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Jesse Tampio: Introducing Uncle Sam, 2.0
Jesse Tampio
(Photo courtesty of Sam Kittner/Kittner.com.)
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"Initially, your thought of government is something detached from reality and a place where you don't have a personal element or personal development," said Ong. "He really made it real in terms of providing an understanding of what kind of work you could be doing. He made it seem important and provided a sense that you can make a difference."
Tampio did not always envision a career in government for himself. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, he spent four years in New York City with a "dream job" as a publicist for jazz at Lincoln Center and Wynton Marsalis.
"But then 9/11 occurred, and that caused me to go back to the drawing board and ask whether I was doing as much as I could for the country," said Tampio. "I decided to take it up another notch."
Tampio attended Harvard Law School and received a Heyman Fellowship that has provided him with financial assistance in return for a commitment to spend at least three years in the federal government and to act as a mentor to Harvard law students and graduates interested in federal government work.
Samuel J. Heyman, the benefactor of the Fellowship program, is the founder of the Partnership for Public Service, which enlisted Tampio to help inspire a new generation to serve in the federal government as part of its Annenberg Speakers Bureau campus program. Besides Bates, Tampio has spoken at Adelphi University and next month will do a career session at Catholic University.
Kevin Gleeson, who works with Tampio at the State Department, said his colleague does "interesting work and is excited about it and brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the job."
