Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Co-President Stephanie Somerman speaks at the University of Michigan Roosevelt Relief: Hurricane Katrina Launch Event 2007 Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy." — Teddy Roosevelt    Kai H Stinchcombe Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: To prevent spam, please enter the first letter of the recipient's email and the first letter of the recipient's name in the box below (for example, if the name is "John Doe" and the email is "bigjohn@johndoe.com", you would enter "jb"): School: Roosevelt National Staff Member of: Ad Hoc Board of Trustees Committee Board ED Search Energy Forum Former Board Founding Board Hyde Park 2007 Steering Committee Contact info: Login Email:  kai.stinchcombe(AT)gmail.com Policy interests: Education, Government reform, International security Kai Stinchcombe is a PhD candidate in political science at Stanford, writing a dissertation on the California budget process. He is the founder and former executive director of the Roosevelt Institution, where he served on staff for two years. Before founding the Roosevelt Institution he was president of the Stanford Democrats during the 2004 election, the editor of the Stanford Progressive, and a columnist and editorial board member of the Stanford Daily. While earning a BA in history and math at Colorado College he led one of the first successful campus living wage campaigns in the country. He is on the California Democratic Party Central Committee and has served as an advisor, board member, or consultant to several Bay Area nonprofits including the Rockridge Institute, the Peninsula Democratic Coalition, and the Saga Foundation.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359