Mark Stevens, of Washington, D.C., is pursing a Masters of Public Administration with a concentration in Financial Management from the University of Delaware. Mark graduated from Washington College of Chestertown, Md., with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Economics. Mark is currently working as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Public Administration at the University of Delaware.

Previously, Mark interned in a number of state and federal offices, including the U.S. House of Representatives, in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, Md.

Mark has written revenue sharing agreements, correspondences, policy papers, and conducted research analysis. In the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Mark drafted revenue sharing agreements for the Smithsonian Institution and Chevy Chase Bank. He also compiled and analyzed museum trust and expense budgets for the 2008 Congressional Fiscal Year. Mark hopes to continue using his government and finance background in a public office as a financial analyst or program director.

BA, Washington College 2007, Political Science and Economics

September 2007-present
Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

June-August 2007
James Webb Fellow, Office of Planning, Management, and Budget, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

June 2006-January 2007
Fellows-Intern, Office of the Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation, Hanover, Md.

January-April 2006
Legislative Intern, Office of Delegate Melony Griffith (PG-25) Maryland General Assembly, Annapolis, Md.

June-August 2003
Congressional Intern, Office of Congressman Albert R. Wynn (MD-4), United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, FrontPage; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Grant Writing; Outstanding oral and written communication skills; Exceptional leadership and organizational skills; Extensive research skills; Typing: 65 wpm

Louis L. Goldstein Award for Public Affairs, 2007
Omicron Delta Epsilon – International Economics Honor Society, 2007
Dean’s List Honors (minimum 3.4 GPA for four semesters)
Maryland Senatorial Scholar, 2007
Maryland Delegate Scholar, 2007
Middendorf Award for Leadership and Academic Excellence, 2007
Thomas Hunter Lowe Scholar Award for Outstanding Leadership, 2006
James Riepe Scholar Award for Exceptional Leadership, 2006
Comegys Bight Fellowship for American Studies, 2006

Attendee, Model United Nations Conference, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2007

Attendee, Maryland Transportation Safety Summit, Hanover, Md., 2006

Attendee, Young American-European Conference on Bridging the Atlantic Divide, London, England, 2003 and 2004

Attendee, School of Public Service, St. Albans School, Washington, D.C., 2003

Attendee, Presidential Classroom, Media and Democracy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 2003

Black and Right: The Rise of the New Black Social Conservatism, 2007
A senior thesis submitted to the Department of Political Science at Washington College in partial fulfillment of the degree of Bachelors of Arts for Political Science. This study examines the role of religion in contemporary African American politics.

Driving Safely While Aging Gracefully, 2006
In partial fulfillment of the Fellows-Intern program for the Maryland Department of Transportation, I, along with a group of four other students in the Fellows-Intern Program, conducted policy analysis on the safety of the mature drive population in Maryland. This included conducting interviews with transportation officials and state legislators across the state. The group offered recommendations to state officials on ways to improve transportation services for elderly drivers.

“Driving Safely While Aging Gracefully”
Fellows Report to the Secretary of Transportation, Maryland Department of Transportation, Hanover, Md., 2006

Driving Safely While Aging Gracefully (1.4MB - PDF)
This is a report that I co-authored/edited with other students in the 2006 Fellows-Intern Program at the Maryland Department of Transportation. Our report was written over the course of the summer and presented to the Maryland Secretary of Transportation. In particular, this report examines the state of Maryland’s elderly drivers and provides recommendations on how to reduce accidents and fatalities of elderly drivers throughout the state.