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• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is the nation's largest philanthropy dedicated to improving the health and health care of all Americans. It is more than 50 years old and has $14B in assets. At RWJF, I.
• Shaping the national dialogue on health care transformation.
• Being able to take risks, and make investments that others can't.
• Working with a phenomenal team.
• Keeping my finger on the pulse of innovation.
• Finding incredible people from two different parts of the country working on the same problem, introducing them to each other, and watching magic happen.

• Going back to school full-time was one of the best experiences of my career. For a health policy nerd like me, grad school was exhilarating. It was also quite the experience to be there during one of the most pivotal.
• Being able to dedicate a year and a half to deep learning and introspection.
• Getting to work for and with accomplished faculty in numerous capacities.
• Developing an extensive network of successful peers and colleagues.
• Setting the stage for the next phase of my career.

• PwCs is a multinational professional services network, and one of the "Big Four" auditors. At the time, it was the second largest professional services firm in the world, and the 5th-largest privately owned company in.
• Diving into the world of consulting.
• Learning just how hard and messy change can be on the ground.
• Having a newfound appreciation of how entrenched and misaligned health care incentives are.

• I interned at OCHIA during the early roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). OCHIA's role is to promote affordable health insurance to small businesses and New Yorkers, and to provide health policy research.
• Demystifying health care reform.
• Refining OCHIA's methods for quantifying New York's undocumented, uninsured population.
• Trying to help New York steal great ideas from other cities.

• CFR is a groundbreaking legal and social services organization that supports families in crisis in New York City. CFR's attorneys, social workers, and parent advocates do amazing things to break the cycle of foster.
• Learning the ins and outs of running (and growing) a new nonprofit.
• Working side-by-side with the most stellar and dedicated program staff you could possibly imagine.
• Being a voice for thousands of families that couldn't use their own.

• Like many idealistic and driven college students, I graduated and tried to start a company with a group of friends. Our goal was ambitious: to build an online platform that people could use to find physicians based on.
• Starting a company!
• Doing something worthwhile with people I loved.

• While most people know Wharton because of its world-class MBA program, Wharton also has a killer health care management department. I worked with Professor Arnold Rosoff, and helped him dig into research on what at the.
• Meeting professor Rosoff, and becoming connected to a second university.
• Drafting parts of “Consumer-driven health care: Questions, cautions, and an inconvenient truth,” published March 2007 in The Journal of Legal Medicine.

• I spent a summer at the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). ODPHP, created by Congress in 1976, sets national health goals and objectives, and also coordinates programs, services, and.
• Learning just how big a role our federal government plays in keeping our country healthy.
• Drafting a section of A Healthier You, ODPHP's first book for mass-consumption.
• Hosting a delegation from the Netherlands.

Mph, Health Policy & Management

Whoever said you can't put a price on knowledge clearly never went to grad school. Major achievements and activities: • Graduated top of.

Ab, International Relations (Global Health)

In Deo Speramus. Major achievements and activities: • 5th Year Reunion Class Gift Committee • Brown Internship Award • Student Campaign.