Legislative Fellows Profiles
Alice Berggrun Colombia
• Expertise: • Home Organization: President’s Office • Host Organization: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities • Host City: Washington, D.C. Ms. Berggrun has recently started as an Advisor to the Transparency Secretary in the President’s Office. Before working at the President’s Office, she was an Advisor in the National Planning Department. Her career has been focused on transparency and corruption, legislature and policy development, whistle blowers and the government’s engagement with the private sector. As Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, she will gain exposure to budget accountability models of various countries.
Minneapolis, Diana MarcelaMO Osorio Colombia
• Expertise: Energy Sustainability • Home Organization: Congreso de la Republica de Colombia • Host Organization: Department of Community Service - City of Fayetteville • Host City: Fayetteville, Arkansas Ms. Osorio is an Advisor to Representative Jack Housni Jaller of San Andres of the Colombian National Congress. She helps develop policies to improve San Andres. She has a particular interested in green energy infrastructure development as a means towards energy sustainability. Currently she is organizing and developing the first office of international cooperation of San Andres. As a Fellow at the City of Fayetteville, Ms. Osorio will be involved in the implementation of federally funded programs designed to assist low to moderate income residents.
Legislative Fellows Profiles
Diego Diaz Colombia
MO Oriol DorlyMinneapolis, Gordon Jeffrey Haiti
• Expertise: Preventative Medicine Policy • Home Organization: Hospital Infantil Los Angeles • Host Organization: Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) • Host City: St.Paul, Minnesota
• Expertise: Youth Empowerment • Home Organization: YMCA d’Haiti • Host Organization: National Youth Leadership Council • Host City: St.Paul, Minnesota
Mr. Díaz represents a local non-profit children’s hospital in Pasto, Colombia on a committee that assesses and advises preventative medicine policy for children war victims. He has a background in Economic and Public Policy and also is a professor at Fundación Universitaria San Martín. During his Fellowship at CLUES, Diego assessed impact of the Affordable Health Care Act on immigrants, especially those undocumented, and produced a comprehensive report.
Mr. Oriol works directly with youth as the POTEKOLE Program Coordinator at YMCA d’Haiti, where he empowers youth to become leaders and participating citizens. In particular, Mr. Oriol strives to improve access to education through integral program implementation of an afterschool program designed for previous school drop outs. As a F ellow at NYLC, Mr. Oriol assisted with the planning and execution for the National Service-Learning Conference, and conducted research on youth development and education programs, and local partner networking.
Legislative Fellows Profiles
Jared Ortiz Gonzalez Dominican Republic
• Expertise: Transparency and Accountability • Home Organization: Alianza ONG • Host Organization: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits • Host City: St.Paul, Minnesota Mr. Ortiz promotes transparency and accountability within Alianza ONG’s network of NGOs. He works in planning and fundraising, as well as project execution. As a Fellow, Jared was hosted at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, also a member based organization focused on strengthening civil society. His primary area of focus was researching how Minnesota based nonprofits will comply with the federal government’s new Pay for Performance regulation.
Minneapolis, Jônatas DomingosMOCampos Brazil
• Expertise: Education Policy • Home Organization: Legislative Assembly of the State of Pernambuco • Host Organization: Indiana Department of Education • Host City: Indianapolis, Indiana Mr. Domingos serves his local state government as Press Secretary for Representative Teresa Leitão and the Assembly’s Education Commission. As a Fellow for the Indiana Department of Education, he was involved in communications for education policy and implementation for the state public school system. Specifically, he worked on news clips, talking points, outreach efforts, social medial and legislative analysis while both houses of Legislature held the joint summit on education policy.
Legislative Fellows Profiles
Magda Cardenas Colombia
MO Pereira Marcos Minneapolis, Joaquim Martins Brazil
• Expertise: Human Rights and Justice • Home Organization: Human Rights Presidential Program • Host Organization: Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) • Host City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Expertise: Business Strategy and Corporation Development • Home Organization: National Confederation of Industry Brazil (CNI) • Host Organization: Chicano Latino Affairs Council (CLAC) • Host City: St.Paul, Minnesota
Ms. Cardenas is an Advisor of Public Policy against Impunity, where she develops projects related to the justice administration. As a Fellow at HACER, Ms. Cardenas had a cross-sectorial experience during which she assisted efforts to promote education as a fundamental human right. In particular, she collaborated with a large network of Minnesota based partners to advance the DREAM Act.
Mr. Pereira is a Policy and Industry Analyst for CNI, where he liaises with legislature to promote business strategy and corporation development, as well as manage intellectual property for small businesses. As a Fellow, Mr. Pereira was involved in preparing CLAC for community outreach through engagement forums, conducting research, and educational the public about the role of CLAC in the Minnesota State Government.
Legislative Fellows Profiles
Margareth Travessoni Gomes Brazil
• Expertise: Transparency and Accountability • Home Organization: Government of Minas Gerais • Host Organization: Indiana State Government - Office of the Governor • Host City: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ms. Gomes serves her local government as Controller of Institutional Information and Transparency, where she recently held trainings for municipal governments and their citizens on measuring and ensuring local government transparency and accountability. During her fellowship, she worked with the Government Efficiency and Financial Planning Team. Her primary responsibilities were to assess the Host’s accountability and transparency initiatives including performance metrics and the transparency portal as they compare to other g overnmental entities, as well as compile quarterly performance metrics of all state government agencies.
Minneapolis, Margarita OrozcoMO Orcasita Colombia
• Expertise: Human Rights Law • Home Organization: Procuraduría General de la Nación • Host Organization: Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) • Host City: Minneapolis, Minnesota Ms. Orozco is an Advisor to the Procuraduría General de la Nación in Colombia, where she helps legislators build laws that protect human rights for highly vulnerable groups. In particular, she monitors the government agencies’ implementation of the new Victims’ Law. As a Fellow at HACER, Ms. Orozco had a cross-sectorial experience during which she assisted efforts to promote education as a fundamental human right. In particular, she collaborated with a large network of Minnesota based partners to advance the DREAM Act.
Legislative Fellows Profiles
Martin Skup
Dominican Republic • Expertise:Analysis of Foreign Legislation • Home Organization: Camara de Diputados • Host Organization: Chicano Latino Affairs Council (CLAC) • Host City: St.Paul, Minnesota
As a Legal Analyst for the Camara de Diputados, Mr. Skup works closely with the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) of the US Library of Congress. He provides analysis of foreign legislation to Dominican representatives to use as an example. He also translates Dominican legislation for record within the GLIN. As a Fellow at CLAC, Mr. Skup tracked legislation relevant to CLAC, conducted research and attended legislative sessions.
Minneapolis, MO Nara Caliman Brazil
• Expertise: Grant Management • Home Organization: Secretariat of Special Projects and Metropolitan Affairs – Government of the State of Espirito Santo • Host Organization: Office of Corporation Counsel (OCC) – City of Indianapolis • Host City: Indianapolis, Indiana Ms. Caliman specializes in overseeing grant management contracts that the state government of Espirito Santo issues to the third sector to operate hospitals, youth justice programs, prisons, and museums, among others. As she is in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation of these contracts, Ms. Caliman spent her fellowship reviewing OCC’s public private partnerships, relationships between local government and third parties, and administrative efficiency.
Legislative Fellows Profiles
Minneapolis, Vinicius Baptista MO dos Anjos
Thiago Hollerbach Athayde Brazil
• Expertise: Civil Affairs and Institutional Relations • Home Organization: Minas Gerais State Secretariat for Civil Affairs and Institutional Relations • Host Organization: Indiana State Senate • Host City: Indianapolis, Indiana
Mr. Athayde serves his local government as Chief Advisor for Strategic Management and Innovation for the Minas Gerais State Secretariat for Civil Affairs and Institutional Relations. His primary responsibility is to execute a transparency and citizen participation project designed to engage citizens in draft legislation. As a Fellow, Mr. Athayde reviewed and analyzed the Indiana Senate’s electronic communications and constituent input.
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Expertise: Corruption in local government Home Organization: TV Gazeta Host Organization: Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) Host City: St.Paul, Minnesota
Mr. Baptista is a local television reporter who hosts his own morning show “Bom Dia ES” on the Espirito Santo Rede Globo affiliate network TV Gazeta during which he talks primarily about politics. His dedication to covering stories that are often ignored by the media and exposing corruption in local government has made him the four-time winner of the State Award of Journalism. As a Fellow, Mr. Baptista was primarily hosted by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), where he joined reporters at the State Capital. Additionally, he met with TPT network for more exposure to public news for the airing of the show “The Almanac.” During a final week in Washington, DC, Mr. Baptista met with reporters National Public Radio (NPR) and Idea TV.