Meet the 2023 Cohort
This year’s cohort of Schaeffer Fellows completed meaningful public service work through government internships located in 22 cities around the U.S. The range of experiences is demonstrated in the list of 2023 Schaeffer Fellows and their internships below.
Level of Government
Work Modality
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Harvard University
Elizabeth Benecchi
Kylan Benson
Joel Crawford
Nadia Douglas
Alina Esanu
Joseph Hernandez
Christine Li
Grace O’Sullivan
Luke Tomes
Austin Willis
Office of the Public Defender, DeKalb County
Office of Mayor of Birmingham, Randall Woodfin – Office of Accountability
Office of Congressmember Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX 18th District)
Office of U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Office of Attorney General of New York, Letitia James
Office of Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Office of Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu
Office of Congressmember Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA 2nd District)
Office of Governor of California, Gavin Newsom
Princeton University
Miriam (Mia) Beams
Bailey Glenetske
Austin Glover
Vincent Jiang
Izabela Konopka
Diya Kraybill
Niccolo Platt
River Reynolds
Christofer Robles
Joshua Wells
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division
Office of Congressmember Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ 11th District)
Office of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Office of Congressmember Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL 8th District)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Office of Congressmember Terri Sewell (D-AL 7th District)
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy – Office of Equity
Office of Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy – Office of Constituent Relations
University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Bui
Ruby Chan-Frey
Anna Diaz
Mckenzie Diep
Sofia Greenwald
Sayeda Kulsoom Hasan
Ariana Kretz
Chloe Suhyoon Park
Brayan Ramos
Anahi Ruvalcaba
City of Santa Cruz, Department of Planning and Community Development
Federal Defenders of New York
Office of the Marin County Public Defender
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Economic Policy
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Office of State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-CA Senate District 09)
San Francisco Planning Department, Shared Spaces Program
Office of Congressmember Doris Matsui (D-CA 7th District)
Office of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
University of Southern California
Rebecca Aisenberg
Vincent Cisneros
Drew Driscoll
Daniel Kos
Nivea Krishnan
Nina Nguyen
Sophia Perez
Rediet Retta
Dominique Sardinas
Samantha Sorsby-Jones
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California
U.S. Space Force (Air Force Civilian Service
Maricopa County Superior Court
Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Health Care Consumer Protection
Los Angeles County Superior Court
District Office of Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer (CA 57th District)
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Office of the Director
University of Virginia
Gloria Akol
Andrew Barr
Sean Frias
Caleb Kuo
Patrick Lambrecht
Eli Le
Sofia Marrero
Christian Meloni
Sidney Seybold
Nadia Varga
Arlington County Department of Human Services
Culpeper County Economic Development
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Arlington County Department of Human Services
Virginia State Police, Virginia Fusion Center
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Office of Mayor of Richmond, Levar Stoney
Office of Congressmember Morgan Griffith (R-VA 9th District)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Federal Executive Institute
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Austin Willis (Harvard) at the California State Capitol
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Christofer Robles (Princeton) with the Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy