CAREER FORUM
NGO, Non-Profit and Government Career Forum
Co-sponsored with NYU, GW, and UPenn
December 3, 2011

Washington, DC—This year, in addition to hosting our annual Mentoring Fairs in DC and NY, the Women's Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) partnered with GW, NYU, and UPenn for our second NGO, Non-Profit and Government Career Forum to give students a chance to learn more about the job and internship opportunities available today. The event began with a panel on careers in non-profits for the students, followed by an Expo with exhibitors from the NGO and public sector communities. This year's panelists were: Dawn Calabia, Consultant; Paolo Galli, UNDP; Andrea Koppel, Mercy Corps; and Deborah McCarthy, Department of State.

 

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WFPG President Patricia Ellis


  WFPG member Deborah McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Bureau of Economic, Energy,
and Business Affairs at the US State Department

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GWU Career Center Director Marva Jennings


  Panelists Deborah McCarthy, Dawn Calabia,
Patricia Ellis, Paolo Galli, and Andrea Koppel

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Career Expo

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Participating Organizations


American Enterprise Institute, American Red Cross, Atlas Service Corps, Cato Institute, City Year Washington, DC, Critical Language Scholarship, Drug Policy Alliance, FairVote, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, Global Language Network, Grassroots Campaigns, Inc., Hope for Haiti, Inter-American Dialogue, Inter-American Foundation, International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, Kiva Microfunds, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, National Democratic Institute, National Security Agency, The Nature Conservancy, Plan International USA, Population Services International, SID-Washington, SISGI Group, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American, Teach for China, Teach on the Beach Inc., Unite For Sight, UN Information Center, UNRWA, UN World Food Programme, US Department of Justice, US Department of the Treasury, US Office of Personnel Management, USAID, Volunteer Maryland, The White House Internship Program, Women's Foreign Policy Group, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars