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Event ID: 1008436

Organization:	Brookings Institution
Location:	1775 Massachussetts Avenue, Washington, DC 20036 \| Google map
Host Name:	William Galston, MA'69 Political Science, PhD'73 Political Science
Host Title:	TBD
About the organiztion:	The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. For more than 90 years, Brookings has analyzed current and emerging issues and produced new ideas that matter—for the nation and the world. For further information about the Brookings Institution, please visit their website at: www.brook.edu.
Special Requirements:	Confidentiality, paperwork, etc.

Event ID: 1009257

Organization:	Regional Transportation Authority
Location:	175 West Jackson, Suite 1550 Chicago, IL 60604 \| Google Map
Geographic Location:	Chicago Metro Area
Host Name:	Joseph Costello, MBA'83 (Finance)
Host Title:	Chief Financial Officer in the department of Finance Administration
About the Organiztion:	The RTA's primary responsibility became financial and budget oversight of CTA, Metra and Pace. The RTA also was given responsibility for regional transit planning issues. The RTA's oversight responsibility is guided by the RTA's Board of Directors, who approve an annual budget and two-year financial plan. The Board consists of 12 members and a chairman appointed from the six-county region. The RTA Board also is required annually to review and approve a five-year capital plan, which is a blueprint of the capital activities to be funded by the RTA and executed by the CTA, Metra, and Pace. CTA, Metra and Pace are each led by a Board of Directors which determine levels of service, fares and operational policies. The CTA is governed by the Chicago Transit Board whose seven members are appointed by the Mayor of Chicago and the governor. Metra's Board consists of seven members appointed by the region's county boards and the Mayor of Chicago. Pace is governed by a 12-member Board made up of current and former suburban village presidents and mayors. The RTA is the second largest public transportation system in North America as measured by unlinked passenger trips and provides more than two million rides daily. The combined assets of the RTA are valued at more than $27 billion and include 4,800 bus and rail cars plus 600 vanpool vehicles. The system covers 7,200 route miles in the six-county region that currently has a population of approximately eight million people. This externship will give you a glimse of a very large part of the economy even if you are not interested in a career in government. For more information about RTA, please visit: www.rtachicago.org .
About the Host:	The department in which Joseph G. Costello works overseas finance, accounting, budgeting, treasury, HR, procurement and IT. Mr. Costello has served as Chief Financial Officer of the RTA since 1995. Prior to that he worked as a Financial Controller for a multinational transport and logistics company. Previously, Mr. Costello held various management positions with two multinational concerns after serving as an auditor with Price Waterhouse (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers). Mr. Costello received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Costello has his CPA certificate from the State of Illinois, and its government equivalent, Certified Public Finance Officer, from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The GFOA is the premier professional association of state and local finance officers in the United States and Canada, dedicated to the sound management of government financial resources

Event ID: 1009354

Organization:	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Location:	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Research Department, 230 South LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60604-1413 \| Google Map
Geographic Location:	Chicago Metro Area
Host Name:	Rick Mattoon, AM'85 (Public Policy)
Host Title:	Senior Economist
About the Organiztion:	The Chicago Fed is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks across the United States that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., serve as the central bank for the United States. Congress created the Federal Reserve System in 1913, charging it with the responsibility to foster a sound banking system and a healthy economy. This remains the broad mission of the Fed and its component parts: the 12 Federal Reserve Banks nationwide that each serve a specific region of the country, and the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., which is set up to oversee the Fed System. To accomplish its mission, the Fed: serves as a banker's bank and as the government's bank; serves as a regulator of financial institutions; serves as the nation's money manager, performing a vast array of functions that affect the economy, the financial system, and ultimately, each of us. The externship will provide an opportunity to speak with economists in a range of areas from macro and micro-economics to regional, financial and payment system experts. It is a good opportunity to discuss the array of options open to economics graduates. For more information about the Chicago Fed, please visit: www.chicagofed.org.
About the Host:	Rick Mattoon is a senior economist and economic advisor in the economic research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mr. Mattoon's primary research focuses on issues that face the Midwest regional economy. His analysis of electricity restructuring and energy issues, higher education policy, regional economic development and state and local government finance has appeared in numerous publications. Mr. Mattoon also serves as an adjunct associate professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Mattoon began his career at the Chicago Fed in 1990. In 1997, he left the bank to serve as a policy advisor for economic development, energy and telecommunications to the Governor of Washington. He later served as director of policy and legislation for the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. He returned to the bank in 2001.
Special Requirement:	Confidentiality

Event ID: 1009276

Organization:	U.S. Attorney's Office
Location:	99 East 4th Street, Miami, FL 331322 \| Miami Metro Area \| Google map
Host Name:	Caroline Heck-Miller, AB'71 (English)
Host Title:	Senior Litigation Counsel in the department of Economic Crime
About the Organiztion:	The United States Attorney for Southern District of Florida is the chief federal law enforcement officer in the district and is organized as follows: Executive Division, Administrative Division, Appellate Division, Civil Division, Asset Forfeiture Division, and Criminal Division. In addition to the Miami office, there are staffed branch offices in Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Ft. Pierce, and an unstaffed office in Key West. The externship will be an interesting and lively experience, but it is hard to predict court and work schedules. During the externship, Ms. Heck-Miller and her colleagues may be in trial, or doing office work and research. Either way, you will have an opportunity to observe federal court proceedings, and to participate in legal research. Exerns are also required to go through a background check and complete confidentiality paperwork in advance.
About the Host:	Caroline Heck Miller is currently senior litigation counsel for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, where she litigates a wide variety of criminal cases including human-rights offenses, financial institution fraud, espionage and hazardous materials. Caroline Heck Miller, A.B.'71, majored in English in the College and was editor of the Maroon and active in University Theatre. Ms. Miller became a federal prosecutor after first working as a journalist. She interned at the Washington Post, and, following graduation from the College, covered the courts for the St. Petersburg Times and worked as a reporter for the Miami Herald. She attended Harvard Law School in 1976-79. She was admitted to the U.S. Attorney General's Program for Honors Law Graduates in 1979 and assigned to the Department of Justice's Criminal Division in Washington. In 1980, she was named an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida. Since then she has held a number of positions at the U.S. Attorney's Office including Chief of the Economic Crimes Section and Professional Responsibility Officer. She has performed special assignments for the Department of Justice, including participating in an in-country assessment of the criminal justice system of Pakistan in 2002.
Special requirements:	Exerns are required to go through a background check and complete confidentiality paperwork in advance.

Organization:	US Department of State
Location:	N/A
Geographic Location:	Washington, DC Metro Area
Host Name:	Linnea Bohn, AB'88 (Political Science)
Host Title:	Director, Iraq Policy and Operations Group
About the Organiztion:	The Iraq Policy and Operations Group assists in the interagency coordination of the multi-faceted involvement of US government agencies in Iraq. Established after Iraq’s interim government assumed sovereignty over the country’s affairs, the IPOG is chaired by a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and a Senior NSC Director for Defense Policy. The IPOG conducts daily video teleconferences on such issues as infrastructure, reconstructions, security and elections planning in Iraq. In addition, the team coordinates Congressional briefings, reporting on Iraq and other interagency collaboration projects. www.state.gov (look for the US Embassy Baghdad website) and www.bearingpoint.com. This externship requires that the person be a United States citizen either by birth or naturalization (for security clearance purposes). The extern should have a working knowledge of the US government foreign policy structure, including the Department of State, the NSC, the Pentagon, etc. The candidate will need to be high-energy, very professional and culturally sensitive.
About the Host:	Linnea Bohn works for BearingPoint and is the Director of the Iraq Policy and Operations Group at the Department of State. She has a team of 15 people who work to support interagency collaboration on all Iraq issues. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1988 with a Political Science/French degree. She also has an MA from Columbia in International Finance, 1997. She spent nine years in the Foreign Service serving in Lithuania, the United Nations in New York and at the Office of Foreign Missions in San Francisco. She spent four years in International Business Development at Macromedia, Inc. then came back to be the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer at the Department of State in 2003. In June of 2004, she left that job for BearingPoint and the opportunity to build and lead this Iraq team - in DC and in Baghdad.
Special Requirements:	This externship requires that the person be a United States citizen either by birth or naturalization (for security clearance purposes).

Event ID: 1009251

Organization:	Uniform Law Commission
Location:	Uniform Law Commission offices (111 N. Wabash, Suite 1010, Chicago IL) \| Google Map
Geographic Location:	Chicago Metro Area
Host Name:	Eric Fish, AB'03 (Political Science)
Host Title:	Legislative Counsel (Lobbyist)
About the Organiztion:	The Uniform Law Commission, now in its 116th year, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law. The organization comprises more than 300 lawyers, judges, and law professors, appointed by the states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, to research, draft and promote enactment of uniform state laws in areas of state law where uniformity is desirable and practical. Since its inception in 1892, the group has promulgated more than 200 acts, among them such bulwarks of state statutory law as the Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Probate Code, and the Uniform Partnership Act. For more information about the Uniform Law Commission, please visit: www.nccusl.org.
About the Host:	Eric Fish recived his Bachelor's from the University of Chicago in Political Science in 2003 and his JD from Loyola University in 2006. He has expertise in Law, Government Relations at Local, State, Federal Level, Lobbying. He is currently focusing on Health Care Law, Family Law, Procedural Law. As Legislative Counsel, he builds and maintains relations with our commissioners, legislative contacts, and stakeholders in order to ensure widespread adotpion of uniform acts, provide support to study and drafting committees working on new laws. Mr. Fish has worked for Former Illinois Senator Peter Fitzgerald, Former Illinois Governor George Ryan and current Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin, as well as having worked as a law clerk for a law firm that defended employees of the City of Chicago against federal mail fraud and conspiracy charges.

Event ID: 1009372

Organization:	Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, U.S. Department of Defense
Location:	National Defense University Fort Lesley J. McNair 4th and P Streets, SW Washington, DC 20319-5066
Geographic Location:	Washington, DC Metro Area
Host Name:	Jim Przystup, AM'68 (International Relations), PhD'75 (Diplomatic History)
Host Title:	Member, Policy Planning Staff
About the Organiztion:	The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) is a policy research and strategic gaming organization within the National Defense University serving the US Department of Defense, its components, and interagency partners. The Institute provides timely, objective analysis and gaming events to senior decision makers and supports NDU educational programs in the fields of international security and defense policy. Through an active outreach program, including conferences, international exchanges, and publications, the Institute seeks to promote wider understanding of emerging international security challenges and defense policy options. Established by the Secretary of Defense in 1984, INSS is comprised of four components: the Research Directorate, which analyzes global and regional security trends and frames national security policy and defense strategy options for senior decision-makers; the National Strategic Gaming Center, which develops and facilitates numerous strategic-level policy exercises and experiential learning activities for senior Executive Branch officials, the military combatant commands, Members of Congress, and various NDU educational programs; the Publication Directorate, which is responsible for the editorial development and production of a range of NDU Press publications, as well as Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), published for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the Conference Directorate, which annually organizes several major symposia and supports more than 100 other conferences, seminars, and round-tables organized by the research staff. The Director of INSS serves concurrently as NDU Vice President for Research. For more information about INSS, please visit: http://www.ndu.edu/inss/insshp.html
About the Host:	Jim Przystup studied Japanese at Columbia University and at Keio University in Tokyo. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Przystup served as the Director of the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. For close to twenty years, he has worked on Asia-related issues. He served on the staff of the United States House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs; in the private sector at Itochu and IBM World Trade Americas/Far East Corporation; and in the United States government on the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Director for Regional Security Strategies on the Policy Planning Staff. In 1983-84 Mr. Przystup served as the Deputy Director of the Presidential Advisory Commission on U.S.-Japan relations. He has specialized in Asian security issues in particular the US-Japan and the US-Republic of Korea security relationships. Mr. Przystup was presented with the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award in 1989 and in 1991; he also received the Defense Department's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1992. Currently, at Institute for National Strategic Studies, he is involved in long-term strategic planning toward East Asia and on-going policy toward Japan, Korean Peninsula, China and Southeast Asia. Mr. Przystup has expertise in Foreign Policy, National Security Policy and East Asia.

Organization:	Chicago Transit Authority
Location:	567 W. Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60661 \| Google Map
Geographic Location:	Chicago Metro Area
Host Name:	Maria Choca Urban, AM'83
Host Title:	General Manager, Policy and Strategic Solutions
About the Organization:	The Chicago Transit Authority is the second largest transit agency in the U.S. providing both bus and rail service to Cook County residents. Performance Management is housed in the office of the CTA President's Office. PM staff is charged with ensuring that all CTA departments set goals and objectives to guide their work and that data is used to make management decisions and to gauge whether objectives are being achieved.For more information visit www.transitchicago.com.
About the Host:	Maria Choco Urban holds an AM'83 in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago as well as an AB'79 in Anthropology from Notre Dame. She has expertise in public policy administration, urban planning and transportation planning. As the General Manager of Public Policy and Strategic Solutions within the department of Performance Management, Ms. Urban's duties include responsibility for the President's Absence Management Initiative - to reduce absenteeism at the CTA - and to develop a Transit Oriented Development strategy for the Authority. She welcomes the chance to expose interested students to the varied and exciting career opportunities offered by the public sector. Ms. Urban's work experience includes: Refugee Resettlement Specialist, Travelers' and Immigrants Aid, 1980-1982. Various positions, City of Chicago, Dept. of Planning, 1983-1989. Financial Manager, Urban Financial Advisory Corp., 1990-2004. Program Director, Chicago Metropolis 2020, 2004-2007. General Manager, Chicago Transit Authority, 7/07 - present.
Special Requirements:	Interest in public policy/ administration and/or transportation planning.

Event ID: 1009281

Organization:	Science Applications International Corporation
Location:	SAIC, National Security Analyst 1710 SAIC Drive MacLean, VA 22102 \| Google Map
Geographic Location:	Washington, DC Metro Area
Host Name:	Jessica Iannotti, AB'05 (Political Science)
Host Title:	National Security Analyst within Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive) and the Disaster Consequence Management Support Project
About the Organiztion:	Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500® company is one of the world's leading providers of outsourcing and IT services, and the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States. SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 43,000 employees with offices in over 150 cities worldwide. www.saic.com. Externs must be US Citizens.
About the Host:	Jessica Iannotti graduated from the U of C in June of 2005 with a degree in political science and public policy. While at Chicago, she was a member of the varsity basketball and track & field teams. She was also a sister of the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi, an undergraduate fellow in the Program on International Security Policy (PISP), and a Phi Beta Kappa electee. Jessica started working as an analyst for SAIC in July of 2005. Jessica started working as an analyst for SAIC in July of 2005, where she researches national strategy documents and military plans; she contributes to briefings that are presented to company executives as well as government customers; she attends conferences and meetings, mostly in support of Department of Defense clients; she helps to plan and execute state and regional-level exercises to test and validate national preparedness goals; she researches various legal aspects of foreign consequence management operations; and she writes information papers on national security topics.
Special Requirements:	Externs must be US Citizens.

Event ID: 1010093

Organization:	Illinois Department of Revenue
Location:	Suite 7-500, 100 West Randolph Street, Chicago \| Google Map
Geographic Location:	Chicago Metro Area
Host Name:	Jodie Winnett, AM'94
Host Title:	Associate Director
About the Organiztion:	The Illinois Department of Revenue administers the state’s tax code, collecting over $23 billion in revenue each year. In addition to processing payments and assisting taxpayers, the Department formulates tax policy recommendations for the Governor’s Office and the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget. The Department is also responsible for revenue forecasting. The Department includes the Illinois Lottery, Liquor Commission, Gaming Commission and Racing Commission. Organization Website URL: www.revenue.state.il.us
About the Host:	Jodie Winnett, AM’94 is an Associate Director and serves the Director of Revenue in a broad capacity, helping to set direction for 2,100-person. Responsible for executive management of all aspects of operations, including strategic planning, resource allocation, intergovernmental affairs, technology investment, business process reengineering, and policy formulation. This position follows 4 years at World Business Chicago, an economic development not-for-profit established by Mayor Daley to promote Chicago as a business location. Previously served in the City of Chicago’s Office of Budget & Management as a project manager on several high-profile efforts related to process improvement and better service to the business community. Jodie also served as the policy lead on Mayor Daley’s last two campaigns. Ms. Winnett has this to say about the IL Dept of Revenue Externship: "Taxes are fun! The process of setting tax policy and raising revenue makes all of the other functions of government possible. We've hosted an intern for the past several years, and we provide you really great access to all sorts of meetings and decision makers. We also provide an all-expense paid trip to Springfield, IL for one night (if you can make it); where you will have the opportunity to visit the Capitol while the legislature is in session."
Special Requirements:	Extern would need to sign a confidentiality waiver to protect any potential disclosure of taxpayer specific information

Organization:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Location:	75 Hawthorne, San Francisco CA 94105 \| Google Map
Geographic Location:	San Francisco Metro Area
Host Name:	John Kelly, AB'88 Biology
Host Title:	Senior Planner
About the Organiztion:	The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. View the Agency's complete strategic plan, annual report, and policy resources. The Air Division implements programs that improve indoor and outdoor air quality, control radiation and enforce the federal Clean Air Act. http://www.epa.gov/region09/air/index.html
About the Host:	John Kelly recieved an AB'88 in Biology from the University of Chicago as well as an AM'96 in Environmental Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has expertise in urban air quality planning. As the Senior Planner in the Air Planning department of the US EPA, his duties include overseeing the state air quality planning. He has work experience in private engineering consulting focusing on industrial wastewater treatment; industrial air permits; urban air quality programs. Mr. Kelly believes that there are a lot of reasons to consider working for the federal government that the extern may not know about. Seeing how his office functions would give the extern insight into the similarities and differences between public and private sectors.

Organization:	America Road and Transportation Builders Association
Location:	N/A
Geographic Location:	Washington, DC Metro Area
Host Name:	Richard Juliano, AB'89 (Economics), JD'98
Host Title:	Vice President of Chapter Relations & Grassroots Programs and Managing Director of Contractors Division
About the Organiztion:	The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is a federation whose primary goal is to aggressively grow and protect transportation infrastructure investment to meet the public and business demand for safe and efficient travel. In support of this mission, ARTBA also provides programs and services designed to give its members a global competitive edge. The transportation design and construction industry ARTBA represents generates more than $200 billion in US economic activity annually and employs 2.5 million Americans.

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