Panel #2 - Government Service

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Panelists:
Austin Boral ’16
Project Manager - Strategy, NYC Economic Development Corp.

Terra Branson-Thomas ’10
Secretary of the Nation & Commerce, Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Janos Marton ’04
Manhattan District Attorney Candidate

Katelyn Mooney ’14
Associate General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee

Panelist Bios:

Austin Boral is a member of the Strategy team at the New York City Economic Development Corporation. NYCEDC is a quasi-governmental agency and the city's primary vehicle for promoting economic growth, building strong neighborhoods, and creating good jobs. In his current role, Austin works in areas such as workforce development and continuing education, while also informing the city’s approach to performance management for job creation. Prior to joining NYCEDC, Austin spent three years with McKinsey & Company’s public and social sector practice. There, he served federal agencies in capability building and organizational transformation, while also leading the office's Social Impact Group.

Originally from Long Island, Austin graduated from Dartmouth with a BA in Geography and Public Policy. He was a First-Year Fellow and a Rockefeller Leadership Fellow.

Terra Branson-Thomas, is a citizen of Muscogee (Creek) Nation, where she serves as the Secretary of the Nation & Commerce, which is an appointed and confirmed cabinet position responsible for the Nation’s economic development, intergovernmental relationships, and social welfare policy development. Ms. Branson-Thomas has extensive experience in Indian policy and legislative history – particularly in the areas of Self-Governance and Self-Determination. Her professional experiences include national tribal non-profit management, federal compacting and negotiations, federal and tribal legislative development, federal grant management and grassroots organizing.

Terra has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Native American Studies from Dartmouth and a Masters of Public Policy from Georgetown University.

Janos Marton is a civil rights attorney. Janos attended Dartmouth and worked as an organizer across the country before returning home to attend Fordham Law School. At Fordham Law, Janos established a program working with incarcerated teens at Rikers Island, and graduated magna cum laude. Janos has practiced as a civil rights attorney, investigated corruption as counsel to the Moreland Commission, and helped overhaul the CCRB as after the killing of Eric Garner. In 2016 he was named the first advocacy director of JustLeadershipUSA, where he ran the successful campaign to close Rikers Island. Since then he has run criminal justice campaigns across the country, first for JustLeadershipUSA, and then for the American Civil Liberties Union, where he managed the 50-state Smart Justice Campaign. He is now a candidate for Manhattan District Attorney on a platform to end our reliance on jails and prisons to solve society's problems.

Katelyn Mooney is a 2014 graduate of Dartmouth where she studied Geography, Government, and Public Policy. Katelyn is a 2017 graduate of The George Washington University Law School and as the daughter of an AFL-CIO union member she has always been interested in employment law and in particular labor relations. Katelyn currently serves as the Assoc. General Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor Majority. In her free time, Katelyn enjoys running and was a member of the Varsity Cross Country team at Dartmouth for 3 years.