Archer Fellowship Program Alumni Profiles
Robby Teas
Spring 2014 Archer Fellow
Internship: The Wilderness Society
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
B.A. Geography; May 2014
Purdue University
Master's of Public Administration; February 2022
Career
External Relations Manager at the Archer Center
Operations Manager at Purdue University - previous
Spring 2014 Archer Fellow
Internship: The Wilderness Society
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
B.A. Geography; May 2014
Purdue University
Master's of Public Administration; February 2022
Career
External Relations Manager at the Archer Center
Operations Manager at Purdue University - previous
“My favorite Archer Fellowship Program memory would have to be getting to hear President Obama speak in person on the South Lawn of the White House in sub-twenty-degree weather with a few hundred other people (including some of my Archer Fellow peers), all of whom were just as cold but just as excited."
Q & A with Robby
Please tell us more about your current position.
My job at the Archer Center is chaotic (in the best way) and fun! We're a relatively small staff, but all of us believe in the mission of the Archer Program. I have the opportunity to do all kinds of things - support our students, participate in interviews, lead info sessions, engage with our alumni and advisory board, and help out with our annual giving campaign. I love that all of these aspects of my job are different ways to give back to the Archer Fellowship Program. I'm so lucky to have the ability to pay my experience forward in such a unique way.
Please tell us more about your Archer Fellowship Program internship.
As a Policy and Government Affairs intern for The Wilderness Society, I assisted the Government Affairs team with a wide range of tasks that included meeting with members of Congress on Capitol Hill to lobby for environmental legislation, researching and analyzing federal budgets, keeping tabs on legislation of interest to the organization and its members, meeting with officials from federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service, and even organizing local support for the designation of new public lands and monuments around the country.
What has been your general career path?
Since earning my degree, my career path has stayed within the public sector. After graduating, I worked in the Texas House of Representatives before working at the Irish Consulate for nearly four years. I then found myself in the higher ed world at Purdue University, and now I'm here at the Archer Center! I couldn't be happier with how things have turned out.
How has your experience as an Archer Fellow influenced your career path and goals?
My experience as an Archer Fellow greatly impacted my professional path and goals by helping me realize that working to solve problems relating to issues I care about and helping people are what I value most in my professional life. Being around people who felt the same way, in both my internship and my Archer Fellow cohort, served to reinforce this notion.
What did you value the most about your Archer Fellowship Program experience?
More than anything, I value the lifelong connections I made during my time as an Archer Fellow with my peers as well as the Archer Center faculty and staff. I actually met my wife in the Program!
What do you value the most about being an alumnus?
Being an Archer Fellowship Program alum has so many positive aspects, but I think that I most value the opportunities I have to support future generations of Archer Fellows.
What is your favorite memory as an Archer Fellow?
My favorite Archer Fellowship Program memory would have to be getting to hear President Obama speak in person on the South Lawn of the White House in sub-twenty degree weather with a few hundred other people (including some of my Archer Fellow peers), all of whom were just as cold but just as excited.
Please tell us more about your current position.
My job at the Archer Center is chaotic (in the best way) and fun! We're a relatively small staff, but all of us believe in the mission of the Archer Program. I have the opportunity to do all kinds of things - support our students, participate in interviews, lead info sessions, engage with our alumni and advisory board, and help out with our annual giving campaign. I love that all of these aspects of my job are different ways to give back to the Archer Fellowship Program. I'm so lucky to have the ability to pay my experience forward in such a unique way.
Please tell us more about your Archer Fellowship Program internship.
As a Policy and Government Affairs intern for The Wilderness Society, I assisted the Government Affairs team with a wide range of tasks that included meeting with members of Congress on Capitol Hill to lobby for environmental legislation, researching and analyzing federal budgets, keeping tabs on legislation of interest to the organization and its members, meeting with officials from federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service, and even organizing local support for the designation of new public lands and monuments around the country.
What has been your general career path?
Since earning my degree, my career path has stayed within the public sector. After graduating, I worked in the Texas House of Representatives before working at the Irish Consulate for nearly four years. I then found myself in the higher ed world at Purdue University, and now I'm here at the Archer Center! I couldn't be happier with how things have turned out.
How has your experience as an Archer Fellow influenced your career path and goals?
My experience as an Archer Fellow greatly impacted my professional path and goals by helping me realize that working to solve problems relating to issues I care about and helping people are what I value most in my professional life. Being around people who felt the same way, in both my internship and my Archer Fellow cohort, served to reinforce this notion.
What did you value the most about your Archer Fellowship Program experience?
More than anything, I value the lifelong connections I made during my time as an Archer Fellow with my peers as well as the Archer Center faculty and staff. I actually met my wife in the Program!
What do you value the most about being an alumnus?
Being an Archer Fellowship Program alum has so many positive aspects, but I think that I most value the opportunities I have to support future generations of Archer Fellows.
What is your favorite memory as an Archer Fellow?
My favorite Archer Fellowship Program memory would have to be getting to hear President Obama speak in person on the South Lawn of the White House in sub-twenty degree weather with a few hundred other people (including some of my Archer Fellow peers), all of whom were just as cold but just as excited.
