Nicole A. Gordon is Distinguished Lecturer in Public Affairs and Faculty Director of the Executive MPA Program at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College, CUNY. She has published in journals including Political Science Quarterly, Suffolk University Law Review (with the Hon. Sonia Sotomayor), Journal of Law and Policy, Albany Law Review, and the Fordham Urban Law Journal. Previously, she was the founding Executive Director of the NYC Campaign Finance Board.