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Gardner Fellowship Placements

Gardner Fellows typically choose their placement from among several opportunities, selecting not just among institutions, but among mentors.

2010-11

Mr. Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez
White House Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Bobby Rosen
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Ms. Christina Eloisa Markle
Corporation for National and Community Service
Mr. Kevan Christensen
Dept. of State
Ms. Paras Fatemi
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Health and Human Services
Ms. Bethany Woolman
ACLU of Northern California

2009-10

Ms. Jenny Cooper
Environmental Defense Fund
Mr. Eyal Matalon
The Pacific Institute, Oakland CA
Mr. Basant Singh Sanghera
South and Central Asian (SCA) Affairs Bureau, Department of State
Ms. Maggie Chen
White House Council on Women and Girls, Washington, DC
Mr. Mondaire Jones
Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington DC
Mr. Seth Silverman
White House Council on Environmental Quality

2004-05

Mr. Stephen Chan

The Boston Foundation
Mr. Thomas De Simone
Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Economic Development
Ms. Anna Ferrari

Vera Institute of Justice
Ms. Golda Philip

National Immigration Project
Mr. Brandon Simmons

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Ms. Tianna Terry
Fannie Mae Foundation

2003-04

Ms. Ann Bordetsky

Natural Resources Defense Council
Ms. Tess Bridgeman

World Bank Inspection Panel
Ms. Amanda Kahn

Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, San Francisco, CA
Ms. Jenny Lah

United Nations Development Fund for Women
Ms. Joanna Levitt

Center for International Environmental Law
Mr. César Moreno Pérez

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

2002-03

Ms. Heidi Boas

Tahirih Justice Center
Ms. Rachel Goldbrenner

Open Society Institute
Ms. Talya Horowitz

Henry Street Settlement
Mr. Christopher Maloney

Department of Treasury
Ms. Chanthip Phongkhamsavath

Center for Policy Alternatives
Mr. Michael Umpierre

Youth Law Center

2001-02

Ms. Priscilla Aguirre

National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Ms. Jennie Berry

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Ms. Alicia Johnson

Institute for Youth, Education & Families
Ms. Dana Kaplan

Prison Moratorium Project
Ms. Kori Kelley

D.C. Agenda

2000-01

Ms. Azania Andrews

Social Venture Partners
Mr. Romi Bhatia

Grameen Foundation USA
Ms. Oeindrilla Dubé

The World Bank
Ms. Catherine Fernandez

The San Francisco Foundation
Ms. Charlotte Lee

National Endowment for the Humanities
Ms. Antonia Welch

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

1999-00

Mr. Grant Harris
Office of Richard Holbrooke, United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Ms. Anupama Menon
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First)
Ms. Elizabeth Pianca

National Trust for Historic Preservation
Ms. Smriti Rana

Public Citizen
Mr. Carlos Romo

Enterprise Foundation
Mr. Anthony Solana, Jr.

Los Angeles City Council

1998-99

Mr. Eric Beerbohm

Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University
Ms. Casey Coonerty

Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Mr. Thad Ferber

International Youth Foundation
Mr. Dean Kawamoto

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Ms. Jidan Koon

Safe and Sound Campaign, Baltimore, MD
Ms. Marie Soller

Montana Office of Rural Health

1997-98

Ms. Chitra Aiyar

Grameen Foundation
Mr. Brian Halweil

Worldwatch Institute
Felipe Merino
Office of the City Manager
Keiko Suda

The Common Enterprise
Tunua Thrash

Greenlining Institute
Yael Warshel

The Harry S. Truman Research Institute

1996-97

Mr. Solomon Greene

Mayor's Office of Housing, San Francisco
Ms. Sonja Mackenzie

AIDS Legal Referral Panel, San Francisco
Ms. Corina Monzon
Legislative Analyst Office, San Francisco
Mr. Christopher Soares

Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Nicole Vasquez
Office of Victoria Castro, Los Angeles Unified School District
Ms. Lisa Gallegos

Center for Third World Organizing

1995-96

Mr. Leo Carrillo
Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project
Ms. Davina Groch
Jewish Family Services, Sacramento, CA
Ms. Luz Herrera

Southwest Voter Registration Project, Los Angeles
Ms. Molly Parker

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, CA
Mr. Abdi Soltani

Center for Third World Organizing

1994-95

Mr. Russ Calleros Rebuild Los Angeles
Ms. Ying Ying Goh

Chronic Illness Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Ms. Rachel Maddow

AIDS Legal Referral Panel, San Francisco
Ms. Corri Tate
Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now (LEARN)
Ms. Ruth Teague
California Mutual Housing Association, Los Angeles
Ms. Mary Walther
United States House: Office of Congressman Vic Fazio (D-CA)

1993-94

Ms. Dominique Blom

Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Tracy Clay
Enterprise Foundation's Neighborhood Transformation Program, Baltimore, MD
Mr. Steve Mccarroll

White House Office of Science and Technology
Ms. Heather Miller
United States Senate: Office of Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ)
Ms. Corinna Nicolaou

Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Alex Terman

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C.

1992-93

Ms. Samantha Gibson

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs
Ms. Ariane Hoy

Ravenswood City School District, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, CA
Ms. Karen Kho

Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, CA
Ms. Verna Kuo

Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Phuong Dai Nguyen

Center for Law and Education, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Allen Thorpe

Evelyn and Walter J. Haas, Jr. Fund, San Francisco, CA

1991-92

Mr. Sean Fox

World Resources Institute
Mr. Michael R. Maccrystall

City Year
Mr. Terrence Mulligan

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Ms. Elan Nguyen

Washington Lawyers' Committee on Civil Rights
Mr. Waseem Noor

Institute for International Economics

1990-91

Ms. Chloe Fiering

Chaudhry National Low Income Housing Coalition
Ms. Dalie Dassa Kaye
United States House of Representatives: Office of Rep. Mel Levine
Ms. Olga Milosavljevic

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Ms. Laura Pinkney
The Neighborhood Institute (TNI), Chicago, IL
Ms. Srija Srinivasan

United States General Accounting Office (GAO)
Mr. Andrew Weis
United States Senate, Office of Senator Bob Dole (R-KA)

1989-90

Mr. Subodh Chandra
Office of Governor Dick Celeste, Ohio
Ms. Ellen Dektar

Inter-American Dialogue (IAD)
Mr. Thomas Ginsberg

Center for Asian Pacific Affairs at the Asia Foundation
Ms. Ronni Krasnow

National Public Radio
Ms. Gail Mackauf Mosse
Women's Equity Action League, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
Mr. Jon Welner
Congressional Relations Office of the World Wildlife Fund & the Conservation Foundation

1988-89

Mr. Rudolfo Fuentes
Office of Mayor Henry Cisneros, San Antonio, TX
Mr. David Halpert

Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Ms. Amanda Kemp
California State Assembly: Office of Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles)
Mr. Gary Rosen
Office of Governor Thomas Kern, New Jersey
Mr. Steven Sherr
United States House: Office of Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA)
Ms. Linda Yeung

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

1987-88

Ms. Robin Herr

The Development Group for Alternative Policies
Ms. Leticia Miranda

Inter-American Development Bank
Mr. David Moguel

San Francisco Public Schools
Mr. Lorne Needle

Public-Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Meg Richman
United States House of Representatives: Government Operations Committee, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources
Mr. David Weiskopf
United States Senate: Office of Senator Pete Wilson (R-CA)

1986-87

Ms. Donna Michelle Anderson

Office of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Ms. Charla Britt

Advocacy Institute
Ms. Millicent Choeh Yim

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Mr. Troy Eid

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Ms. Laura Jehl

U.S. Department of State
Ms. Elizabeth Butler Steyer

Children's Defense Fund

1985-86

Mr. Gerlad Cacciotti
United States House: Office of Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-IN)
Mr. Gavin Helf

United States Department of Defense
Mr. Jeremiah C. Ingersoll

United States Forest Service
Ms. Janet Lynch
United States Senate: Office of Senator Gary Hart (D-CO)
Mr. Peter J. Sidebottom
Office of Mayor Henry Cisneros, San Antonio, TX
Ms. Carole Bialek Vargas

Independent Sector

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