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Eagleton Fellowship Program Speakers 2008-2009
 

This year students at the Eagleton Institute of Politics have had the privilege of discussing campaigns, elections, and governing with a wide variety of political practitioners who generously share their experience, insights, accomplishments and frustrations. Most take place during classes and seminars taken by students in Eagleton’s Undergraduate Associates Program, graduate Fellowship Program, or Political Campaigning course.

The Institute is extremely grateful to the following people who met with Eagleton students during the 2008-2009 academic year:

Al Alvarez, deputy chief of staff for NJ Governor Jon Corzine

Karl Aro, executive director, MD Department of Legislative Services

Robert Asaro-Angelo, executive director, NJ Democratic State Committee

Ross Baker, professor, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University

Bill Baroni, NJ State Senator

Ray Bateman, former NJ Senate President

Larry Bathgate, managing partner, Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf, P.C.

Cecilia Xie Birge, deputy mayor of Montgomery Township

Roger Bodman, lobbyist and former commissioner, NJ Department of Transportation

Joseph Bryce, chief legislative officer for MD Governor

Barbara Buono, NJ State Senator

Michael Busch, speaker of the MD State House of Delegates

Michelle Byers, executive director, NJ Conservation Foundation

Tom Byrne, former NJ Democratic Party chair

Jane Campbell, chief of staff for Senator Landrieu and former mayor of Cleveland, OH

Michael Patrick Carroll, NJ State Assemblyman

William Caruso, executive director, NJ Assembly Majority Office

Bill Castner, chief counsel, Office of the NJ Governor and former executive director, NJ Assembly Majority Office

Michael Catania, president, NJ Conservation Resources

Jun Choi, mayor, Edison Township

Sam Crane, consultant and former NJ State Treasurer

Kathleen Crotty, former executive director, NJ Senate Majority Office

Joe Cryan, chairman, NJ Democratic State Committee

Jim Davy, management consultant and former top aide to Governor Jim McGreevey

Lucille Davy, commissioner, NJ Department of Education

Steve DeMicco, campaign strategist

Warren Deschenaux, director, MD Office of Policy Analysis

Wayne Dibofsky, associate director of government relations, NJ Education Association

Janellen Duffy, director of policy, Office of the NJ Governor

Mark Duffy, campaign manager

George Edwards, MD State Senator

Robert Enten, contract lobbyist (MD)

David Filapelli, contract lobbyist (NJ)

Dale Florio, chair, Somerset County Republican Organization, founder of Princeton Public Affairs Group and key advisor to Governor Christie Todd Whitman

Jim Florio, former NJ Governor

Gabrielle Giffords, US representative (AZ)

Joel Goldberg, partner, Wilkie Farr and Gallagher, LLP

James Harkness, executive director, NJ Senate Republican Office

Claire Heininger, journalist, The Star-Ledger

Heather Howard, commissioner, NJ Department of Health and Senior Services

Marvin Jiggetts, assistant director, Central Management Unit, NJ Office of Legislative Services

Maria Juega, Latin American Legal Defense & Education Foundation

Adam Kauffman, contract lobbyist (NJ)

Thomas Kean, former NJ governor

Celia King, executive director, Leadership Newark

Mary Landrieu, US senator (LA)

Brad Lawrence, campaign strategist

Diane Legreide, deputy chief of staff, Office of the NJ Governor

John Leyman, deputy director of Government Affairs, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

Nita Lowey, US representative (NY)

Josh Margolin, journalist, The Star-Ledger

Edward McBride, chief of staff, Office of the NJ Governor

Steve McCulloch, policy analyst, MD General Assembly, Office of Policy Analysis

Terri McCullough, chief of staff for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

Susan McNamee, policy analyst, MD General Assembly, Office of Policy Analysis

Alison Littell McHose, NJ State Assemblywoman and co-chair of NJ McCain-Palin campaign

Lisa Miller, professor, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University

Thomas Mike Miller, Jr., president of the MD State Senate

Maggie Moran, campaign manager, and former deputy chief of staff to Governor Jon Corzine

Tom Moran, director of Public Policy for PSEG and former Star-Ledger reporter and columnist

Trish Mueller, union and political activist

Michael Murphy, attorney, former prosecutor and gubernatorial candidate

Pat Murray, director, Monmouth University Polling Institute

Grace Napolitano, US representative (CA) Brian Nelson, counsel and former executive director, NJ State Republican Party

Jane Oates, former executive director, NJ Commission on Higher Education

Martin Perez, president, Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey

Joseph Roberts, Jr., speaker of NJ Assembly

David Rosen, Legislative Budget and Finance Officer and Section Chief for Revenue, Finance and Appropriations, NJ Office of Legislative Services

Samuel Rosenberg, vice chairman, MD House Judiciary Committee

David Rousseau, state treasurer, NJ Department of the Treasury

Steve Runk, executive director, NJ State Council on the Arts

AJ Sabath, chief of staff, Senate President Richard Codey and former commissioner, NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Jan Schakowsky, US representative (IL)

Ginger Gold Schnitzer, director of Government Relations, NJ Education Association

Jack Schrier, freeholder, Morris County and township committee member, Mendham

Allyson Schwartz, US representative (PA)

Roseanne Scotti, director, Drug Policy New Jersey

Jon Shure, president, NJ Policy Perspective and former communications director for Governor Jim Florio

Laura Slomka, finance director, Giuliani presidential campaign

Bob Smith, NJ State Senator

David Socolow, commissioner, NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Brian Thompson, NJ bureau reporter, WNBC News

Ed Traz, political consultant

Lucy Vandenberg, executive director, Council on Affordable Housing

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, US representative (FL)

Diane Watson, US representative (CA)

Alan Weinberg, senior staff for the ARC Rail Tunnel Project and former aide to Jim McGreevey, former NJ Governor

Christine Todd Whitman, former NJ Governor

Melanie Willoughby, senior vice president, NJ Business and Industry Association

Tom Wilson, chairman, NJ Republican State Committee

Richard Wright, deputy executive director, NJ Assembly Republican Office

David Wolfe, NJ State Assemblyman

Charlie Wowkanech, president, NJ State AFL-CIO

Neil Yoskin, attorney

Josh Zeitz, congressional candidate and aide to Governor Jon Corzine

Adam Zellner, consultant and former Democratic operative

Rich Zeoli, chair, Sussex County Republican Party and Sussex County freeholder candidate

 

 

 

 

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