Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Taubman Center

Careers in Public Policy: Doing Well by Doing Good

Monday, October 29, 2018

12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Joukowsky Forum

Three policy practitioners – all Brown Master of Public Affairs alumni – discuss their professional experiences working in critical policy areas including healthcare, criminal justice reform, human rights, civic education, and the environment. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions about the personal rewards and practical realities of pursuing a dynamic career in public policy.

This event is especially designed for students considering a career in public policy.

Panelists:

  • Fritz Bondoa, MPA ’16, Management Consultant, Change Management and Strategic Communications, Booz Allen Hamilton 
  • Giosuè Cambria, MPA ’16, Chief of Research and Evaluation, Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals 
  • Annie Orloff, MPA ’16, Deputy Press Secretary, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Fritz Bondoa is a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. He is an experienced policy and management consultant with a demonstrated history of producing policy solutions for government, private-sector, and nonprofit organizations. He has worked on a number of challenging policy and organizational issues including: investigating human rights violations by Boko Haram in Cameroon during his consultancy at Human Rights Watch; criminal justice reform and women’s reproductive rights during his tenure in the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and implementing program management for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in his current role at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Giosuè Cambria is the chief health program evaluator with the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. He leads a team of researchers in assessing the impact of substance abuse treatment programs in the state and serves as the lead reporting analyst to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Cambria managed the state targeted response to the opioid crisis and was involved in implementing several new clinical interventions for persons suffering from addiction.

Annie Orloff joined the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) working for the Ranking Member. As a member of the ENR press team, Orloff develops and implements communications strategies to advance the Ranking Member’s energy and natural resource priorities. Previously, she was a political appointee at the Department of Energy under Secretary Moniz. Prior to completing Brown’s MPA program, Orloff ran civic education programs in Washington D.C.