The White House announced today that Massachusetts has won almost seven percent of the 2009-10 White House fellow positions: almost three times our share of the national population.
We’re also continuing to punch well above out weight in musically talented people with an interest in politics.
Congratulations to Laura Bacon, 29, of Weymouth, MA, a former cellist in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and, now, one of 15 Fellows. She is:
A recent graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, where she studied political and economic development on a Reynolds Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship. While at Harvard, Laura served as a Technical Advisor and Researcher for Liberia’s Women’s Legislative Caucus, helping draft gender parity legislation. As a Cultural Bridge Fellow, Laura worked at Liberia’s Ministry of Gender and Development, where she closely advised the Minister, wrote speeches for Ministry leadership, and designed leadership workshops for senior management. Laura was a Research Fellow at Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership, where she co-authored several works, including the National Leadership Index: A National Study of Confidence in Leadership and a chapter in Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change. Laura has also conducted research for US News & World Report’s “America’s Best Leaders” project. Laura was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, where she was the National Coordinator of the Young Girls’ Scholarship Program and founded a community-run grain bank. A cycling enthusiast, she has completed AIDS rides from New York to Boston and across Niger. Laura performed as a cellist in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and her photography has been featured in several exhibitions, publications, and calendars. She graduated with honors from Harvard College, Phi Beta Kappa, with an A.B. in Psychology.
stomv says
MA got 1 out of 15. Calling that seven percent is both technically correct and wholly unhelpful. The followup “almost three times our share of the national population” is even more unhelpful, as it suggests that there was plenty of room between 0% and 7% when, in fact, there was not because people are integers.
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p>Bob: don’t stretch with statistics please. Laura Bacon: congratulations!
bob-neer says
If misused.
stomv says
I missed it.
mr-lynne says
… manager’s outraged to find out that almost half (about 40%!) of all sick days off wind up on days just before or just after weekends!
bob-neer says
Why would holidays make people sick? (another joke, Tom! đŸ˜‰
stomv says
if sick days are randomly occurring because most holidays are on M or F, so in 4 day weeks sick days are 50% likely to be weekend-lengtheners instead of just 40% for 5 day weeks.
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p>Yeah yeah, back to
dwork.