From the president
Jay is a senior studying Applied Mathematics-Economics and Computer Science. He is a member of the Bonner Community Fellowship and Laidlaw Scholars Program at the Swearer Center for Public Service. Jay’s civic engagement connects to his interest in promoting greater economic opportunity for all, especially the most vulnerable communities, through evidence-based economic policy. As a leader both on and off campus, Jay demonstrates what it means to take a multifaceted approach to address inequality and political polarization issues. On campus, he serves as the Chair of the UCS Polling Committee and the President of the ECON Department Undergraduate Group, where he sought to bring his community together to create meaningful change. Off-campus, he founded Govaspire, which partners with the Maine Democracy Project to develop guides for middle and high school students to get involved in extracurricular civics education programs. Jay interns with the Social Enterprise Greenhouse to support their organization in empowering Providence - and Rhode Island-based social entrepreneurs through various research projects. His work here has contributed to developing best practices on diverse procurement and data privacy, mapping funding landscapes, and creating impact stories for the organization, which have led to more resources for a diverse community of innovators.
Personal Statement
I am a student at Brown University, studying applied mathematics-economics and computer science. I grew up in rural Maine and witnessed how government investments changed the destinies of entire communities. Inspired by this, I have a deep interest in promoting greater economic opportunity for all, especially the most vulnerable, through evidence-based economic policy. I have previously held policy internships at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Monetary Affairs, and Maine’s Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future. Informing this policy experience are economic research experiences, which I have completed at Yale University, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and at Brown University. Through my policy experiences, I have recommended executive action that has saved consumers nearly $4B and shaped the allocation of $1B in pandemic-era stimulus funding. Policy areas I am interested in include tax policy, social services, and antitrust policy. In the future, I plan to pursue a JD and a PhD in economics to contribute to the forefront of economic research and policymaking at the state and federal levels.