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PPIA Fellows/Alumni Profile

Impact of PPIA Program:

PPIA has had a profound impact on my life. It introduced me to the amazingly complex world of domestic and international policy. It helped me obtain a degree that I have been able to parlay into several different interesting and challenging jobs. Through the program I have also made lifelong friends, and even met my husband!

I have tried to stay connected to the program over the years because whenever I meet an alum or current fellow in the program they always impress me with their zest for life and determination to find concrete solutions to seemingly intractable public problems. I like being around PPIA fellows and alumnae because they are problem solvers, and because they always have something to teach me about whatever policy area they are attached to.

Biography:

Dale Robinson Anglin is currently the Director of Resource Development for New Community Corporation (NCC), the largest community development corporation in the U. S. At NCC Dale is responsible for fundraising (individual donations and grants), special events, and overseeing the public relations and marketing departments. Additionally, she runs domestic and international training programs and teaches graduate level community development courses taught by NCC at Columbia and Rutgers Universities. Prior to this position she was responsible for planning and opening NCC‘s two charter schools—New Horizons Community Charter School in 1999 (k-5th grade, 500 children) & Lady Liberty Charter School in 2001 (k-8th grade, 475 children).

Prior to coming to NCC, Dale Anglin was the Executive Director of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), the professional association for over 80 public policy graduate schools and over 2000 public policy professionals from 1995-1998; an adjunct professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1995-1997; and a research analyst at the Congressional Research Service (1988-1995) conducting nonpartisan research and analysis for Congress on a wide range of children and family issues.

She was a founding member of the Coalition of Minority Public Policy Professional, an alumnae organization for Sloan, Woodrow Wilson, and PPIA Fellows. Dale is also a founder of the Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School for Public Policy in Washington, D. C. that opened in September 1998.

Dale believes it is important to continually build on and acquire new skills. She has accepted several positions in her life time to gain other skills such as management or fundraising so that she can add them to her portfolio of public policy skills that she began acquiring as a student in a public policy graduate program. Dale also believes in the spirit of volunteering. Although not the intention, many of her volunteering roles have led directly to paid positions. It also pays to network in whatever position you are in. Joining professional associations and boards is a great way to expand your horizons and lead to great jobs.

Dale is originally from Chicago, IL. She is married to Roland Anglin and has two children, Lena (5) and Micah (3).

Awards and Memberships:

Current Memberships
PPIA 25th Anniversary Gala Committee, Co-Chair
Trilogy: An Opera Company, Newark, NJ, Board member
Mocha Moms of Somerset/Union County NJ, Founding member
Smith College Alumnae Assoc. Nominating Committee, Member 2005-2008.
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Past Memberships
Leadership NJ. Class of 2001.
Heinz Graduate School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Board member 1997-2001.
Woodrow Wilson Program in Public Policy and International Affairs, Princeton, NJ, Policy Board Member (1994-2000)
Coalition of Minority Policy Professionals (CoMPP), President and member (1988-2000)

Advice and/or Recommendations:

If you are passionate about issues that affect people and how to solve some of those issues, then a masters degree in public policy or international affairs is for you! Look for schools that fit your personality and interest area (e.g. small vs. big, do they offer classes in environmental policy). Remember the degree is very flexible so try a variety of things early in your career (try local then national, or research then management) to get a sense of what you like to do or issues areas you care more about. If you can't break into a field or job you really want, try volunteering in that area first, and show people that you can work in that arena. Most importantly, treat everyone you meet well since its a given you will run into many of them again (the policy world is small), and try to network as much as possible to keep up in your field and also to help with possible job searches down the line.

Contact Information: dranglin2003@yahoo.com