APA Selects 2003 Congressional Fellows

APA is pleased to announce the selection of Fellows for the 2003 APA Congressional Fellowship for Urban Planning & Community Livability. This year's Fellows are Daniel Persky of Iowa City, Iowa, and Craig Raborn, AICP, of Austin, Texas.

Daniel Persky will work in the office of Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan as a staff assistant for the Senate Smart Growth Task Force, an initiative of the bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition. Craig Raborn 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.

Daniel Persky
Daniel received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, received his master's in urban planning at the University of Iowa and is currently finishing his last semester in law school at the University of Iowa. Daniel is a visiting student at the George Washington University Law School. Daniel has an extensive work history in both the legal sector and in urban planning. He has worked with the Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago, updating zoning ordinances, and worked as a Student Attorney for the City of Iowa providing legal advice on planning and zoning. Daniel is currently a research assistant for the George Washington University Center on Sustainable Development, researching the environmental effects of informal settlements in megacities.

Craig Raborn, AICP
Craig received his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University, completed his planning degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and is currently a law student at George Washington University. Craig is a second-generation planner and has a work background that is mixed with planning and policy. He spent three years as a Political Analyst and Russian Linguist for the U.S. Task Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Craig co-taught an undergraduate Introduction to Planning course before graduating from planning school and worked for two years as a Project Manager at a Texas planning firm. Craig is currently working as a consultant and passed the AICP exam this past summer.

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