Megan Caldwell, Campolindo High School Class of 2008, is a recipient of the prestigious Health for America Fellowship. As part of a team of four Fellows, Caldwell was chosen from a national pool of applicants that included alumni of Brown, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, MIT, and dozens of other universities across the country. The Health for America Fellowship grants young leaders from diverse academic backgrounds the opportunity to delve deeply into real-world healthcare needs. In partnership with Discover Bank, Christiana Care Health System, Start It Up Delaware, and the Delaware Community Foundation, the 2014-15 HFA Fellows will work together over the course of one year to create and implement a health solution to advance patient care. Fellows will meet with physicians, thought leaders, and community members to identify areas that need the most improvement, specifically within the treatment of chronic heart failure. Caldwell was selected based on her experience as a health policy consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton and her demonstrated initiative, leadership, and altruism in the non-profit sector.
While a student at Indiana University, Caldwell majored in policy analysis and Near Eastern language and culture, studying Arabic for five semesters. She completed her Bachelor of Science in public affairs with honors notation and authored a thesis on Conflict and Underdevelopment in the Third World. She interned with the Department of Homeland Security in the summer of 2010 and worked as a state office intern for Senator Dianne Feinstein during the summer of 2009. Her current work as a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton gives her the opportunity to mediate and implement mergers, analyze legislation and regulations, and identify ways for clients to lead health reform efforts.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA