Katherine Gehl

Entrepreneur & Political Reformer

Katherine Gehl is a business leader, political innovation activist, author, and speaker. Gehl leads Venn Innovations, a national, nonpartisan political innovation group, and is the co-author of the forthcoming book, “The Politics Industry,” from Harvard Business Publishing. Gehl is co-chair of the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers and co-founder and co-chair of Democracy Found. Gehl was president and CEO of Gehl Foods, a $250 million high-tech food manufacturing company in Wisconsin.

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Debates Featuring Katherine Gehl

Two Cheers for Two Parties

With Lee Drutman, Katherine Gehl, Yascha Mounk, Norman Ornstein
February 13, 2020

Facing extreme partisanship and polarization, America's two-party system has come under fire. Critics argue that the two-party system runs contrary to the founders' intent and has created a political system that fails to represent the electorate, concentrates power for the elites, and makes compromise impossible. They say it's time for real structural change. But others are more cautious. They argue that the two-party system is necessary to rein in extremes on both sides and promote the democratic institutions that are necessary to the nation's political…

Two Cheers for Two Parties

With Lee Drutman, Katherine Gehl, Yascha Mounk, Norman Ornstein
February 13, 2020

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