OFFICE OF CAREER ADVANCEMENT Discover Connec Make a Difference The Michael S. Dukakis Governors SUMMER FELLOWSHIP Monana Souh Carolina Colorado Massachuses Minnesoa PREPARING LEADERS in Sae Governmen Oklahoma Oregon Maryland 617-495-1162
The Challenge How does one prepare leaders o address he complicaed public challenges we face? A Harvard Kennedy School, we believe in he value of experience. Offering our sudens he opporuniy o work a he righ hand of proven leaders is he goal of he Michael S. Dukakis Governors Summer Fellowship Program. Through his funded, bi-parisan fellowship, sudens develop he leadership and analyic skills o ackle sae-level, criical policy issues in healhcare, educaion, economic developmen, public safey, and more. The Michael S. Dukakis Governors SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PREPARING LEADERS in Sae Governmen I was forunae o be involved in public life for more han 30 years. Los of us have dreams; I have lived mine. Michael S. Dukakis Governor of Massachuses, 1975 1979, 1983 1991 Why Harvard Kennedy School A he Kennedy School, sudens learn o examine policy problems in heir enirey: o analyze he available informaion, o weigh he possible impacs of alernaive policies, o undersand poliical ramificaions, and o produce plans for acion ha are organizaionally feasible and publicly valuable. Through a core curriculum focused on economics, daa, sraegic managemen, poliical advocacy, ehics, and financial managemen, our sudens are prepared for leadership posiions in public service.
Michigan Paricipae Send us your proposal. Please include he following: Brief descripion of your proposed projec Person (in he Execuive Office of he Governor) who will oversee he work Any requiremens for your fellow? Do you require a paricular skill se/experience? Does he fellow need o be a U.S. Ciizen? Does he fellow need o be a residen of your sae? Does he fellow need securiy clearance? Proposals will be acceped hrough lae January. Saes who have been mached will receive informaion abou heir fellow in lae March. Send proposals and direc any quesions o. Texas Florida We mus coninue o arac he bes and brighes minds ino public service if we are o address he complex issues Colorado faces. The Dukakis Fellowship Program gives sudens he chance o ackle hese issues head on and see for hemselves he imporance of good governmen, while making a sizable impac in he sae hey are serving. Governor John Hickenlooper Colorado 617-495-1162
Hawaii Alabama Kansas Governor Sandoval s office benefied enormously from he perspecives, experise, and passion which our 2016 and 2017 Dukakis Fellows brough o he eam. From helping o draf legislaive measures ha were hen inroduced during he session, o leading agency implemenaion of saewide policy in he areas of workforce developmen, infrasrucure modernizaion, and educaion reform, our Dukakis Fellows played an insrumenal role in assising our office wih successfully achieving he Governor s policy goals and sraegic objecives. Their dedicaed effors have made a profound difference in he lives of he consiuens we serve. Ma Morris Legislaive Direcor for Governor Brian Sandoval, Nevada Selecion and Sipend A commiee of hks faculy and saff will carefully mach sudens o projecs. Dukakis Fellowships are highly compeiive. A limied number of fellowships are available each summer and sudens receive, hrough he Dukakis Fellowship, a full sipend for he 10- o 12-week inernship, including suppor for ravel o and from he inernship. Conac us: 617-495-1162
Through he generous suppor of Marilyn and Calvin Gross (Harvard College 1956), he Michael S. Dukakis Governors Summer Fellowship exposes alened Harvard Kennedy School sudens, aspiring o leadership roles in sae governmen, o he unique challenges of saelevel public service. Dukakis Fellows serve in he execuive offices of governors across he counry during he summer beween heir firs and second year of graduae sudy. Sudens ge an up-close look a he challenges and opporuniies ha define he highes levels of sae governmen and have firs-hand involvemen in addressing hose challenges, paricularly in he areas of policy and budge. Since 2007, our sponsored Fellowship, honoring he career and wishes of Governor Michael Dukakis, coninues on a non-parisan basis o assis governors and saes in solving major problems. Through he Program, we engage educaed and alened Fellows and inspire hem o pursue careers in he higher echelons of sae governmen. Marilyn and Calvin Gross, donors 617-495-1162
Office of Career Advancemen Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy Sree Cambridge, Massachuses 02138 HKS_Career@hks.harvard.edu 617-495-1161 A selecion of saes ha have hosed fellows in he pas 11 years. Tennessee Virginia Pennsylvania Maine Wisconsin Rhode Island New York Connecicu Nevada Washingon Vermon Alaska California Updaed November 2017 Phoo credis: sae capiol phoos, isock; Hickenlooper, www.colorado.gov