Employers - Internships and Careers

Woodrow Wilson School students and graduates are selected for outstanding internship and career opportunities. Click on the link below to view a sampling of the organizations that have employed Woodrow Wilson School students and graduates.

Work-Study Internships

Middle-Year-Out Internships and Jobs

First-Year M.P.A. Summer Internships

Field I - International Relations
Field II - Development Studies
Field III - Domestic Policy
Field IV - Economics and Public Policy

First Jobs Taken by M.P.A. Graduates

Field I - International Relations
Field II - Development Studies
Field III - Domestic Policy
Field IV - Economics and Public Policy

First Jobs Taken by M.P.P. Graduates

First Jobs Taken by Ph.D. Graduates

Politics and Public Policy
Population and Public Policy
Urban and Regional Development
Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy

Work-study assignments focus on state, local, and international issues. Students work for a public affairs organization in lieu of one course, devoting the equivalent of one day per week to a specific work assignment in the development of public policy or the running of a governmental agency. The faculty adviser serves as the student's supervisor. Some of the organizations that have hosted WWS interns include:

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Association for Children of New Jersey

CARE

Doctors Without Borders

Far Eastern Economic Review

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

Housing and Community Development Network of NJ

Human Rights Watch

International Center for Transitional Justice

International Labor Organization

International Rescue Committee

Interpeace

Isles, Inc.

National Community Capital Corporation

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

New Jersey Department of Education, Office of State-Operated School Districts

New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance & Health Services

New Jersey Governor's Office of Economic Growth

New Jersey Office of Management and Budget

New Jersey Office of the State Treasurer

Network for the Improvement of World Health

New York City Department of Small Business Services

Population Council

Project on Ethnic Relations

Regional Planning Partnership

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation

SEEDCO: Partnerships for Community Development

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

United Nations Association of the U.S.A.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

United Nations Department of Political Affairs

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

United Nations Development Program (UNDP): Capacity Development Group

United Nations Development Program (UNDP): Global Environment Fund

United Nations Development Program (UNDP): Millennium Development Goals Unit

United Nations Executive Office of the Secretary-General

United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)

United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

United Services Group

World Bank

World Intellectual Property Organzation

The School encourages M.P.A. students who wish to take a year off between their first and second years of study in order to gain work experience. Students who have exercised this option in the past have taken positions at organizations such as:

Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC

America India Foundation, New Delhi, India

The Asia Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan

CARE, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cairo, Egypt; and New Delhi, India

Catholic Office for emergency Relief and Refugees (COERR)

Children's Investment Fund Foundation, London, UK

Civil Society Development Foundation, Bucharest, Romania

The Clinton Foundation, Maputo, Mozambique; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; and Beijing, PRC

Consumers Union, Washington, DC

Egyptian Center for Development, Cairo, Egypt

Fundacion Esquel, Quito, Ecuador

House Education Labor Committee, Washington, D.C.

Innovations for Poverty Action, New Delhi, India

Institute of Strategic Studies, Tsinghua University, Taipei, Taiwan

International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Justica Global, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Kwan Muang, Chiang Rai, Thailand

Liberian Ministry of Finance, Monrovia, Liberia

Moscow Carnegie Center, Moscow, Russia (National Security Education Program Fellowship)

New York City Urban Fellows Program, New York, NY

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France

Prince George's County Government, Upper Marlboro, MD

Sanghamithra, Bangalore, India

Strategic African Securities, Accra, Ghana

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Villaviencio, Colombia

United Nations Interim Administration Mission, Kosovo

United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Damascus, Syria

USAID, Almaty, Kazakhstan; and Kathmandu, Nepal

The Women's Dignity Project, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

World Bank, Washington, DC

World Food Programme, Dakar, Senegal

World Security Institute, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Zabaikalsky Social Development Center (NSEP Fellowship)

All candidates for the M.P.A. degree must complete an internship during the summer between the first and second year of study. Organizations that have supported WWS summer interns in the past four years include:  

Field I - International Relations

The Clinton Foundation, Maseru, Lesotho

Delegation to the European Union, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Department of Defense, Washington, DC

East-West Institute, Prague, Czech Republic and Belgrade, Yugoslavia

European Parliament and European Centre for Common Ground, Brussels, Belgium

Fund for Reconciliation and Development, New York, NY and Havana, Cuba

House International Relations Committee, Washington, DC

International Center for Transitional Justice, New York, NY

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania

International Crisis Group, Brussels, Belgium; Belgrade, Serbia; and Nairobi, Kenya

International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Beirut, Lebanon

Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands and Zagreb, Croatia

Liberian Ministry of Justice, Monrovia, Liberia

NATO, Brussels, Belgium

Office of Sen. John Warner, Washington, DC (Rosenthal Fellow)

Office of the High Representative, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, DC

United Nations, Office of the Assistant Secretary General, New York, NY

UNDP, Freetown, Sierra Leone; Dili, East Timor; Jerusalem, Israel; and Kabul, Afghanistan

UNDP Millennium Project, New York, NY

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Bangkok, Thailand

UN Peacebuilding Support Office, New York, NY

U.S. Agency for International Development, Afghanistan Desk, Washington, DC

U.S. Commercial Service, Beijing, People's Republic of China

U.S. Department of Defense, East Asia & Pacific Region, Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Intelligence, Washington, DC

U.S. Department of State, Afghanistan Desk, Washington, DC

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Office of Latin America Programs, Washington, DC

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Nonproliferation, Washington, DC

U.S. Department of State, Iraq Desk, Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Terrorism & Financial Intelligence, Washington, DC

U.S. Embassies, Rabat, Morocco; Skopje, Macedonia; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Paris, France; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Cairo, Egypt; Maputo, Mozambique; London, UK; Accra, Ghana; Madrid, Spain; Phnom Penh, Cambodia 

U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, St. Petersburg, Russia

U.S. Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium

U.S. Mission to NATO, Office of the Defense Advisor, Brussels, Belgium

U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York, NY

Field II - Development Studies

ActionAid, New Delhi, India

African Conservation Center, Nairobi, Kenya

Africare, Johannesburg, South Africa; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Bamako, Mali; and Harare, Zimbabwe

Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Bucharest, Romania

CARE, Barso, Ghana; New Delhi, India; Cairo, Egypt

The Clinton Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Maputo, Mozambique

FINCA, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Lima, Peru; Washington, DC; Managua, Nicaragua 

International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Niamey, Niger

Justica Global, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Liberian Ministry of Gender and Development, Monrovia, Liberia

Mercy Corps, Asmara, Eritrea; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Tbilisi, Georgia; Portland, Oregon; Kauda, Sudan; Kampala, Uganda

National Democratic Institute, Belgrade, Serbia

Office of the High Representative, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Open Society Foundation, Luanda, Angola

The Open Society Institute, Washington, DC

Organization of American States, Castries, St. Lucia

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France

Oxfam, Bangkok, Thailand; Mahassar, Indonesia

Oxfam America, Washington, DC

The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY

Sanghamithra Urban Program, Bangalore, India

Save the Children, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Search for Common Ground, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Freetown, Sierra Leone

UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland

UN Department of Political Affairs, Electoral Assistance Division, New York, NY

UNDP Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; Quito, Ecuador; Bangkok, Thailand; Kiev, Ukraine; Dili, East Timor; Biskek, Kyrgyzstan; Lilongwe, Malawi; Colombo, Sri Lanka

UN Environmental Programme, Mexico City, Mexico

UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand

UNESCO, Santiago, Chile; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

UN Fund for Population Activities, New York, NY

UNHCR, Lusaka, Zambia; Moscow, Russia; Geneva, Switzerland

UNICEF, Accra, Ghana; Nairobi, Kenya

U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC; Cairo, Egypt; San Salvador, El Salvador

U.S. Department of State, Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization, Washington, DC

U.S. Embassy Caracas, Venezuela; Manila, Philippines

The Women's Dignity Project, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

World Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa; Washington, DC; Maputo, Mozambique; Buenos Aires, Argentia; Dakar, Senegal; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Accra, Ghana; Lima, Peru

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

World Wildlife Fund, Maputo, Mozambique

Field III - Domestic Policy

AARP, Washington, DC

Affordable Housing Network of NJ, Trenton, NJ

Amy Biehl Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa

Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Washington, DC

Binding Together, New York, NY

The Boston Harbor Association, Boston, MA

Center for Health Care Strategies, Princeton, NJ

Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, DC

The Century Foundation, New York, NY

City Year, Boston, Massachusetts

Cleveland Department of Economic Development, Cleveland, OH

Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, DC

East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, Oakland, CA

Education Pioneers, Boston, MA; New York, NY

The Education Trust, Washington, DC

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Office of Regional and Community Affairs, New York, NY

Governor Bill Richardson for Governor Campaign, Albuquerque, NM

Grand Canyon Trust, Flagstaff, AZ

Greenlining Institute, San Francisco, CA

Hawaii Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development, Honolulu, HI

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC 

House Committee on Government Reform, Washington, DC

House Ways & Means Committee, Washington, DC

Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ

India Development Foundation, New Brunswick, NJ and Haryana, India

International Labour Organization, Bangkok, Thailand

International Rescue Committee, New York, NY and Peshawar, Pakistan

Logistics Management Institute, McLean, VA

Los Angeles Community Design Center, Los Angeles, CA

Maine Department of Labor, Augusta, ME

Massachusetts Department of Health Care Finance and Policy, Boston, MA

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Washington, DC

Mayor's Office, Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, Philadelphia, PA

Mayor's Office of Accountability and Reform, Denver, CO

Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, Bronx, NY

Municipal Art Society of New York, New York, NY

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, New York, NY

National Parks Service, San Francisco, CA

New America Foundation, Washington, DC

New Jersey Department of Human Services, Trenton, NJ

New Jersey Office of State Planning, Trenton, NJ

New Mexico Department of Aging and Long-Term Care, Santa Fe, NM

New Visions for Public Schools, New York, NY

New York City Board of Education, New York, NY

New York City Department of Juvenile Justice, New York, NY

New York City Department of Youth & Community Development, New York, NY

Office of California State Assemblyman Manny Diaz, Sacramento, CA

Office of the Governor, Salem, Oregon

Office of U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, Washington, DC

Office of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Washington, DC

Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, OR

Policy Matters Ohio, Cleveland, OH

Population Council, Nkwanta, Ghana

Prince George's County Department of Housing and Community Development, Largo, MD

Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco, CA

Sanctuary for Families, New York, NY (Guggenheim Fellowship)

Sanghamritha, Bangalore, India

Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, New York, NY (Guggenheim Fellowship)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA

U.S. Office of Management & Budget, Washington, DC

Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, Washington, DC

Watsonville City Manager's Office, Watsonville, CA

Field IV - Economics And Public Policy

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Washington, DC

CARE, Atlanta, GA

Child Care Advocacy Association, Ottawa, Canada

Center for Microfinance, ICICI, Chennai, India

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, Washington, DC

Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town, S. Africa

Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY

Fundacion Miguel Estrada Iturbide, Mexico City, Mexico

International Energy Agency/OECD, Paris, France

International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC

Mercy Corps, Pristina, Kosovo

Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington, DC

National Latino Health Organization, Oakland, CA

National Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC

Nonprofit Finance Fund, New York, NY

Office of the Mayor, New York, NY

Office of the President for Mexicans Abroad, Mexico City, Mexico

Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), Paris, France

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, New York, NY

Trickle Up, Managua, Nicaragua

U.S. Office of Management & Budget, Washington, DC

UNHCR, Nairobi, Kenya; Hargeisa, Somalia

UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland

UNICEF, Guatemala City, Guatemala

UNDP, Khartoum, Sudan

United Nations, Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Branch, New York, NY

U.S. AID, Manila, Philippines; Cairo, Egypt

U.S. Consulate, Belfast, Ireland; Shanghai, PRC

U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of International Affairs, Washington, DC

World Bank, Washington, DC

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

M.P.A. graduates have a wide variety of career options from which to choose upon graduation. First jobs held by M.P.A. graduates in the past four years have included:

Field I - International Relations

Australian Agency for International Development, Canberra, Australia - Director

Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany - Fellow

Center for Defense Information, Washington, DC - Research Associate

DFI International, Washington, DC - Senior Analyst

Global Environment Facility, Washington, DC, Consultant

Government of Israel, Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tel Aviv, Israel - Chief of Staff

Government of the United Kingdom, British High Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan - First Secretary

Government of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, London, England - Team Member

International Criminal Court, Office of the Prosecutor, The Hague, Netherlands - Information Analyst

International Organization for Migration, Emergency Response and Post-Conflict Team for Iraq, Amman, Jordan - Program Officer

Management Systems International (on contract for USAID in the office of the President of Afghanistan), Kabul, Afghanistan - Consultant

Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), Paris, France

National Democratic Institute, Kiev, Ukraine - Senior Program Officer

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, Consultant - Environment Directorate

United Nations, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Consultant

United Nations Foundation, New York, NY - Assistant to the Senior Advisor

United Nations Commission on Human Security, New York, NY - Consultant

U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Democracy and Governance, Washington, DC - PMF/Deputy Regional Coordinator for Africa

U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of African and Middle Eastern Affairs, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of European Affairs, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction & Stabilization, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of State, United Kingdom Desk, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Washington, DC - Policy Advisor

U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC - Analyst

The Wall Street Journal On-Line, New York, NY - Interactive Journalist

Field II - Development Studies

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), La Paz, Bolivia - Mickey Leland Hunger Fellow

African Development Bank, Tunis, Tunisia - Young Professional

The Americas Society, New York, NY - Program Officer

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY - Associate Program Officer

Bank Information Center, Washington, DC - Information Services Coordinator

The Bernard van Leer Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands - Programme Officer

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA - Research Analyst, Global Development

California Office of Bi-national Border Health, San Diego, CA - Epidemiologist and Regional Surveillance Manager

Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources, Ottawa, Canada - Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources

Capital City Fellows Program, Washington, DC - Fellow

CARE, Atlanta, GA - Special Assistant to the President

CARE, Gender Based Violence in East Africa, Kigali, Rwanda - Regional Advisor

Catholic Relief Services, Cebu, Philippines - International Development Fellow

Catholic Relief Services, Harare, Zimbabwe - International Development Fellow

Catholic Relief Services, West Africa Regional Office, Accra, Ghana - Consultant

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC - Research Associate

City Year in Boston, Clinton Democracy Fellows Program, Boston, MA - International Project Manager

The Clinton Foundation, Hanoi, Vietnam - Country Analyst/Program Manager

Council of Europe Development Bank, Paris, France - Junior Professional

The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Population Program, Los Altos, CA - Research Associate

Development Alternatives International, Agriculture Policy Reform Program, Cairo Egypt - Public Policy Specialist

Development Innovations, Inc., Lima, Peru - Program Manager

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres, Nairobi, Kenya - Financial Controller/Administrator

Earth Rights, Washington, DC - International Justice Fellow

Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY - Research Associate

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY - Financial Analyst

The Ford Foundation, New York, NY - Program Associate

Gauteng Provincial Government, Department of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa - Research Manager

Habitat for Humanity, Cairo, Egypt - International Partner

International Alert, London, England - Senior Program Officer

International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC - Associate Investment Officer

International Plant Generic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy - Food Security Specialist/Mickey Leland Hunger Fellow

International Rescue Committee, Bururi, Burundi - Field Coordinator

Isles, Inc. Trenton, NJ - Planning Coordinator

Istanbul Policy Center, Education Reform Initiative, Istanbul, Turkey - Project Manager

Mercy Corps, Design Monitoring & Evaluation, Cambridge, MA - Senior Program Officer

Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington, DC - Program Officer

National Democratic Institute, Washington, DC - Consultant

Population Council, Policy Research Division, New York, NY and Accra, Ghana - Research Coordinator

Population Services International, Washington, DC - Program Officer for Latin America

The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY - Research Associate

Tufts University, Dayton Peace Accords Project, Medford, MA

United Nations Capital Development Fund, New York, NY - Consultant

United Nations Fund for Population Activities, Beijing, People's Republic of China

United Nations Resident Coordinator for Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Public Information Manager

United Nations Volunteers, Khartoum, Sudan

U.S. Agency for International Development, Kampala, Uganda - Mickey Leland Hunger Fellow

U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Fund for UNICEF, New York, NY - Consultant

U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC - Analyst

U.S. Office of Management & Budget, International Affairs Division, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

Women's Research and Education Institute, Washington, DC - Congressional Fellow

World Bank, Washington, DC - Consultant

World Bank, Washington, DC - Junior Professionals Program

Field III - Domestic Policy

The After School Corporation, New York, NY- Director for Special Projects

Agenda for Children Tomorrow, New York, NY - Community & Family Engagement Director

Alliance for Excellent Education, Washington, DC - Policy and Research Associate

American Civil Liberties Union, Seattle, WA - Field Director

Bridgespan, New York, NY - Associate Consultant

Casey Strategic Consulting, Baltimore, MD - Consultant

Capital City Fellows Program, Washington, DC - Fellow

City of San Jose Management Fellows Program, San Jose, CA

Coalition for Asian-American Children and Families, New York, NY - Policy Coordinator, Education and Child Welfare

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Fiscal Affairs Division, Administration and Finance Executive Office, Boston, MA - Fiscal Policy Analyst

Community Development Alliance, New York, NY, -Founder

Community Development Initiative, East Palo Alto, CA - Director of Empowerment Research

Congressional Budget Office, State and Local Government Cost Estimates Unit, Washington, DC - Analyst

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles, CA - Southwestern Regional Media Manager

The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC - Grover M. Hermann Fellow for Federal Budgetary Affairs

House Government Reform Committee, Democratic Staff - Communications and Policy Analyst

Kansas City Health Care Foundation, Kansas City, MO - Program Officer

Knowledge is Power Program, New York, NY - Director of School Operations

Maryland Governor's Fellows Program, Annapolis, MD - Fellow

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, Boston, MA - Budget and Policy Analyst

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Washington, DC - Human Services Policy Analyst

NAACP, Baltimore, MD - National Economic Empowerment Policy Manager

9/11 United Service Group, New York, NY - Manager of Policy and Operations

New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Trenton, NJ - Special Assistant to the Assistant Treasurer for Economic Development

New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Office of Management & Budget, Trenton, NJ - Budget Analyst

New Jersey Governor's Office of Economic Growth, Trenton, NJ - Business Analyst

New Jersey Supreme Court, Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz, Trenton, NJ - Law Clerk

New York City Economic Development Corporation, New York, NY - Senior Project Manager

Office of the Bronx Borough President, Bronx, NY - Deputy Director of Policy

Office of Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Rwanda Governance Project, Kigali, Rwanda - Advisor

Office of the Governor of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ - Policy Advisor to the Governor

Office of the Governor of New Mexico, Sante Fe, NM - Energy & Environmental Policy Advisor

Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico - Deputy Advisor to the Governor on Federal Affairs

Office of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Washington, DC - Legislative Analyst

Office of U.S. Senator Barack Obama, Washington, DC - Legislative Correspondent

Office of U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein, Washington, DC - Legislative Assistant

Office of U.S. Senator Harry Reid, Washington, DC - Legislative Correspondent

Pennsylvania Governor's Office of Policy and Planning, Harrisburg, PA - Executive Policy Specialist

Philadelphia Budget Bureau, Office of the Director of Finance,

Philadelphia, PA - Assistant Budget Director

Port Authority of NY & NJ, New York, NY - Leadership Fellows Program

Project GRAD, Los Angeles, CA - Deputy Director

Rhode Island Kids Count, Providence, RI - Research Analyst

Safe Horizon, New York, NY - Special Assistant to the CEO

Seedco, Workforce Development, New York, NY - Program Associate

Surface Transportation Policy Project, San Francisco, CA - Program Director

Sustainable Energy Transition, New York, NY - Founder

U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children and Youth Policy Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Agency, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Policy and Development Division, Office of Policy Development and Research, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow/Program Analyst

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC - Presidential Management Fellow

U.S. Office of Management & Budget, Health Financing Branch, Washington, DC - Program Examiner

U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC - Analyst

U.S. Representative Bill Thomas, Bakersfield, CA - District Representative

Working Partnerships USA, AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council, San Jose, CA - Policy Analyst

Field IV - Economics and Public Policy

Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD - Consultant

Bridgespan, San Francisco, CA - Consultant

Catholic Relief Services, Accra, Ghana, Regional Technical Advisor for Monetization - West Africa

Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), Washington, DC - Program Associate

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, Australia

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY - Bank Examiner

Government of Mexico, Financiera Rural, Mexico City, Mexico - Subdirector for the Design of Financial Products

Inter-American Development Bank, Women in Development Department, Washington, DC - Research Assistant

International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC - Economist

Kansas Health Institute, Topeka, KS - Research Analyst

New York City Economic Development Corporation, NY - Program Manager

New York City Independent Budget Office, NY - Budget Analyst

New York City Office of Management and Budget, New York, NY - Budget Analyst

New York City Partnership, NY, Director of Policy and Research

Obama for President Campaign, Denver, CO - State Director of Operations

Office of California Legislative Analyst, Sacramento, CA

Office of the Mayor, Philadelphia, PA, Office of Strategic Planning and Initiatives - Special Assistant

Organization for American States, Washington, DC - Consultant

United Nations Development Programme, Bureau of Development Policy, Environmentally Sustainable Development Group, New York, NY - Consultant

UK Department of Trade and Industry, Office of Fair Trading, London England - Assistant Economist

World Bank, Washington, DC - Consultant

World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

The graduates of this intensive one-year program typically return to their careers prepared to assume greater leadership roles. The following list is a sampling of first jobs taken by M.P.P. graduates in the past seven years:

Amnesty International, London, England - Researcher-Africa

CARE, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Project Coordinator, Disaster Management Unit

CARE International UK, London, England - Regional Manager, South Asia and Latin America

Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC - Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence

Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC - Operations Officer

DC Metropolitan Police Force, Office of Professional Responsibility, Washington, DC - Captain/Commanding Officer, Force Investigation Team

European Commission Directorate-General, Brussels, Belgium - Administrator

Federal Bureau of Investigation, USDOJ, Fort Washington, PA - Special Agent

Great Plains Institute, Minneapolis, MN - Executive Director

Government of Albania, Tirana, Albania - Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister

Government of Australia, Treasury, Parkes, Australia - Manager, Public Finance Unit

Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India - Indian Administration Service, General Administration Department

Government of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone - National Security Advisor, Office of the President

Government of Vietnam, Department of Social Affairs, Hanoi, Vietnam

International Crisis Group, Brussels, Belgium - Director of Research

Jalisco State Government, Jalisco, Mexico - Official

Latin America, World Bank, Washington, DC - Senior Health Specialist

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic - Official, Office of NATO Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia - Official

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand - Diplomat

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy -Foreign Service Officer

Ministry of Justice, Helsinki, Finland - Senior Officer for Legal Affairs

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Government of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam - Program Coordinator

National Democratic Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation - Senior Program Officer

National Security Council, Washington, DC - Foreign Service Officer/Deputy Executive Secretary

Office of the Leader of the Opposition, Melbourne, Australia - Senior Policy Advisor

Office of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, CA - Director of State Relations

Oxfam, Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Interim Country Program Manager

Poverty Action Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA - Policy Fellow

Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY - Warren Weaver Fellow, Global Environment Division

Science Applications International Corp, U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center, Washington, DC - Senior Maritime Intelligence Analyst

Senate Appropriations Committee, Washington, DC - Lt. Commander/U.S. Cost Guard Fellow

Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, Washington, DC - Press Secretary

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan - Special Assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer

UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, New York, NY

UNDP, Harare, Zimbabwe - Program Development Consultant

UNDP, Kabul, Afghanistan - Electoral Advisor

UN Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, New York, NY - Program Officer

UNICEF, New York, NY - Funding Specialist

University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines - Pediatric Surgeon

U.S. Air Force, Patrick AFB, FL - Systems Safety Engineer

U.S. Air Force, Cryptologic Systems Group, Kelly AFB, TX - Chief, Plans and Programs

U.S. Coast Guard, Commandant (G-CBU), Washington, DC - Lt. Commander

U.S. Consulate General, Kolkata, India - Foreign Service Officer/Principal Officer

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC - Special Assistant, Office of the Chief Information Officer

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC - Director, State and Local Justice Division

U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC - Foreign Service Officer/Deputy Director, Office of Cuban Affairs

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asia & Pacific Affairs, Washington, DC - Foreign Service Officer/Japan Desk Officer

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of European Affairs, Washington, DC - Foreign Service Officer/Coordinator, Southeast Europe Action Plan

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Nonproliferation, Washington, DC - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Washington, DC - Foreign Affairs Officer

U.S. Department of State, Permanent Mission of the U.S. to the UN in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland - Foreign Service Officer/First Secretary, International Economic Affairs

U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Embassy, Beijing, People's Republic of China - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Embassy, Dublin, Ireland - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Embassy, Muscat, Oman - Foreign Service Officer/First Secretary

U.S. Embassy, Santiago, Chile - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Embassy, Warsaw, Poland - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Mission, Geneva, Switzerland - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Mission to NATO, Brussels, Belgium - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC - Lt. Commander

The Wilderness Society, Washington, DC - Public Lands Fellow

World Bank, Washington, DC - Senior Health Specialist, Latin America

World Bank, Washington, DC - Young Professionals Program

Politics and Public Policy

The Ford Foundation, New York, NY - Program Officer, International Peace & Security

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong - Assistant Professor, Division of Social Science

Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, East Asia Nonproliferation Project, Center for Nonproliferation Studies - Director

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Nonproliferation, Washington, DC - Foreign Service Officer

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of International Affairs, Washington, DC - International Economist, Latin American Region

U.S. Army/Academy Professor/Director of Economics, Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY - Lt. Col.

U.S. Army/Executive Officer, HQ Division Artillery, 101st Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell, KY - Lt. Col.

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ - Researcher

National Security Council, Global Issues & Multinational Affairs, Washington, DC - White House Fellow

The Rand Corporation, Washington, DC - Analyst

World Bank, Washington, DC - Young Professionals Program

World Bank, Bangkok, Thailand - Consultant

World Bank, Development Economiocs Group, Washington, DC - Research Analyst

American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC - Research Analyst

Bloustein School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Community Health

Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - Post-Doctoral Researcher

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Washington, DC - Researcher

National University of Singapore, Singapore - Assistant Professor, Master in Public Policy Program

Population Council, Mexico City, Mexico - Program Officer

Population Council, New York, NY - Demographer

Population Council, New York, NY - Special Assistant to the President

University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA - Demographer, Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Sociology, Urbana, IL - Assistant Professor

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Population Studies Center

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Verification and Compliance, Washington, DC - Consultant

National University of Singapore, Singapore - Assistant Professor, Public Poicy Program, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Princeton Partnership for Policy Research, Princeton, NJ - Co-Director

Applications Research Group, International Research Institute, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY - Scientist

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Pittsburgh, PA - Research Faculty

Duke University, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Climate Change Policy Partnership, Durham, NC - Technology Policy Analyst

ITAM, Department of International Relations, Mexico City, Mexico - Assistant Professor in International Relations

Resources for the Future, Risk Resource and Environment Management Division, Washington, DC - Fellow

University of Nevada, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, Department of Environmental Studies, Las Vegas, NV - Assistant Professor