Leslie Graves (nonprofit executive)

Leslie Graves
Nationality	American
Alma mater	St. John's College
Occupation	Nonprofit executive; activist
Known for	Founder of Lucy Burns Institute, Ballotpedia, and Judgepedia
Spouse(s)	Eric Stephen O'Keefe (1983-present), various children Steve Key; 1 child (marriage dissolved)

Leslie B. Graves formerly known as Leslie Key and also known as Leslie Graves Key is the founder and president of the Lucy Burns Institute, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that publishes Ballotpedia and Judgepedia.

Graves has a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland. She did graduate work in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

She co-authored "Is indeterminism the source of the statistical character of evolutionary theory?" in the Philosophy of Science and wrote "Transgressive traditions and art definitions" for the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.

In 1976, Graves collected signatures to qualify the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate, Ed Clark, for a spot on the ballot. She later served as Wisconsin chair of the Libertarian Party, and as the party's national finance chair. Graves has also worked as a homemaker, in community theater, and in Catholic ministry.

In December 2006, Graves founded the Lucy Burns Institute, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that publishes Ballotpedia and Judgepedia. In 2012, Graves authored a guidebook titled Local Ballot Initiatives: How citizens change laws with clipboards, conversations, and campaigns.

Graves' political analysis has been included in the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Campaigns and Elections, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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