Washington, D.C. faculty & staff

Rev. Timothy O’Brien, Ph.D.
timothy.obrien@marquette.edu
Director of the Les Aspin Center for Government
Adjunct Professor of American Government
Political Science
Washington, D.C., Office

Father O’Brien is founder and director of the Les Aspin Center for Government.

Meghan Lefeber
meghan.lefeber@marquette.edu
Assistant Director
Les Aspin Center for Government
Washington, D.C., Office

Lefeber Coordinates Aspin programs in Washington, D.C., and Africa and manages the center's administration and finances.

Christopher Murray
christopher.murray@marquette.edu
Visiting Instructor and Coordinator of Student Programs
Les Aspin Center for Government
Washington, D.C., Office

Murray teaches courses on the United States Congress and American foreign policy and coordinates the Washington, D.C., internship program.

Dr. Curtis Carter
curtis.carter@marquette.edu
Professor of Philosophy
Marquette University

Carter is a professor of philosophy and teaches the Arts and a Democratic Society each semester at the Aspin Center.

Milwaukee faculty and staff

Kathryn Hein
kathryn.hein@marquette.edu
Assistant Director of the Les Aspin Center — Milwaukee
Les Aspin Center for Government
1616 W. Wells St.

Hein oversees the Milwaukee-based state and local internship program created to complement the Washington internship program. She also assists with special events and other Milwaukee-based projects for the center.

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.