From Yale to the White House: Elizabeth Wilkins on Careers in Policy and Public Service

by Luke Strathmann

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A graduate of both Yale College and Yale Law School, Elizabeth Wilkins recently returned to campus to share insights from her experiences working in public service across both local and federal government—including the Obama and Biden White Houses, the Washington DC Attorney General Office, and most recently, as Chief of Staff to the Chair and Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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Luke Strathmann is a Senior Writer, Editor, and Communications Officer, working across the Department of Economics and its three research centers.

His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Points in Case, Slackjaw, 251, and the Weekly Humorist. Read some of his work here.