Adam Petkun Policy Analyst
Adam Petkun has spent his professional career in politics, policy and non-profit management. After joining Education First in July 2010, he provided research and planning support to the Education First teams working on the implementation of Hawai‘i's Race to the Top plans. More recently, he has conducted research for strategic planning projects, and provided technical assistance to a consortium of state community colleges developing applications for the U.S. Department of Labor's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (C3T) grant program.
Prior to joining Education First, Adam held a graduate student internship in the Workforce Development Division of New York City's Department of Small Business Services, where he helped to evaluate implementation of the city's workforce programming.
Previously, he staffed a congressional campaign and worked at The Bus Project, an innovative effort in Oregon to build public engagement in the political process and advance a policy agenda with the Oregon State Legislature. He opened and managed the organization's first field office, and later went on to serve as its political director.
Adam earned his master's degree in public affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and his bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon, where he served as student body president and statewide board chair for the Oregon Student Association. Adam currently lives in Seattle, Washington.