education and Action Health Inc. in Lagos, Nigeria. She also served as an evaluator at Formative Evaluation Research Associates in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where her projects included work with the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Madonna University, the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum, and the Mott Foundation. Burlew spent four years volunteering with the Black Students. Psychological Association at Maxey.s Boys Detention Center, creating and implementing monthly workshops for the residents. She also spent four years volunteering on a recruiting committee aimed at increasing the number of African Americans in the field of psychology. Burlew graduated magna cum laude from Spelman College with a B.A. in Psychology. She received a Rackham Merit Fellowship to pursue graduate studies at the University of Michigan, where she received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
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Ronald J. Clark, 32, is an active duty Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He most recently served for two years as the commanding officer of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, where he led the seizure of critical infrastructure in Northern Iraq, integrated with Kurdish forces, and established a Civil Military Operations Center during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Following operations in the Middle East, his company supported peacekeeping efforts in Liberia. Previously he served as the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Detachment Commander with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable, leading security operations in the former Yugoslavia. Clark also served as an Assistant Professor of Naval Science at the University of Virginia where he was the recipient of the Leo A. Codd Award for Instructor of the Year. He received a Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal for combat operations in the global war on terrorism. Additionally, he is the recipient of a second Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, two Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and the Combat Action Ribbon. He volunteered in the Ground Zero search and rescue effort after the September 11, 2001 attacks and is the founder of the University of Virginia, NROTC, Community Service Action Program. Clark received a B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Rochester, a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, a M.Ed. in Policy and Evaluation, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia.
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Wesley P. Hallman, 37, is an active duty Lieutenant Colonel (Select) in the U.S. Air Force. Previously, he attended the U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University. A fighter pilot flying the F-15C, he served as a four-ship flight lead and assistant weapons and tactics officer in the 94th Fighter Squadron, deploying four times in support of Operations Northern and Southern Watch. He was recognized as the Flight Lead of the Year and Company Grade Officer of the Year. Hallman then served as an instructor pilot and flight commander with the 1st Fighter Squadron in the Air Force's F-15C school, receiving the 325th Fighter Wing Shine Award for best fighter aviator and twice earning Squadron Flight Commander of the Year. Before attending Air University, he served as Joint Exercise Advisor to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense and Aviation, where he earned the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. Hallman is a volunteer youth swimming coach and previously helped run an after school program to involve at-risk middle school students in aviation. He holds a B.S. from the U.S. Air Force Academy, an M.A. in International Relations from the Ohio State University, and an M.A. in Airpower Arts and Science from Air University
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Jerry L. Johnson, 33, previously served as Vice President for Investment Banking at Wachovia Securities. While at Wachovia, he managed and evaluated high yield merchant banking transactions in the media, communications, and technology sectors. Prior to his position at Wachovia Securities, he was a Vice President at Fleet Development Ventures, a $100 million private equity fund that invests in emerging media, communications, and technology companies. Also, Johnson has been an investment banker with Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette and Bear Stearns, as well as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. While in business school, Johnson led a year-long project with Harvard Business School students to devise a strategy for the Bank of Boston to invest over $50 million in burgeoning domestic minority markets. Recently, he was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission.s Access to Capital Task Force, which focuses on providing equity capital to women and minority entrepreneurs. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors at Easter Seals of Massachusetts and at the Edward Brooke Charter School. During his university years, he served as the president of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, and was finance chair of the National Society of Black Engineers. Johnson received a B.S. in chemical engineering, summa cum laude, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
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Samrat S. Khichi, 36, previously served as an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice group at the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery. He specialized in uncontested and hostile domestic and cross-border acquisitions and business combinations. He also serves as a Lieutenant Commander, Office of Naval Intelligence in the U.S. Navy Reserves. Prior to McDermott, Khichi was an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice group at Shearman & Sterling. Before practicing law, Khichi served as a Strategic Intelligence Group Supervisor at the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). In less than three years, he was named Deputy Director of HIDTA and was responsible for implementing several HIDTA initiatives including the Regional Intelligence Center. Prior to HIDTA, Khichi was an active duty U.S. Army officer assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, where he served as a Firing Battery Executive Officer, Company Fire Support Officer, and Battalion Adjutant. He was awarded the Army Achievement Medal (six oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal, and Humanitarian Service Medal and was a Commandant's List Graduate from U.S. Army Artillery School. He volunteers for Scenarios USA, a nonprofit that gives a voice to high school students through the medium of film, and was a mentor for high school students through the Student Sponsor Partnership. Khichi received a B.S. from Georgetown University, where he was a Distinguished Military Graduate, and a J.D., cum laude, Dean's List and Order of the Coif, from Fordham University Law School.
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Patrick J. McClanahan, 36, is an active duty Commander (Select) in the U.S. Navy. He most recently served as the Aviation Program Analyst, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, where he directed and developed aviation readiness policy and programs, and managed an operating budget of $9 billion. He formerly served with distinction on two frigates, one off the coast of Central America conducting counter-narcotics operations, and one in the Western Pacific enforcing the no-fly zone over Iraq. Also at sea, he logistically prepared 13 Navy warships including the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis to carry out extended overseas operations. He served as the Supply Officer at the Presidential Retreat, Camp David, and as the Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Navy's Senior Supply Corps Admiral. McClanahan has been awarded two Meritorious Service Medals, four Navy Commendation Medals, and two Navy Achievement Medals. He founded the Wharton Tax Assistance Program (WTAP) in 2001 to provide pro bono tax and financial assistance to low income families in West Philadelphia, and received three awards for tax assistance programs, including the Military Outstanding Volunteer Medal and The Spirit of Ben Franklin Award from the University of Pennsylvania. He volunteers as a coach in the Gunston Hall Youth Soccer Association and as a Volunteer Official to the Board of Navy Federal Credit Union. McClanahan received a B.A. in accounting from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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Patrick S. O'Hanlon, 36, previously served as the Vice President of Finance with MBIA, a Fortune 500 company that provides financial services to public municipalities and private clients worldwide. He also serves as a Major in the U.S. Army Ready Reserves. He also worked as an Associate in the Capital Markets Group at Goldman Sachs, where he advised some of the world's largest companies and received the John C. Whitehead Award for excellence in investment banking. While serving in the U.S. Army as a cavalry officer, O.Hanlon led a tank platoon into combat during the Persian Gulf War in Iraq and later received the Draper Armor Leadership Award, the highest award given to an armor unit in the 3rd Infantry Division. O'Hanlon serves on the Advisory Boards of several non-profit organizations, including ALS Therapeutic Development Foundation, Streetwise Partners, and Building Blocks International. He also actively serves as a mentor to at-risk teenagers and adults in New York City. O'Hanlon earned a B.S. in International Relations and General Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was appointed Cadet Battalion Commander, one of the top leadership positions at the Academy. He also received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
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Louis F. O'Neill, 36, previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office. He investigated and prosecuted cases involving organized crime, immigration fraud, crimes by attorneys, arson, embezzlement, insurance fraud, forgery, and identity theft, among others. Prior to joining the District Attorney's office, O'Neill practiced corporate and international law at White & Case and served as General Counsel to the Falconwood Corporation, a merchant bank and investment company. While in private practice, O'Neill was awarded the Legal Aid Society's 2000 Pro Bono Award for his volunteer work in providing legal services to the indigent. Following law school, O'Neill helped to reform Russia's legal system after the fall of Communism by working with the Russian Duma (Parliament) and Securities Commission to draft new commercial and procedural laws as part of Harvard's Legal Reform Project. He ultimately supervised over one hundred lawyers, consultants, and advisors while working on this project. O'Neill received an A.B. in Slavic Languages and Literatures, with distinction, from Stanford University, where he became co-captain of the nationally-ranked cycling team. After college, he was awarded a Fulbright Presidential Scholarship to Moscow State University, received an A.M. at Stanford's Center for Russian and East European Studies, and worked as a journalist and designer at The Moscow Times newspaper. O'Neill also received a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. At both Stanford and Harvard, he was awarded Foreign Language Area Studies scholarships.
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Daniel J. Orcutt, 34, is an active duty Major in the U.S. Air Force. He recently graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where his thesis on U.S. policy options for North Korea's nuclear weapons won the Naval Institute Award for most outstanding thesis. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, Orcutt cross-commissioned into the Air Force and graduated first in his pilot training class. He has served as an instructor pilot in both KC-10 airlift/tanker aircraft and F-15E fighter/attack aircraft. Orcutt has flown missions all over the world, ranging from humanitarian relief in Africa to combat operations in Iraq. Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, he flew homeland defense missions, providing security over critical U.S. infrastructure. Orcutt also served in the Air Operations Center at Osan Air Base, Korea. He has tutored and coached elementary age children in Maryland, North Carolina, California, and Korea. In 2000, Orcutt earned Air Combat Command's Daedalian Exceptional Pilot of the Year and Ninth Air Force's Flight Commander of the Year awards. Orcutt received a B.S., with distinction, from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he spent one semester as an exchange student at the Air Force Academy. He earned an M.A.S., with distinction, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an M.A., with distinction, in Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School where he was selected as the top Air Force graduate.
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Ahmed M. Saeed, 34, previously served as Managing Director of NextCom Venture Partners, a venture capital fund where he was responsible for overseeing all investment activities, as well as for managing the firm's operations. He was previously President of Livedoor, a company that became one of Japan's largest internet service providers, with over two million registered users. Saeed was also Managing Director of The X-Stream Network, a United Kingdom-based company which he helped become the third largest consumer internet service provider in the U.K. before its acquisition by French internet service provider LibertySurf. Saeed has participated at the Board of Director level at six startup companies with over $300 million in total financing. Saeed was an evening news anchor and U.S. political correspondent for the first worldwide Muslim satellite television network, and has translated several historic Islamic religious texts for publication into English. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves as co-chair of Council Roundtables on Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy, as well as on South Asia. He has also provided extensive pro bono legal and business advice to Pakistani-American widows. Saeed received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from McGill University, and a J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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Amy M. Wilkinson, 31, previously served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co., advising CEOs and senior executives on international strategy and its implementation. Prior to McKinsey, she worked as an Associate in JP Morgan.s Latin America Mergers and Acquisitions group, where she led the execution of transactions ranging from $550M to $1.3B in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. At JP Morgan she also co-led the bank's Summer Analyst Program. Wilkinson began her career in Mexico City as the youngest person ever designated Chief of Protocol for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. Working directly with the U.S. Ambassador, she assisted with NAFTA delegations, helped monitor the Mexican presidential election, and organized diplomatic events. She is the founder of Alegre, a Mexican art-export company that provides indigenous artisans access to the U.S. market, and is the co-founder of the Stanford Alumni Association in Mexico. Wilkinson is a volunteer public school tutor and an advisor to SheVentures, an organization supporting women entrepreneurs. She is also an active supporter of SOLV, an Oregon environmental cleanup and community building organization. Wilkinson was awarded a Rotary International Scholarship and has studied at Oxford University and the University of Salamanca, Spain. She earned a B.A. in English and Political Science, an M.A. in Organizational Development from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Lauren J. Zucker, 26, previously worked with the Maritime Intelligence Group, providing real-time analysis of the maritime terrorist threat to ports around the country. With her background in terrorism, she served at Los Alamos National Laboratory immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks, ranking key homeland security vulnerabilities. Zucker has published papers addressing statistical methods useful for homeland defense, and has been an invited speaker on the subject to conferences around the world. As president of St. Anthony Hall, she headed a nonprofit organization that hosts lectures and provides the local community with access to national dignitaries, successful professionals, and well-known academics. She has led hiking and leadership expeditions for teenagers, and hosted an English public speaking club in Japan, giving village middle-school students an opportunity to practice their language skills. In Washington, D.C., she works with the Wilkins Family Foundation, which funds entrepreneurial programs for teenagers. She was awarded the Tristan Perlroth Prize for distinguished work in Foreign Policy, a fellowship from Yale's International Security Studies, and a grant from the St. Anthony Hall Educational Fund. She received a B.A. in Literature, with distinction, from Yale University, and an M.A. in International Security, with honors, from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
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