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Workshop: Getting a Job in Washington, DC

 



 

Interested in working in Washington, DC?
 

Please join the Student Advisory Board and IOP virtually on Monday, February 14 at 6:30 p.m. CT to listen and learn from a panel of UChicago students who have worked or interned in Washington, DC. You will learn how to position yourself for success in our nation's capital.

The panel for this virtual event will include:

 

  • Sylvie Spewak is a 2nd year MPP student at the Harris School. Sylvie was a Legislative Assistant in the House of Representatives serving the Chairman/Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, and Science. She managed a broad legislative portfolio including health care, education, and finance, managed a national grant program through the Department of Education, and attempted (but failed) to overturn the budget neutral provision of the Affordable Care Act risk corridor program. After the Hill, Sylvie became the Director of Strategic Outreach for the Wharton Public Policy Initiative, where she helped create a pipeline of novel research between Penn and policy makers in Washington.

 

  • Christie Ibaraki is a 2nd year MS CAPP student at the Harris School. Prior to joining CAPP, Christie was a data scientist/technologist at US Citizenship and Immigration Services, working on building software to support adjudication in the refugee and asylum directorate. Before joining the federal government, Christie worked as a data scientist at Accenture, consulting to a variety of DHS agencies.

 

  • Michael Wilt is pursuing a master's degree in International Relations at UChicago with a focus on international conflict and alliances. Michael is a graduate from Cedarville University with a bachelor's degree in political science. While at Cedarville, Michael interned for the Speaker of the House in Washington, DC for a semester, was a member of the AEI Executive Council program on campus, and was involved in local politics. Upon graduation, Michael worked for a year as a staffer for Senator Portman in his Cincinnati, Ohio office. Michael then worked for the Department of Justice in Columbus for over a year on national security cases.

 

Moderating the event will be Bryan Cronan, a 2nd year student at the Harris School of Public Policy. He is the Graduate Chair on the Student Advisory Board and spent four years in Washington, D.C. working in federal health care policy. Upon graduation from the Harris School, Bryan will be joining the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer in the fall of 2022.

 

Note: This event is off the record. A Zoom link will be sent to attendees at least 60 minutes prior to the event.

 

To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact Christine Hurley, Director of Production & Special Events at cehurley@uchicago.edu or (773) 834-3481.