LWV Minnesota announces Laura Fredrick Wang as incoming Interim Executive Director

The League of Women Voters Minnesota announced Public Policy Coordinator Laura Fredrick Wang will assume the role of Interim Executive Director when Executive Director Keesha Gaskins leaves in January 2011.

Laura Fredrick Wang began working for LWV Minnesota in 2006 as the Voter Guide Project Director and moved into the role of Public Policy Coordinator in 2007. She works closely with LWV Minnesota’s Action Committee and has lobbied on core LWV issues such as voting rights, campaign finance reform, and government transparency. She works with the State of Democracy program on election integrity and government transparency initiatives and is one of LWV Minnesota’s representatives on the Voting Rights Coalition. Laura leads the subcommittee on the coalition’s work opposing photo ID measures.   

Laura is a graduate of Metropolitan State University with a degree in public policy and non-profit management. She is currently a Masters in Public Affairs candidate at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute with a concentration is in non-profit leadership and civic engagement.

Keesha Gaskins is moving to Brennan Center for Justice as Senior Counsel in January 2011.