Renuka Rayasam was most recently an associate editor at the Kiplinger Letter, where she covered the financial collapse and regulatory reform. Previously she worked at Fortune Small Business, U.S. News & World Report and the Austin American-Statesman. She has a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and studied Political Economy and German at the University of California, Berkeley. This summer she will start a year long fellowship in Germany through the Robert Bosch Foundation.