City Hall FellowsIn
1998, our founder Bethany Rubin Henderson was selected to participate
in the New York City Urban Fellows Program -- an experience that
forever changed her life. As a Special Assistant to the Commissioner of
New York City's technology and telecommunications department, Bethany
played an integral role in developing New York's first city-wide
information technology strategy, which was designed to ensure that City
agencies effectively utilized modern technology to provide services to
and communicate with City residents. Bethany's experience opened her
eyes to the importance of a capable local government -- not just for
providing routine services, but also for designing and implementing
public policy.
While Bethany really enjoyed her time working for New York City, she often wished she could have participated in a similar program in her native Louisiana, so that she could have worked on public policy issues in a community near and dear to her heart. She noticed that no other cities offered programs comparable to New York's. Throughout Harvard Law School and developing a successful career as a business litigator at a top-tier national law firm, Bethany developed a vision for training a new cadre of public leaders -- a national service corps of recent college graduates who spend a year serving in and learning about local government in their own home communities. In March 2007, Bethany founded City Hall Fellows to make this vision a reality.
While Bethany really enjoyed her time working for New York City, she often wished she could have participated in a similar program in her native Louisiana, so that she could have worked on public policy issues in a community near and dear to her heart. She noticed that no other cities offered programs comparable to New York's. Throughout Harvard Law School and developing a successful career as a business litigator at a top-tier national law firm, Bethany developed a vision for training a new cadre of public leaders -- a national service corps of recent college graduates who spend a year serving in and learning about local government in their own home communities. In March 2007, Bethany founded City Hall Fellows to make this vision a reality.
Bethany Rubin Henderson, Founder; Executive Director
Jason Alexander Hayter, Director of Curriculum Development; Founding Board Member
Rich Leimsider, Director of Strategy & Operations; Founding Board Member
Jeffrey Gersick, San Francisco Program Director
Nancy C. Brainerd, Houston Program Director
Daniel J. Liss, Operations Manager / Executive Assistant
Jason Alexander Hayter, Director of Curriculum Development; Founding Board Member
Rich Leimsider, Director of Strategy & Operations; Founding Board Member
Jeffrey Gersick, San Francisco Program Director
Nancy C. Brainerd, Houston Program Director
Daniel J. Liss, Operations Manager / Executive Assistant
National Advisory Boards
Governor Michael S. Dukakis,
former Governor, State of Massachusetts (D-MA); Distinguished
Professor, Northeastern University and University of California Los
Angeles
Mickey Edwards, Member of Congress 1976-1992 (R-OK); Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Director, Aspen-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership
Carl Fillichio, Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications, Lehman Brothers
Russ Finkelstein, Associate Director, Action Without Borders / Idealist.org
Sigmund G. Ginsburg, Executive Vice President & Director, NonProfit Practice, DHR International; Founder and First Director, New York City Urban Fellows Program (1969-1972)
George R. Hedges, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP
Andy Kopplin, Executive Vice President for Growth Strategy and Development, Teach for America
Laurel McFarland, Executive Director, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
C. Corina Monzon, Project Manager, Office of the Controller, City and County of San Francisco
Ayan L. Rubin, Strategic Vice President, DRW Consultants, LLC
Mickey Edwards, Member of Congress 1976-1992 (R-OK); Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Director, Aspen-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership
Carl Fillichio, Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications, Lehman Brothers
Russ Finkelstein, Associate Director, Action Without Borders / Idealist.org
Sigmund G. Ginsburg, Executive Vice President & Director, NonProfit Practice, DHR International; Founder and First Director, New York City Urban Fellows Program (1969-1972)
George R. Hedges, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP
Andy Kopplin, Executive Vice President for Growth Strategy and Development, Teach for America
Laurel McFarland, Executive Director, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
C. Corina Monzon, Project Manager, Office of the Controller, City and County of San Francisco
Ayan L. Rubin, Strategic Vice President, DRW Consultants, LLC
Dr. David Grossman, Director, Civic House, University of
Pennsylvania
Ira Jackson, Henry Y. Hwang Dean of the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University
David Jung, Professor of Law & Director, Center for State and Local Government Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law
Dr. Don Menzel, President, Ethics Management International and Professor (Courtesy) Department of Government & International Affairs, University of South Florida
Dr. Michael Leo Owens, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Emory University
Dr. Costas Panagopoulos, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy and the graduate program in Elections and Campaign Management at Fordham University
Robert Tobias, Director, Public Sector Executive Programs, Director Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation and Distinguished Adjunct Professor in Residence, American University
Ira Jackson, Henry Y. Hwang Dean of the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University
David Jung, Professor of Law & Director, Center for State and Local Government Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law
Dr. Don Menzel, President, Ethics Management International and Professor (Courtesy) Department of Government & International Affairs, University of South Florida
Dr. Michael Leo Owens, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Emory University
Dr. Costas Panagopoulos, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy and the graduate program in Elections and Campaign Management at Fordham University
Robert Tobias, Director, Public Sector Executive Programs, Director Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation and Distinguished Adjunct Professor in Residence, American University
Local Leadership Advisory Councils
Houston Leadership Advisory Council
Hon. Caroline Baker, Judge of the 151st Civil District Court of Harris County
Hon. Jacquie Baly Chaumette, City Council Member-at-Large, Position Two, City of Sugar Land; Founder & President, Baly Projects
Renee Cross, Associate Director, University of Houston Center for Public Policy
James Grace, Jr., Partner, Baker Botts
Dr. Franklin Jones, Chair & Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, Texas Southern University
Dr. Robert Stein, Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science & Faculty Director, Center for Civic Engagement, Rice University
Dr. Adolfo Santos, Department Chair of Social Science, University of Houston Downtown
Dr. Jon Taylor, Chair and Professor - Political Science, Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, The University of St. Thomas, Houston
Hon. Ken Wise, Judge of the 152nd Civil District Court of Harris County
Hon. Jacquie Baly Chaumette, City Council Member-at-Large, Position Two, City of Sugar Land; Founder & President, Baly Projects
Renee Cross, Associate Director, University of Houston Center for Public Policy
James Grace, Jr., Partner, Baker Botts
Dr. Franklin Jones, Chair & Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, Texas Southern University
Dr. Robert Stein, Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science & Faculty Director, Center for Civic Engagement, Rice University
Dr. Adolfo Santos, Department Chair of Social Science, University of Houston Downtown
Dr. Jon Taylor, Chair and Professor - Political Science, Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, The University of St. Thomas, Houston
Hon. Ken Wise, Judge of the 152nd Civil District Court of Harris County
San Francisco Leadership Advisory Council
Dan Cohen, Founder, Full Court Press
Dr. Ted Egan, Chief Economist, City and County of San Francisco & Adjunct Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
Emily Rosenberg, Associate Manager - Sierra Team, The Trust for Public Land
Peg Stevenson, City Services Auditor Division Director, Controller's Office, City and County of San Francisco
Dr. Ted Egan, Chief Economist, City and County of San Francisco & Adjunct Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
Emily Rosenberg, Associate Manager - Sierra Team, The Trust for Public Land
Peg Stevenson, City Services Auditor Division Director, Controller's Office, City and County of San Francisco
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