Biography Celeste Wallander is the Executive Director of Penn Washington, the University of Pennsylvania’s office in Washington, D.C. She also serves as a Senior Advisor at WestExec Advisors and is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Additionally, Celeste is a Visiting Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. With over…
Biography Jim Cooper represented two Nashville area districts in the House, the first from 1983 to 1995 and the second from 2003 to 2023. In 1994, he ran for the Senate seat from Tennessee vacated by Al Gore when he was elected vice president, losing to Republican Fred Thompson. A moderate “blue dog” Democrat, he served…
Biography After 14 years in the Pennsylvania House and Senate, Charlie Dent served seven terms in Congress from a district in eastern and south-central Pennsylvania. He was a longtime member of the House Appropriations Committee, chairing subcommittees on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and served for two years as chairman of the Ethics Committee. He was also…
Biography Byron L. Dorgan was a congressman and senator for North Dakota for 30 years before retiring from the Senate in 2011. In the Senate, he served for 16 years in party leadership positions, first as assistant Democratic floor leader and then as chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee. He served as chairman of the Senate…
Contact New York Times best-selling author Julian E. Zelizer has been among the pioneers in the revival of American political history. He is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University and a CNN Political Analyst, a regular guest on NPR’s “Here and Now,” a guest host on…
Contact Steven Pearlstein is the Robinson Professor of Public Affairs at George Mason University and Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Washington. For 35 years, Pearlstein wrote about economics and business for the Washington Post, winning the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for commentary for columns anticipating and explaining the recent financial crisis and global…
Contact Coralyn Maguigad is the Events and Administrative Assistant at Penn Washington, where she supports all aspects of Penn Washington office administration and events. Coralyn joined Penn Washington from Nadia’s Initiative, where she assisted the organization’s president and special advisor with events and advocacy projects. She graduated summa cum laude from American University, receiving a…
Contact Rose Garrity is Penn Washington’s Business Administrator. Rose comes to Penn Washingtonr as a member of the University of Penn family, previously serving as the Finance Administrative Coordinator with the Penn Center for Innovation (PCI). She was a key member of the PCI team during the Center’s transformation into a driving force for technological…
Contact Michael Jaeger serves as a Multimedia Specialist at Penn Washington, where he develops and manages web content while supporting critical back-end operations. With extensive experience in both technology and academic environments, he brings a unique blend of technical expertise and institutional knowledge to his role. Michael is passionate about the intersection of public policy…