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

James Blanchard
Partner, DLA Piper,
Former Governor of Michigan,
Former Ambassador to Canada,
Former Member of Congress

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

Steven Clift
Founder and Chair, E-Democracy

Carol Darr
Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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

Lee Epstein
Professor, Northwestern University School of Law

Morgan Felchner
Deputy Assistant Managing Editor for Politics, U.S. News & World Report
Former Editor, Campaigns & Elections Magazine

Rich Forschler
Partner, Faegre & Benson

Bill Frenzel
Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution,
Former Member of Congress

Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Professor, Indiana University School of Law

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

Ted Grindal
Partner, Lockridge, Grindal & Nauen

Steve Grove
News and Politics Editor, YouTube

Rick Hasen
Professor, Loyola Law School

Sarah Janecek
Publisher, Politics in Minnesota

B. Todd Jones
Partner, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi,
Former U.S. Attorney

Sam Kaplan
Partner, Kaplan Strangis & Kaplan

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

Bradley Smith
Professor, Capital University Law School,
Former FEC Chairman

Bob Tennessen
Partner, Tennessen Law
Former Minnesota Senator

Daniel Tokaji
Professor, Moritz College of Law

Tova Wang
Fellow, The Century Foundation

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