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

 

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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 LaurenDr. 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

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Chief Operating Officer and Partner of EisnerAmper

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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

Terry Weidner

Senior Fellow, International Relations & Comparative Politics

Contact

Email
terry.weidner@umontana.edu
Office Hours

Professor Weidner retired at the end of the 2014-15 academic year. He can be reached at the e-mail shown on this page.

Personal Summary

Dr. Weidner is now a professor of Chinese Politics. He has returned to his roots as a professor following seven years work in government (political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and as a Chinese political and economic analyst for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service in Washington, DC) and stints as the Associate Director of International Programs at the University of Kansas (1993-98), Director of the Asian Affairs Center at the University of Missouri (1998-2003) and Director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at UM (2003-2012) . His academic interests include Chinese political economy, Chinese foreign policy and U.S.-China relations.

Education

Ph.D. in Chinese History from the University of California, Davis
M.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.A. from St. Lawrence University

Courses Taught

  • East Asian Strategic Environment (PSCI 330; PSCI 430)
  • Revolution and Reform in China (PSCI 422)

Specialized Skills

Languages

Chinese