For Students
Speakers at Eagleton Student Classes and Programs
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