Archive for '2014 Faculty and Speakers'

Brad Sagarin, PhD is a psychological consultant specializing in social influence and resistance to persuasion. He is also a professor in the Department of Psychology at Northern Illinois University, where he lectures on topics of persuasion, compliance, deception, research methods, and statistics. Dr. Sagarin has been published in a variety of scholarly journals, has given radio interviews, has consulted for radio and television programs, and has delivered invited lectures to academic and non-academic organizations. His research has been cited in ...

Jennifer Mather Thomas is the Manager of Political Compliance for Johnson & Johnson. Jennifer has been tasked with continuing to build a strong U.S. Political Compliance program focusing on campaign finance and lobbying on both the state and federal levels as well as corporate social responsibility and records management.

Jennifer brings to J&J many years of work in the political compliance sector, in both the corporate and legal sectors. Immediately prior to joining J&J, Jennifer was with the law firm of ...

Ashley Spillane joins Rock the Vote as the organization’s new President with more than 10 years of experience in electoral politics. Most recently, Spillane served as the Executive Director of The Atlas Project where she spearheaded the development of an interactive web platform that provides organizations access to the raw data and tools needed to develop smart, strategic programs at the local, state, and national levels. Ashley has worked on numerous political campaigns across the country, including presidential and gubernatorial ...

Stefanie Reeves has over 15 years of association government relations experience working for such organizations as the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has served a variety of government relations positions including lobbyist and PAC Director. In 2014, she founded Generation Advocacy offering advocacy training sessions, PAC management strategies and other government relations services.

Stefanie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from The George Washington University and a Master of Arts degree in Government from Johns ...

Ted Janusz received an MBA in marketing from the University of Pittsburgh and spent 20 years in sales. He is an author, speaker, trainer and  has spoken over 2,000 hours for public seminars, corporations, and associations over the past 7 years.
Ted has spoken to multiple public and private sector groups is an active member of the National Speakers Association, as well as the NSA Ohio chapter. He is a former professional entertainer, having performed at over 400 events.
Ted speaks ...

Bradford Fitch has spent 25 years in Washington as a journalist, congressional aide, consultant, college instructor, Internet entrepreneur, and writer/researcher.
Fitch is a former radio and television reporter, and worked on Capitol Hill in 13 years as press secretary,legislative director, and chief of staff. From 2001‑2005 he served as Deputy Director of CMF, a non‑profit, nonpartisan organization that advises congressional offices on how to improve operations. He left CMF in 2006 to form a new company, Knowlegis, which is now a ...

As a Certified Speaking Professional, Halaine has over a 20 year track record of giving presentations to companies to motivate and train their employees on business and personal skills. Having spoken in over 40 states and several Canadian Provinces, Halaine crafts her presentation to meet the unique needs of her audiences.
She is one of only 175 female Certified Speaking Professionals (CSP) in the world. She has spoken for such organizations as Library of Congress, Microsoft, and US Customs Service. ...