Benjamin Lachmann
Degrees: German, global studies (’09)
Current status: Presidential Management Fellow for the U.S. government
Benjamin Lachmann graduated from Missouri State in 2009 with degrees in German and global studies. From there, he pursued a graduate degree in foreign service at Georgetown University. He has worked for the U.S. Treasury Department as an investment analyst, and he is currently on a four-month rotation to the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg. There, he is serving as a foreign policy liaison with the European Union.
“Back when I was at Missouri State, this is the kind of thing I’d envisioned myself doing for a career: taking part in major policy decisions and shaping foreign policy on the ground level. I am at the front lines where critical decisions are being made — right in the middle of the migration crisis happening in Europe right now.”