Nick Dantzer – AmeriCorps Alum Story
Nick Dantzer Manager, State Policy, at The Pew Charitable Trusts AmeriCorps VISTA alum
Manager, State Policy, at The Pew Charitable Trusts
AmeriCorps VISTA alum
Before serving in AmeriCorps, I was working retail, selling tents at The North Face in metro Detroit. It was 2007, and the economy in Detroit was what you’d imagine. I always had the desire to pursue public service, to serve my community and my country, and AmeriCorps VISTA gave me the opportunity to do that. I went on to get a graduate degree in public administration, and to work in Massachusetts state government, eventually in a leadership role. Now I’m working for The Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, DC, and helping governments use evidence-based approaches to inform public policy. My AmeriCorps experience taught me that the solutions to complex social problems can be found within a community and its people. That spirit of civics has informed everything I’ve done since.