Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Each year, the incoming leaders of Roosevelt Institution chapters gather at the FDR Estate in Hyde Park, New York. Photos by Nick Bradley. Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA 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 National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today -- let us move forward with strong and active faith." — Franklin Roosevelt    Kevin J Powers School: University of California, Davis Member of: UC Davis Board of Directors California Legislative Staff University of California, Davis Legislative Coordination Legislative Staff Legislative Affairs Center on Peace and Security Studies Summit on the States Think International Western Schools Contact info: AIM:  futureswo16 Facebook profile link:  http://ucdavis.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3207631 Login Email:  kjpowers(AT)ucdavis.edu Contact Email:  kevin.powers(AT)rooseveltinstitution.org Policy interests: Education, International development, International security, Political strategy, Social policy Kevin J. Powers is the Roosevelt Institution’s Legislative Director for the Western Region and a Fellow in his chapter's Center on Peace and Security Studies. Kevin is a fourth-year student at the University of California, Davis, where he will graduate in June of 2008 with an A.B. in Political Science and minors in History, English Literature and Global & International Studies. Kevin is an active politico on the UC Davis campus, where he recently finished his term as the Chief of Staff in the Office of the ASUCD President. Kevin is a student representative to multiple Commissions for the City of Davis and the University of California, and has consulted for campaigns at the City and State-level. Kevin maintains professional memberships in the American Association of Political Consultants, American Political Science Association, and the Royal Geographic Society. Kevin was recently selected for a Fellowship with the California Public Interest Research Group, where he will begin in August of 2008. His current research is centered around the recent disaster in Burma, and an Op/Ed on the subject is forthcoming. Recent Op/Ed Pieces:     - The Côte d'Ivoire Caution Sign     -Burma: A Disaster Decades In The Making (Forthcoming)   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 / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657