Building a Career in International Affairs: An Alumni Conversation (Friday, October 31st 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT)
When: Friday, October 31st 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Location: Davis Library , 105A, 110 Storrs Ave, Middlebury, Vermont 05753, United States Join Zach for an informal conversation about his work at the intersection of international relations, politics, and finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Zach will discuss where graduate school might fit into the journey, skills that can be key to success, and what it’s like to work in DC these days, as well as how you can make the most of your time at Middlebury. He is also very happy to talk current events from a practitioner’s perspective. All students, all majors welcome. Bring your questions. A light lunch will be served. *** Zach Mollengarden ‘12 serves as Deputy Executive Secretary for International Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Prior to joining Treasury, Mr. Mollengarden worked in the Washington, D.C. and Singapore offices of Three Crowns LLP, a specialist international arbitration firm. Following law school, he served as a clerk for Judge Kevin Newsom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Mollengarden holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an articles editor on the Yale Law Journal, and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. At Middlebury he studied Political Science and Religion.