Lesley Stone, Executive Director, previously served as Deputy Director of the organization and of the SEA Political Education Fund. Stone brings vast political and project management experience to her role at SEA, and is an expert on public health policy. Stone also serves as a professorial lecturer at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, teaching Global Health and Politics. Prior to joining SEA, Stone was awarded a Zuckerman Fellowship by Harvard University to study public administration at the Kennedy School of Government. Her work at the Center for Law and the Public’s Health at Georgetown University Law Center and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health focused on public health law and policy, including research, writing, teaching, and managing a research team. Stone practiced international trade law at Steptoe & Johnson, LLP and clerked for a federal judge after graduating from Harvard Law School with honors.
Elizabeth West, Research Assistant, graduated from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa with a degrees in political science and Japanese. Before joining SEA, Elizabeth worked as a News Assistant for The Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, covering the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.
Bernard Yu, Research Assistant, is a graduate of Beloit College with degrees in philosophy and political science. Before joining SEA, Bernie interned in Congressman David Wu’s office on Capitol Hill, and Congressman Tammy Baldwin’s district office in Beloit, Wisconsin.
