Emerson Fellow
Jennifer Rottmann
9th Class, 2002-2003
Jennifer graduated from Dartmouth College in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. At Dartmouth, she chaired the Dartmouth College Chapter of Habitat for Humanity and participated in a number of other local and statewide homelessness and affordable housing groups, and interned at the National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington, D.C., where she worked on Civil Rights and Public Education. She was a 2001 Sagner Fellow at the Century Institute at Williams College and spent a term studying in Mexico.
Field placement: Idaho Community Action Network
Boise, Idaho
Jennifer conducted homevisits with low-income ICAN members around the state to collect their stories about hunger. She also assisted with administration of ICAN’s statewide Food Program, particularly by helping to initiate outreach to the Hispanic community and by assisting with trainings for Local Food Program leaders.
Policy placement: Center for Community Change
Washington, D.C.
Jennifer worked in the Public Policy Unit, assisting with research, analysis, and communication in the Jobs & Economic Security and Income Support teams. She focused primarily on Tax and Budget proposals and TANF (welfare) reauthorization.