Who We Are
Founded in 2005, the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law is a three-week training program for global democratic leaders holding senior roles in their respective fields. Fellows live on the Stanford campus and take classes from leading Stanford faculty, visit Silicon Valley technology firms and connect to a peer network of democratic leaders.
The Draper Hills Summer Fellows Class of 2019
Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is proud to announce our 2019 Draper Hills Summer Fellows who were selected from among hundreds of applicants for their ground-breaking work to defend democracy.
Stories of hope and resilience
Draper Hills 2019 fellows speak on issues closest to their hearts in the Ted-style talks. Watch them share their stories, share the emotion, be inspired, join the movement.
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The Fellowship Experience
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Draper Hills By the Numbers
2005
Year Founded
350
Alumni
82
Countries Represented
7
Global Workshops Convened
Watch our Fellows' TED-Style Talks
Ibrahima Amadou Niang (Senegal '18)
Orginally from Senegal, Ibrahima Amadou Niang is the head of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa’s Guinea country office and a creative activist, researcher and published author.
ElsaMarie D’Silva (India, '17)
ElsaMarie D’Silva is an Indian gender activist. She is the founder and CEO of Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) and the president of Red Dot Foundation Global
Svitlana Zalischuk (Ukraine, '11)
Svitlana Zalischuk talks about these issues in her country from her perspective as a member of the parliament with CDDRL Mosbacher Director Francis Fukuyama.