The Institute for One Wisconsin is a 501 (c3) organization created to advance progressive values, ideas and policies through research, policy, networking, advocacy and public education.

Institute for One Wisconsin Staff

Scot Ross, Executive Director

Scot Ross has served as a senior communications director and research strategist for numerous statewide campaigns and elected officials. Ross has worked as a communications director in the United States Congress, the Office of the Attorney General in the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the Wisconsin State Legislature. Ross was previously the research director for America Coming Together, regional research director for the Thunder Road Group and research director the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

A former journalist, Ross got his first professional job as a reporter at age 18 and his stories have appeared in publications ranging from the Pittsburgh Press and The New York Times. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in English and earned an MA from George Washington University.

Robert Doeckel, Netroots Director

Robert Doeckel began his career in Wisconsin politics as a campaign volunteer and constituent relations manager for Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach. His other experience includes work for the Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee, the State Senate Democratic Committee, and several state and national races.

Doeckel received his BA in political science and history from UW-Madison. As a student, he helped coordinate volunteer trips to Toronto, rural Tennessee, and Colorado, working closely with local groups to provide homelessness and hunger relief in those communities. Doeckel currently lives in Madison.

Anna Landmark, Research Director

Anna Landmark is a Wisconsin native and UW-Madison graduate with 12 years experience organizing, managing and winning political campaigns. In the spring of 2003, Landmark managed Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s victorious mayoral race in Madison, WI, electing the city’s first “green” mayor. Most recently, Landmark managed communications operations that helped defeat three harmful ballot initiatives in western states. Landmark was previously the manager of a successful minimum wage ballot initiative in Ohio, GOTV Director for an independent expenditure in Kentucky, New Hampshire Field Director for Rep. Dick Gephardt’s presidential campaign, Michigan Field Director for NARAL, and Regional GOTV Director for America Votes in Wisconsin.

A former employee of WEAC, Landmark also worked at the National Education Association and as a communications consultant. Having just returned to Wisconsin from Washington, DC, Landmark resides in New Glarus with her husband Steve and daughter Alice.

Cody Oliphant, Research Assistant

Cody Oliphant currently serves as the research assistant and graphic designer for the Institute for One Wisconsin. As a student at a University of Wisconsin college, he gained experience in communications as a reporter and editor of the student newspaper, the Express. In 2008, he graduated from UW-Madison with a bachelor’s degree in political science with a focus on the judiciary’s role in government.

A lifelong resident of Wisconsin, Oliphant grew up in Viola, a small rural community in the southwestern part of the state. In 2005, he moved to Madison where he currently resides with his wife Jena and son Carter.