Stockton's Hughes Center forms National Advisory Board to provide ‘advice and guidance from national perspective’

To provide “advice and guidance from a national perspective,” Stockton University’s William J. Hughes Center of Public Policy recently formed a National Advisory Board. 

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The Hughes Center is designed to provide a
public service in the region and across the state.

Board members include Luke Bierman, dean and professor of Law at Elon University School of Law; Bill Bradley, a former U.S. senator from New Jersey; Brendan T. Byrne, former New Jersey governor; Robert DelTufo, former New Jersey attorney general; Mickey Edwards, former member of Congress and now director of Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership; Kristen Grimm, president of Spitfire Strategies; Ruth J. Katz, director of Aspen Institute’s Health, Medicine and Society Program; Virginia A. Long, retired New Jersey Supreme Court associate justice; Bill Richardson, former congressman, U.N. Ambassador, U.S. energy secretary and New Mexico governor, who now heads The Richardson Center for Global Engagement; Lindsay Thomas, former member of Congress; John E. Wallace Jr., retired New Jersey Supreme Court associate justice; and Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey governor.

“Stockton University, the Hughes Center and, ultimately, the citizens of New Jersey will benefit from the advice and counsel of such an incredible array of nationally recognized experts in government, law, civic engagement and public policy,” Stockton President Herman Saatkamp stated in a press release.

Named after Ambassador William J. Hughes, whose distinguished career includes service in the U.S. House of Representatives, ambassador to Panama and a distinguished visiting professor at Stockton, the center promotes the community’s civic life through engagement, education and research. Since 2008, it has expanded and enhanced its programming to include Legislator-in-Residence, Congress-to-Campus, civic education with iCivics, Hughes Center Honors, Washington Internship Program Scholarships, Higher Education Strategic Information and Governance, and the Stockton Polling Institute, along with debates, symposia, lectures and panel discussions.

“Our roots are always in South Jersey, even as we receive more regional and national attention for our work,” Hughes stated. “The National Advisory Board will help broaden the perspective of the center by bringing more points of view and experience to the table.”

— Kelley Anne Essinger


This article was published in The SandPaper.