The Les Aspin Center national board of visitors

James Aspin
Management Vectors

Michael Bartley
WQED Multimedia


William Broydrick
Broydrick & Associates

John J. Burke, Jr.
Burke Properties

Timothy F. Cullen
Wisconsin State Senate

Rudy de Leon
Center for American Progress

William Ryan Drew
O'Neil, Cannon & Hollman

Andrew Foster
Aemetis Advanced Fuels

Sharon Haverstock
Scot Forge, Inc.

Mary E. Henke
Gordon Henke Family Foundation

Robert Henzl
Hostak, Henzl & Bichler

Hon. Jerry Kleczka
U.S. House of Representatives (retired)

Hon. Herb Kohl
U.S. Senate (retired)

Jacqueline Lewis

Hon. Patrick J. Lucey
Former Wisconsin Governor

Hon. David Obey
U.S. House of Representatives (retired)

Steven M. Radke
Northwestern Mutual

Bruce Renquist
Renquist Associates

Hon. Paul Ryan
U.S. House of Representatives

John Seder
Milwaukee Valve

Mary Beth Stanton
Heather Podesta+Partners

Amy Ford Souders
Cornerstone Government Affairs Group

Hon. Tommy G. Thompson
Former Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services;
Former Wisconsin Governor

Betty Ann Tanner

Julie Tolan
JA Tolan & Associates

Mark Wagner
Johnson Controls, Inc.

John K. Wilson
Foley & Lardner LLP

Tim Yehl
MWW Group

About the center

• Letter from the director
• Faculty and staff
• History
• Why choose the Les Aspin Center?
• Les Aspin biography
• Board of visitors

• Marquette's program in Washington, now the Les Aspin Center, was a substantial part of my decision to engage in politics for the betterment of society.
  • Honorable Pedro Colón
    First Hispanic elected to Wisconsin state legislature
    Milwaukee County circuit court judge
• Marquette's Washington program provided me with a solid academic understanding of Capitol Hill, in addition to the exposure of daily life and work here.
  • Tim Yehl
    Former chief of staff
    U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (N.J.)
• Interning at the Les Aspin Center in Washington played a big role in advancing my career on Capitol Hill.
  • Steve Radke
    Vice president of government relations
    Northwestern Mutual
• My internship in the mayor's office has been an amazing experience. I have learned so much about how city government works.
  • Sheena Adams
    Kleczka Internship: Milwaukee mayor's office
    Major: Marketing

Quick fact:

• 2,200 students have graduated from Les Aspin Center programs.
• More than 50 alumni work as professional staff members in the U.S. Congress.
• We've trained more than 400 African leaders on democracy.
• Students intern at nearly 100 congressional offices, the White House, the FDA, the Department of Defense and more.
• Students live only four blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
• We welcome students majoring in biomedical science, business, communication, engineering, nursing and political science.
• We've been taking students to Africa for nearly 20 years.
• Our biomedical engineering students have interned at the FDA for 15 years.