Cohort Captain Portal
Your Mission
Drive momentum for PPIA's Opportunity Campaign, strengthen connections, amplify alumni voices. Together, we can lead from the frontlines.
Connect Your Cohort
The Cohort Captain Portal
Your mission: strengthen connections, amplify alumni voices, and drive momentum for PPIA’s Opportunity Campaign. Together, we lead from the frontlines.
Purpose & Impact
Bridge Generations
Cohort Captains unite 4,000+ alumni and Fellows—ensuring every story, voice, and contribution fuels PPIA’s future.
Lead with Storytelling
Shape PPIA’s narrative through authentic stories that connect emotion to impact, purpose to giving, and people to our mission.
Rebuild Trust & Relationships
Captains represent PPIA with credibility and care—re-engaging alumni, deans, and partners to restore confidence in our shared mission.
Digital Toolkit Essentials
Messaging Templates
Email, social, and outreach examples that make it easy to engage your cohort.
Storytelling Guide
Apply the Pyramid Principle to structure your story—headline first, insights next, proof last.
Conversation Scripts
Short prompts to help you reach out to alumni, donors, or Fellows confidently.
Progress Tracker
Log your outreach, events, and engagement goals right in the toolkit form.
Connect Your Cohort
Help us strengthen the PPIA network by sharing details of your cohort members. Your input helps us keep alumni engaged, informed, and part of our growing community.
At a Glance: Your Focus This Quarter
- October–November: Gather alumni stories and host one virtual conversation.
- December: Introduce the Opportunity Campaign to your network.
- January: Submit your quarterly progress report and success highlights.
Inspiration from the Field
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PPIA recognizes the power of networking.
The Public Service Expo provides a crucial meeting point for hundreds of students and professionals each year to exchange ideas, information, and inspiration.
Benefits for undergraduates & recent postgrads
Attendees of the Expo receive unparalleled access to decision-makers in the admissions process at the nation's top policy schools and employers in public service.
The registration for students, PPIA Fellows, PPIA Alumni, and other interested attendees opens soon.
Benefits for participating schools & employers
Exhibitors at the Expo gain access to a highly competitive pool of students and recent graduates seeking schooling, careers, and opportunities in public service.
The registration for exhibitors & sponsors closes June 13, 2025.
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
- American University, School of Public Affairs
- Harvard Kennedy School
- George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs
- Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
- University of Connecticut, School of Public Policy
- University of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
- University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy
- University of Wisconsin, La Follette School of Public Affairs
- Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College
- University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
- Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- NYU, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
- John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
- Penn State University, School of Public Policy
- The New School, Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Government
- Seton Hall University, School of Diplomacy
- University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy
- RAND Corporation
Bronze Sponsors
Event Details
2025 Public Service Expo – Friday, July 11
- 3:00 - 5:30 PM ET
- The George Washington University, Student Center, 800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
- Third Floor Conference & Expo Hall
- 3:00 - 5:30 PM ET
Event Exhibitors
- Atlantic Council of the United States
- American University, School of International Service
- American University, School of Public Affairs
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
- Association of Professional Schools in International Affairs (APSIA)
- Baruch College, Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
- Boren Language Awards
- Brown University, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
- Carnegie Mellon University, H. John Heinz III College
- College of William and Mary
- Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Cornell University, Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy
- Fulbright US Student Programs
- George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
- George Washington University, Milken Institute, School of Public Health
- George Washington University, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
- Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy
- Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School
- Indiana University, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
- Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
- Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)
- New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
- Northeastern University, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
- Pardee RAND Graduate School
- Peace Corps
- Penn State University, School of International Affairs
- Penn State University, School of Public Policy
- Pepperdine University, School of Public Policy
- Princeton University School of Public & International Affairs
- ProFellow
- Rice University, Master of Global Affairs
- The Rangel Graduate Fellowship & The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships
- Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
- Schwarzman Scholars, Masters of Global Affairs
- Seton Hall University, School of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
- Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government and Public Service
- The Catholic University of America
- The George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Tufts University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
- Tulane University, Master of Public Administration
- UCLA, Luskin School of Public Affairs
- University at Albany, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
- University of Arkansas, Clinton School of Public Service
- University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy
- University of California, Irvine, Master of Public Policy
- University of California, Riverside, School of Public Policy
- University of Chicago, Division of the Social Sciences
- University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
- University of Connecticut, School of Public Policy
- University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
- University of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
- University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
- University of Notre Dame, Keough School of Global Affairs
- University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
- University of San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
- University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy
- University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs
- University of Washington, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, La Follette School of Public Affairs
- Weill Cornell Medicine, M.S. in Health Policy and Economics
- Atlantic Council of the United States