Profiles in Public Service

Storm surge specialist Jamie Rhome talks about why effective public communication is critical to hurricane preparedness, how his work has built public trust in the government’s weather forecast, how the NHC has adapted to COVID-19.

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Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad discusses what his team is doing to prepare for the next pandemic.

Victoria Brahm discusses how she overcame many challenges to ensure that veterans at Tomah VA Medical Center receive the care they deserve.

Best-selling author Michael Lewis explains how shutdowns—and shutdown threats—affect government’s ability to keep us safe.

Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, talks about launching the organization and what’s next as the Partnership celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Mark Jacobson and John Sherman reflect on 9/11, how public servants stepped up in the aftermath of the attacks and how 9/11 shaped their commitment to public service.

Bob McDonald and Andrew Marshall, discuss why good leaders are the key to a good government.

Reps. Derek Kilmer and William Timmons talk about their work on the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.

Monica Hawkins and Charles D. Eldridge discuss housing vouchers and other forms of assistance to young people aging out of foster care.

Washington Post reporter Lisa Rein talks about her distinguished career covering the federal government.

Mary Gibert and Gail Lovelace, two former leaders at the General Services Administration, discuss ensuring smooth presidential transitions, getting more young people into public service and managing historic transfers of power.

Ian Brownlee, acting assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, talks about the State Department’s recent efforts to rescue more than 100,000 Americans stranded abroad at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Fiona Hill, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, and former Ambassadors to Ukraine William B. Taylor and Marie Yovanovitch discuss why young people should go into public service,

Drs. Gary Gibbons and Eliseo Pérez-Stable from the NIH talk about their groundbreaking efforts to tackle COVID-19 health disparities.

Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher talk with three NASA leaders about how the agency thrived in the midst of unprecedented challenges over the last year.

Profiles in Public Service tells the compelling stories about the unsung public servant leaders who have driven government’s most important accomplishments.