AOA Washington Office Looking to Fill Paid Intern Slot
April 22, 2010
ATTENTION OPTOMETRY STUDENTS: SERVE YOUR PROFESSION THIS SUMMER AS AN AOA WASHINGTON OFFICE INTERN!!
The Experience: Contribute to optometry and add valuable experience to your resume by applying for the summer student internship at the Washington Office (WO) located in Alexandria, VA!
The Qualifications: Internship is open to all first, second and third year optometry students.
The Time Commitment: 8 – 12 weeks during summer break depending upon selected student’s availability.
The Compensation: Weekly salary of $300. AOA provides round-trip coach airline transportation (or mileage to and from Alexandria, VA), plus any travel expenses undertaken during internship on behalf of AOA.
The Work: The Washington Office (WO) intern will assist with legislative advocacy including lobbying members of Congress and their staff, as well as grassroots and political outreach. Intern will travel to Optometry’s Meetingtm and take part in grassroots efforts.
Past interns have had procedures adopted by AOA departments and work published in AOA publications and on AOA.org. Several have gone on to leadership positions in organized optometry on the local, state and national level.
The Application/Selection Process: Send a letter of interest and a current resume’, via email or regular mail by May 3rd to:
Debbie Espinoza
Assistant Director, Administration
American Optometric Association
1505 Prince Street, #300
Alexandria, VA 22314
despinoza@aoa.org
