I guess the best place to start is at the beginning. My name is Aaron Adams and I came to Arizona State University to start my masters in public administration in the Fall of 2009. Currently, I am an intern with the City of Peoria, Arizona. My internship started in June 2010 and will run until I graduate in May 2011, or until I accept a (full-time) job offer. While my internship started in the city manager's office I spend most of my time in the city's budget office and work on projects for several other city departments.
Before coming to Arizona I worked for the Texas Workforce Commission, a state agency, as a labor economist. I was in that job for about two years, and was living in the Austin area during that time. Before that I earned a bachelor of science in economics from Michigan State University. I was drawn to ASU for the Marvin Andrews Fellowship Program and my goal is become a city (or county) manager, and that is me in a nutshell.
Aaron,
ReplyDeleteAs an urban and metropolitan studies major I am looking forward to following your blog so I can get an insight on how the wheels turn for a city. Right now the only experience I have is in the public safety aspect of managing a city. It looks like you are very active in your internship and will be able to provide good information.
Brady
Brady,
ReplyDeleteGlad you're following along. Hope I can post something of interest... feel free to fire away with questions, etc...