Jim Prendergast Elected to Future Leaders for America Foundation Board

Jim has been nominated to serve on the Future Leaders for American Foundation Board of Directors. The vote to confirm his election was completed today and we are pleased to inform you that Jim has now been duly elected to that Board of Directors position. From his days as an undergraduate at Cornell University to his rapid rise in the government relations profession in Washington, DC, Jim as been on a steep up-glide-slope in recognition of his exception leadership and managerial talents. For more on Jim’s background, we’ve put together some notes on his career for your information, as follows:

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Washington Scholars Summer 2008 Application Deadline Approaching

For Immediate Release:
January 14, 2007

Contact:
Darren Littell
Chairman,WSFP
(425) 220-5505

Washington Scholars Summer 2008 Application Deadline

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington Scholars Fellowship Program is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2008 internship program in Washington, DC. Application materials and additional information are available at: www.washingtonscholars.org. The application deadline has been extended to March 1, 2008. Read more »

Board Member McManus Elected Vice Chairman of FLfA

Washington, DC: January 8, 2008 — The Future Leaders for America Foundation Chairman today announced that Mr. Brian McManus, Board Member and Treasurer of the Foundation, has been elected to the position of Vice Chairman of the Foundation. Future Leaders Chairman, Rear Admiral [Ret.] James J. Carey, stated “Brian McManus has done outstanding work for the foundation over the past two years, and has become a critical member of our management team. Since his election to the Board of Directors last year, his dedication to the Foundation has proven to be a major source of inspiration for our entire Board. And his service as Treasurer of the Foundation has provided his expertise as a tax lawyer that has served to make our operations even more professional. I now look to Brian’s election as Vice Chairman of the Board to provide me with a strong right arm in the foundation’s management, administration, and operation as we seek to expand the number of interns we support each year.” Read more »

Washington Scholar Grad Jonathan Kim Joins Network Federal

Earlier this week, we congratulated Jonathan Sih and his new job and today we have learned that Jonathan Kim [UMass Grad] also has a new position with a company called Network Federal in DC, with offices also Greenbelt, MD where he’ll be working. Network Federal works with government contractors selling and reselling to the federal government through the GSA schedule. One more Washington Scholar is moving up the national public policy career ladder here in the nation’s capitol. Plus in Jonathan’s own words “I truly believe that my public service experience through my USAF service AND my Washington Scholar internship in the Congress is what gave me the ‘edge’ in getting this job, since there were a lot of other candidates that interviewed for this position”.