Blake E. Tadlock
Presidential Management Fellow, Federal government
Washington, DC · (202) 555 0118 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/blakeetadlock
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Two fellowship years in federal program evaluation, two graduate years in budget research
INDUSTRIES
Federal government, veterans benefits, state fiscal policy
SPECIALTIES
Program evaluation, eligibility analysis, plain language briefing
SYSTEMS
Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Stata, SharePoint
CREDENTIALS
Presidential Management Fellow, class of 2024
EDUCATION
Master of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Executive Summary
Presidential Management Fellow in the second year of a two year appointment with the Department of Veterans Affairs, placed in program evaluation. Came to federal service through graduate research on state budgeting. Works on eligibility analysis, evaluation design and briefing material for career program managers.
Signature Achievements
- Evaluated a caregiver support pilot at six medical centers, and the program office used the findings to standardize intake.
- Built a Tableau view of claim processing times that replaced a spreadsheet circulated by hand to 30 staff.
- Rewrote a summary of eligibility rule changes in plain language for the program web pages.
- Audited training records for a field workforce of 900 during a rotation with the Office of Inspector General.
Professional Experience
Presidential Management Fellow
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC 2024 to present
Evaluation office of 14 analysts covering caregiver support and rehabilitation services
- Ran a survey of 640 caregivers and wrote the analysis chapter of the annual program report.
- Answered two congressional inquiries with a one page response inside the deadline set by the front office.
- Prepared slides and talking points for a deputy assistant secretary before quarterly program reviews.
Graduate Research Assistant
Potomac Fiscal Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 2022 to 2024
Nonprofit research center of 20 staff studying state and local budget practice
- Coded ten years of state appropriation records into a data set used in two published briefs.
- Wrote background sections on Medicaid financing for briefs sent to legislative staff in three states.
- Checked every figure and citation in the annual budget outlook before publication.
Licensure and Certification
Presidential Management Fellow, class of 2024
Member, American Society for Public Administration
Education
Master of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, 2024
Bachelor of Arts in economics, Howard University, 2022
Core Skills
Program evaluation · Survey design · Stata · Tableau · Plain language writing · Briefing memos · Data cleaning · Congressional inquiry response