# Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows ## Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellowship Through this summer fellowship, HKS students undertake a research project related to public finance for a state or local government client in the Greater Boston area as a continuation of work conducted during the Greater Boston Applied Field Lab course. Typically between two and five students are selected for this fellowship each summer, and students are eligible to receive an up to $8,000 stipend to support their project. ![Alumni](/sites/g/files/omnuum12421/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2025-12/D18011E019.jpg?itok=b20oWvXY) ## expand\_more ### 2025 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more **Aruni Ranaweera (MPP 2025)** **Office of Congressman Seth Moulton, Massachusetts’ 6th District** **Project Partner:** Liam Morehead, Transportation Policy Advisor, Office of Congressman Seth Moulton Aruni focused on advancing transit‑oriented development (TOD) opportunities in Somerville, Massachusetts. She developed a comprehensive financial model for the mixed‑use redevelopment of the MBTA’s Boston Engine Terminal (BET) site, illustrating investor returns from a TOD project supported by a low‑interest federal Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan. Aruni participated in stakeholder meetings, coordinated with city officials and potential investors, and integrated findings from the MBTA’s ongoing rail maintenance consolidation plan. The project highlighted the financial and economic benefits of redeveloping the BET parcel to attract private investors and community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Additionally, the BET analysis served as a pilot for future development of comparable parcels identified through the Regional Rail initiative, creating a replicable model to inform broader TOD strategies. **Paul Garbarino (MPP 2025)** **Office of Congressman Seth Moulton, Massachusetts’ 6th District** **Project Partner:** Katie Donahue, Transportation Policy Advisor, Office of Congressman Seth Moulton Paul focused on advancing Congressman Moulton’s transit development and safety legislative priorities. He researched and authored policy memos on federal programs slated for reauthorization and on new initiatives to strengthen the nation’s transportation network, including Regional Transportation Block Grants, freight mode‑shift policies, high‑speed rail improvements, Amtrak response protocols, cannabis impairment standards, and railroad data‑sharing strategies. Paul also carried out core Capitol Hill policy advisor duties such as preparing briefing materials and remarks for hearings, drafting bill and letter summaries, monitoring legislative markups, publishing constituent newsletters, meeting with stakeholders, and drafting communications on federal transportation initiatives. His work shaped policy options and legislative strategies that support safer, more efficient, and sustainable transportation infrastructure nationwide. ### 2024 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more The Field Lab sponsored eight Public Finance Summer Fellows, who were integrated into the regular Rappaport Fellows program thanks to help from Polly O’Brien, Associate Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, and Kathryn Carlson, the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston Executive Director. **Pragun Aggarwal (MPP ’24, HKS)** **Massachusetts State Infrastructure Bank, Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance** **Project Partner:** Bob LaRocca, Deputy Director, Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Pragun will play a crucial role in establishing the State Infrastructure Bank by identifying key financial tools, municipal infrastructure projects, and governance mechanisms that will guide the bank’s operations in funding local infrastructure needs. Specifically, the Public Finance Summer Fellowship will focus on developing a prioritization matrix to effectively evaluate and rate the most impactful municipal projects requiring funding from the State Infrastructure Bank. **Jonathan Jayes-Green (MC-MPA ’24, HKS)** **Massachusetts State Infrastructure Bank, Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance** **Project Partner:** Bob LaRocca, Deputy Director, Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is working to set up a State Infrastructure Bank to support municipalities in financing capital projects. Jonathan’s main objective is to support the strategy and implementation of the bank with the Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office in the Governor’s Office of Administration and Finance. This may include identifying capital deployment mechanisms, surfacing the most pressing and strategic infrastructure needs and projects across the Commonwealth, defining the governance and structure of the Bank, and others. **Samya Mishra (MC-MPA ’24, HKS)** **Massachusetts Community Climate Bank (MCCB), Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance** **Project Partner:** Mark Attia, Director of MassHousing Samya will be primarily tasked with advancing the development of the Momentum Fund. Their key responsibilities include crafting a Strategic Opportunity Plan to outline the establishment and growth of the Momentum Fund and its Momentum Preferred Equity product, as well as creating a polished, client-facing brochure that details this equity product. Supporting activities will involve comprehensive market research profiling relevant real estate investment managers and institutional investors, internal data analysis of MassHousing's mixed-income loans, and reviewing public disclosures and rating agency materials related to mixed-income investments. The fellow will also assist in client testing by engaging in discussions as needed to refine the fund's offerings. **Othmane Ouhaddach (MPA ’24, HKS)** **City of Everett, Massachusetts** **Project Partner:** Matt Lattanzi, Director Planning and Development & Assistant City Solicitor This summer fellowship project will focus on the financial aspects of the Infrastructure Enhancement and Renewal (IER) project. Othmane will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the IER project’s funding strategy, identifying potential funding sources and strategies to ensure financial viability. Collaborating with the State Infrastructure team, the fellow will work to align the project’s financial structure with State Infrastructure funding requirements, aiming to develop a robust funding model that supports the project’s long-term success. **Hadar Sachs (MPP ’25, HKS)** **The Lab@ MassDOT, Massachusetts Department of Transportation** **Project Partner:** Jaclyn Youngblood, Deputy Chief of Possibility Project Description: Hadar will work collaboratively with other fellows at The Lab@MassDOT, participating in brainstorming sessions and a select number of external and community events. Their core responsibilities will include spearheading the implementation of one or two MassDOT pilot or demonstration projects aimed at enhancing road safety. The Fellow will investigate emerging technologies such as speed safety cameras and direct vision assist program and will prepare comprehensive implementation plans and financial analyses for these technologies. Furthermore, they will coordinate with partner agencies and external stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and broad-based support for these initiatives. **Astha Soni (MPP’25, HKS)** **City of Newburyport, Massachusetts** **Project Partner:** Andrew Levine, Chief of Staff The Public Finance Summer Fellowship will aim to improve the efficiency and accessibility of municipal services in Newburyport by developing a generative AI chatbot and formulating an AI use policy to ensure ethical deployment within city operations. Astha will prepare a detailed financial and budgetary analysis to determine the cost-effectiveness and fiscal impact of the chatbot. Activities will involve preliminary benchmarking against similar municipal AI initiatives, drafting a budget-conscious AI use policy, and assessing initial development costs, ongoing operational expenses, and potential cost savings. The final deliverables will include a comprehensive financial impact analysis and budget report to ensure the initiative is both economically viable and sustainable. ### 2023 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more **Name:** William Boles **Graduate School:** Harvard Kennedy School **Agency:** City of Boston, Office of Returning Citizens **Supervisor:** Kimberly Rhoten, ORC Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Returning Citizens, City of Boston and 2022 Rappaport Public Policy Fellow **Project Description:** Will will assist in identifying healthcare resources in the Greater Boston Area for returning citizens. Reporting to the ORC Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, the Health Services and Policy Fellow will locate updated information on healthcare providers with experience providing care for Returning Citizens, health insurance enrollment options, and community organizations supporting health needs for Returning Citizens to inform ORC referrals to these programs. **Name**: Alex Cardelle **Graduate School:** Harvard Graduate School of Design **Agency:** Boston Environment Team **Supervisor:** Chris Osgood, Special Advisor to the Mayor **Project Description:** Alex will continue work on the coastal resiliency project with the city of Boston. This work began in the spring semester as part of the Budgeting and Finance course run by Professor Linda Bilmes. **Name:** Jeanney Liu **Graduate School:** Harvard Kennedy School **Agency:** City of Somerville **Supervisor:** Ted Fields, Senior Economic Development Planner **Project Description:** Jeanney will continue work at the City of Somerville's Economic Development Department focusing on mitigating gentrification in the city. **Name:** Livesey Pack **Graduate School:** Harvard Graduate School of Design **Agency:** Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency **Supervisor**: Kristi Rea, Branch Manager, Office of Regional Assistance and Integrated Strategies, EPA **Project Description:** Livesey will continue work at the EPA that was started this spring. ### 2022 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more **Name**: Charuvi Begwani **Graduate School**: Harvard Graduate School of Design **Undergraduate School**: School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi **Agency**: MBTA **Supervisor**: Christina Marin, Deputy Director of Treasury Services and P3 Finance **Project Description**: Charuvi completed the Rappaport Finance Policy fellowship with MBTA this summer where she continued work on the Greater Boston Applied Field lab project from Professor Bilmes’ class on looking at alternative uses and transit-oriented development (TOD) for the underutilized Lynn Commuter Rail Parking Garage. She conducted a high-level needs assessment of what the MBTA required from the Lynn Garage site and what kind of development proposal they would expect from a private developer. Working closely with the Finance, Real Estate and Parking teams, she provided a better understanding and detailed documentation of needs, limitations, key questions and decision points in terms of land uses, parking, bus and rail infrastructure, amenities, utilities, post-deconstruction state, etc. as well as future considerations and a potential timeline. Her final deliverable was a framework for a detailed and structured Invitation to Bid document to guide MBTA in drafting and releasing an improved ITB to be able to source better responses from private developers for a potential TOD project and lead to better project outcomes and partnerships. This framework may also be used by the MBTA for several other TOD projects lined up for the future. **Name**: Jordan Biggers **Graduate School**: Harvard Kennedy School **Undergraduate School**: Spring Hill College **Agency**: Boston Digital Equity Team **Supervisor**: Peter Favorito, Broadband and Digital Equity Advocate **Mentors**: Kelsey Edmond, UMass Boston and Former Rappaport Public Policy Fellow **Project Description:** Jordan worked for the City of Boston’s Department of Innovation & Technology, partnering with intradepartmental stakeholders to establish the City’s digital equity & resilience strategic framework and project management plan for building the pillars of digital equity & resilience. This project supported the City’s longstanding efforts to close the digital divide for low-income and vulnerable communities as exacerbated by the Pandemic. Throughout the summer, Jordan implemented various components of the plan such as, weekly progress reviews and process interventions, a rebranding and marketing strategy for the digital equity fund and affordable connectivity program (ACP), digital equity fund impact reporting form, and ACP Digital Navigator Data Security Protocols. **Name**: Zeina Majdalani **Graduate School**: Harvard Kennedy School **Agency**: Boston Department of Energy and Environment **Supervisor**: Kathryn Carlson, Executive Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and Hannah Payne, Carbon Neutrality Program Manager **Mentors**: Kathryn Carlson, Executive Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston **Project Description**: Zeina continued a project that came out of coursework with the City of Boston’s Environmental Department and created an energy efficiency survey for inspectors to use to capture energy conservation opportunities and cost savings from retrofits in Boston’s building stock. **Name**: Rozalyn Mock **Graduate School**: Harvard Kennedy School **Undergraduate School**: Oregon State University **Agency**: City of Lynn **Supervisor**: Professor Linda Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School **Mentors**: Amy Dain, Dain Research and Former Rappaport Public Policy Fellow **Project Description**: Finance Policy Fellow, Rozalyn Mock researched housing issues related to inclusionary zoning in Lynn and Revere and authored a white paper on how these communities can better implement these policies. The paper is a tool for practitioners and communities to use when thinking about exploring inclusionary zoning as an approach to increasing the number of affordable housing units. Cities with characteristics like those of Lynn and Revere can see how these two communities laid the foundation for implementing an inclusionary zoning policy and how to determine the feasibility and impact of inclusionary zoning on local development. **Name**: Isabela Reis **Graduate School**: Harvard Kennedy School **Agency**: Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa **Supervisor**: Dimple Rana, Director of Community Health and Dr. Nathalee Kong, Chief of Public Health and Human Services **Project Description**: This summer, Isabela worked with the City of Revere, conducting research on the non-profit space in the city. She identified, interviewed and surveyed multiple non-profit leaders that serve Revere to pinpoint their strengths, challenges, threats, and opportunities; with the overarching goal of understanding ways in which the City Government can better support these organizations and foster a thriving non-profit space in the city. The research also includes some actionable ideas for the City Government that could leverage non-profits in the city. Throughout the research, these interviews introduced her to a community that deeply cares about the city and is committed to improving the lives of Revere residents. **Name**: Megan Willis-Jackson **Graduate School**: Harvard Graduate School of Design **Undergraduate School**: UMass Amherst **Agency**: City of Lynn **Supervisor**: Professor Linda Bilmes **Project Description**: Megan Willis-Jackson, along with Rozalyn Mock, researched housing issues related to inclusionary zoning in Lynn and Revere and authored a white paper on how these communities can better implement these policies. The paper is a tool for practitioners and communities to use when thinking about exploring inclusionary zoning as an approach to increasing the number of affordable housing units. Cities with characteristics like those of Lynn and Revere can see how these two communities laid the foundation for implementing an inclusionary zoning policy and how to determine the feasibility and impact of inclusionary zoning on local development. ### 2020 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more Hillary Anderson - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Placement: Haverhill, MA - Mentors: Katie King, Assistant Town Administrator of Needham, MA and former Rappaport/Boston Urban Scholar and Anne Herbst, Senior Regional Environmental Planner, MAPC and former Rappaport Policy Fellow - Supervisor: Michelle Monsegur, Hingham Assistant Town Administrator Sam Brobeck - Graduate School: Harvard Graduate School of Education - Placement: Hingham, MA - Supervisors: Michelle Monsegur, Hingham Assistant Town Administrator - Project Description: Sam Brobeck and Hillary Anderson worked in the Hingham Town Administrator’s office this summer on two primary projects: (1) evaluating Hingham’s capital planning process and (2) supporting Hingham Schools in creating a safe school reopening plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While evaluating Hingham’s capital program, they analyzed the town’s past and present capital spending, financial policies, and conducted a series of 1:1 interviews with town elected officials, committee/board members, and town staff to better understand the town’s capital planning process. They then conducted similar reviews of capital programs in nine benchmark communities. Using this analysis, they were able to compare Hingham’s capital program to similar municipalities, identify the strengths and growth areas of Hingham’s capital planning process, and provide the town with a menu of policy options to consider implementing in the future. As a part of their work with Hingham Schools, they served on the Facilities, Operations, and Finance task-force (assembled by the Director of Business and Support Services, John Ferris) and met with local teachers, principals, nurses, district staff, and community members to determine the best approach to utilizing building space, transporting students safely to school, and acquiring and distributing PPE to staff members and students. They then synthesized the taskforce’s recommendations in an easily digestible communications tool that can be distributed to parents and students before the start of the school year. Tony Castañeda - Graduate School: Harvard Graduate School of Design - Placement: MBTA - Mentors: Samantha Silverberg, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, MBTA and Meghan Haggerty, Chief of Staff, MADOT and former Rappaport Policy Fellow - Supervisor: Angel Peña, Chief, Green Line Transformation Project - Project Description: This summer my partner Gal Kramer and Tony Castañeda had the pleasure of working with the Green Line Transformation Department at the MBTA creating an operations and maintenance cost model as it relates to the department’s capital projects, like the commissioning of the new type 10 vehicle fleet. Our ultimate goal was to help the department better understand the impact of capital projects on operating budgets across the T as well as future impacts to train scheduling and maximum vehicle capacity. Throughout the fellowship we were able to acknowledge the challenges and opportunities that come with establishing cross-departmental communication channels in large agencies like the T and how beneficial cross-cutting teams like the GLT can be in fully utilizing the institutional skills and knowledge that exists in the large agencies. Natalia Chavez - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Mentors: Tim Warren, The Warren Group and Rappaport Institute Advisory Board Member and Chelsea Bruck, DBI Projects and former Rappaport Policy Fellow - Placement: Gloucester, MA - Supervisor: Ann-Margaret Ferrante, MA State Representative and former Rappaport/Boston Urban Scholar - Project Description: Natalia worked with the State Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante where she evaluated the economic, community, and city impact of a proposed 40,000 SF theater & civic center development project in downtown Gloucester, MA. She incorporated four main analyses, including stakeholder interviews, an assessment of Gloucester’s planning goals, a literature review on economic development and the arts, and an economic impact analysis by using a software called IMPLAN. She conducted an IMPLAN analysis to quantify the economic benefit that expenditures have on Gloucester, from both the construction of the Gloucester Forum and the Forum’s activities (theater, events, catering) as well as the increase in spending before or after these events, namely restaurant spending. Will Dorsey Eden - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Placement: MassPort - Supervisors: Gordon Carr, Deputy Director, Real Estate Strategy and Policy; and Andres de Riva, Development Manager - Project Description: COVID-19 and its resulting business closures disproportionately impacted Massachusetts' seafood industry. Heavily reliant on restaurants - where 70% of seafood in the US is consumed - the crisis demanded the industry’s many small businesses to quickly adapt or perish. To support the seafood industry to advocate for itself, Will met with industry and government leaders to develop a governance and financial plan for a state-wide seafood collaborative. The collaborative would support the industry’s many small businesses to access new markets, including the state’s institutional markets, such as schools, prisons, and hospitals. Analyzing the cumbersome food service procurement process for these institutions, we outlined a strategy for the collaborative to access the state’s large institutional market. Spencer Gurley-Green - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Mentor: Stephanie Hirsch, Consultant - Placement: City of Somerville, MA - Supervisor: Angela Allen, Somerville Director of Purchasing - Project Description: The purpose of the fellowship was to evaluate e-signature software options and make a recommendation. Specifically, Spencer evaluated software that could allow for moving either some or all of Somerville’s purchasing department signature requirement workflow from paper-based to electronic-only. After evaluating several options, the fellow determined that software already purchased by the city (but currently underutilized) would meet all of the department’s requirements. After a series of tests and meetings with relevant staff, he concluded the fellowship with a software demo for purchasing staff. Andrew Heimowitz - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Placement: MBTA - Supervisor: Samantha Silverberg, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer - Project Description: Andrew helped the MBTA evaluate how it used contractors in lieu of employees at the Agency. Currently, the MBTA hires a number of contractors to conduct agency business. For his project, he created a tool that the MBTA can use to evaluate the total cost of an additional contractor or employee at the agency, which includes salary cost but also fringe benefits or contract overhead cost. He also looked into the qualitative costs and benefits of the MBTA’s use of contractors. Anne Hoyt - Graduate School: Harvard Graduate School of Education - Placement: Hingham, MA - Supervisor: Michelle Monsegur, Hingham Assistant Town Administrator - Project Description: The capital budget has a profound and lasting impact on a town’s institutions and services. It funds some of the largest expenses- including school buildings, parks, ambulances, and critical infrastructure. Each proposal made to the capital budget committee has ardent supporters, fueled by both need and passion. However, towns inevitably are bestowed with limited resources, forcing the individuals serving on the capital committee to make hard choices. When should they say yes? When should they say no? When should they say, ‘not this year, but next?’ When should they advocate for a tax override? These are some of the questions we sought to illuminate for the town of Hingham. We found that Hingham already possesses a strong array of assets, including a capital planning process, and dedicated capital committee. To support the committee, we explored some approaches that can bolster transparency, equity, and sustainability within the fiscal and capital planning policy. Our work focused on the importance of increasing efficiency in the process from proposal to passing, and on potentially raising revenue for capital investments in perpetuity. We hope this work will provide this town with impactful options for communicate its values and goals clearly through the capital planning policies. Alex Khoury - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Placement: Massachusetts 6th Congressional District - Supervisor: Rick Jakious, Chief of Staff for Congressman Seth Moulton, MA 6th - Project Description: Alex will assist the MA 6th Congressional District Office with COVID-19 response and Small Business Support Planning. - Gal Kramer - Graduate School: Harvard Graduate School of Design - Placement: MBTA - Mentors: Kelly Blynn, Electrical Vehicle Technical Strategist, Natural Resources Defense Council and former Rappaport Policy Fellow and Kassie Dumlao Bertumen, Community Development Manager, BRIDGE Housing Corporation and former Rappaport Policy Fellow - Supervisor: Angel Peña, Chief, Green Line Transformation Project - Project Description: For the Rappaport Public Finance Fellowship, Gal was partnered with the Green Line Transformation (GLT) Department at the MBTA to create an operations and maintenance cost model. The financial model was a dynamic tool that evaluated the long-term costs for the Green Line as it relates to the GLT's capital projects like the commissioning of the new type 10 vehicle fleet. It also looks at costs specifically associated with the green line across various departments, including maintenance, transportation operations, safety, security, and energy and environmental affairs. The goal project was to help the department better understand the impact of capital projects on operating budgets across the T as well as future impacts to train scheduling and changes in capacity. Natasha Lawrence - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Placement: MBTA - Supervisor: Samantha Silverberg, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer - Project Description: Natasha spent her summer focused on the MBTA’s Covid-19 response, ensuring continuity of service at the transit agency. Her primary initiative was leading a cross-functional team to ensure that 900 employees could safely and smoothly transition to remote work. Under her leadership, she rewrote agency policies, designed internal processes, conducted cost benefit financial analysis and facilitated extensive employee outreach. Victoria Orozco - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Placement: MassPort - Supervisors: Gordon Carr, Deputy Director, Real Estate Strategy and Policy; and Andres de Riva, Development Manager - Project Description: In Victoria's 4-weeks summer fellowship, she assisted Massport in its participation in a state-level initiative to promote seafood consumption and relieve COVID-19 impact in seafood stakeholders. She participated in the work sessions together with the Massport team, and contributed to craft the potential structure and by-laws of a formalized collaborative initiative. Safeer Shersad - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Placement: MBTA - Supervisor: Kat Benesh, Chief of Operations Policy, Strategy and Oversight - Project Description: This summer, Safeer worked with the MBTA’s Transit Priority team to implement rapid-response bus lanes during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase in capacity is critical for ensuring that public transit remains safe and accessible for all. He developed a performance evaluation plan for Bus Transit Priority projects, which will be used to ensure that projects meet program objectives of improving reliability, efficiency and the overall quality of service. He also worked on a regional procurement RFP with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council alongside multiple state agencies and municipalities, which is estimated to have saved $6 million in project costs. Gaining practical experience in implementation and working with municipalities has been a terrific experience for him, and He's enjoyed the opportunity to apply the skills he gained during my time as a graduate student at Harvard. Federico Sucre - Graduate School: Harvard Kennedy School - Placement: MassPort - Supervisors: Gordon Carr, Deputy Director, Real Estate Strategy and Policy; and Andres de Riva, Development Manager - Project Description: In response to the COVID crisis, the seafood industry has pulled together to develop a formal Massachusetts Seafood Collaborative. The mission of the Collaborative is "to improve the collaboration and networking of the Massachusetts commercial fishing industry stakeholders to identify and take advantage of opportunities for increased government, institutional, direct to consumer, and retail purchasing opportunities." Federico assisted in the consolidation of the Collaborative's governance structure, funding structure, and strategy for a top-priority initiative. More specifically, he put together a 'pitch deck' with a draft of the following items relevant to the Collaborative: context and problem statement, mission statement, goals and objectives, opportunities, and funding sources. It is missing details for the "major initiative" and a concrete action plan. He also drafted a preliminary version of the Collaborative’s bylaws and assisted in developing a draft of the Collaborative’s top-priority initiative to help the seafood industry benefit from state and federal grants and contracts. ### 2019 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more **Joy McDowell** worked at the City of Somerville’s Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative Program. Joy expanded upon research begun with her HKS student team concerning best practices for establishing a community land trust. **Stevie Olson** worked on ‘cost of roads’ research begun in the spring with his HKS student team for the MA 6th Congressional District Office. Stevie expanded upon financial costs associated with the road economy uncovered during the team’s work in Lynn. He also explored and analyzed costs associated with new technologies that will necessitate new considerations in the future. **Miles Roman** worked with the MBTA on capital budgeting and related issues. Miles continued research begun with his HKS student team in the spring for the MBTA Chief Financial Officer – Operations, analyzing aspects of the new Orange Line trains roll-out and future servicing scenarios. **Arjun Shah** worked with Boston Public Schools this summer. In addition to conducting research for the Boston Public Schools Budget Director and the Senior Strategic Projects Manager, Arjun also designed analytics to provide education data for use by both BPS and City of Boston. ### 2018 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more **Youcif Almegaryaf** worked at the MBTA on its capital budgeting for infrastructure projects with the Senior Director of Capital Planning. **Sophie Feldman** worked with the MBTA’s Transportation Facilities Maintenance Department. She built on the work she started during the semester investigating when the department should be making things in house and when it should be procuring services or items. **Justin Galle** explored the performance of the contract for the use of the MBTA jet turbines, which are emergency generators that also earn revenue through participation in energy markets. The deliverable was a recommendation for approaching the new contract (current end date 2019) with a benefit cost analysis of the options for replacement, fuel switching, or leasing of the turbines. **Kevin Leiby**, in coordination with Sophie Feldman, worked with the MBTA’s Transportation Facilities Maintenance Department. He also furthered the project he started during the school year to make recommendations for what criteria the organization should look at when making the decision if they should make or buy a good or service. **Kyle Smith** worked with the City of Revere’s Public Works Department. His summer project focused on the next steps in bringing this department to have an activity-based approach to their budget. His work built upon a project he did during the semester with Professor Linda Bilmes’ class. ### 2017 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more **Anurag Gumber** worked for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. His created a financial system improvement study. **Sarah Hinschelwood** was the Financial Analyst for the Center for Public Leadership. She also wrote a case study for the Harvard Kennedy School focusing on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's process mapping and activity based costing implementation. **Syed Nadeem** worked on candidate city modeling and research for Neighborly. **Laura White** worked on a paper estimating the cost of a North-South Rail link for Congressman Seth Moulton's office. ### 2016 Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellows expand\_more **Megan Larcom** worked for the Boston Redevelopment Authority on a study of affordable office space for start-ups in Boston. **Devon Maylie** worked at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on a change implementation project. **Jean-Louis Rochet** is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School and worked on a paper estimating the cost of a North-South Rail link for Congressman Seth Moulton's office. **Ted Sands** worked at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on a change implementation project.