Spring Fellows Named at Institute of Politics

Activists, former mayor, and top union official are among those who will take up residence at KSG

Three Republican activists, a former Democratic senator, a conservationist, a top union official, and the former mayor of Houston have joined the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Kennedy School of Government as spring 1996 fellows.

The fellows are: Carl Anthony, president, Earth Island Institute; Wyche Fowler, former U.S. senator from Georgia; Leslie Goodman, deputy chief of staff for communications, Office of Gov. Pete Wilson; Bruce Herschensohn, political commmentator and 1992 California Republican nominee for U.S. Senate; Edwina Rogers, former general counsel for the National Republican Senatorial Committee; Kathy Whitmire, former mayor, Houston, Texas; and Lynn Williams, former president, United Steelworkers of America International.

"This group of fellows brings a superb mix of experience, insight, and points of view to the IOP this campaign year," said IOP Director Philip Sharp. "They are a wonderful source of real-world political savvy for our students, and for the IOP and the Kennedy School at large."

Carl Anthony, president, Earth Island Institute; director, Urban Habitat Program (UHP); faculty member, College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley. Founded in 1982, Earth Island is a nonprofit organization that develops innovative projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. As its leader and director of its UHP, Anthony has sought to cultivate multicultural, urban environmental leadership. In addition, he served as an adviser to the United Church of Christ Commission on Racial Justice in the planning of the first National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. He is founder and co-editor of The Environment Newsletter.

Wyche Fowler, member, U.S. Senate (D-Ga.), 1986-1992; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1976-1986; partner, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, 1994- present. As a U.S. senator, Fowler was an assistant floor leader and member of the Appropriations, Budget, Energy and Natural Resources, and Agriculture committees. Previously, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a member of the Ways and Means and Foreign Relations committees, and the Select Committee on Intelligence. Fowler serves as a board member of several institutions, including the Carter Center and the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Leslie Goodman, deputy chief of staff for communications, Office of Gov. Pete Wilson; vice president for media relations, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; director of Outreach Media, Bush/Quayle (1988); press secretary, Lee Atwater (1989-1991); deputy communications director, Bush/Quayle (1992). As deputy chief of staff for communications to Gov. Pete Wilson, Goodman is responsible for directing statewide communications operations, and serves as an adviser to cabinet secretaries and department directors in communications plans. Previously, she traveled on special assignment for the White House as a press representative for President Reagan at the Gorbachev Summit in Moscow and the Economic Summit in Toronto, and with First Lady Nancy Reagan, promoting her "Just Say No" campaign against drug abuse.

Bruce Herschensohn, 1992 California Republican nominee for U.S. Senate; political commentator, KABC radio; senior fellow, Claremont Institute. Herschensohn is a political commentator, has twice been a candidate for Senate in California, and has served in government. He was the deputy special assistant to President Nixon from 1972 to 1974. An entrepreneurial filmmaker, one of Herschensohn's most notable films was a documentary he directed, wrote, filmed, and for which he composed music entitled John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums. In 1968, he was appointed to the position of director of motion picture and television service for the United States Information Agency by President Johnson, a position he continued under President Nixon. He has been an integral part of Republican conventions and numerous campaigns over the last three decades, including campaigning for George Bush and serving as a member of President Reagan's 1980 transition team.

Edwina Rogers, general counsel for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, 1994-1995; western regional counsel, Bob Dole for President, 1995; partner, Rafaelli, Spees, Springer & Smith. Serving under Sen. Phil Gramm, Rogers was the general counsel for the National Republican Senatorial Committee during the 1994 election cycle, advising the campaigns of both incumbents and challengers on all aspects of campaign law. Previously, she worked for the Bush administration at the International Trade Administration in the Department of Commerce, assisting with unfair trade practice cases and other disputes involving international trade laws. Rogers also helped establish the Fair Government Foundation (FGF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that conducts research and educates the public on First Amendment rights, campaign finance, and other election law fairness issues. She currently serves as an officer and a member of the board of the FGF. She is a co-publisher of Paradigm 2000, a conservative policy magazine.

Kathy Whitmire, mayor, Houston, Texas, 1982-1992; city controller, Houston, 1977-1981; president and CEO, Junior Achievement Inc., 1994-present; director, Rice Institute for

Policy Analysis, Rice University, 1992. Whitmire was the first woman to be elected to any city office in Houston. While mayor, she served as president of both the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Texas Municipal League. She tripled Houston's park space and expanded cultural resources while reducing the cost of government through consolidating city departments, restructuring employee benefit programs, and privatizing many functions. Recognized as a role model for women in public service, Whitmire was named Woman of the Year by the Texas Women's Political Caucus.

Lynn Williams, president, United Steelworkers of America International (1983-1995); member, executive council AFL-CIO; member, Industrial Union Department Executive Council. From 1973 to 1977, Williams served as director of the 130,000-member District 6, the union's second largest. As director, Williams moved aggressively to expand safety and health programs and increase the tempo of organizing activities. He was elected to the Canadian Labor Congress (CLC) Executive Council, serving from 1973 to 1977. In 1977, he was elected to the position of USWA International Secretary. He is an advocate for workplace participation initiatives to give workers greater input in the workplace, the implementation of employee stock ownership plans, and the multi-company Career Development Institute (CDI), which offers job training and educational services for union members and their families.