MCF is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs to establish the Council’s first Public Policy Fellowship. Ryan Johnson, a second-year graduate student at the Humphrey Institute, has been selected to fill this position. In addition to working on his master’s of public affairs, Ryan is employed with the Children’s Defense Fund as an outreach specialist, where he is working to strengthen partnerships with nonprofits, public agencies, schools and faith groups. Ryan also has worked with the Minnesota Literacy Council as well as the United Way of Dane County in Madison, Wisconsin.
Over the next 9 months, Ryan will be working the Council and its membership to…
- identify promising practices and strategies of current grantmakers currently engaged in public policy efforts
- identify and develop topics, tools and trainings for MCF’s membership to help grantmakers develop advocacy and public policy strategies
- convene MCF issue-based networks and others interested in advocating positions on public policy issues to identify ways the Council can support efforts to build coalitions of grantmakers to take action
If you are interested in learning more about the public policy fellowship, please contact Chuck Peterson or Ryan Johnson.
- Chuck Peterson, MCF’s VP of member relations and operations
