Emergency Budgeting in the Federal Government: Ensuring Effective Preparedness, Response and Communications
Date: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Time: 12:15 pm
Place: 302 Pond Lab
Join alumnus and Emergency Management Specialist Thane Fake as he shares lessons from his role as an emergency management specialist and gives advice to students interested in pursuing careers in the federal government.
Thane Fake received a B.S. in Public Service from Penn State in 1998. In 1993 and again in 1997, he worked with the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Currently he is an Emergency Management Specialist in the Justice Management Division’s Security and Emergency Planning Staff, Continuity Assurance Section for the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1996, he worked for the Democratic National Convention. From 1993 through 1999, he worked with Political Americana, a political resource firm. In May of 1999, he received a Presidential Appointment as Staff Assistant to Attorney General, Janet Reno. Thane has also been a Political Affairs Intern as well as a Presidential Correspondence Intern in the White House. He was a volunteer for the Clinton/Gore campaign in 1992 and again in 1996. While at Penn State he was President and Treasurer for the Penn State York Student Government Association as well as a council member for the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments. Thane served as a budget analyst for over 10 years in the Justice Management Division for the U.S. Department of Justice.