Conference Preview & First Timers

11/13/2025

Event Details

With just weeks to go until COGEL members meet in Atlanta, GA, join us for a sneak peek at the conference highlights. Members of the Program Committee will share the details of some of their favorite sessions, plus you’ll get a first look at some of the new features that will be introduced this year. It’s an engaging and illuminating lineup designed to inspire, educate and inform! Join us on Thursday, November 13 at 3 p.m. EST (noon PST). We encourage cameras-on for this collaborative session.   Cathryn Motherwell Deputy Commissioner Office of the Integrity Commissioner of Ontario   Cathryn Motherwell is deputy commissioner at the Office of the Integrity Commissioner in Ontario, Canada, and works in each of the Office's seven mandates. A former journalist, she was deputy editor of The Globe and Mail's Report on Business, managing investigative projects and digital news. Cathryn serves on the COGEL programming and nominating committees.   Patrick Llewellyn Director, State Campaign Finance Campaign Legal Center Patrick Llewellyn directs CLC’s work with state and local stakeholders and policymakers to advance innovative campaign finance policies which are designed to promote a democracy responsive to voters and to ensure every American’s right to participate in the democratic process. His work covers a substantial number of campaign finance issues, including public financing of elections and transparency of election spending.