ERIC L. STONE
Washington, DC *0002
****.***.*****@*****.***
POLICY EXPERIENCE:
Intern, Office of the President, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. January 2011-May 2011
• Conducted research projects for President Edwin Feulner and his Chief of Staff.
• Assisted in drafting speeches, remarks, and introductions for the President.
• Handled administrative duties for the Treasurer of the Mont Pelerin Society.
• Researcher for forthcoming book, The American Spirit.
• Used Microsoft Excel in building a large record database.
• Used QuickBooks in processing billing and payments.
Intern, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. September-December 2009
• Worked in EUR/RPM, which oversees NATO and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.[OSCE]
Held Secret level clearance.
Drafted statements defending 2nd Amendment Rights and Death Penalty policies for the Human Dimension
Implementation Meeting, a conference in Vienna which gathers all OSCE member nations, including the EU and
Russia.
Prepared official statements between the State Department and its various embassies.
Assisted in reducing budgets for OSCE Offices in Eastern Europe, cutting wasteful spending while leaving core
duties, such as promoting transparent police forces in Serbia, intact.
Assembled briefing books, including one used by an Assistant Secretary during a congressional hearing.
Intern, Office of Senator Mel Martinez, Washington, D.C. July-August 2008
Researched ongoing events in Russia, including the Russian/Georgian war and the lead up to it, and wrote
briefings for the foreign relations legislative assistant.
Professionally handled constituent phone calls about the Senator’s various positions.
Scheduled the duties and work schedules of the other interns, attended and took notes on committee hearings,
sorted mail, picked up packages, and various other clerical work.
Research Assistant, UNF Public Opinion Research Lab, Jacksonville, FL September 2008-December 2010
• Collected polling data by interviewing hundreds of citizens.
• Trained in SPSS.
• Polls compiled for use by government agencies, local businesses, and non-profit agencies; as well as for research
being undertaken by the university.
PUBLISHED WORK:
• “American Youth Twittered to Help Iranian Protestors”, The Florida Times Union, April 8, 2009
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts, University of North Florida December 2010
• Major: Political Science, Minor: History.
• Intensive coursework in the political process, including trip to Washington to present a policy paper on Venezuela to
senior officials at the National Security Council, Departments of State and Defense, and Congress.
• Studied Arabic and Middle Eastern History abroad in Ifrane, Morocco from January-May 2010.
• Introduced Lt. General Douglas Lute, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and
Afghanistan, before a crowd of 800 people at the University of North Florida Arena.