{"614815":{"#nid":"614815","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nunn School Alumnus Selected for Prestigious White House Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELatham Saddler, an alumnus of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was selected as a White House Fellow for the White House Office of Economic Initiatives.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the 2018-19 White House Fellow, Latham\u0026nbsp;will spend a year working full-time and paid for\u0026nbsp;senior members in the White House Office of Economic Initiatives. He will also have the opportunity to participate in an education program, which will consist of roundtable discussions with leaders from the private and public sector, and trips to study U.S. policy, both domestically and internationally.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe White House Fellowship is one of America\u0026rsquo;s most prestigious programs for public service and leadership. This opportunity gives individuals first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. The mission of this fellowship is to encourage active citizenship and service to the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELatham received this prestigious fellowship in recognition of\u0026nbsp;his top-notch education and career. He joined the Sam Nunn School in 2007 after completing his Bachelor\u0026rsquo;s of Business Economics from the University of Georgia and working for IBM Corporation. Following graduation from the Nunn School\u0026nbsp;master\u0026rsquo;s program in 2010, he enlisted in the United States Navy and is currently a Special Warfare (SEAL) Officer in the Navy Reserve. He previously served active duty on both the East and West Coast Navy SEAL Teams and was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter serving active duty, Latham worked as a director for Intelligence Programs for the National Security Council. He currently serves as term member for the Council on Foreign Relations. Latham is fluent in both Persian-Farsi and Dari. During his studies at Georgia Tech, he was awarded the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iisp.gatech.edu\/cybercorps-scholarship-service\u0022\u003ECyberCorps Scholarship for Service\u003C\/a\u003E and the Boren Fellowship to study Persian. He then\u0026nbsp;completed\u0026nbsp; a\u0026nbsp;master\u0026rsquo;s degree in Persian Studies at\u0026nbsp;the University of Maryland - College Park.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to Latham for this accomplishment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Latham Saddler, an alumnus of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was selected as a White House Fellow for the White House Office of Economic Initiatives.\u00a0"}],"uid":"34435","created_gmt":"2018-11-30 15:41:43","changed_gmt":"2018-12-20 18:49:03","author":"jpalacios9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"614814":{"id":"614814","type":"image","title":"Latham Saddler","body":null,"created":"1543592479","gmt_created":"2018-11-30 15:41:19","changed":"1543592479","gmt_changed":"2018-11-30 15:41:19","alt":"","file":{"fid":"234085","name":"IMG_0727.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_0727.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_0727.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":310148,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_0727.jpg?itok=yzrfcTCE"}}},"media_ids":["614814"],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"597139","name":"International Affairs Alumni in Washington DC"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"817","name":"White House"},{"id":"368","name":"Fellowship"},{"id":"179847","name":"White House Fellowship"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jessica.palacios@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica Palacios\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarketing \u0026amp; Event Coordinator I\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}