MICHAEL C. ZOLA
(Rider University, Political Science '87, Model United Nations 1985, 86, 87)
- Master of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988;
- Advanced Certificate in International Political Economy
Associate Legislative Advisor, April 1997-Present, Office of Congressional Relations, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Program Evaluator, February 1989-March 1997, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., Honolulu, New York City: In response to Congressional requests, evaluated the effectiveness, efficiency, and performance of U.S. government-funded programs world-wide. Evaluations performed included:
- Export controls over dual-use nuclear items in Hong Kong, India and Pakistan
- Harvard Institute for International Development's privatization efforts in Russia
- Management of Consular activities in Japan, Korea and Australia
- Management practices of U.S. embassies in India and Japan
- Military modernization programs of China and its Asian neighbors
- U.S. cash payment assistance programs in the Philippines
- U.S. participation in U.N. Peacekeeping in the Middle East, Africa and Central America
- U.S.-funded democracy and humanitarian assistance programs in Cambodia
- World Bank and private investments flows in India
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