Santa Clara University

Mickey Edwards was a Republican member of Congress for 16 years, serving as a member of the House Republican Leadership and as a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committees. After leaving Congress he taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

A regular political commentator and guest on national radio and television news and opinion broadcasts, he is currently vice president of the Aspen Institute and directs the Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership. His recently published book "The Parties Versus the People"  is a look at the impact of partisanship on public policy.