Katrina Menard, a former legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has joined the Public Assets Institute as a state policy fellow for Vermont.

The institute is an independent research organization that works to advance racial, social and economic justice in Vermont through research, fiscal analysis and public engagement and empowerment. Menard's two-year fellowship program is sponsored by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank based in Washington, D.C.