Carol Shea-Porter, Chair. – former member of Congress (D-NH); politics and history teacher; founder of a non-profit social service agency

John Broderick – former Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court; former Executive Director of the Rudman Center at University of New Hampshire Law School

Brad Cook – partner and past President of Sheehan Phinney Law Firm; Chair of the New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission

Lew Feldstein – past President of the NH Charitable Foundation; co-author of Better Together: Restoring the American Community

Paul Hodes – former member of Congress (D-NH); attorney; member, National Council on the Arts; founder of the Economic Innovation Institute

Joe Magruder – former News Editor, Associated Press of New Hampshire

Lillye Ramos Spooner – Director of Operations for Greater Manchester AIDS Project; former member of the NH Commission on the Status of Women

Stephen Reno – Executive Director of Leadership New Hampshire; former Chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire

John Rauh – former President of Americans for Campaign Reform, now part of Issue One; former Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

Jim Rubens – entrepreneur; former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate; former New Hampshire state Senator

Betty Tamposi – Assistant Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush; as a state Representative, was Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee; former member of the Board of Governors of the University of New Hampshire

Dan Weeks  – co-owner of ReVision Energy; former Executive Director of Open Democracy

** Affiliations listed for identification purposes only. Advisory Board members serve in their individual capacities.

Open Democracy works hard to educate and engage New Hampshire citizens, policymakers, and the press in the cause of democratic reform. Click the links above to check out our latest press releases and news reports!    If you're looking for our most recent events, click here.

May 4, 2021        Freedom to Vote Groups Gather to Support H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

April 20, 2021      Statement on NH Secretary of State Wm. Gardner's Testimony to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Tuesday Hearing

April 4, 2021        Local Nonpartisan Group Asks Businesses to Speak Out for Equal Voting Access & Fair Redistricting in NH

March 19, 2021    Statement on NH House & Senate Failure to Address Transparency in The Special Committee on Redistricting with SB 90 and HB 428

March 15, 2021    Call for Nonpartisan Redistricting Racks Up Wins in Town Meetings

March 9, 2021      Statement on Passage of Pro-Voter H.R. 1 in U.S. House, and Proposed Anti-Voter Bills in the NH Legislature