Caroline Casagrande
Casagrande finished fourth among the four major party candidates behind Houghtaling, Downey and her Republican running mate, Mary Pat Angelini.[11] Starting in April 2018, Casagrande entered the U.S. Department of State as a political appointee of the Trump Administration as the Special Advisor to Assistant Secretary Marie Royce in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.[12] Casagrande was sworn into the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Academic Programs in September 2018 with the responsibility of shaping policy across the interagency and stewarding resources in excess of $400 million.In this role, Casagrande oversaw the flagship Fulbright Scholarship program, the Education USA Network of 435 global recruitment centers, 630 overseas American Spaces, State Department sponsored English language education programming, the Humphrey Fellowship, Gilman Scholarships, undergraduate exchanges, and teacher exchanges.[13] As the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs, Casagrande promoted the message that the United States welcomes international students when questioned if the Trump administration's immigration policy had led to a decrease in foreign enrollment at US universities.