Author: Rich Roesler
2 article(s) found by this author.
Arun Raha ’91—The good, the bad, and the budget
Summer 2011
When Arun Raha ’91 started work as the state of Washington’s chief
economist three years ago, his new staffers welcomed him with a gift:
an official Magic 8 Ball.“I said ‘OK, great! Now I have a forecasting tool,’” he recalls.If onl...
Categories: Alumni, Economics, Public affairs
Tags: Economist, State government, Budget
Mieko Nakabayashi ’92—Making policy public
Winter 2010
Growing up in late 1960s
Japan, Mieko Nakabayashi had an unlikely goal. The eldest daughter of a
farmer-turned-land-developer, she dreamed of living overseas.“I was so curious about the world,” she recalls.Four decades later, that Saitama Pre...
Categories: Public affairs, Alumni
Tags: Parliament, Politicians, Japan