Kathryn Fantauzzi, a graduate student at UAlbany’s Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, was hired to replace Sally Frank as the union’s John M. Reilly legislative intern. Frank took a job in February in the Senate budget office.

Fantauzzi is working 20 hours a week tracking proposed legislation, researching and analyzing issues for potential legislation, arranging advocacy visits to lawmakers’ offices and handling other duties associated with the union’s Legislation Department.

Fantauzzi is pursuing a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in environmental policy. She earned her bachelor’s degree in government and Italian studies from Smith College and spent one year studying at the Universita di Firenza in Florence, Italy.

Prior to joining UUP, Fantauzzi was an environmental analyst with the New York Public Interest Research Group in Albany, where she researched the administration of the Pesticide Neighbor Notification Law and compiled scientific information on the expected effects of climate change on regions of New York state. She also interned with the state Department of Agriculture and Markets.

The union’s legislative internship is named in honor of the late John M. Reilly, who served as UUP statewide president from 1987-1993.

— Karen L. Mattison