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 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 is a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development and an alumnus of the Council of Young Political Leaders.
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 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 and 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
Ken Nahigian serves as a Senior Advisor to the Institute's Center for Energy and Environmental Progress. He served on the professional staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation for seven years. He is General Counsel to Nahigian Strategies, LLC – a communications and policy strategy firm.
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 Arizona State University. Mark also serves on the Board of Directors for the Arizona State Society
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 and a B.A. in public policy from Washington & Lee University.
Sarah Lieu serves as the Director of Operations and Events & Policy Analyst for the Reform Institute. She has a bachelor's degree from George Mason University.
The Institute relies on consultants for portions of our project implementation:
Tim Crawford serves as the Development Advisor to the Reform Institute. Tim has 20 years of fundraising and corporate relations experience on behalf of nonprofits, political action committees, and political campaigns including candidates for President, Senate, House of Representatives, and state legislatures.
BJ Martino is a Vice President with The Tarrance Group, a political research and strategy firm that conducts polling on behalf of the Institute. He has helped develop and direct strategic research programs for national, state, and local political and issue campaigns.
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 law professor at Temple University School of Law and is the Project Director for the Institute’s 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.