White House and Government Internships – Karim Farishta
Webinar was held on Sunday, January 15, 2017
Program Overview
Former White House intern and current staffer Karim Farishta shared his experiences working in the Obama White House and offered practical tips on the current White House internship process and other opportunities in government.
Speaker Profile
Karim Farishta currently serves one of the youngest political appointees in the Obama Administration. He is the Program Manager for the White House Office of Management and Administration, where he focuses attention on presidential transition operations, the President’s Leadership Workshop, and professional development. Previously, he was a staff assistant in the same office and an intern in the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. Prior to the White House, he interned at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Alliance for Peacebuilding, and the American Red Cross. He is a proud native of Sugar Land, TX, where he founded the Global Issues Summit and served as President of the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council. Karim graduated summa cum laude with a degree in international affairs from The George Washington University. He is a 2016 Harry S. Truman Scholar as well as a 2016-2017 Fulbright Research Scholar to Sri Lanka.
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