APA Selects 2002 Congressional Fellows

APA is pleased to announce the selection of Fellows for the 2002 APA Congressional Fellowship for Urban Planning & Community Livability. This year's Fellows are Michael Donovan of Boston, Massachusetts, and Mary Grace Folwell of Washington, D.C.

Ms. Folwell will work in the office of Sen. Susan Collins of Maine as a staff assistant for the Senate Smart Growth Task Force, an initiative of the bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition. Mr. Donovan will work in the office of Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon as a staff assistant for the House Livable Communities Task Force. Both will work on promoting federal legislation related to smart growth planning and community development.

Michael Donovan
Michael is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and recently received his Master of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a Fulbright Scholar in 1999 and worked on urban planning issues in Bogota, Columbia. Michael has extensive interest and experience in international planning issues having worked with U.S. Agency for International Development, the United Nations Development Programme in Costa Rica, and the Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a native of Washington State and a member of APA.

Mary Grace Folwell
Mary Grace received her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College, undertook graduate work in planning at Temple University in Philadelphia, and is currently a law student at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She spent five years on staff with the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia working on development and revitalization projects in North Philadelphia. She is currently working with the Center for Sustainability and Regional Growth at George Washington University.

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