Loading Poll...Mark C. Alexander
Friday, 05 November 2010 12:33
Mark C. Alexander is active in politics and government: he was Senior Advisor to Barack Obama, having worked on the Obama presidential campaign since January 2007. As Policy Director, he developed Senator Obama’s signature policies, built a network of policy experts and provided overall strategic guidance. Alexander also served as New Jersey State Director in the primaries, running all operations in his home state. In addition, Alexander worked on a wide variety of legal matters and political work and routinely appeared as a surrogate for the campaign. He also served on the Presidential Transition Team, reviewing the Federal Election Commission, as part of the Justice and Civil Rights Team.
Professor Alexander was General Counsel to Cory Booker and the Booker Team in the 2006 Newark Municipal elections and then for Newark in Transition, as Mayor Booker moved to assume the office. Other political work includes serving as Issues Director for the Bill Bradley for President Campaign in 1999-2000. He also worked for U.S. Senators Edward Kennedy and Howard Metzenbaum, and he served a two-year term as an elected official in the Washington, D.C. government.
Alexander also has significant international experience, including year in Spain on a Fulbright Scholarship, where he taught American law and politics. In addition he has taught in the Seton Hall Law-in-Italy program. He is also a fellow of the U.S.-Japan Leadership Program.
Alexander clerked for Chief Judge Thelton Henderson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and was a litigator with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in San Francisco before joining the Seton Hall Law School faculty in 1996. Professor Alexander was the 1996-1997 Student Bar Association Professor of the Year, and he has been nominated for the award on numerous other occasions. He received his B.A. and J.D. from Yale University. In the spring 2003 semester, Prof. Alexander returned to Yale Law School as a Visiting Scholar.
Brendan O'Flaherty is professor of economics at Columbia University. He works in the areas of homelessness, housing, crime, race, and urban economics in general. Mr. O'Flaherty is an expert on local public finance and has worked with the Cory Booker administration to reform the finances of Newark, NJ.