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Advisory Board

Aaron Street

Advisory Board Chair

Mike Ahern

Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

Paul Anderson

Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court

Bob Bauer

Partner, Perkins Coie
Counsel, DSCC & DCCC

Liz Brama

Partner, Briggs & Morgan,
Former Counsel, Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel

Rachel Brand

Counsel, Wilmer Hale
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy,
Former Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush

Judi Dutcher

President, The Museum of Russian Art,
Former Minnesota State Auditor

Lee Epstein

Professor, Northwestern University School of Law

Rich Forschler

Partner, Faegre & Benson

Bill Frenzel

Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution,
Former Member of Congress

Benjamin Ginsberg

Partner, Patton Boggs,
National Counsel, Bush-Cheney Presidential Campaigns

Tom Goldstein

Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Kevin Goodno

Partner, Fredrikson & Byron,
Former Minnesota Commissioner of Human Services,
Former Minnesota Representative

Steve Grove

News and Politics Editor, YouTube

Rick Hasen

Professor, Loyola Law School

Sarah Janecek

Publisher, Politics in Minnesota,

Ellen Katz

Professor, University of Michigan Law School

Steve Kelley

Director, Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy,
Former Minnesota Senator

John Knapp

Partner, Winthrop & Weinstine

Thomas Mann

Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution,
Former Executive Director, American Political Science Association

Rick Morgan

Managing Partner, Bowman & Brooke,
Counsel, Pawlenty for Governor

Norm Ornstein

Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

Tim Penny

President, SMI Foundation,
Former Member of Congress

Nathaniel Persily

Professor, Columbia University Law School

Mike Rothman

Partner, Winthrop & Weinstine

Ron Schutz

Partner, Robins Kaplan Miller and Ciresi

Bradley Smith

Professor, Capital University Law School,
Former FEC Chairman

Bob Tennessen

Partner, Tennessen Law
Former Minnesota Senator

Tova Wang

Fellow, The Century Foundation

Vin Weber

Managing Partner, Clark & Weinstock,
Chairman, National Endowment for Democracy,
Former Member of Congress