A team of Clinton School students will compete this weekend in the finals of Policy Solutions Challenge USA, a national competition among U.S. schools of public policy, public affairs and public administration.
The competition requires student teams to develop innovative solutions to the most important policy problems facing the country. The topic of this year’s challenge is “Responses to Childhood Obesity in the U.S.” Student teams are required to create policy solutions and present them to a panel of judges.
Clinton School students Mara D’Amico, Angela Bukenya, Christine Sumner and Jillian Underwood won the South Region competition in February and will compete in the finals Friday and Saturday at the American University School of Public Policy in Washington, D.C. They will compete against seven other teams from across the country.
Other schools participating in the finals include: American University, Brown University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, University of Southern California, University of Washington and University of Wisconsin.
“We are very proud of these students for their accomplishment in reaching the finals of the Policy Solutions Challenge,” said Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford. “Clearly, they have already distinguished themselves by advancing to the finals alongside these other outstanding schools. Public policy analysis and advocacy are important components of public service, and our students have displayed that well throughout this competition.”
The competition will be judged by a group of prominent leaders in public policy analysis. The judges include:
– David Bowen, former CEO of Malaria No More and former chief health adviser to U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy
– Judith Feder, Urban Institute and Georgetown University, former health adviser to President Clinton
– Heather Holaday, Director of Health and Physical Education, DC Public Schools
– Robin McKinnon, Health Policy Specialist, National Cancer Institute – National Institutes of Health
– Rich Rimkunas, Deputy Assistant Director for the Domestic & Social Policy Division at Congressional Research Service
– Laura Segal, Director of Public Affairs, Trust for America’s Health
For more information on Policy Solutions Challenge USA, visit policychallenge-usa.org.
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