Ben Gottesfeld joined GPA in September 2025. He graduated from American University in Washington, DC in May 2025 with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Spanish. As an undergrad, he completed internships as a Government Relations Intern with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a Communications Intern in the Office of Senator John Hickenlooper, and a Public Relations Intern at the Center for Near East Policy Research.