Andrew McFarland – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2019

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School
Tufts University

Undergraduate School
Boston University

Mentor
Monica Tibbits-Nutt, Executive Director, 128 Business Council and Rappaport Institute Advisory Board Member

Agency
Office of Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu

Supervisor
Kerry Richards, Policy Director

Description of Fellowship
Andrew McFarland worked in the Office of Boston City Councilor At-large Michelle Wu, where he researched opportunities for improving public transit and growing ridership in Metro Boston by advancing policy shifts in fare collection, bus priority implementation, and governance.