
2025 EXPO DAY
PPIA DC Visit Day
Thursday, July 10, 2025
GW University Student Center
800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
Columbian Square (Ground Floor)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Reception for PPIA Fellows, PPIA Board Members, alumni, and admissions representatives
Introductions & PPIA National Welcome
Leigh Sloane, Interim PPIA Board Chair
Josh Diosomito, PPIA Interim Executive Director
Keynote Speaker, TBD
Public Service Expo
Friday, July 11, 2025
GW University Student Center
800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
3rd Floor
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Expo Welcome & Breakfast for Fellows
Continental Ballroom
SESSION ONE
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Why You: How to Transform Your Story Into a Competitive Advantage
Vicki Johnson
Room 309
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Keynote Speaker
James Christian Blockwood,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Academy of Public Administration
Auditorium
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Break
SESSION ONE
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
Panel: Pathways to Public Service
Moderator: Josh Diosomito,
Executive Director, PPIA
Charles Carithers
Principal, Cornerstone Government Affairs
Luis Noe-Bustamante
Research Associate, Pew Research Center
Ednise Sainval-Compère
Research & Data Operations Manager, Office of Talent and Development, House of Representatives
Ashanta Williams
Assistant Director, Government Accountability Office
Vicki Johnson, Room 309
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch
SESSION THREE
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Alumni Panel featuring CMU Heinz College & Princeton SPIA Alumni
Jose Altamirano, PPIA Fellow 2016
Moriah Tafoya, PPIA Fellow 2016
Esther Owolabi, PPIA Fellow 2014
Room 309
PPIA Updates & Town Hall
led by Interim Executive Director Josh Diosomito
Auditorium | Exhibitors & Consortium
Members Welcome
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Break & Headshots
Grand & Continental Ballrooms
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Public Service Expo
Grand & Continental Ballrooms
5:30 PM
End of Program for Fellows & Exhibitors