Pinhead in Washington, D.C.

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Pintern Madie Alexander got a chance to return to Washington, DC this past week when she and Pinhead’s Executive Director, Sarah Holbrooke, were invited to attend the 2015 Rodham Institute Summit – an annual discussion on public health and health parity. Be sure to check out the details of Madie’s incredible internship with Rodham Institute Founding Director Dr. “Gigi” El-Bayoumi.

 

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Madie Alexander and her mentor, Dr. “Gigi” El-Bayoumi.

Former Senator Christopher Dodd spoke at the event and even stopped for a photo opp with Madie.

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Madie Alexander poses with Sen. Christopher Dodd at the 2015 Rodham Institute Summit

Making the Washington DC rounds, Sarah Holbrooke also got a chance to check out the Places of Invention exhibition at the National Museum of American History, which, thanks to the work of Pinhead and the Telluride Historical Musuem, features Telluride in the exhibition as a place of hydropower innovation.

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Sarah Holbrooke at the Smithsonian’s Places of Invention Exhibition.

And Madie and Sarah in the control room at CNN during a live broadcast of Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room.

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