The DC Fiscal Policy Institute staff is expanding! This week, we’d like to introduce District Dime readers to our three newest staff members.
Soumya Bhat is DCFPI’s new Education Finance and Policy Analyst. A DC resident for the past six years, her work will focus on fiscal transparency and equity issues facing public education in the District. She joins us from The Finance Project, where she conducted state fiscal mapping studies and provided research and technical assistance to state leaders on the strategic financing of early education and out-of-school time systems. Soumya likes to bake, travel, and practice yoga. She can be reached at bhat@dcfpi.org.
Kate Coventry joins us as a Policy Analyst working across a range of issues affecting low-income residents of DC, particularly TANF policy. Her professional background is rooted in working with community organizations in the Washington area. Kate is an avid knitter in her spare time. She can be reached at coventry@dcfpi.org.
Jessica Fulton is DCFPI’s new Outreach Coordinator, where her work will focus on maintaining and building connections with the community and gaining support for policy campaigns. She is joining DCFPI following an internship with the Office of Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH). She previously worked as a Policy and Research Associate with the Chicago Urban League, focusing on issues of inequality in education, income, and juvenile justice. Jessica enjoys cooking, going to concerts, reading and doing yoga. She can be reached at fulton@dcfpi.org.
Please help us welcome them to the DCFPI team!
