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289<article class="wp-block-re-faculty-card-accordion" data-accordion="panel" data-state="closed"><div class="card-main"><header class="card-header"><img decoding="async" class="card-thumbnail" src="https://www.dcinternships.org/wp-content/uploads/Shane-Mazzella.png" alt=""/></header><div class="faculty-info"><h3 class="faculty-name">Shane Mazzella</h3><p class="faculty-title">VICE PRESIDENT, Collegiate Programs &amp; Alumni Engagement</p><button class="accordion-toggle" data-accordion="toggle" id="shane-mazzella" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="shane-mazzella-content">Read Bio</button></div></div><div class="faculty-bio" data-accordion="content" id="shane-mazzella-content" aria-labelledby="shane-mazzella" role="region">
290<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Shane Mazzella has more than twenty-five years of program management experience in the nonprofit sector. As Vice President of Collegiate Programs &amp; Alumni Engagement for The Fund for American Studies, her responsibilities include overseeing all of the TFAS academic internship programs and alumni engagement activities. Prior to that, she directed the organization’s programs in philanthropy, including the Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service and programs for professional leaders in the philanthropic sector.</p>
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300<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley is the&nbsp;George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education&nbsp;and the academic director at The Fund for American Studies. Through this position, Dr. Bradley works to enhance the impact and reach of TFAS economic education programs through courses, seminars, videos and social media. She also delivers lectures around the country and manages curriculum development and evaluation for economics courses.</p>
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322<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the past 17 years, Joe Starrs has served as the division director of collegiate programs for TFAS D.C. Programs. During this time, he worked with hundreds of students to help facilitate a meaningful TFAS experience for them. Joe came to TFAS after several years of working in radio, television and public relations. He appreciates that his current position allows him to work with college students and many of the journalists from his previous career simultaneously. Joe formerly served as vice president of communications for Veritas Media Group, where he produced documentaries, radio programs and television commercials, as well as provided on-camera media training for government officials and business executives.</p>
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340<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Colin Parks is the senior director of the International Affairs and the Law Fellowship programs. Prior to joining TFAS, he served as the director of student recruitment and intern coordinator at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. Colin brings to TFAS a love of organization building, student mentorship and connecting with people.</p>
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358<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Stephen Ridley is the director of the Public Policy &amp; Economics program track. He has prior experience in nonprofit development and administration at Common Sense Society and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. He received a bachelor’s degree in international affairs from Wofford College in 2019 and is an alumnus of the 2017 TFAS Public Policy &amp; Economics program. Originally from South Carolina, Stephen lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and enjoys playing golf in his free time.</p>
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368<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Abby is the program manager for the spring TFAS Washington Fellowship and the Business &amp; Government Relations summer program track. Before joining TFAS, Abby spent several summers interning with Generation Joshua, which sparked her interest in working with students and helping them develop leadership skills and experience. She is also an alumna of The Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Young Leaders Program, where she interned with Heritage Action for America.</p>
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382<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Samuel Fuelleman is the program coordinator for the International Affairs program track. He is a graduate of Eastern Carolina University, where he double majored in security studies and political science with a minor in leadership studies.</p>
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412<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Melissa Grannetino is the division director of outreach, engagement &amp; operations</p>
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430<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Elisabeth Corcoran (née Merrifield) serves as the manager of recruitment partnerships &amp; admissions for TFAS D.C. Programs.</p>
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448<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Blake Mauro &#8217;22 is the program operations &amp; outreach coordinator at The Fund for American Studies.&nbsp;She is a two-time alumna of TFAS.&nbsp;She participated in the Journalism &amp; Communications program track of TFAS&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://tfas.org/programs/us-programs/">D.C. Summer Programs</a></strong>&nbsp;in 2022&nbsp;and was a member of TFAS&#8217;s inaugural Media Accelerator Fellowship in 2024.&nbsp;</p>
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462<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maggie Rymer manages alumni programs and engagement at The Fund for American Studies (TFAS). Originally from Dallas, Texas, she holds a master’s degree in statecraft and international affairs from The Institute of World Politics (IWP) in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s degree in history and international affairs from West Virginia University.</p>
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481<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Angie&nbsp;Jurado&nbsp;is the program engagement and outreach coordinator at The Fund for American Studies (TFAS).&nbsp;An&nbsp;alumna of TFAS’s D.C. Summer Programs, she&nbsp;participated in&nbsp;the Liberty &amp; Learning Fellowship and Public Policy &amp; Economics program&nbsp;in 2025. She interned at George Mason University’s Law &amp; Economics Center the&nbsp;same semester. Following her&nbsp;TFAS summer, she&nbsp;completed&nbsp;The Heritage Foundation’s Young Leaders Program as a Government Relations intern.&nbsp;She&nbsp;is a Florida native&nbsp;and holds her&nbsp;bachelor’s degree in political science&nbsp;from Florida Atlantic University’s Wilkes Honors College.</p>
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620<script id="gtm4wp-form-move-tracker-js-before">
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 623
623
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 624
624
625<script id="scripts-js" src="https://www.dcinternships.org/wp-content/themes/tfas-internships/assets/js/scripts.min.js?ver=774223185f12e6"></script>
625
626		
626<script type="text/javascript">
627			(function() {
628			var t   = document.createElement( 'script' );
629			t.type  = 'text/javascript';
630			t.async = true;
631			t.id    = 'gauges-tracker';
632			t.setAttribute( 'data-site-id', '68a5fe7c01484b7d763549c5' );
633			t.src = '//secure.gaug.es/track.js';
634			var s = document.getElementsByTagName( 'script' )[0];
635			s.parentNode.insertBefore( t, s );
636			})();
637		</script>
637
638		<div hidden data-wpu-integrity="88e3bc7514d2cf67ccd9d5034f42f549"></div>
639
640</body>
641</html>

Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.