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Portrait of Jessica Ganus

Honor Society® member

Jessica Ganus

Director-Section 8 Rental Assistance at Responsible for the administration of the Section 8 Program for the City of Peekskill. Create policies that adhere to the administration of the program and comply with the Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations. Conduct quality control of all files and inspections. Answer to the City Common Council on housing matters and concerns.

  • public administration
  • Class of 2023
  • Croton on Hudson, New York

Member since November 2021

Education

  • Pace University

    public administration

    2021 – 2023

Goals and interests

Career goal

To become a Professor in Public Administration or work as the Secretary of HUD.

Graduate school interests

Public Adminstration in government agencies and municipal management.

Outside the classroom

Reading, basketball, cycling, and hiking.

Experience

  • Director-Section 8 Rental Assistance

    Responsible for the administration of the Section 8 Program for the City of Peekskill. Create policies that adhere to the administration of the program and comply with the Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations. Conduct quality control of all files and inspections. Answer to the City Common Council on housing matters and concerns.

    Dec 2018 – Mar 2022

Volunteering

  • Vice President of the organization. Responsible for checking in on the sick and shut-ins. Conduct volunteer work by assisting at food pantries and soup kitchens. Create events to do with the elderly in nursing homes. Raise money for charitable causes the organization supports, which are lupus and breast cancer awareness.

    Order of the Eastern Star

    May 2012 – Mar 2022

Languages

  • English (US)