Elizabeth Mandelman (Canada)

Elizabeth Mandelman (Project Ploughshares - IANSA): Elizabeth is from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. She moved to Minneapolis in 2000 to attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities where she majored in political science and minored in German. Elizabeth also interned with the Minnesota Senate, for the chair of the Taxes Committee. At university, she also worked for the Center for German and European Studies. Elizabeth received her Master’s in Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She also worked for three legislators in the Minnesota House of Representatives. At the time of her fellowship, Elizabeth was the Committee Legislative Assistant for the K-12 Education Finance Committee, and for the chair of that committee. After her fellowship, Elizabeth wrote: “Two and a half months of working (mostly) independently, no friends, non-stop gunnutz (Gun Nuts) harassment, and self-reflection has taught me that I'm capable of a lot.”