Claudia Diezmartinez

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2022

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
Boston University Department of Environment

Undergraduate School
Tecnológico de Monterrey

Mentor
Vivien Li, Rappaport Institute Advisory Board Member

Kara Runsten, Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Manager, Massachusetts Executive Office for Energy and the Environment

Agency
City of Boston, Department of the Environment

Supervisor
Hannah Payne, Carbon Neutrality Program Manager

Description of Fellowship
Claudia will support the City of Boston’s Environment Department by conducting research and generating policy recommendations for the implementation of the Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO). This will include supporting stakeholder engagement for the development of Review Board regulations, exploring the integration of equity metrics into the program and analyzing potential expenditures of funds from the Equitable Emissions Investment Fund.