Democracy 21

Democracy 21 is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission of eliminating "the undue influence of big money in American politics and to ensure the integrity and fairness of government decisions and elections."

Its education arm is the Democracy 21 Education Fund.

Directors

• Susan Manes, Chair
• Fred Wertheimer, President and CEO
• Nick Ucci, Treasurer (Chief Operating Officer, People for the American Way)
• Don Simon, Partner, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry LLP
• Roger Witten (Partner, WilmerHale)

Democracy 21 Education Fund Board

• Susan Manes, Chair
• Fred Wertheimer, President and CEO
• Rebecca Avila (Assistant Dean, Irvine School of Law, University of California)
• Geoff Cowan (Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California)
• Nicco Mele (President, EchoDitto)
• Brad Phillips (Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP)
• Tom Troyer (Senior Partner, Caplin & Drysdale)
• Don Simon (Partner, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry LLP]]
• Nick Ucci, Treasurer (Chief Operating Officer, People For the American Way)
• Rebecca Webber (Lawyer, Texas Fair Defense Project)
• Roger Witten (Partner, WilmerHale)

DeLay case

Democracy 21 was mentioned in the acknowledgments of the PublicAffairs Books-published book The Hammer: Tom Delay, God, Money, and the Rise of the Republican Congress, by Louis DuBose and Jan Reid.

External links

• Democracy 21 website
• The Hammer: Tom Delay, God, Money, and the Rise of the Republican Congress
• PublicAffairs Books website