Center for American Progress
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The Center for American Progress is a think tank founded in 2003 as an organization dedicated to progressive ideas and action.[1]
Board of directors
- Carol Browner, Principle, The Albright Group
- Richard Leone, President, The Century Foundation
- Peter Lewis, Chairman, The Progressive Corporation
- Cheryl Mills, SVP for Operations and Administration, New York University
- Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute
- John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
- Marion Sandler, Co-Chair of the Board and Co-CEO, Golden West Financial
- Hansjorg Wyss, Chairman and CEO, Synthes-Stratec
CAP Action Fund
- Peter Edelman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Judith Feder, Dean, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute
- Broderick Johnson, Vice President of Federal Relations, BellSouth
- Ron Klain, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Revolution LLC
- Tom Perez, Council member, Montgomery, MD County Council
- John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
- Hilary Rosen, Former Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America
CAP Trustees
- Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School
- John Adams, Past President and Founding Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State and Principal, The Albright Group
- Judith Areen, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center
- Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
- Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
- John Deutch, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Peter Edelman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Judith Feder, Dean, Georgetown School of Public Policy
- Harvey Gantt, Former Mayor of Charlotte, NC
- Wade Henderson, Executive Director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
- Bill Ivey, Director, Vanderbilt University Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy
- Broderick Johnson, Vice President of Federal Relations, BellSouth
- Bob Kerrey, Former Senator and President, New School University
- Ron Klain, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Revolution LLC
- Bill Lann Lee, Former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
- Dan Leeds, President and Managing Partner, Fulcrum Investments
- Judith Lichtman, Former President, National Partnership for Women and Families
- Enrique Moreno, Sole Practitioner, Law Offices of Enrique Moreno
- Philip Murphy, National Finance Chair, Democratic National Committee
- Tom Perez, Councilmember, Montgomery, MD County Council
- F. Noel Perry, Managing Director,Baccharis Capital Inc.
- Hilary Rosen, Former Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America
- Harley Shaiken, Professor, University of California at Berkeley
- Anna Deavere Smith, Professor, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Robert Solow, Institute Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Ph.D., President, Chicago Theological Seminary
- Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
- Laura Tyson, Dean, London Business School
- Roderick von Lipsey, Vice President, Private Wealth Management, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- Akila Weerapana, Assistant Professor, Economics, Wellesley College
CAP Staff
Executive Committee
- John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Sarah Wartell, Executive VP
- Laura Nichols, Senior Fellow
- Jennifer Palmieri, Senior VP for Communications
- Winnie Stachelberg, Senior VP for External Affairs
Senior Staff
- Rudy deLeon, Senior VP for National Security and International Policy
- Debby Goldberg, Senior VP for Development
- David Halperin, Senior VP and Director, Campus Progress
- Andrew Sherry, Senior VP for Online Communications
- Cynthia Brown, VP for Education Policy
- Michael Ettlinger, VP for Economic Policy
- Debbie Fine, General Counsel
- Kate Gordon, VP for Energy Policy
- Steve Heibein, VP for Technology
- Angela Kelley, VP for Immigration Policy and Advocacy
- Ed Paisley, VP for Editorial
- Kaliope Poulianos, VP for Finance and Administration
- Anna Soellner, VP for Communications
Distinguished Senior Fellow
- Senator Tom Daschle
Fellows
- David Abromowitz
- Eric Alterman
- David Balto
- Matt Browne
- Louis Caldera
- Aaron Chatterji
- Maria Echaveste
- Elizabeth Edwards
- Lia Epperson
- Judy Feder
- Sam Fulwood III
- Henry Fernandez
- Mark Greenberg
- Nina Hachigian
- John Halpin
- Peter Harbage
- Bracken Hendricks
- Brian Katulis
- Tom Kenworthy
- Lawrence Korb
- Karen Kornbluh
- Andrew Light
- Scott Lilly
- Alice Madden
- Matt Miller
- Jonathan Moreno
- Ann O'Leary
- Jonathan Orszag
- Todd Park
- Lois Quam
- Joseph Romm
- Fred Rotondaro
- Lesley Russell
- Shirley Sagawa
- Richard Samans
- Shira Saperstein
- Bill Schulz
- Sunil Sharan
- Ruy Teixeira
- Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite
- Laura Tyson
- Daniel Weiss
- Christian Weller
Artist in Residence
Affiliated Scholars
- William Aceves
- Anne Alstott
- Alan Bersin
- Nicholas Bromell
- Aldo Civico
- Dalton Conley
- Michele Landis Dauber
- Martha Fineman
- Jacob Hacker
- Darrick Hamilton
- Doug Harris
- Lisa Heinzerling
- Obery Hendricks
- Robert Jones
- Mark Kleiman
- Jeff Madrick
- Kevin Mattson
- Thomas McGarity
- Suzanne Nossel
- Stephen Metcalf
- Ruth O'Brien
- Paul Pierson
- Jedediah Purdy
- William Rom
- Leon Sigal
- Ted Widmer
- Janelle Wong
California Office
- Shana Jenkins, Special Asst/Office Manager for California
Campus Progress
- Katie Andriulli, Communications and Outreach Manager
- Tommaso Boggia, Advocacy Associate
- Natasha Bowens, Advocacy Associate
- Annika Carlson, Operations and Development Manager
- Pedro de la Torre, Advocacy Senior Associate
- Arielle Fleisher, Events Associate
- Isabelle Gerard, Special Assistant to the Director of Campus Progress
- Shereen Hall, Online Communications Manager
- Rosanna Herrera, Events Manager
- Paula-Raye O'Sullivan, Events Associate
- Drew Seman, Online Communications Associate
- David Spett, Publications Associate
- Kay Steiger, Editor, CampusProgress.org
- Erica Williams, Deputy Director, and Policy and Advocacy Manager
- Vincent Villano, Events Associate
Communications
- Raúl Arce-Contreras, Press Assistant
- Benjamin Armbruster, Assistant Editor
- Drew Brookie, Press Secretary for Progressive Media
- Vanessa Cardenas, Ethnic Media Director
- Nate Carlile, Senior Reporter/Blogger
- Matt Corley, Assistant Editor
- Emma Diebold, Special Events Coordinator
- Matthew Duss, National Security Researcher/Blogger
- Suzi Emmerling, Press Aide
- Lee Fang, Researcher
- Pat Garofalo, Economics Researcher/Blogger
- Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications
- Zaid Jilani, Reporter/Blogger
- Brad Johnson, Climate Researcher/Blogger
- Ivan Kander, Videographer/Editor
- Sara Langhinrichs, Special Assistant for MicCheck Radio
- Christine McDonough, Special Events Coordinator
- Paul Meyer, Senior Videographer and Editor
- Nicole Murphy, Special Assistant for Mic Check
- John Neurohr, Strategic Communications Manager
- Andrea Nill, Immigration Researcher/Blogger
- Andrea Purse, Director of Media Strategy
- Jason Rahlan, Press Aide
- Faiz Shakir, Research Director
- Amanda Terkel, Managing Editor Progress Report / Think Progress
- Marlene Cooper Vasilic, Director of Outreach and Special Events
- Igor Volsky, Health Care Researcher/Blogger
- Matthew Yglesias, Fellow
- Victor Zapanta, Researcher
Development & Strategic Planning
- Yasmin Abboud, Major Gifts Officer
- Emily Berman, Corporate Relations and Annual Events Manager
- Katie Dranoff, Special Assistant
- Anna Ekindjian, Director of Development
- Ali Fisher, Business Alliance Assistant
- Becky Webster, Development Associate
Domestic Policy
- Jessica Arons, Director of Women's Health and Rights Program
- Alexandra Cawthorne, Research Associate
- Robin Chait, Associate Director for Teacher Quality
- Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy
- Sarah Dreier, Research Assistant
- Marshall Fitz, Director of Immigration Policy
- Ann Garcia, Special Assistant for Immigration Policy
- Melissa Lazarín, Associate Director of Education Policy
- Raegen Tabot Miller, Associate Director for Education Research
- Joy Moses, Policy Analyst, Poverty Program
- Isabel Owen, Research Assistant for Education Policy
- Reece Rushing, Director of Regulatory and Information Policy
- Sonia Sekhar, Special Assistant for Health Policy
- Valerie Shen, Special Assistant for Domestic Policy
- Sally Steenland, Senior Policy Advisor for Faith and Progressive Policy
- Ellen-Marie Whelan, Associate Director of Health Policy and Senior Health Policy Analyst
Economic Policy
- Heather Boushey, Senior Economist
- Sabina Dewan, Associate Director of International Economic Policy
- Andrew Jakabovics, Associate Director for Housing and Economics
- Nayla Kazzi, Research Assistant
- Michael Linden, Associate Director for Tax and Budget Policy
- Amanda Logan, Research Associate
- David Madland, Director of the American Worker Project
- David Min, Associate Director for Financial Markets Policy
- Luke Reidenbach, Special Assistant
- Lauren Smith, Research Assistant
- Louis Soares, Director of the Economic Mobility Program
- Karla Walter, Policy Analyst
- Liz Weiss, Policy Analyst
Energy Policy
- Jake Caldwell, Director of Policy for Agriculture, Trade & Energy
- Benjamin Goldstein, Policy Analyst
- Alexandra Kougentakis, Fellows Assistant
- Kari Manlove, Research Associate
- Sean Pool, Special Assistant
- Julian Wong, Senior Policy Analyst
Enough Project
- John Bagwell, Field Manager
- Zack Brisson, Web Producer
- Rebecca Brocato, Policy Assistant
- Molly Browning, Development and External Relations Manager
- Summer Buckley, Special Assistant
- Thomas Burton, Director of Online Communication
- Nanda Chitre, Communications Director
- Maggie Fick, Policy Assistant
- Laura Heaton, Writer/Editor
- Tsegaye Hidru, Webmaster
- Stella Kojo Kenyi, Sister Schools Campaign Coordinator
- Candice Knezevic, Congo Campaign Manager
- John Norris, Executive Director of Enough
- Robert Padavick, Director of Special Media Projects
- John Prendergast, Co-Founder
- Meghna Raj, Government Relations Associate
- Eileen White Read, Associate Director of Communications
- Jenny Russell, Advocacy Director
- Rebekah Seder, Receptionist/Administrative Assistant
- David Sullivan, Research Associate
- Colin Thomas-Jensen, Policy Adviser
- Nicole Vance, Press Assistant
- Sarina Virk, Congo Campaign Assistant
Executive
- Juliana Gendelman, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
- Anne Kolker, Special Assistant
- Sarah Miller, Policy Advisor to the President and CEO
External Affairs
- Stephanie Grow, Outreach Systems Coordinator
- Adam Jentleson, Communications and Outreach Director
- Brian Komar, Director of Strategic Outreach and Alliances
- Chris Semenas, Constituent Outreach Assistant
- Rebecca Salay, Associate Director of Government Affairs
- Brian Smith, Email Marketing Assistant
- Rae Rawls, Email Marketing Manager
- Ilia Rodriguez, Director of Government Affairs
- Alan Rosenblatt, Associate Director for Online Advocacy
- Josh Rosenthal, Special Assistant
- Antonia Scatton, Associate Director of Constituent Relations
- Jack Swetland, Manager of Government Affairs
Fellows
- Michael Rugnetta, Research Assistant
- Anne Shoup, Research Associate
Legal
- Debbie Fine, General Counsel
- Alex DeMots, Legal Counsel
- Allison Lessne, Law Clerk
- Praveen Madhiraju, Legal Counsel
National Security
- Moran Banai, U.S. Editor of Middle East Bulletin
- Krisila Benson, Director of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities
- Ian Bomberg, Middle East Progress Assistant
- Spencer Boyer, Director of International Law and Diplomacy
- Reuben Brigety, Director, Sustainable Security Program
- Samuel Charap, Associate Director for the Russia and Eurasia Program
- Winny Chen, Research Associate
- Laura Conley, Special Assistant
- Colin Cookman, Special Assistant
- Sean Duggan, Research Associate
- Andrew Grotto, Senior Analyst
- Ken Gude, Associate Director, International Rights & Responsibility
- Peter Juul, Research Associate
- Natalie Ondiak, Research Associate
- Andrew Sweet, Research Associate
- Caroline Wadhams, Senior Policy Analyst
Online Communications
- Christopher Bachmann, Unix Systems Administrator
- J R Boynton, Director of Web Products
- Kasie Coccaro, Web Producer and Project Manager
- George Estrada, Project Manager
- Annie Schutte, Managing Editor
- Megan Slack, Assistant Editor
- Robert Valencia, Assistant Editor
- Dan Wagener, Assistant Editor