Congressional Fellows from the Humphrey School
Katie Delmore (2002)
Katie Delmore had legislative responsibility for health care and
welfare reform in the office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum of
Minnesota. A native of Sanborn, North Dakota, Katie has spent three
summers working in the Fargo and Washington offices of Senator Byron
Dorgan. Katie graduated with honors from North Dakota State University
in Fargo with a bachelor's degree in mass communication. She went
on to receive her master's degree in speech communication from the
University of Minnesota and plans to complete her doctorate in that
field in 2003. Katie taught speech communication classes at the
University of Minnesota for three years. She has also volunteered
in St. Paul as an ESL instructor. Katie spent last summer and fall
working as a faculty advisor with the National Youth Leadership
Council, a program that brings high school students to Washington,
D.C. to learn about the federal government.
Jody Andrade (1999-2000)
Jody Andrade of Minneapolis, Minnesota and a Master's student in
the Hubert Institute, covered immigration issues for Senator Paul
Wellstone of Minnesota. A long-time advocate for victims of domestic
violence, she had worked for the YWCA of Minneapolis, the Gay &
Lesbian Community Center of Colorado, and as a victim advocate at
the Domestic Violence Initiative of Denver. Using her experience
as a grassroots organizer and community activist, Jody has broadened
access to resources for rural women, women with disabilities, and
gay/lesbian/bisexuals. A semester spent studying the problems of
women and learning Arabic in Palestine was certainly relevant to
her Capitol Hill assignment.
Margaret (Mikki) Holmes
(1997-1998)
Margaret (Mikki) Holmes accepted a placement in the office of Senator
Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, where she conducted legislative research
on domestic violence and economic justice issues. Originally from
Washington, DC, she was at the time a doctoral student in Sociology
with a concentration in Women and Public Policy at the University
of Minnesota. Mikki, who already had received a bachelor's degree
in Urban Affairs from the George Washington University and a Master
of Architecture from the University of New Mexico, had worked as
a chef and an architect before returning to graduate school.
Vinita Jethwani (1996-1997)
In her second year at the Humphrey School, Vinita received a
Congressional fellowship from WREI and spent one year working as
a legislative assistant in DC for New York Congressman Charles Rangel.
Vinita now works as a research analyst at Mathematica Policy Research
(MPR) in Princeton, New Jersey, where she worked extensively on
a Social Security Administration project evaluating services to
improve return to work efforts for people with disabilities and
other under-served populations. She also co-authored a policy brief
on conducting local evaluations of family service programs. Prior
to working at MPR, Vinita worked for a non-profit domestic violence
organization for South Asian women in the New Jersey/New York area,
and she continues to be involved with the organization as an active
volunteer, grant writer, and member of the organization's Board
of Directors. She is also a Board Representative to the Women's
Fund of New Jersey.
Sarah Dunning (1988-1989)
Sarah Dunning earned a bachelor's degree in history from Grinnell
College and a master's degree in public affairs from the Humphrey School. She received a Congressional fellowship, funded by the
General Mills Federation. Prior to her fellowship, she had worked
as a researcher for the Minnesota Housing Project and the St. Paul
Planning and Economic Development, and as an organizer in the gubernatorial
campaign of Governor Roy Romer of Colorado. Her fellowship was with
the office of Representative Bill Green of New York. She utilized
her fellowship to research environmental issues. She initiated and
authored legislation to assist Congress in recycling its paper waste.
This resolution was adopted by the Senate and the House shortly
after she completed her fellowship assignment. After returning to
the Mid West, Sarah held a policy analyst position in the Department
of Transportation Environmental Strategy Section in Madison, Wisconsin.
Karen Meyer (1988-1989)
Karen Meyer accepted a Congressional fellowship when she was pursuing
a master's of public affairs, with emphasis on social policy and
management of public and nonprofit agencies at the Humphrey School.
She earned a bachelor's degree in communications and business from
Concordia College in 1984. Karen had several years of experience
as a development consultant for nonprofit organizations. Her fellowship
was with the House Education and Labor Committee on reproductive
rights and education issues, funded by RJR Nabisco. After returning
to Minnesota, Karen was hired by Minneapolis City Councilman Steve
Cramer and later promoted to his chief of staff.
Elizabeth (Liz) Conway (1986-1987)
Liz Conway accepted her fellowship when she was completing her
master's work at the Humphrey School. Prior to her fellowship,
she interned in the Minnesota Planning Department, researching the
unique needs and problems of Minneapolis's urban poor in general
and low-income female-headed households in particular. She served
with Representative Alan Wheat of Missouri, working on labor and
employment issues. After completing her degree, she took a position
as research associate in the Center for Policy Studies at George
Washington University. In 1988, she authored with Sar Levitan an
article on "Part-timers: Living on Half-Relations" in
Challenge.
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