Presidential Transitions Panels

October 30, 2000
Stauffer Auditorium Hoover Institution Stanford University

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One of the likely casualties of the current presidential imbroglio is a smooth and effective presidential transition. A botched or hurried transition, in turn, will undermine the effectiveness of the new administration.

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From left, Hoover senior fellow David Brady, Harrison Wellford, Latham & Watkins law firm, and Hoover distinguished visiting fellow Edwin Meese III.

TRANSITION TO GOVERNING PROJECT

The purpose of the Transition to Governing Project is to facilitate effective progression from campaigning to governing at the national level. Funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the project is led by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in conjunction with the Brookings Institution and the Hoover Institution. It is directed by Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at AEI, Thomas Mann, director of governmental studies at the Brookings Institution, and David Brady, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS PANELISTS

Annelise G. Anderson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. In 1980, she served as senior policy adviser to the presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan and from 1981–1983 as Associate Director for Economics and Government with the Office of Management and Budget. She is the editor of Political Money: Deregulating American Politics.

Richard V. Allen is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and chairman of the Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center Advisory Council. He served as assistant to the President for National Security Affairs during the first year of the Reagan Administration. He is currently serving as president of the Richard V. Allen Company, a Washington-based consulting firm.

Martin Anderson is the Keith and Jan Hurlbut Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served as assistant to President Reagan for Policy Development from 1981–1982; he is also the author of Revolution: The Reagan Legacy.

David Brady is a Hoover senior fellow, the Bowen and Janice Arthur McCoy Professor of Political Science, Business and the Changing Environment, and Ethics in the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and professor of political science in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. He is author of Revolving Gridlock: Politics and Policy from Carter to Clinton.

Thomas Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Senior Fellow in American Governance and former director of Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution. Mann served as executive director of the American Political Science Association from 1981–1987. He is the coauthor of Vital Statistics on Congress, 1999–2000 with Norman J. Ornstein and Michael Malbin.

Edwin Meese III is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served as the seventy-fifth attorney general of the United States from February 1985 to August 1988. His memoirs were published in the 1992 volume With Reagan: The Inside Story.

Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute resident scholar, serves as an election analyst for CBS news and as the director of the Transition to Governing Project. One of his most recent books includes Lessons and Legacies: Farewell Addresses From the U.S. Senate.

Jack H. Watson Jr., former Chief Legal Strategist of Monsanto Company, served as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Secretary to the Cabinet, and White House Chief of Staff during the Carter Administration.

Harrison Wellford is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the international law firm of Latham & Watkins. Wellford served as White House transition advisor to President-elect Clinton in 1992 and from 1977–1981 he was the Executive Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President.