7th annual Ford School Policy Pitch Competition | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Type: School event

7th annual Ford School Policy Pitch Competition

Date & time

Sep 12, 2024, 5:30-7:00 pm EDT

Location

Virtual & in person (1120 Weill Hall)
735 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Undergraduate and graduate students who have just completed internships will deliver 3-minute pitches to highlight their internship experience, policy impact, key deliverables gained, and compete for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Audience Student Prizes.

This is a great opportunity for first-year Ford School students to learn about potential internship opportunities. A group of celebrated judges will determine the pitch prize winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd Prize) of the Policy Pitch Competition.

The audience will also vote to determine an audience student prize.

Participants:
Georgina Bailey – Lansing Board of Water & Light
Bridget Corwin – Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association
Audrey Dombro – City of Philadelphia, Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems
Isha Khan – The White House
Nia Knox – UM Poverty Solutions
Emily Kuttner – City of Chicago, Mayor's Office
Alexie Milukhin – The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS)
Akhila Mullapudi – U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Samuel Owusu – U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education & the Workforce
Aiswarya Padmanabhan – Trust for Social Achievement
Katrina Wheelan – City of Detroit, Office of Budget

Judges:
Yousef Rabhi – Commissioner, District 8- Board of Commissioners, Washtenaw County 
Rohan Dharan (BA '13) – District of Columbia Public Schools
Latesha Love-Grayer (MPP '02) – U.S. Government Accountability Office

Open to the Ford School/UM community and general public. Zoom link to be sent to those that RSVP to attend virtually prior to the event. This is a hybrid event.

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