Home  About  Chapters  Policy  Publications  Join  Jobs  Donate  Blog  Students met with DC area think tanks before the Roosevelt Rx conference News from the National Office Post-Election Center TI Launched Roosevelt LiveBlogs the Presidential Debate On Campus Midwest Regional Fall Policy Workshop Blum speaks at Vermont Campus Compact conference Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things." — Teddy Roosevelt    Ernesto Rodriguez Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: To prevent spam, please enter the first letter of the recipient's email and the first letter of the recipient's name in the box below (for example, if the name is "John Doe" and the email is "bigjohn@johndoe.com", you would enter "jb"): School: The George Washington University Member of: Administration Calendar Expo Cocktail Reception Communications Staff Core Chapters and Staff Subgroup on DC Public Education Center on Education Center on Education Center on the Environment Executive Committee Center on U.S. Foreign Policy The George Washington University Center on Global Development Socioeconomic Diversity in Higher Education Making Democracy Work Policy Center on Public Health Contact info: Contact Email:  efrod(AT)gwu.edu Policy interests: Diversity, race, and opportunity, Economic policy, Education, Energy, Fair and clean politics, Government reform, Labor and workers' rights, Nonprofits and philanthropy, Science and innovation, Sexuality and LGBTQ issues, Social policy, Sustainability, Urban policy, Voting rights Ernesto Rodriguez is the former Policy Coordinator and Co-President of the George Washington University chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, as well as a former member of the National Editorial Board and coordinator of the National Blog. Before his work as Policy Coordinator, Ernesto directed the Center on Education at GW, helping fellows in their research on the NCLBA and AP programs at the secondary level. His  work focused on presenting policy to GW on interacting more closely with the DC public school system in an effort to strengthen college ambitions among disadvantage student populations. Ernesto is originally from Albuquerque, NM and received a degree in Political Science and a minor in Chemistry.  Any Fellows visiting DC should feel free to contact him for support while in the area.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359