Fernando Cutz (‘12) – Cutz serves as a member of the National Security Staff in the White House. As special assistant to the deputy national security advisor, he provides research and advice regarding a wide range of issues and has been tapped for a lead role in an upcoming Brazilian state visit to the White House.
During his final year at the Clinton School, Cutz was selected from a large pool of applicants for a Presidential Management Fellowship, a program in the U.S Office of Personnel Management that helps develop future government leaders. He spent a year with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Office of the Executive Secretariat. He says his Clinton School experience has been key to his success since graduating.
“As a Clinton School student, I was exposed to some of the brightest minds and greatest leaders in the world today through the speaker’s series. Through my field projects, I learned the on-the-ground importance of the policy work that I would go on to do. The academics pragmatically challenged me to excel in the field of public service. All-in-all, the uniqueness and totality of the Clinton School experience prepared and propelled me to follow my dreams into where I am today,” Cutz says.
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