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]
"Who we are"
According to the organization's website[2];
- The Center for American Progress is a think tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. We combine bold policy ideas with a modern communications platform to help shape the national debate, expose the hollowness of conservative governing philosophy, and challenge the media to cover the issues that truly matter.
- CAP is designed to provide long-term leadership and support to the progressive movement. Our ability to develop thoughtful policy proposals and engage in the war of ideas with conservatives is unique and effective.
- Our policy experts cover a wide range of issue areas, and often work across disciplines to tackle complex, interrelated issues such as national security, energy, and climate change. This year, we are pushing to keep four leading issues at the center of the national debate:
- Restoring America's global leadership to make America more secure and build a better world.
- Seizing the energy opportunity to create a clean, innovation-led economy that supports a sustainable environment.
- Creating progressive growth that's robust and widely shared, and restoring economic opportunity for all.
- Delivering universal health care so that quality, affordable health services are available to all Americans.
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