Sophie Feldman – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Finance Fellow

Year

2018

This Rappaport Public Finance Summer Fellowship provides a stipend to students who undertake a project related to public finance. Traditionally these projects have been a continuation of work conducted in Greater Boston Applied Field Lab: Advanced Budgeting, Financial Management and Operations lab offered by Professor Linda Bilmes.

Graduate School
Harvard Kennedy School

Placement
MBTA

Project Description
Sophie Feldman spent her time at the MBTA helping their Engineering & Maintenance Department move toward performance contracting, particularly with regard to the T’s cleaning contract. She worked with programmers, cleaning inspectors, and contractors to streamline the cleaning inspection process at both MBTA stations and facilities, all with the goal of improving the customer experience.