Ben Raderstorf leads Protect Democracy’s IdeaHub team, which coordinates research, analysis, and public discussions about the big, unsolved problems in our democracy. He also helps staff the National Task Force on Election Crises, a cross-partisan group of 50+ experts dedicated to ensuring free and fair elections. Before Protect Democracy, Ben was a non-resident fellow and program associate at the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank, where he worked to promote international cooperation and reform efforts combating corruption and strengthening democratic governance across the Americas. Ben received his MPP from the University of California, Berkeley and his BA from Harvard University.