Christina Grammenos '08 Selected as 2006 Goldman Sachs Global Leader
 New York, NY-- Barnard sophomore Christina Grammenos has been named a 2006 Goldman Sachs Global Leader and is one of 16 finalists who will compete for eight places at the prestigious Global Leadership Institute sponsored by Goldman Sachs this summer in New York City. Hundreds of students applied from 26 top colleges and universities.
Barnard student Eman Bataineh was a Goldman Sachs finalist last year. [Click here to read more.]
The selection is made based on academic excellence and leadership potential, and the program seeks to identify and cultivate tomorrow's educators, policy makers, business leaders, entrepreneurs and scientists. To become a Global Leader, each student must be nominated by his or her school. The winners are rewarded $3,000 dollars each.
Grammenos will join the other 15 Global Leaders for the recognition events weekend April 6-9 in New York City, and she will present the various leadership projects she's worked on. An English major minoring in economics, Grammanos has been actively politically for years. Most recently, she worked as a legislative intern for Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, conducting research for the policy analyst and composing legislative reports for the senator herself. She previously interned for the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, communicating with local legislators on environmental issues, and for BiasHELP of Long Island, helping to mobilize community resources to prevent youth violence. She had won numerous awards and honors, including the Metropolitan Life Foundation/Richard R. Shinn Undergraduate Fellowship in Public Service and the Sylvia Kopald Selekman Prize in Economics.
After the weekend's presentations, Grammenos will wait to hear whether she will be selected as one of eight Americans attending the Global Leadership Institute. In all, 50 Global Leader finalists from around the world will attend the Institute this summer.
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