Presidential Management Internship (PMI)

The Presidential Management Intern (PMI) Program, established in 1977, is designed to attract to the federal service outstanding recent graduates with a master's degree or PhD who have an interest in, and commitment to, a career in the analysis and management of public policies and programs. Interns receive a two-year assignment with a federal agency. All cabinet departments and more than 50 federal agencies have hired Presidential Management Interns. For more information, check out the PMI website.

PMIs from SMA have gone on to work as Resource Management Specialists, Research Coordinators, Fisheries Management Biologists, Regulatory Specialists and other positions for organizations such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fishery management councils and various state agencies

Past Interns


2007 Ruth Howell
2005 Heather D'Agnes and Summer Morlock
2001 Jennifer Ise
1998 Sean Patrick Hastings
1997 Dan Waldeck and Tonya Fish
1996 Sarah Fangman
1995 Richard Grant and Yvonne deReynier
1994 Kent Lind