The Public Interest Fellowship Program is pleased to announce the incoming cohort of PIFP fellows. Below, meet this year’s fellows and learn which partner organizations they will be working with during the upcoming summer and year. PIFP offers paid summer and yearlong fellowships to CC students and graduates. This pipeline to nonprofit partner organizations provides fellows with significant experience, specialized training and mentoring, and the opportunity to make a difference in the issues facing our state and community. Over the past 15 years, PIFP has placed nearly 400 fellows and worked with 80 partner organizations.
Yearlong Fellows
| Helen | Griffiths | ACLU of Colorado |
| Rowan | Frederiksen | Arc–Pikes Peak Region |
| Dorsa | Djalilzadeh | Bell Policy Center |
| Duranya | Freeman | CO Center on Law & Policy |
| Savanah | McDaniel | CO Consumer Health Initiative (policy) |
| Isabelle | Nathanson | CO Consumer Health Initiative (outreach) |
| Asheton | Gilbertson | Conservation Colorado |
| Amelia (Mimi) | Smith | Denver Scholarship Foundation |
| Salem | Tewelde | Denver Scholarship Foundation |
| Tia | Phillip | DSST Public Schools |
| Rachael | Maxwell | Innovations in Aging Collaborative |
| Naomi | Randell | OMNI Institute |
| Caroline | Olin | TESSA |
| Delaney | Tight | Volunteers for Outdoor CO |
Summer Fellows
| Jacqueline | Nkhonjera | ACLU of Colorado |
| Maria | Cortner | Arc of the Pikes Peak Reg |
| Bianca Lydia | Thomas | Atlas Preparatory School |
| Max | Blackburn | Atlas Preparatory School |
| Graham | Campson | Catamount Institute |
| Annie | Engen | City of Colorado Springs |
| Abe | Lahr | CO Dept Health Care Policy & Financing |
| Hannah | Schultz | CO Dept Health Care Policy & Financing |
| Maggie | Mehlman | CO League of Charter Schools |
| Carolyn | Best | Fountain Creek Watershed District |
| Jasmin | Thibou | Gill Foundation |
| Carter | Eng | Greenway Fund |
| Anna | Smith | NCSL Communications Div. |
| Meg | DeMarsh | NCSL Education Program |
| Riley | Hutchings | NCSL Energy, Environment & Transportation Program |
| Annie | Zlevor | NCSL Health Program |
| Alison | Takkunen | NCSL Health Program |
| Kendall | Stoetzer | One Colorado Education Fund |
| Hannah | Pardee | Palmer Land Trust |
| Alison | Baird | PEAK Parent Center |
| Logan | Coleman | ProgressNow Colorado Education |
| Mark | Scaggs | Towards Justice |
