Bloustein alum is finalist for Service To America Medal

May 6, 2014

Sara Meyers (MPP 2009) has been named as a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals in the Call to Service category. The Call to Service Medal recognizes a federal employee whose professional achievements reflect the important contributions that a new generation brings to public service.  Sara has served as the Director of the Sandy Program Management Office at the Department of Housing and Urban Development where she “Created a sophisticated data analysis system to evaluate the performance of federal housing programs, and set up processes to track $13.6 billion in economic stimulus and $50 billion for Hurricane Sandy disaster recovery.”

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