Marie Koko

Marie is the Director of Career and Employer Services at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, joining La Follette in 2019 after 10 years as the Career & Internship Specialist for Government/Policy/International Affairs & Law (GPIAL) at SuccessWorks. She brings expertise in applying to federal/state/local government agencies and has worked with students applying to virtually every area of public service including AmeriCorps/Peace Corps, Congressional/State Legislature positions, nonprofit organizations, consulting firms, and many more.  Marie also serves on the steering committee of UW-Madison’s Wisconsin in Washington (WiW) program, the UW Law & Public Policy Working Group (which she co-founded), several campus wide committees, and the Government College Relations Council (a member of the Volcker Alliance).  She earned her bachelor’s degree in corporate finance from Drake University and her master’s in counseling from Concordia University Chicago. Marie loves to travel and is currently working on many bucket-list destinations. She spent her Junior year in Vienna, Austria.