The key evaluation
of the program's impact is follow-up of the Fellows'
activities: What do they do with the program and
their expertise developed in it? Nine Fellows now
serve in the North Carolina General Assembly. More
than 70 other Fellows hold local elected office ...
county commissioner, mayor, city council member,
district court judge...and many more are elected
officials of their local political parties.
Dr. Robert H. (Robin) Dorff
assumed duties as the new Executive Director of IOPL
on July 1, 2004. Prior to that he was Chairman of
the Department of National Security and Strategy
at the U.S. Army War College, where he previously
served as Professor of National Security Policy and
Strategy and holder of the General Maxwell D. Taylor
Chair. From 1980 until 1997 he was a member of the
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
at North Carolina State University, teaching undergraduate
and graduate courses on U.S. Campaigns and Elections,
Public Opinion and the Media, American Government,
and U.S. National Security and Defense Policy. During
that time he was recognized as one of the state’s
leading political analysts, providing insight and
analysis for state and national television, radio,
and newspaper coverage of campaigns, elections, public
policy, and national security affairs.
When at the Army War College,
Dr. Dorff was extensively involved in strategic leadership
development and is recognized today as a leading
expert on strategy, strategy formulation, and strategic
thinking. He lectures frequently on these topics
for corporate as well as national security audiences,
and has spoken all over the U.S. and in Canada, Europe,
Africa, and Asia on a variety of topics. The author
or co-author of three books and numerous journal
articles, Professor Dorff holds a B.A. in Political
Science from Colorado College and an M.A. and Ph.D.
in Political Science from the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Among the guest lecturers
in the Fellows program are:
Beth Becka, Communications
Studies, UNCW
Jim Bennett, Finance Director, 1996
Jim Hunt Campaign
Jack Betts, Senior Editor, Charlotte Observer
David S. Broder, National Political Correspondent for the Washington
Post
Susan Bulluck, President, Independent Opinion Research and Communications
Tom Covington, Consultant
John Davis, Executive Director, NCFREE
Mike Easley, N.C. Governor
Rufus Edmisten,
Former N.C. Attorney General and Secretary
of State
Bill Ewing, Development Director, Public Campaign
Chris Fitzsimon, Executive Director, NC Policy Watch
Ferrel Guillory, Director of Southern Politics, UNC-CH School of Journalism
Sal Guzzetta, Ralph Murphine, and Brian Tringali, national
and international campaign consultants
Dan Hester, Kim Kopka Ratcliff, Jon Evans, Television
News Anchors
John Hood, Executive Director, John Locke Foundation
J.J. Jefferay, WSJS Radio Talk Show Host
Lloyd Jones, Survey Research Center, UNCW
Phil Kirk, President, N.C. Citizens for Business and Industry
Ralph Mitchell, President, The Mitchell Group
Phil Noble, International Consultant on Politics on the Internet
Harry Payne, Chairman, N.C. Employment Security Commission
J. Clark Plexico, Public Affairs Consultant
Art Pope, Former
N.C. Representative
Neal Rhoades, Republican Political Consultant
Rob Schofield, N.C. Justice and Community Development Center
Mark Schreiner, Raleigh Office, Wilmington Star-News
Kim Westbrook Strach, Deputy Director-Campaign Reporting, N.C. State
Board of Elections
Graduate Fellow speakers have included:
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall
N.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark Martin
N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Barbara
Jackson
State Representatives Alice Bordsen, Bill Daughtridge, Jerry Dockham, Wayne
Goodwin, Robert Hensley, Earline Parmon and Connie
Wilson
Judges Monica Bousman, Craig Croom, Ron Spivey, and Ed Wilson
County Commissioners Peter Brunstetter, Fred McClure, and Nancy
Pritchett
Consultant Chip Scholz
City Council Members Marla Dorrel, John Tabor, Donald Vaughan and Barbara
Volk
School Board Member John Lassiter
Francine DeCoursey, Co-President of On Location
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