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Alumni Jobs
Positions alumni have held
Director of the Wisconsin Initiative for Infant Mental Health, State of Wisconsin
Intelligence Analyst with Homeland Security. Alum examines regional trends and writing threat assessments. Worked on the 9/11 Commission which prepared him for his current job.
Analyst for Wisconsin Department of Revenue. Was former analyst at the US Government Accountability Office.
Deputy Director with the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission.
Fiscal Analyst for Arizona's Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Job included analysis work related to Medicaid and health policy.
Officer with the Executive Office of Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia, serves as a liaison between the CEO and the three policy areas of the public charity's grant-making: environmental policy, education and state-based policy, and health and human services policy.
Associate at Alliant Energys Public Affairs Department.
Associate attorney with the Madison law firm Wheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C. Alum's areas of expertise include public utilities, land use and housing, environmental and water law, non-profit corporations and litigation.
Policy analyst with the Education Trust in Washington, D.C. Conducts research and analysis to support the trusts policy advocacy around teacher and curriculum quality, accountability for results, and resource equity.
Policy analyst at Congressional Budget Office, Washington D.C.
Policy Analyst for the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Madison, Wisconsin.
Budget Analyst for HUD's Chief financial officer Presidential management fellow for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He works in Washington, D.C., as a budget analyst for HUDs chief financial officer.
Director of state and local tax services for Virchow Krause and Co., LLP.
Budget analyst and economist at Study of Public Policy and Administration, for the Wisconsin Department of Revenues Research and Analysis Division.
Budget analyst for U.S. Rep. Mark Greens office in Washington, D.C.
Executive budget officer with the Minnesota Department of Finance
Fiscal analyst with the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Madison, WI
Vice president, director of marketing for Marshall Erdman & Associates, which specializes in the design and construction of medical facilities, focused on health-care policy and public information at La Follette School.
Consultant with Public Administration Associates, LLC, specializing in city administrator searches and budget and personnel studies.
Management analyst with the Minnesota Department of Human Services
Research analyst, Ecos Consulting
Associate for Policy Studies Inc., a human services company based in Denver, Colo. Work focuses on performance management and budgeting for states child support enforcement agencies.
Analyst at Navigant Consulting in Seattle; work on Medicaid issues with state governments around the country.
Health services researcher at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Budget analyst, Northwestern University Law Schools Bluhm Legal Clinic; alum manages the clinics budget and daily finances.
Legislative aide for Wisconsin Reps. Spencer Black, a 1981 alum, and Sondy Pope-Roberts.
Assistant account executive/ coordinator with Hill & Knowlton Chicagos public affairs group, an international public relations firm specializing in public affairs, Hill & Knowlton is the largest communications consultancy in the world.
Research associate at the Center for Local, State and Urban Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Management and Budget, works on Water Divisions budget and policy issues.
Budget analyst for the University of Wisconsin System
Budget analyst for Wisconsin departments of Commerce and Revenue
Policy analyst with the U.S. Agency for International Development
Spokesperson for the White Houses Office of Management and Budget
Speechwriter at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Press secretary for U.S. Sen. John Thune.
City of Dentons benefits administrator, handles all health, life, vision, dental and disability benefits for about 1,200 employees and 100 retirees.
Research associate, Berkeley Policy Associates, in Oakland, California,
Policy analyst Abt Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts, each for three years.
Owner of Program and Policy Insight LLC which specializes in social policy research and program evaluation.
Stephen Patton Scott, (98),assistant to the city manager for the city of Long Beach.
Veronica Robles Scott (98), analyst for the county of Los Angeles Community Development Commission.
Attorney with the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Internships
Economic and Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Government of Sri Lanka. Student focused on humanitarian issues, dealing with child recruitment by the Liberation Tamil Tigers Eelam, human rights supreme court cases and tsunami relief. During a trip to the southern provinces of Sri Lanka, analyzed the political and economic impact of the tsunami at the post six-month mark and the status of nongovernment and government rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.
U.S. Embassy in Panama with the Public Affairs Section for the Information Office and the Cultural Affairs Office. Duties include analyzing the Panamanian press and reviewing existing linkages between the academic communities in Panama and the U.S.
Department of Human Services, Salem, Oregon. Student helped with the implementation of new policy procedures for the departments Child, Adult and Family Services Unit. Researched and analyzed child welfare-related issues, such as comparing state policies on child welfare.
Program for Early Parent Support. Student spent half time leading parent education and support groups for mothers and fathers bringing home new babies for the first time. Reviewed literature on parent education and support research, curriculum development and best practices.
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Va. Served as planning and initiatives intern with the executive office. Major projects included: developing a white paper on the organizations federal funding, researching federal funding opportunities, participating in strategic planning meetings, writing a grant for the release of state funding, inviting government officials to performances at Wolf Trap, and helping to draft the organizations annual state report.
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.; Monitored the implementation and progress of government funded anti-trafficking programs in the Western hemisphere.
Program planning analyst at the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistances Violence Against Women Act program. Student conducted extensive research on human trafficking and on the immigrant population in Wisconsin with a focus on the services and remedies available to battered immigrants. She also monitored a new grant program that funds services to aid children who witness domestic abuse.
Policy directors at the Office of Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton. Duties included traveling with and assisting Lawton at events across the state, tracking policy issues and contributing research for public remarks. Helped plan a conference that encouraged communities to invest in quality early childhood care and education in order to spur economic growth. Assisted the Task Force on Women and Depression and the Study of Women and Corrections program.
Interned at the Wisconsin Senate for the Sergeant at Arms, mainly attending to the Joint Committee on Finance and general state of Wisconsin budget issues.
Internship with Wisconsin Department of Justice which turned into a limited-term employment position as the communications and public policy coordinator. Wrote news releases, crafted messages, organized events and responded to media requests. Opportunity to work with the department's communication director and the attorney general.
AmeriCorps VISTA associate in Madison as part of a program called Preschools of Hope. Worked with low-income 4- and 5-year-olds, helping them improve their literacy and math skills, and generally getting them ready to start kindergarten in the fall.
Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua in Madison. Focused on their microcredit work, which involved making very small loans to people who usually are too poor and who lack collateral. The Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua takes money from U.S. investors and loans it to Nicaraguan microcredit institutions.
Atwood Community Center in Madison, worked on fundraising and capital campaigns as a development assistant. Helped with the centers $9 million capital campaign to purchase and renovate the Kupfer Ironworks building on Madisons east side so all of the centers programs can be housed under one roof.