Soulange Gramegna

Soulange is a second-year MPA/ID student at Harvard Kennedy School.

She holds a degree in Economics from Universidad de Piura (Lima, Peru) and has seven years of experience working in consulting and development in Peru and across Latin America. She is part of the Growth Lab team working with the Government of Namibia and her internship has focused on informing the country’s diversification strategy.

Alejandro Rueda-Sanz

Alejandro Rueda-Sanz is a second-year MPA/ID student at Harvard Kennedy School from Colombia and Canada.

Before joining HKS, Alejandro led Bancóldex’s (Colombia’s Public Development Bank for Businesses) first impact measurement strategy. Also, he worked in institutions such as the Colombian Central  Bank and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Alejandro joined the Growth Lab as a Summer Fellow in June 2021 to collaborate in starting a project on the growth strategy, complexity and sustainability of three departments of the Colombian Amazon: Caquetá, Guaviare and Putumayo.

Sebastian Peña

Sebastian Peña Laris is a second-year MPA/ID student at Harvard Kennedy School. He received a B.A. in Economics and Law from Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey. Sebastian has worked in the World Bank as consultant in the Digital Development Global Practice and as Deputy Director in the Mexican Tax Administration Service. He is currently working in the Growth Lab Jordan project helping on the Public Wage Bill study; intended to understand the composition and evolution of spending and recommend better practices for it to be sustainable. 

Christian Ruckteschler

Christian is a second-year MPA student at Harvard Kennedy School, where he is a McCloy scholar. He holds an MPhil in Economics and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Before coming to Harvard, Christian was a Senior Associate at the Boston Consulting Group, where he advised public and private sector clients across Europe and Africa. He previously worked on financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa at the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), based in Senegal. His interest are focused on the future of development cooperation and the potential for private sector development to tackle youth unemployment.