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Internship Career and Leadership Workshop 2025
Welcome, interns, to the Career and Leadership Workshop!
This workshop is a key component of your internship program, offering a week-long opportunity to expand your knowledge of various career fields while honing your leadership skills. Throughout the week, you will join fellow interns in showcasing the outcomes of your summer projects through presentations.
You’ll also have the chance to connect with industry professionals through engaging panel discussions, skill-building sessions, and interactive activities. This workshop is designed to enrich your experience and evaluate the program’s impact—celebrating successes and identifying opportunities for future improvement.
We hope you make the most of your time in Washington, DC. Take advantage of this incredible networking opportunity, and don’t forget to have fun!

Click to meet the interns: HBCUI    Mosaics    internXL    LHIP    GOGA

You can see recorded Livestream Events via Microsoft Teams Links -
August 5, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EST - NPS Internship Career and Leadership Workshop

August 6, 2:00-4:30 p.m. EST- Art Culture Presentations: LHIP/HBCUI
 

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Wednesday March 12, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am EDT
The workshop will commence with Tracy L. Baetz, Chief Curator of the Interior Museum, providing a brief history of the Department of the Interior. Following this, a special thank you will be extended to all who have served the National Park Service.
The ceremony will include recognition of outstanding contributions from mentors/supervisors, interns, and those who have been recently hired.
The speakers for this portion are Jamie Crispin (National Park Service), Shatiba Bradley (Greening Youth Foundation), Candice Price (SODAS Life), and Susan Bonfield (Environments for the Americas). Outstanding service awards will be given, and Rita Moss, Associate Director for Workforce and Inclusion, will deliver a message of gratitude.

Moderators
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Eduardo Chaidez

Acting Supervisory Park Ranger | Interpretation, Moderator, National Park Service
Born and raised in Deep East Oakland, CA, and now residing in New York City, Eduardo Chaidez is a first-generation American and alumnus of the Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP 2016-18), Civicorps (2003), and the Backcountry Trails program in Yosemite National Park (2003).At... Read More →
Speakers
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Tracy L Baetz

Chief Curator, Department of the Interior Museum
Tracy Baetz joined the staff of the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum in 2013 as Chief Curator. In this role she has curated several gallery and online exhibitions, the most recent of which opened at the Department of the Interior last summer. Baetz earned a Master’s degree... Read More →
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Jamie Crispin

Youth Programs Manager, National Park Service
Experienced volunteer manager with a demonstrated history of working in the nonprofit and national service sector. Skilled in coaching, leadership, event planning, and non-profit program development. Believes in the power of civic engagement and volunteering as effective ways to enact... Read More →
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Rita Moss

Associate Director, Workforce & Inclusion, National Park Service
Rita Moss is the current Associate Director of Workforce & Inclusion at the National Park Service. Rita has held various HR positions at different companies over the past 20 years. Rita started their career as the Director of Human Resources at the Appalachian Regional Commission... Read More →

Wednesday March 12, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am EDT
Yates Auditorium U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C St NW, Washington, DC 20240
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