MAPIS2021
MAPIS2021
4th Annual Mid-Atlantic Political Intern Summit - MAPIS2021
August 5th, 2021
Talking politics, social change, networking and job seeking: Political interns converge at Rowan for one-day summit
August 5, 2021
For Julia Carfagno, lunch was much more than a burger. It was a chance to connect with others and think more about her future in politics.
“I had lunch with Chris Russell,” Carfagno said during a break at the Mid-Atlantic Political Internship Summit (MAPIS), presented on Thursday, August 5, by the Rowan Institute for Public Policy & Citizenship.
The top adviser to New Jersey GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, Russell was one of 20 top political leaders and advisers who joined more than 125 political interns for a day-long summit in Rowan’s Business Hall.
The summit brought together interns working in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware for insightful—and often frank—discussions with some of the nation’s most gifted and successful political minds.
Panel discussions ranged from the future of the Democratic and Republican parties to sessions on driving social change, landing political jobs in Washington, D.C., and learning to disagree amicably.
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Speakers and Panelists:
Tony Bawidamann (Senior Director of Government Affairs, Comcast NBC)
Hon. Jon Bramnick (New Jersey Assembly Minority Leader)
Stanley Braverman (Braverman Associates)
Mary Campbell Cruz (Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross)
Marilyn Davis (New Jersey Area director for Government Affairs, Altice)
Steve DeMicco (Founding Partner, Message & Media, Inc.)
Kevin Drennan (Executive Director, NJ Senate Majority Office)
Aaron Dworkin (CEO, National Summer Learning Association)
Jennifer Holdsworth Karp (JC Strategies)
Sasha Issenberg (Author, The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle with Same-Sex Marriage)
Sean Kennedy (Vice President for Government Affairs and External Partnerships, Rowan University)
Hon. Andy Kim (U.S. Representative, NJ-3)
Sue Ramanathan (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Jason Redd (Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Gibbons P.C.)
Christina Renna (President & CEO, Chamber of Commerce Southern NJ)
Chris Russell (Top advisor to NJ gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli's 2021 campaign)
Hon. Tahesha Way (New Jersey Secretary of State)
Larry Weitzner (CEO, Jamestown Associates)
Rob Zucker (Partner, Winning Strategies Washington)
Sponsors:
New Jersey Policy Research Organization (NJPRO)
NJM Insurance Group
1868 Public Affairs
Atlantic City Electric
Comcast
ELEC825
GTB Partners
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Inspira Health
Jefferson Health
Kivvit
Kaufman Zita Group
LiUNA
McCarter & English
New Jersey American Water
New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA)
New Jersey Dental Association (NJDA)
Princeton Public Affairs Group
South Jersey Industries
Spartan Digital
