Advisory Council
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.
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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