Erich Caulfield: 2010 White House Fellow; Morehouse & MIT Graduate
Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Leshell Hatley in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Scholarly Celebrations
R. Erich Caulfield, Baton Rouge, LA. R. Erich Caulfield is the Chief Policy Advisor to the Mayor and Business Administrator of the City of Newark. He is responsible for directing the City’s federal economic stimulus-related efforts, which involves reviewing, implementing and/or tracking projects totaling $360 million.
Education
Erich received a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from M.I.T. and a B.S., Phi Beta Kappa, in Physics and Mathematics from Morehouse College.
Career
He also leads the development of Newark’s implementation plan for First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” childhood obesity campaign. Prior to government service, Erich worked as an Associate at McKinsey & Company, focusing on public sector projects. There, he led the design and implementation of an improved textbook delivery system for a 50,000-student urban school district, and established and supervised a project management office that coordinated 36 initiatives designed to improve customer satisfaction for a multi-billion dollar company.
Service
Caufield delivers 2004 Commencement at MIT
He has served as an elected member of the Board of Trustees for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), where, as an international award-winning student researcher and Graduate Student Body President, he became the only person in the University’s history to receive all three of its highest distinctions for leadership and student life contributions.
Caulfield delivered MIT’s 2004 Commencement.
He’s certainly one to watch…
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Information obtained from 2010 White House Fellow Announcement.
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