FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Elections and Redistricting Expert Jeffrey M. Wice Joins Rockefeller Institute of Government

Albany, NY — The Rockefeller Institute is pleased to announce that Jeffrey M. Wice, nationally renowned expert on elections and redistricting, is joining the Institute as a fellow. Wice brings more than 35 years of experience working in redistricting, voting rights, and census law.

“I’m proud to welcome Jeff Wice to the Rockefeller Institute team,” said Rockefeller Institute President Jim Malatras. “With public trust in elections eroding and the 2020 census on the horizon, his work on election and census law is vital and timely. I look forward to working together to bring much-needed objective research and analysis to bear on these issues.”

Wice has consulted on redistricting and voting rights matters for members of Congress, state legislative leaders, and state and local government officials around the country. He has been included in Roll Call’s list of top 50 Washington policy insiders.

Wice currently serves as staff co-chair of the Redistricting and Elections Standing Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). He serves as “of counsel” to Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C., is a fellow at SUNY Buffalo Law School, and has taught election law at Hofstra Law School and the Touro Law Center.

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