Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Oriana Mastro
Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science
BioOriana Skylar Mastro is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University where her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy. She is also Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and continues to serve in the United States Air Force Reserve for which she works as a strategic planner at INDOPACOM J56. For her contributions to U.S. strategy in Asia, she won the Individual Reservist of the Year Award in 2016. She has published widely, including in Foreign Affairs, International Security, International Studies Review, Journal of Strategic Studies, The Washington Quarterly, The National Interest, Survival, and Asian Security, and is the author of The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime, (Cornell University Press, 2019). She holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Her publications and other commentary can be found on twitter @osmastro and www.orianaskylarmastro.com.
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Denise Masumoto
Manager of Corporate Relations, FSI - S-APARC
BioDenise Masumoto is the Manager of Corporate Relations for the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC). She oversees all the coordination and logistics of the Global Affiliates Program working closely with the Center Deputy Director to develop programming activities. Prior to joining APARC in 2005, she worked in the hospitality industry in both San Francisco and Maui, specifically in catering and convention services. She graduated from the University of California, Davis with a BS in managerial economics.
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Michael McFaul
Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Woods Institute for the Environment
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAmerican foreign policy, great power relations, comparative autocracies, and the relationship between democracy and development.
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Rudo Linda Munyengeterwa
Affiliate, FSI
BioLinda Munyengeterwa is IFC’s Global Director of Transaction Advisory - PPPs and Corporate Finance. Her role involves working with teams around the world to design public-private partnerships (PPPs) and collaborate with private sector clients on corporate finance solutions. These activities mobilise private sector capital in developing countries, aiming to deliver tangible impact. The Transaction Advisory team has experience advising governments on designing and bringing to market commercially viable PPPs across various sectors to provide infrastructure and social services to communities. The Transaction Advisory team is on track to deliver nearly $6 billion in private capital mobilisation, contributing 20-25% to IFC’s Core Mobilisation. In FY24, the team delivered $4.9 billion in private capital mobilisation.
Linda became the Global Director in 2022 after serving as the Regional Industry Director (RID) for Africa and Middle East Infrastructure for nearly four years. As RID, she focused on growing IFC’s investment operations and advisory services in energy, transportation, telecommunications, media and technology, mining, and municipal and environmental infrastructure across these regions. During her tenure in Africa, the business grew to over $2bn annually, providing infrastructure access and services to millions.
Before joining IFC, Linda worked as an investment banker in the mergers and acquisition teams of JPMorgan and Fleming Martin.
