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Alumni at Work
New York City
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Based in New York City,
Caroline Eichman heads
up the research team that is developing brand
strategy for www.reuters.com, the Internet
presence for the world’s largest multimedia
news agency. While most of Reuters’ revenue
derives from its financial services business, the
company is building its direct-to-consumer
service offerings.
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Eichman credits the Harris School with
inspiring her interest in market research. “I got
a taste for it while I was in graduate school, but
it wasn’t until my first job that I realized how
much I enjoyed analysis, when I could put my
knowledge to work.” -BA
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“I get a kick out of the idea that I am
contributing to making the city I live in
a better place to live by making government
more responsive.”
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Stephen Narloch even helps grade responsiveness
in the Mayor’s Management Report, an
annual report of quality and accountability
among 42 New York City agencies.
“The most interesting part of my job is the rare
opportunity for field work, where I am exposed
first-hand to the workings of a particular
service or program,” he said. “This experience
provides invaluable information as to how
things really work.” -JQG
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“I never in a million years thought finance
and budgeting would be my next step, but
working in a budget office is a way to be
front and center in policymaking.”
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First for Milwaukee County and now New
York City, Leslie Sperber has worked in
the public sector since graduation. She’s
enthusiastic about the lessons she’s learning
about government process and how policy
decisions are made. “I love working in an office
that oversees central government functions.
It’s incredibly exciting to witness how decisions
are made, the environment, and the factors
and people involved.” –JQG
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David Stephan’s career has
centered on the intersection
of public and private
sectors, most recently in the public finance
group at UBS, where he has spent the last
five years. “Our clients are governments and
not-for-profit organizations that raise capital
through the tax-exempt bond market. The
funds are used to expand public services and
further their charitable missions.”
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Prior to working at UBS, Stephan was on the
other side of the public-private line: first as an
intern at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago,
then after graduation at the Federal Reserve
Board in Washington, D.C. “It was an amazing
opportunity to be a part of monetary policymaking
during the Greenspan era.” –EFC
Editor’s note: For information about Harris School events in New York, contact Nancy Goldstucker at
nancyg@uchicago.edu or 773.834.4448.
For information about the New York City Harris School Alumni Club, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYC_Harris_School_Alums/ or contact Ellen Kackmann, MPP’96 at nycelliek@yahoo.com.
Washington, D.C.
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As “the face of CSIS on
Capitol Hill,” Eric Ham explains, “it’s my
job to connect our experts with congressional
leaders and provide strategic insights and
practical policy solutions to a Congress that
is increasingly concerned with global security
and national prosperity.”
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A national security think tank in Washington,
D.C., CSIS plays a major role in shaping U.S.
foreign policy. Recently, Ham worked closely
with senior congressional staffers and members
of Congress to educate them on China’s
growing economy, military strength, and their
domestic political situation. “These efforts
will have an effect on U.S.-China relations as
China grows into a major power on the world
stage,” says Ham. -BA
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“I planned to return to D.C. politics but
while I was at the Harris School, I interned
for Bank of America and came to appreciate
this world of private sector power and what
it could do for inner-city Americans lacking
financial opportunities.”
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Twelve years later Matt HoganBruen is still
working at Bank of America, now as a managing
director investing money to provide capital to
women- or minority-owned companies and
companies in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods.
For HoganBruen, providing start-up
funding to communities that haven’t had access in the past is not just a “good financial decision,”
it’s also “an issue of equality.” –JQG
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“The Harris School was the start of my second
career. I got interested in policy while doing
research on anti-cancer and HIV drugs.”
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Although she started out working as a chemist,
with her Harris School education Kelli A. Jones
is now examining access to care, supplier billing
processes, and payment policies to find new
efficiencies in Medicare, a program representing
over $350 billion a year in the federal budget.
She’s learned there’s a big difference between
science and policy. “Science is science. The
basics are there and they never change,” she
said. Policy, however, is about defending a
position with data and logic. “[I’ve] learned
how to take a complex issue and turn it into
a brief, compelling story.” –JQG
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John Staub looks at the
future of the world for a living. “My role is to
inform policymakers about what the future of
energy consumption may bring,” says Staub,
who compiles the International Energy Outlook,
the document which projects world energy
consumption and production on a 25-year scale.
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In lieu of a crystal ball, Staub explains, “we use
linear programming and econometrics to develop
projections about how population and GDP
will affect things like electricity production,
reliance on competing modes of transportation,
and sources of oil production.” –BA
Editor’s note: For information about Harris School events in Washington, D.C., visit harrisschool.uchicago.edu or
contact Nancy Goldstucker at nancyg@uchicago.edu or 773.834.4448.
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