Well this Christina Pushaw is an obvious spook. It makes you think that talent (or at least the scum that rises to the top in such circles) is actually very thin.

In addition to what's covered in the article, we find:

While an undergrad, she volunteered for John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.

In 2011, Pushaw studied abroad in Moscow, Russia.

In Bologna, she worked as a research assistant at the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development, researching Ukrainian constitutional reform and democratic development in Central Asia.

In spring 2017, she spent time in Kyiv, Ukraine to research for her graduate thesis, titled "The status of Crimean Tatars under Russian occupation".

In 2008, Pushaw developed an interest in Georgia, in the Transcaucasus, after hearing presidential candidate John McCain speak about it. She researched Georgia, and was impressed by the accomplishments of then-president, Mikheil Saakashvili.

From October 2013 to June 2015, she lived in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.... Pushaw also worked at an exchange program that organized for Georgian students to study abroad in America, called My World Foundation. She managed the program with Giorgi Arveladze, a former Minister of Economy of Georgia that served under Saakashvili. Arveladze also worked for Yulia Tymoshenko, a former Prime Minister of Ukraine.

From June 2017 to August 2019, Pushaw worked in Washington, D.C. for Stand Together, a philanthropic organization founded by Charles Koch.

When Pushaw started working for Saakashvili, he had recently been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship and was living stateless in the Netherlands. He revoked his Georgian citizenship in 2015 and had outstanding criminal charges in Georgia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a close ally of Saakashvili, restored his Ukrainian citizenship in May 2019. Saakashvili led the 2003 Rose Revolution, is pro-NATO, and strengthened ties with the United States while he was president.

All in all, a fairly impressive resume for a young Company field officer. Executive timber!