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Osamu Kumasaka

Fellow_PublicPolicy_Headshot_KumasakaOsamu

Osamu Kumasaka

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2020

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
MIT

Undergraduate School
Lewis and Clark College

Mentor
Vivien Li, Rappaport Institute Advisory Board Member

Agency
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and the Environment

Supervisor
Mia Mansfield, Director of Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Description of Fellowship
Osamu worked at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and the Environment on developing an environmental justice training and outreach materials for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness program. He will also be updating the Massachusetts Climate Assessment with a new engagement plan which is more detailed and customized to both geographic regions and sectors of the economy.