Alumni-in-Residence program connects students with alumni in policy careers

September 15, 2015

Want to meet with alumni working in government, consulting, education policy and other fields? Join us for this fall’s Alumni-in-Residence program, where students will have the opportunity to engage with Ford School alumni through career conversations and office hours.

Mary Grace Pellegini (BA '12), Obsidian Analysis

  • September 11, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 2:30-3:30 p.m., #3240

Andrew Bracken (MPP '13), Agriculture Program Specialist, Fintrac Inc.

  • September 18, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., #3240

Patrick Larkey (MPP '71, PhD '75), Retired Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

  • September 24, 2015

  • Office Hours: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., #2228

Salvador Maturana Rogers (MPP '12), Advisor, Policy Management, Office of the President of Chile

  • October 8, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 12 - 1 p.m., #3240 (Teleconference)

Matthew Manning (MPP '15), Presidential Management Fellow, U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

  • October 9, 2015

  • Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., #2228

Andreas Hatzigeorgiu (MPP '08), Chief Economist, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

  • October 13, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., #5240 (Teleconference)

Silvana Kostenbaum (MPP/MUP '04), Public Governance and Economic Development Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, Argentina 

  • October 14, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 12 - 1 p.m., #5240 (Teleconference)

Antony DiGiovanni (MPP '00), Deputy Budget Director, National Science Foundation

  • October 14, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 2-4 p.m., #2228

Cat Knoerr (BA '14), Management Consulting Analyst, Accenture

  • October 16, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 12-1 p.m., Scowcroft

  • Office Hours: 1:30-3 p.m., Scowcroft

Mina Hong (MPP/MSW '09), Senior Policy Associate, Michigan’s Children

  • October 23, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 12-1 p.m, #5240

  • Office Hours: 1:30 – 3 p.m., #2228

Ingrid Tighe (MPA '13), Michigan Economic Development Corporation

  • October 29, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 4 p.m., #5240

Tannistha Mohan (MPP '09), UNICEF

  • October 29, 2015

  • Teleconference from India: 9 a.m., #3240

Salam Sheikh-Khalil (BA '14), U-M Law School Student

  • November 2, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 6 p.m., #2215

Louis Green (MPP '84), CEO, Supplier Success, LLC

  • November 3, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 12-1 p.m., #5240

  • Office Hours: 1:30-3 p.m.

Ben Sossa (MPP '01), Head of Regional Drug Safety Operations - Americas, Covance Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety Services

  • November 6, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 12-1 p.m., #2215

  • Office Hours: 10-11:30 a.m., #2228

Genene Fisher (MPP '01), Executive Officer, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  • November 6, 2015

  • Career Conversation: 12-1 p.m., #5240

  • Office Hours: 1:30 – 3 p.m. #2228

Brian Brisson (MPP '87), American Embassy - Mexico, Commercial Division

  • November 17, 2015

  • Teleconference from Mexico: 12-1 p.m., #5240

Andrew Beilein (BA '12), Business Roundtable

  • November 17, 2015

  • Teleconference from DC: 6 p.m., #3240

For questions about the Alumni-in-Residence program, contact the Ford School's manager of alumni relations, Elisabeth Johnston.

The Alumni-in-Residence program has recieved funding to expand in future semesters from the Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies, which supports research and educational opportunities to address issues of diversity and public policy.