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

lmhbio2.jpgLarik Hall

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

 

liz-m_484-1.pngLiz Marchi

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

Gwen Florio

Freedom of Information and the Media

Contact

Email
gwen.florio@mso.umt.edu
Website
http://gwenflorio.net
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Gwen Florio

Personal Summary

Adjunct professor Gwen Florio teaches reporting, drawing on her years as a staff writer and editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News and the Missoulian. 

She covered stories ranging from the murder of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey and the mass shooting at Columbine High School, to the glitz of the Miss America pageant and the more practical Miss Navajo contest, whose participants slaughter a sheep. She’s reported from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, as well as Lost Springs, Wyo., population three. 

Her award-winning journalism led to a federal investigation on the handling of sexual assault cases, and to news laws in Montana designed to protect at-risk teens in private, for-profit programs. 

Florio’s first novel, Montana, won the inaugural national Pinckley Prize for debut crime novel, and a High Plains Book Award. Her seventh novel, Best Laid Plans, is set for publication in February 2021. She lives in Missoula, Montana.