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Eric B. Schnurer
President
Eric B. Schnurer is founder and president of Public Works llc, a firm specializing in government management, policy, and efficiency. Before founding Public Works, Schnurer was chief-of-staff to the Lt. Governor/Acting Governor of Pennsylvania, helping to oversee the operations of one of the largest state governments. He has served as an appointee of governors of both political parties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency and the Delaware River Port Authority.
He has served as a speechwriter, deputy press secretary, legal counsel, or policy advisor for more than a dozen governors, U.S. Senators, and presidential candidates. Schnurer has provided his inside knowledge of government, law, politics, and business to the Center for National Policy, the Progressive Policy Institute, and publications like The Washington Monthly, The Atlantic, The American Prospect, and the op/ed pages of The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and others. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels School of Government, Temple Law School, Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy, and is currently an adjunct professor in public policy at Drexel University, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and a regular contributor to the Aspen Institute.
Schnurer received his bachelor’s degree with honors in political science from Brown University; a Master’s degree in public policy from Harvard while writing speeches for presidential contenders like John Glenn, Gary Hart, and Mike Dukakis; and a juris doctor degree from Columbia.
John Petro Op-eds Letter to the Editor Position Papers and DMI.com Articles
Policy Analyst, Urban Affairs
jpetro@drummajorinstitute.org
John Petro joined the Drum Major Institute in March 2008 as an urban policy analyst. He runs the Progressive Urban Model Policies (PUMP) Project, a first-of-its-kind initiative to organize and share best practices in policy design and implementation. The goal of PUMP is to enable model progressive polices in particular cities to be replicated in other cities with similar needs. John’s work encompasses the full range of urban policy—housing, transportation, land use, economic development, environmental sustainability, and beyond—with an emphasis on promoting the best interests of current and aspiring middle class people. His writing on urban issues has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and he has been a guest blogger for Next American City. He previously worked for the Research and Evaluation division of the Child Welfare League of America in Washington, D.C., where his research focused on child welfare and juvenile justice systems. He earned his BA in political science from the University of Central Florida and his MA in international relations from Seton Hall University.
Why We Can't Afford to Give New York's Richest a Tax Break by John Petro, Huffington Post, March 23, 2011
For Gov. Cuomo, the express train to more N.Y. jobs is in public transportation by John Petro, NY Daily News, March 13, 2011
Bloomberg and Cuomo: Two of a Kind? by John Petro, Huffington Post, February 9, 2011
DMI Testimony before the NYC Council: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town - The Effect on Small Businesses and Communities by John Petro, DMI, February 3, 2011
State of the City: Bloomberg Failing Ordinary New Yorkers, More Families in Poverty, in Shelters, and on Food Stamps by John Petro, Huffington Post, January 19, 2011
Economic Might Makes Right? NY City Council's Moral Choice by John Petro, Huffington Post, November 24, 2010
Paying mandatory sick leave helps make businesses stronger by John Petro, Staten Island Advance, September 22, 2009
DMI Testimony on Guaranteeing Workers Paid Sick Leave by John Petro, DMI, May 11, 2010
DMI Testimony on Prevailing Wage by John Petro, DMI, May 11, 2010
DMI Testimony on Economic Development Subsidies by John Petro, DMI, April 27, 2010
Prepared Remarks on the Empire Zone Program by John Petro, DMI, November 24, 2009
DMI Testimony on Economic Development Subsidies by John Petro, DMI, September 21, 2009
Afton Branche Op-eds Position Papers and DMI.com Articles
Program Coordinator, DMI Scholars
abranche@drummajorinstitute.org
Afton Branche is the Program Coordinator for the DMI Scholars program, which identifies progressive college students from underrepresented communities and trains them in the skills necessary to obtain and succeed in entry-level public policy positions. She joined DMI in February 2009 as a research assistant, where her work focused on federal, state and local immigration policy, particularly on the shared economic interests of immigrants and the American middle class. Prior to joining DMI, Afton worked with Cause & Affect, a Los Angeles-based media consulting firm, specializing in social action campaigns. Afton graduated from Georgetown University with a BS in foreign service in 2008. She majored in culture and politics with a focus on international development, and received a certificate in African studies.
More Than Spare Change: How NYC Scams City Street Vendors by Afton Branche, Huffington Post, May 26, 2011
City Cops to Obama: We Don't Want to Enforce Broken Immigration System by Afton Branche, Huffington Post, April 27, 2011
NYC Should Take a Second Chance on the Census by Afton Branche, Huffington Post, March 25, 2011
Mayor Emanuel's Next Move on Immigration Policy by Afton Branche, Huffington Post, March 3, 2011
(Re)calculating the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform by Afton Branche, Huffington Post, February 10, 2011
New Lawmakers Get to Work on Anti-Immigrant Agenda by Afton Branche, Huffington Post, February 1, 2011
DMI Testimony on Comprehensive Immigration Reform by Afton Branche, DMI, April 26, 2010
Immigration Reform in 2010: A Limited Time Offer by Afton Branche, Huffington Post, March 5, 2010