About Dole Fellows & Fellowships
Each Fall and Spring semesters, Dole Fellowships are granted to one or two individuals who have hands-on experience and enthusiasm for public service. Selection of Fellows is based on their energy, originality and potential to invigorate student interest in politics. Each Fellow leads a public, 6-8 week, not-for-credit study group on a political topic based on his/her expertise. Students and community members have many opportunities to interact with these experts and their guests in a group and or one-on-one basis.
Dole Fellowship Application Process
Spring 2012 Dole Fellows
TOM KING
Tom King is a former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Political 
Director who has been involved in more than 200 political campaigns over the past 20 years. During that time he has worked on campaigns on every level, from State Representative to Mayor to United States Senate. Previously a partner at Fenn & King Communications, Tom began Tom King Communications to concentrate on personalized service by taking only a handful of races. He has won numerous awards for various political television advertisements. Tom is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and formerly served as an aide to Boston Mayor Kevin White.
STUDY GROUP: "Presidential Play-By-Play",
Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m. --February 14, 21, 28, March 6, 13, 27, April 3, 2012
LISA SPIES
Lisa Spies is a political fundraiser who has over 10 years of experience 
raising National and PAC donations. She is currently the D.C. Finance Director for Senator John Thune, Senator David Vitter and the National Finance Coordinator for Congressman Mike Pence. Lisa is also the Executive Director of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s National Women’s Committee, the national organization of Jewish Republican women. Described as a “Super-Fundraiser” by Capitol File Magazine in 2006, Lisa directs multi-million dollar national fundraising efforts including high-dollar events, targeted PAC and direct mail and internet programs, and conferences and events of all sizes.
SPIES & CONATSER STUDY GROUP: "Put Your Money Where Your Vote Is"
Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m.: February 15, 22, 29, March 7, 14, 28,
April 4, 2012.
Elizabeth Conatser
Elizabeth Conatser, since 2003, has been the owner of a professional 
fundraising and event planning firm specializing in Republican political candidates, initiatives and non-profit organizations. She has a diverse fundraising background, and has raised millions of dollars for Republican Congressmen and Senators, as well as Presidential campaigns, and Republican political committees. Elizabeth provides her clients a multitude of fundraising services including campaign finance plans, complete event planning and execution, major donor fundraising and political action committee (PAC) fundraising.
SPIES & CONATSER STUDY GROUP: "Put Your Money Where Your Vote Is"
Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m.: February 15, 22, 29, March 7, 14, 28,
April 4, 2012.
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Fall 2011 Dole Fellows
Tom Baxter
Tuesday Study Group
SOUTHERN POLITICS
Susan Bryant
Wednesday Study Group
A RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
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Summer 2011 Dole Fellow
KEVIN C.M. BENSON, Ph.D.
Colonel, US Army (retired)
Benson was the chief army planner for the invasion of Iraq and was also involved in planning the drawdown of U.S. forces there. Benson, who just completed his PhD at KU, also ran the School of Advanced Military Studies.
School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
Study Group Information : "Boots on the Ground..."
Spring 2011 Dole Fellows
WALT RIKER - McDonald's VP (Ret.) - KU Alum
Hon. DENNIS MOORE - KS U.S. Congressman (Ret.) - KU Alum
Fellows Riker and Moore Study Group information HERE
Fall 2010 Dole Fellows
Kevin Jackson
Kevin Jackson is a leader in the consulting industry in America, having some of the world’s largest companies as his clients. Jackson is also a highly sought national speaker. He is author of The BIG Black Lie. Jackson has appeared numerous times on the Glenn Beck show, The Factor with Bill O’Reilly, and MSNBC. Jackson hosts a radio show and does many guest appearances on some of the more prominent conservative radio shows around the country. Jackson writes his almost daily blog, The Black Sphere, and is a contributing writer to Breitbart’s Big Government, American Thinker, and his work was has been featured in Townhall magazine.
Riverfront Times article on Kevin Jackson
Joseph C. Phillips
Joseph Phillips is a television actor, best known for the role of Lt. Martin Kendall, Lisa Bonet’s husband, on the hit series The Cosby Show. He has appeared on dozens of television shows, including General Hospital, Without A Trace, and Castle. A syndicated columnist, Phillips’ “The Way I see It” appears weekly in more than 30 publications across the country. Phillips is author of He Talk Like a White Boy. He has been National Co-Chair of the African American Steering committee for Bush/Cheney ’04, a member of the Republican National Committee’s African American Advisory Board, and a 2005 Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow.
Peter Fenn
Peter Fenn is president of Fenn Communications Group, one of the nation’s premier political and public affairs media firms. They have worked in more than 300 campaigns, from President to Mayor, and represented a number of Fortune 500 companies. Prior to forming the firm, Fenn was the first Executive Director of Democrats for the 80’s, a political action committee. He also served on the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee and as Washington Chief of Staff for Senator Frank Church. In 1983, Fenn founded and was the first Executive Director of the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Spring 2010 Dole Fellows
Wilma Goldstein now adds Spring 2010 Dole Fellow to her long and illustrious career in management, political consulting, survey research, public relations, political campaigns and associations, with a particular emphasis on women’s issues.
Read more HERE
David Strauss comes to the Dole Institute as Spring 2010 Dole Fellow with a resume familiar to people who have followed North Dakota politics, having served for nearly three decades in senior positions in the federal government.
Read more HERE
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