SPP’S PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWS PROGRAM FINALISTS

Four SPP students who are pursuing master’s degrees—Dara Duncan Lira, Mark Flanigan, Christopher Friedline and Lorrie Lopes—were recently selected as finalists for the prestigious and competitive Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program. President George W. Bush is quoted on the program’s web site explaining its purpose: “to attract to the Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs.” Founded in 1977, the PMF program draws on graduate students from diverse backgrounds to provide a continuing source of educated men and women to meet public service challenges.

“Our selection speaks quite well of the outstanding teaching, mentoring and career services support offered to us as students by the school,” says Flanigan, one of SPP’s finalists. “I'm particularly proud to be representing the Peace Operations Policy Program. I'm really humbled by this opportunity.”

“I am excited about being a PMF finalist because I may be given the opportunity to have an impact on policy making within the U.S. government—and to make the world a better place,” says Friedline, another finalist. “I’m hoping to get a policy analysis position somewhere within the Department of Defense—either with the Chief of Naval Operations or the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.”

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