{"id":4381,"date":"2025-07-10T16:38:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/?post_type=student&#038;p=4381"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:10:07","slug":"jessica-ostfield","status":"publish","type":"student","link":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Ostfeld"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Jessica Ostfeld is a dual Master of Public Policy and Master of Environmental Management student at Duke University\u2019s Sanford School of Public Policy and Nicholas School of the Environment. She is committed to developing herself as a leader and advancing fair, evidence-based policies that protect natural resources and public health.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Prior to Duke, Jessica cultivated expertise in government communications and outreach with a focus on environmental issues. At the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), she served as Statewide Outreach Coordinator, leading dozens of agency outreach events and developing department-wide outreach resources and guidance. She previously supported invasive species management as WDFW\u2019s European Green Crab Outreach Specialist. Jessica also completed two AmeriCorps terms with the National Park Service and Puget Soundkeeper and is an Albright Fellow.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Originally from Washington state, Jessica holds a B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Wellesley College and a GIS certificate from the University of Washington.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4382,"template":"","student_areas_of_interest":[14,103],"intake_semester":[97],"degree":[38],"class_list":["post-4381","student","type-student","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","student_areas_of_interest-energy-environment","student_areas_of_interest-governance-and-organizations","intake_semester-fall-2025","degree-mpp-mem","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jessica Ostfeld - MPP Student Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jessica Ostfeld - MPP Student Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jessica Ostfeld is a dual Master of Public Policy and Master of Environmental Management student at Duke University\u2019s Sanford School of Public Policy and Nicholas&#8230;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MPP Student Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-24T20:10:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Ostfeld-Jessica.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/\",\"name\":\"Jessica Ostfeld - MPP Student Resources\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Ostfeld-Jessica.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-10T16:38:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-24T20:10:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Ostfeld-Jessica.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Ostfeld-Jessica.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"Jost\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jessica Ostfeld\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/\",\"name\":\"MPP Student Resources\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jessica Ostfeld - MPP Student Resources","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jessica Ostfeld - MPP Student Resources","og_description":"Jessica Ostfeld is a dual Master of Public Policy and Master of Environmental Management student at Duke University\u2019s Sanford School of Public Policy and Nicholas&#8230;","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/","og_site_name":"MPP Student Resources","article_modified_time":"2025-09-24T20:10:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Ostfeld-Jessica.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/","name":"Jessica Ostfeld - MPP Student Resources","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Ostfeld-Jessica.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-10T16:38:53+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-24T20:10:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Ostfeld-Jessica.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Ostfeld-Jessica.jpg","width":1920,"height":2560,"caption":"Jost"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/jessica-ostfield\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jessica Ostfeld"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/","name":"MPP Student Resources","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student\/4381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/student"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"student_areas_of_interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student_areas_of_interest?post=4381"},{"taxonomy":"intake_semester","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/intake_semester?post=4381"},{"taxonomy":"degree","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/degree?post=4381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}