Veronica Nowakowski

Capstone Fellow, 2026

Veronica Nowakowski

Client: Berkeley Big Ideas and City of Berkeley

Project: Bridging Campuses and City Hall: Best Practices to Enhance Community Participation in Municipal Policymaking

Veronica Nowakowski, MPP '26, evaluated the Berkeley Civic Innovation Challenge to identify how university-city partnerships can more effectively engage students in local governance while strengthening municipal innovation capacity.