Alex Eastman — Great Lakes Program Manager
Alex Eastman is NEMWI’s Great Lakes Program Manager. In his capacity, Alex focuses on policy education and outreach on issues regarding the health of the Great Lakes and their surrounding communities. He works closely with Congressional offices and administrative agencies on Great Lakes protection and restoration initiatives that are aimed at providing economic sustainability throughout the region.
Alex received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College, where he majored in Public Policy.
He can be reached at aeastman@nemw.org.
Michael J. Goff — President and CEO
Dr. Michael J. Goff is President and CEO of the Northeast-Midwest Institute. In addition to his leadership of the Northeast-Midwest Institute, Dr. Goff is Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University, teaching courses on the U.S. Congress and the American Presidency. A native of Philadelphia, he spent much of his career in Baltimore, and more recently in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Goff has three decades of senior executive experience in management, development, and communications, and a long-standing interest in government, public policy, and nonprofit institutions. From 2011 to 2015, he served as senior vice president and chief development officer at Independent Sector, a leadership organization representing and serving the nonprofit and philanthropic community nationwide. Dr. Goff also served for 21 years as vice president for development and college relations at Loyola University Maryland, from 1987 to 2008.
Dr. Goff earned a Ph.D. in Government at Georgetown University in 2002, specializing in American Politics, Public Policy, and Political Theory. He also holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Political Science from Saint Joseph’s University. His research on the impact of money and the media during the early stage of the presidential nomination process was published in 2004 in his book The Money Primary: The New Politics of the Early Presidential Nomination Process.
He can be reached at mgoff@nemw.org.