Mansfield Center Advisory Board

croppedmarcracicot.pngMarc Racicot, Board Chair

Former Governer of the State of Montana

David BellDavid Bell, Previous Board Chair

President and CEO, ALPS Corporation

Jon BennionJon Bennion

Government Relations Director, The Washington Companies

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President, Radio Free Asia

 

m-georgiouMaritsa Georgiou

National Correspondent, Newsy

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Consumer and Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs Ayco; Liaison, Mansfield Foundation Board of Directors
Nancy Keenan

Nancy Keenan

Former Executive Director, Montana Democratic Party

 

Paul Lauren Dr. Paul Lauren

Regents Professor Emeritus; Founding Director, Mansfield Center

 

Tom LopachTom Lopach

President and CEO, Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information

 

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Founder, Frontier Angel Fund and Head of Community Engagement, Two Bear Capital

 

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Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University

matthew-morgan.jpg Matthew Morgan

Chief Operating Officer and Partner of EisnerAmper

shelton-photo-for-mansfield-center.jpgJoanna R. Shelton

UM Faculty Affiliate in Economics and Nonresident Senior Associate in Economics for the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Kimberlee VisserKimberlee Visser

Designer, Community Advocate, Business Advisor

 

Bryce WardBryce Ward

Founder of ABMJ Consulting, Research Associate at the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities at the University of Montana

 

Terry WeidnerDr. Terry Weidner

Professor Emeritus, Political Science; Former Mansfield Center Executive Director

 

Mansfield Fellows

Robert Brown

Senior Fellow, Politics & Public Affairs

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Robert Brown

Personal Summary

Bob had a long career in public office and public education.  He served 26 years in the Montana legislature, ending as President of the MT Senate. He was elected Montana Secretary of State serving from 2000-2004. Bob was President of the Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees and a member of Montana’s Board of Public Education.

From 1996-2002 Bob was an advisor for the US Agency for International Development/International Republican Institute and conducted workshops in Angola, Indonesia, Cambodia, China and Russia. He was a UM exchange instructor at Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

As a senior fellow at both the UM Mansfield Center and the Center for the Rocky Mountain West, Bob initiated the Montana Oral History Project (archived in the UM Mansfield Library) conducting interviews of more than 80 influential Montana political figures.

Education

Master of Education, University of Montana, Missoula, 1988.

Bachelor of Arts, Government, Montana State University, Bozeman, 1974.

Bachelor of Arts, History, Montana State University, Bozeman, 1970.