“The University of California, Berkeley plans to launch a new institute named for Nancy Pelosi and intended to strengthen democracy,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Called the Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy, it will be a nonpartisan center for research, teaching and civic engagement, the school said. Berkeley has raised $35 million toward a $50 million goal for the institute, with Pelosi donating an undisclosed amount.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.