Council of Advisors

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta

Mr. Mineta's distinguished career includes 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and cabinet service under the last two United States presidents. Mr. Mineta joined the administration of President George W. Bush in January 2001, becoming the 14th Secretary of Transportation and was the longest serving Secretary in the history of that cabinet post. He is recognized for his accomplishments in economic development, science and technology policy, foreign and domestic trade, the environment, budgetary issues and civil rights. Following the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, Secretary Mineta guided the creation of the Transportation Security Administration, an agency with more than 65,000 employees, and the largest mobilization of a new federal agency since World War II. Among his numerous accomplishments, Secretary Mineta received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the US.

Professor Orlando DeLogu

Orlando is a professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law. He holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin where he also earned his doctorate in law. He has served on the Portland City Council, the city's Finance Committee and is currently serving on the Planning Board. Orlando has served on the boards of several professional organizations, was a co-founder of Maine's Civil Liberties Union and a member of the national board of the ACLU. He has published books and articles on land use, water law and zoning and served as a consultant to federal, state and local government agencies, land-use planning firms, and law firms in the areas of land-use law, environmental law and natural resources law.

Andrew Wolk

Widely recognized as a leading social innovator and a pioneering teacher of social entrepreneurship, Andrew founded Root Cause in 2004 and now leads its overall strategic direction. He has consulted to dozens of organizations working for civic engagement, economic development, education, the environment, seniors, and more. Andrew recently authored the first in a series of Root Cause How-to Guides, entitled Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact, as well as a chapter in the Small Business Administration’s annual Report to the President of the United States on social entrepreneurship and government. He designed and taught one of the first courses on social entrepreneurship in the country for Boston University’s School of Management, which recently awarded him the first ever Rising Star Award. Andrew is a senior lecturer in social entrepreneurship at the Sloan School of Management and Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. He began his career as a private-sector entrepreneur, having built and sold a multi-restaurant delivery business in the 1990s. He holds an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management from Boston University and a B.A. from Lehigh University.