As part of the program I interned with a Dem Rep. and wrote most of his press releases (among other things), including many explaining Carter initiatives, bills signed, etc.
By the end of that semester it turned out that I needed to relocate to the D.C. area for medical treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital, and I got a job with NTSB under the leadership of a Chairman appointed by Carter--Jim King of MA--and another Dem, Tuskegee Airman Woody Driver as Vice Chairman. The Carter days were a great time to work at the agency under his appointees.
I only saw Jimmy and Rosalynn once, at a White House Easter Egg Roll--where my son found a special wooden egg signed by the President and First Lady. My son was disappointed that it wasn't one of the eggs with candy like the others he found, but Dad was pretty jazzed.
As I was only a low-level fed agency staffer, not a political appointee (though I was able to advance rapidly under King and Driver), I can't say that I was "in" the Carter Administration--but I worked for it, and I have fond memories of those times. After the Republicans came in I stayed around only a couple of years before resigning in frustration.
I hope that history will give Jimmy Carter the credit he deserves. 
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