• Legislative Analysts follow legislation, analyze bills, and draft letters with the support of Position Directors.

• Position Directors coordinate the work of one or more Legislative Analysts, provide subject-area and technical expertise, and help assess their team's needs. 

• Area Directors manage work in each of the three issue areas: Government; Natural Resources; and Social Policy.  They build the team, provide training, support, and mentoring,  and manage and track both their team's activity and the status of legislative action. 

• Deputy Area Directors manage work in a portion of one of the three issue areas. They assist their Area Director in building the team, providing training, support, and mentoring,  and managing and tracking both their team's activity and the status of legislative action. 

The Schafer Fellowships exist to identify emerging leaders, of any age, who can make a positive impact on California public policy if given training, support, and opportunity.