Meet the Team
We are journalists and investigators with decades of accountability experience.
Our driving force is the preservation of democracy and informed civil discourse through accountability.
Jim Mintz
Founder
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Jim has spent his life conducting investigations and training investigators.
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He began as an investigative reporter. For more than 15 years, he has been an adjunct professor of investigative reporting at the Columbia Journalism School.
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He is retired from Mintz Group, a global investigation company he founded in 1994.
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Jim is based in New York City.
Brandi Swicegood
Executive Director
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Brandi is a veteran investigative journalist.
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She spent nearly two decades reporting and editing stories about issues ranging from politics and immigration to criminal justice and the environment.
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She has worked for publications including The Texas Tribune, where she was a founding staffer, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News and USA Today.
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Brandi is based in Fort Collins, Colorado.
