Policy Pitch Competition
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Returning Ford School Master's and BA students completing summer internship experiences will have the opportunity to reflect on their internship experience and celebrate the start of the upcoming school year.
Presenters will deliver pitches highlighting their internship organization, policy interest areas, policy impact and engagement, skills gained and takeaways from their internship as they move forward with their careers.
A celebrity panel of judges will determine a 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize.
A reception with food and refreshments and an opportunity to meet judges and presenters will follow the competition.
All are welcome to attend!
Student Presenters:
Monika Anderson, National Alliance on Mental Illness, New York
Brooke Bacigal, (Re)Vive, Lebanon
Pranav Govindaraju, Division of Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC
Karl Hoesch, Office of Climate and Energy, State of Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, Lansing
Aprisal Malale, Direct Relief, Indonesia
Jonatan Martinez, LEAN Team, Mayor's Office, Detroit
Aloka Narayanan, Brilliant Detroit, Detroit
Brandan Pierce, Office of Human Capital, Boston Public Schools, Boston
Avril Prakash, Energy and Environment Team, Public Policy Center, General Motors, Detroit
Gerson Ramirez, Government Affairs, Office of Equity, Advocacy & Civil Rights, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Detroit
Will Sims, UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency, Denmark
Judges:
Kathy & Phil Power, Power Foundation
Olushola Samuel (BA '10), Division Administrator of Internal Medicine at Michigan Medicine
Nikki Sunstrum, Director of Social Media and Public Engagement, University of Michigan
John Ziraldo (MPA '96), President, Commonwealth Consulting