Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  The Roosevelt Institution's Policy Expo 2006, a summit of vision and ideas, in Washington D.C. Photo by Nick Bradley. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "You must do the things you think you cannot do." — Eleanor Roosevelt    Jonathan Fantini Porter School: Georgetown University Member of: Chapter Heads Jonathan Fantini Porter, a native of California, is Founder and President of the Georgetown Roosevelt Institution. As Student Body President of his Southern California High School, he founded a chapter of AI which later established a cross-network of student advocates in the US.  That year Jon was invited to meet with Executive Director Emeritus of Amnesty International, Jack Healy, in Boston, Mass.  During this period, Jon also served as President of the chapter of Free the Children, which raised funds to provide running water and the first primary and secondary school to the rural community of Waslala, Nicaragua.  In 2002, Jon was elected Chairman of an Advisory Commission to the Speaker of the California State Assembly.  As Chairman he led four subcommittees which produced legislative advise to the Speaker.  For his work, Jon was one of forty students from across the country invited to attend the Elie Wiesel Conference for Tomorrow's Leaders. He was awarded a grant by the Elie Wiesel Foundation to establish what would become the Collegiate Forum. Jon has interned in the office of the Los Angeles County District Attorney, US Congressman Howard L. Berman, US Congressman Brad Sherman, and United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, where he worked with the Senator's Legislative Assistant on Economic Policy to reinstate legislation which protects minority owned businesses in the federal bidding process. Jon is past President of the Collegiate Forum, a partner organization of RI, and former Editor-in-Chief of its publication The Podium. During his time at the Forum, he doubled membership, introduced an online component, founded the American Policy Journal and increased the organization's capital by more than 32% in one year.  Jon writes for Georgetown University's student newspaper, The Hoya, and is a member of the Georgetown University Men's Crew Team, Georgetown University Student Investment Fund, and the Georgetown chapter of Young Democrats. Jonathan is fluent in Spanish, and German   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