Cecilia Martinez serves as the executive director of the Reform Institute.
Prior to joining the Reform Institute in January 2003, she served as the executive
director of the Clean Elections Institute in Arizona. She has a strong background in community
building and state legislative affairs. She has coordinated the Southwest Policy Leaders
Forum at the Center for Policy Alternatives in Washington, D.C. and has spent two years on
staff at the Colorado General Assembly. Cecilia holds a master's degree in political science
from Colorado State University.
Dan Ortiz serves as the Institute's legal advisor. Dan is a law professor at
the University of Virginia and assists the Institute with legal challenges and
publications that involve reform and the First Amendment. On behalf of the
Institute, Dan has written several amicus briefs, including the Arizona open
primary case, the Arizona clean elections case, and the Pennsylvania
redistricting case. Dan, along with Tony Corrado, was a project director for
the Institute's 2004 publication Enhancing Values: Practical Campaign Reforms
for States, as well as Beyond Party Lines: Principles for Redistricting
Reform.
Robert W. Kelly is a Senior Advisor for Homeland/National Security. He is a Founder and
Managing Partner for CenTauri Solutions, LLC, a professional services firm that
specializes in high-end consulting and technical services for public and
private sector clients. He previously served as Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Drug Enforcement) and as General Counsel, Office of
Administration, in the White House. He is also a retired Coast Guard
officer.
He holds a Bachelor’s from Belmont Abbey College, a Master’s from the
Massachusetts College for the Liberal Arts, a Juris Doctorate from the Western
New England College School of Law and is a graduate of the Naval War College
and Armed Forces Staff College.
Mark Delich serves as the Director of Research
and Policy for the Reform Institute. Prior to joining the
Institute Mark served five years on the staff of the United
States Senate Commerce Committee. He holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Arizonia State University.
Nichole Remmert serves as the development director for the Reform
Institute. Prior to joining the
Institute she served as the director of development for the
Ethics
Resource
Center.
Nichole holds a
Bachelor of Arts in government and politics from the
University of
Maryland.
Kerry Buker is the Director of Operations and Marketing for
the Reform Institute. Kerry holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Communication from The Ohio State University and a masters degree from the
Graduate School of Political Management at
George
Washington
University.
Chris
Dreibelbis serves as
the Communications and Economic Policy Director for the Reform
Institute. He
previously worked for the Committee for Economic Development,
a business-led public policy organization. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from George
Mason University.
Sarah Wambaugh serves as the Program and Research
Assistant for campaign reform and economic policy. She
is working towards a Bachelor's degree from George Mason
University.
The Institute relies on consultants for portions of our project implementation:
BJ Martino is a Vice President with The Tarrance Group, a political
research and strategy firm that conducts polling on behalf of
the Institute. In his sixth year with this firm, he has helped
develop and direct strategic research programs for national,
state, and local political and issue campaigns.
Ken Nahigian serves as a Senior Advisor to the Institute's Center for Energy and Environmental Progress. He served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation before joining Nahigian Strategies. Mr. Nahigian is General Counsel to Nahigian Strategies, LLC – a communications and policy strategy firm.
Don Murphy is a partner at Genn and Murphy, LLC and serves as a Senior Advisor to the State Strategies Initiative at the Reform Institute. Prior to his government relations work, he served 8 years in the Maryland state legislature.
Kristen Murray is an associate professor at the George Washington University School of Law and is the
Project Director for the Institute’s 2007 publication Playing Fair: 527 Reforms
in the States. Kristen is an expert
in legal research and writing, and began her career as a
litigation associate with Latham & Watkins LLP, in the
firm’s New York and Washington D.C. offices. She holds a
Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University.
Tim Crawford advises the Institute on development and
networking strategies.