Navigating a Career in Public Service: A Conversation for DC Interns with the Henry M. Jackson Leadership Fellows
Join us and interns from across Washington, DC to talk with the members of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation’s 2018 class of Leadership Fellows about their experiences and the challenges and opportunities of public service.
Overview
A career in public service offers the opportunity to help build a prosperous and sustainable America, but today’s rising leaders in face tough choices in pursuing their careers. They must balance pursuing their passion, having a positive impact, and finding opportunities to advance and take on leadership roles.
The members of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation’s 2018 class of Leadership Fellows have confronted these choices in a varieties of ways during their careers. Join us and interns from across Washington, DC to talk with the fellows about their experiences and the challenges and opportunities of public service.
To RSVP for this event, you must currently be an intern in the Washington, DC Metro area.
Speakers
Henry M. Jackson Foundation’s 2018 class of Leadership Fellows: Stephanie Celt, Washington State Policy Coordinator, BlueGreen Alliance Danielle Granatt, Environmental, Regulatory, and Land Use Attorney Brandon Hersey, Primary Educator, Washington Teach for AmericaCorps Arianna Muirow, Editor and Policy Affairs Specialist, Puget Community Coop Joe Nguyen, Senior Manager, Microsoft Shin Yu Pai, Deputy Director of the Obscura Societies, Atlas Obscura Stephen Robinson, Advisor of Philanthropic Services, Seattle Foundation Christina Sciabarra, Director, Center for Career Connections/Women’s Center, Bellevue College Jeremy Wood, Attorney; Clerk, Washington State Court of Appeals
Moderator
Lara Iglitzin, Executive Director, Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Hosted By
Global Risk and Resilience Program
The Global Risk and Resilience Program (GRRP) seeks to support the development of inclusive, resilient networks in local communities facing global change. By providing a platform for sharing lessons, mapping knowledge, and linking people and ideas, GRRP and its affiliated programs empower policymakers, practitioners, and community members to participate in the global dialogue on sustainability and resilience. Empowered communities are better able to develop flexible, diverse, and equitable networks of resilience that can improve their health, preserve their natural resources, and build peace between people in a changing world. Read more
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
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