John Leake Email & Phone Number

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

• Managed all logistics and travel coordination for the U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Band on their week-long tour across three cities in Kyrgyzstan • Drafted and released a programming cable on the AFCENT Band’s visit, which was included in the daily cable summary by the Office of the Under Secretary of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs • Served for three weeks as Acting American Corners Outreach Program Manager, acting as a liaison between the U.S. Embassy and 8 American Corners in Kyrgyzstan by finalizing grant packages for the upcoming fiscal year, coordinating two training conferences, and supervising one locally-employed staff member and one local intern • Advised and participated on three U.S. Embassy grants panels to fund projects on Kyrgyz book translations, Model UN Clubs, Citizen Journalism workshops and English-Language programs

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Spearheaded and implemented the creation of resource guide geared towards students of color participating in the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program • Assisted with the management and implementation of a 300+ person re-entry event for the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Program, which included remarks from the Secretary of State • Drafted event scenarios and formal remarks for Youth Programs Division and ECA leaders• Staffed events for inbound and outbound program participants participating in the following programs: Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX), Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study (YES), TechGirls, Jóvenes en Acción, and Youth Ambassadors

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

•Managed all retail duties such as processing transactions and customer consultation • Assisted in the implementation and hosting of author events

Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian Federation

• Taught conversational English and American Studies to 200+ undergraduate andgraduate philology students focusing on topics such as feminism, U.S. politics, andAmerican literature at Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University• Volunteered weekly at the Republic of Tatarstan National Library English Speaking Club• Facilitated university-wide public lectures on Islamic culture and the Russian diaspora in the United States

Greater New York City Area

• Paged archival materials for library researchers that focused on radical politics, labor history and the Left • Scanned & copied material requests

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked under the tutelage of Prof. Robert Crews in the Department of History in order to conduct an independent research project • Wrote a research paper titled, “Black and White: African-American Intellectuals’ Perceptions of the Soviet Union and Soviet Internationalism, 1925-1933”• Presented my research at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium (Hartford, CT) and at the Stanford Summer Research Fair

Greater Memphis Area

• Facilitated 60 minute tours of the River Walk Model (a five-block-long scale model of the Mississippi River) concerning the cultural, natural, and urban history of the Mississippi River • Answered questions regarding museum artifacts and collections • Assisted with park admissions and customer service needs

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

• Proofread and edited oral histories of Czechoslovak political prisoners under Stalinism for public dissemination • Organized an exchange trip between NYU and local Czech students to the former prison camps near Jáchymov in northwest Bohemia

Greater Memphis Area

• Designed and executed a large-scale event (1,600+ participants) focused on youth leadership and civic engagement • Identified and secured 34 community partners to facilitate workshops surrounding civic and social justice issues • Developed and implemented social media strategies targeted to adolescent youth, and increased performance metrics of organization’s social media pages

Master Of Arts - Ma, Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe And Central Asia

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Activities and Societies: College Democrats (Secretary, 2015-2016), Black Student Union, Russian Club (Director of Communications.