Wellstone Action
Wellstone Action is a Minnesota based activist training center. Now called Wellstone.
Mission and goals
Wellstone Action and Wellstone Action Fund combine to form a national center for training and leadership development for the progressive movement. Founded in January 2003, Wellstone Action's mission is to honor the legacy of Paul Wellstone and Sheila Wellstone by continuing their work through training, educating, mobilizing and organizing a vast network of progressive individuals and organizations.
Radical founder
Radical Pam Costain, helped found Wellstone Action.[1]
Boards
Wellstone Action and Wellstone Action Fund's Board of Directors, 2009:[2]
- David Wellstone and Mark Wellstone serve as co-Chairs.
- Tom Rosen and Claire Topp are Special Advisors to the Board
Advisory committee
All members of the Board of Directors sit on the Advisory Committee, as of November 2009.
- Brian Ahlberg
- Marcia Avner
- Marge Baker
- Warren Beatty
- Julian Bond
- Heather Booth
- Robert Borosage
- Bill Bradley
- Donna Brazile
- Toni Carter
- Mark Dayton
- Ron DeHarpporte
- Peter Edelman
- Keith Ellison
- Russ Feingold
- David Foster
- Frances Fox Piven
- Al Franken
- Leo Gerard
- Pakou Hang
- Tom Harkin
- Arthur Himmelman
- Jim Hightower
- Rick Kahn
- Sam Kaplan
- Sylvia Kaplan
- Tom Keegel
- Jonathan Kozol
- Susan Lenfestey
- Connie Lewis
- John Lewis
- Juan Linares
- Mary Lofy
- Rudy Lopez
- Brigid McDonough
- Gerald McEntee
- Colin McGinnis
- Alida Messinger
- Kari Moe
- Karen Monahan
- Walter Mondale
- Javier Morillo-Alicea
- Mee Moua
- Tom O'Connell
- Deborah Olson
- Robert Redford
- Robert Reich
- Mark Ritchie
- R. T. Rybak
- Andy Stern
- Sarah Stoesz
- Gloria Totten
- Antonio Villaraigosa
- David Wellstone
- Mark Wellstone
- Peter Yarrow
Staff
The following are the staff members, as of April 2, 2010:[3]
- Jane Austin, Director of Foundation Relations
- Fawn Bernhardt-Norvell, Deputy Executive Director
- Jeff Blodgett, Executive Director
- Marge Boyle, Volunteer Extraordinaire - Development Team Volunteer
- Siobhan Brewer, Campus Camp Wellstone Training Coordinator
- Cynthia Campos, Manager, Movement Building Project
- April Clairmont, Native American Leadership Program Training Coordinator
- Kim Couch, Finance and Benefits Manager
- Camille Cyprian, Campus Camp Wellstone Training Organizer
- Peggy Flanagan, Director of the Native American Leadership Program / Senior Trainer
- Ben Goldfarb, Director of Training Programs
- Jennifer Haut, Training Manager
- Lonna Hunter, Director, Sheila Wellstone Institute / Senior Trainer
- Erik Peterson, Director of Education / Labor Program Director
- Louis Prokop, Office Manager / Executive Assistant
- Sarah Scanlon, Senior Labor Trainer
- Jeanine Schlink, Director of Donor Relations
- Dawn Marie Vihrachoff, Development and Member Manager; Volunteer/Intern
- Mattie Weiss, Director, Campus Camp Wellstone / Senior Trainer
- Elana Wolowitz, Communications Director/ Senior Trainer
- Andrew Zucker, Communications and Program Marketing