Klusmeier increases transparency, efficiency of state programs
A passion for public service and an interest in energy policy brought Amy Klusmeier to the La Follette School. Four years later she is evaluating public programs as an analyst with the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau. Read more ...
Gross uses system to improve mental health services
As Mental Health America of Wisconsin’s director of public policy, 1990 alum Shel Gross keeps in mind that structural change takes a long time, and success depends on the many people with a stake in the system. Read more ...
Bagnall analyzes banking, finance, wealth for think tank in D.C.
Since graduating from the La Follette School in 2010, Allie Bagnall has been researching and analyzing sovereign wealth funds, international banking regulation, international finance, reserve accumulation and balance of payments, and other macroeconomic topics for the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. Read more ...
Lierman joins health venture capital company
Alum Terry Lierman is returning to the private sector after a second stint on Capitol Hill. He stepped down as chief of staff for U.S. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland. Read more ...
Parker manages myriad projects, asks tough questions
From regionalizing services to moving a baseball field to briefing the mayor on the 1872 mining act, alum Susan Parker has become an expert on many issues as the town manager of Crested Butte, Colorado. Read more ...
Stanchfield stewards pensions
As executive director of the District of Columbia Retirement Board, Eric Stanchfield, a 1982 alum, oversees the investment of pension assets and the administration of pension benefits. The District of Columbia Retirement Board is a public pension agency with assets of approximately $4 billion serving police officers, firefighters and teachers. Read more ...
Hanauer leads organization in fight for good jobs and strong communities
Alum Amy Hanauer didn’t like that the economic expansion in the 1990s had left families in Ohio behind, she says. “My experience in Wisconsin — from the skills I gained at La Follette, to the policy history I read in class, to the direct policy I experienced working for the legislature — all made me feel like I needed to speak out.” Read more ...
Detwiler believes in government as force for the public good
Lawmakers in California can thank alum Peter Detwiler’s experience in Wisconsin for the easy-to-read legislative analyses he prepared for them to summarize what a proposed statute would do, why it was needed, its cost, why certain interests opposed or supported it, and the bill’s legislative history. Read more ...
O’Neill brings expertise to Population Health Institute at UW-Madison
Jan O’Neill has returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus 25 years after she graduated from the La Follette Institute of Public Affairs. The longtime quality improvement consultant and 1986 alum joined the Population Health Institute in August as a community engagement specialist. Read more ...
Shambarger leverages skills to improve Milwaukee’s environment, economy
Creative financing can lead to good environmental work and demonstrate that sustainability initiatives can be good for the economy and the environment, says 2002 alum Erick Shambarger, who is the City of Milwaukee’s deputy director of environmental sustainability. Read more ...