MIT Washington DC Summer Interns learn about policy influence in panel discussion sponsored by the Kent State Memorial Fund
Panelists from the Environmental Defense Fund's Ocean Program and Corewell Health explain in-government and out-of-government methods of policy influence
Washington DC Summer Interns enjoyed a panel discussion by John Mimikakis, Vice President of Environmental Defense Fund's Ocean Program; Kristina Ko, Vice President of Government Relations at Corewell Health; and David Goldston, Former MIT Washington DC Office Director at the Association of American Universities on Monday.
Photo courtesy MIT Washington DC Office
On a warm summer night at the Association of American Universities on Monday, Washington DC program interns learned about policy influence, both in-government and out-of-government, thanks to the generosity of donors to the Kent State Memorial Fund of the MIT Department of Political Science.
For the last three decades, MIT undergraduates have spent the summer working in government agencies, advocacy groups, corporations and legislative and executive offices.
This summer's cohort of students will be in Washington DC for another few weeks, giving the federal government and other policy makers early access to the best young scientists and engineers in America. Placements include the Department of Defense, World Bank, Urban Institute, SeedAI, States United, Transportation for America, the United States Trade Representative, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the National Education Association, Renaissance Strategic Advisors, the Congressional offices of Lauren Underwood and Gabriel Vasquez, and the National Academy of Medicine.