Intern Alumni
Neil Olsson
Neil Olsson served as a Climate Policy and Engagement Intern with DEPLOY/US in 2026. He is an international affairs and economics combined major at Northeastern University with strong interests in conflict resolution, climate, and political communications. Neil attributes his love for politics and problem-solving to his childhood in the DC area, in Silver Spring, Maryland. You can find Neil kicking and punching at karate, hiking at Great Falls, or sitting at his desk drinking coffee and watching his favorite morning podcast. Neil loves new experiences and spent his first semester of college in Berlin, Germany, where he learned about the various histories, cultures, and politics of Europe. Neil currently lives in Boston and loves meeting new people, writing about world events, and laughing.
Sam Trotz
Sam Trotz served as a Climate Policy and Engagement Intern with DEPLOY/US in 2025/2026. He is a Political Science student at Northeastern University with a particular academic interest in political communications. Sam has strong experience in collaborative leadership positions, serving as President of his United Synagogue Youth region and Outreach Co-chair of the Northeastern Fencing team. Sam loves to travel and was fortunate enough to spend his freshman year studying abroad in London. Some of his other interests include camping, cooking, and playing bass guitar. If Sam weren’t working at DEPLOY/US, he would be in the north Georgia mountains wrangling kids at his childhood summer camp Ramah Darom.
James Burrell
James Burrell served as a Development Intern with DEPLOY/US in 2021/2022. He studied Government and International Politics with a concentration in Public Policy and Administration at George Mason University. James credits his time at DEPLOY/US with kickstarting his interest in collective impact and social entrepreneurship, an interest that carried him into work in social corporate responsibility at Pyxera Global and continues today in the nonprofit space, where he’s a Program Administrator at the American Institute of Physics. You can find James researching, traveling, or producing his own music in his downtime. He’s always had a pull toward both the sciences and the arts, and loves finding the overlap between the two.