Roots Match · the priority cohort
High-stature NSSR / Graduate Faculty graduates abroad whom the school has no current relationship with — foreigners first. Value = legacy + a named conduit (spouse, family, foundation, estate) + a diaspora match to the home country. Not a personal checkbook. (The existing big donors aren't gone — they live on the Patrons tab; this cohort is just held separately.)
23 forgotten-foreign prospects, one table. Green rows = lead target for that region. Scoring: stature/legacy · reachable conduit · diaspora-match · confirmed Graduate-Faculty degree · no existing NSSR tie. (All other prospects — including current donors — remain available on the other tabs; nothing is deleted.)
| Region | Name | Country | NSSR degree | Status | Stature / role | Conduit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Hage Geingob | Namibia | MA Intl Relations, Graduate Faculty 1974 | dec. 2024 | President of Namibia 2015-24; 1st PM | Widow Monica Geingos - ex-PE MD; One Economy Foundation (education); Sirleaf Center |
| Africa | Uzodinma Nwala | Nigeria | MA 1975 + PhD 1977, Social Philosophy | living ~84 | 'Father of contemporary African philosophy'; Prof Emeritus UNN | Self + Alaigbo Development Foundation |
| Africa | Mburumba Kerina | Namibia | Graduate Fellow (degree type to confirm) | dec. 2021 | SWAPO co-founder; coined the name 'Namibia' | Institutional (SWAPO/Govt archives); weak family |
| Africa | Lebogang Mateane | South Africa | PhD Economics 2015 | living | Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town | Self (UCT) |
| MENA / Gulf / Asia | Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar | UAE | MA Political Economics | living | Sitting UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | Direct - UAE MFA / UN Mission |
| MENA / Gulf / Asia | Yossi Sarid | Israel | MA Pol Sci & Sociology 1969 | dec. 2015 | Israeli Education Minister; Leader of Opposition | Son Yishay Sarid (novelist) + estate |
| MENA / Gulf / Asia | Nader El-Bizri | Lebanon | PhD Philosophy 1999 | living | Assoc Dean, American University of Beirut; Warburg fellow | Direct (AUB) - conduit to Beirut/Gulf donors |
| MENA / Gulf / Asia | Uri Davis | Israel / Palestine | MA + PhD Anthropology 1973/76 | living | Elected to Fatah Revolutionary Council; civil-rights leader | Direct; politically sensitive |
| Latin America | Gina Parody | Colombia | PhD Economics 2025 | living | Former Minister of National Education of Colombia | Direct |
| Latin America | Maria Marvan Laborde | Mexico | MA + PhD Sociology | living | First woman to head Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute | Direct / UNAM / Transparencia Mexicana |
| Latin America | Laura Carvalho | Brazil | PhD Economics 2012 | living | Prof USP; Global Director of Equity, Open Society Foundations | Direct / OSF |
| Latin America | Nelson Barbosa | Brazil | PhD Economics 2001 | living | Former Finance & Planning Minister of Brazil; Dir. BNDES | Direct (FGV / BNDES) |
| Latin America | Claudia Heiss | Chile | PhD Politics 2012 | living | Leading voice on Chile's constitutional process; Univ de Chile | Direct |
| Latin America | Mariangela Parra-Lancourt | Venezuela / Colombia | PhD Economics 2019 | living | Senior Economist & Branch Chief, UN DESA | Direct / UN |
| Latin America | Luiza Nassif Pires | Brazil | PhD Economics | living | Brazil G20-T20 task-force co-chair; Unicamp / Made-USP | Direct |
| Latin America | Juan Matias De Lucchi | Argentina | PhD Economics 2022 | living | Senior Researcher, Central Bank of Argentina | Direct / BCRA |
| Latin America | Laura Balbuena Gonzalez | Peru | MA + PhD Political Science (Janey fellow) | living | Executive Director, Fulbright Commission Peru | Direct / Fulbright Peru |
| Europe | Pablo Bustinduy | Spain | PhD Philosophy 2021 | living | Sitting Spanish cabinet minister (Social Rights) | Family in Spanish politics (mother ex-Health Minister) |
| Europe | Dimitri B. Papadimitriou | Greece | PhD Economics, Graduate Faculty 1986 | living | Former Minister of Economy & Development of Greece | Self + Greek political-economic networks |
| Europe | Alice-Mary Higgins | Ireland | MA Sociology 2002 | living | Independent Senator of Ireland | Father Michael D. Higgins, former President of Ireland |
| Europe | Jose Casanova | Spain | MA + PhD Sociology 1982 | living | Eminent sociologist of religion (Georgetown) | Georgetown / Spanish Catholic civil society |
| Europe | Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven | Norway | PhD Economics 2018 | living | Senior Lecturer, King's College London | Self / Norway networks |
| Europe | Natascha van der Zwan | Netherlands | PhD Politics 2011 | living | Assoc Prof, Leiden; Dutch pension/finance policy | Self / Leiden |