Pamela Portocarrero

Pamela Portocarrero is a Project Leader at Partners for Public Good, where she works directly with governments to transform procurement policy, process, and practice to better serve communities. She has experience supporting both state and city governments in strengthening their procurement systems and solving operational challenges through her previous work at the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab, where she also conducted a nationwide survey of school districts to improve school food procurement regulations and training. Her previous work includes fundraising and alumni engagement at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, improving college access and success for underserved youth in the states of Utah and Nevada, and connecting non-profit organizations with state and local governments around issues of immigration, school-to-prison pipeline, and community activism. Pamela earned her M.P.A. from Old Dominion University and holds dual B.A. degrees in Political Science and International Studies from The University of Utah. 

Favorite professional experiences have included bringing community members and government staff together, whether it’s a vendor fair for local business owners to find contracting opportunities with city government or empowering youth to attend their local town hall meetings and speak on the issues that matter to them. Pamela does this work so that individuals can be more engaged with their governments, and local governments can be more engaged with their individuals.