Staying optimistic with the Spring 2019 GU Politics Fellows

To begin 2019, Senior Interview Editor Erich Denk sat down with the Spring class of GU Politics Fellows:

  • Paulette Aniskof, political advisor, President Barack Obama; former director, White House Office of Public Engagement
  • Antonia Ferrier, former staff director, Senate Republican Communications Center; partner, Definers Public Affairs
  • Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer, The Washington Post; MSNBC contributor
  • Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, member of congress (R-FL) 1989-2019; chairman emeritus, House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Dan Sena, executive director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (2018 Election Cycle)

The group introduced themselves, discussed their plans for their semester on campus, what makes them optimistic, and how they are rethinking governance in their own fields.

Bonus features:

Check out the Fellows’ discussion group times here

 

Theme music provided by Russell Lawrence

 

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