The Sanders Institute
The Sanders Institute
Mission statement
A vital democracy requires an informed electorate, civil discourse and bold ideas. The mission of the Sanders Institute is to revitalize democracy by actively engaging individuals, organizations and the media in the pursuit of progressive solutions to economic, environmental, racial and social justice issues.[1]
Fellows
The Sanders Institute Fellowship is comprised of leaders dedicated to transforming our democracy through the research, education, outreach and advancement of bold, progressive ideas and values.
Dr. Jane O'Meara Sanders, Prof. Robert Reich, The Honorable Nina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Cornel West, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Bill McKibben, Danny Glover, Benjamin Jealous Dr. Stephanie Kelton, Michael Lighty, Shaun King.[2]
Board
- Dr. James Zogby, Chair
- Meredith Rose Burak, Secretary
Dr. Sara Burchard, Treasurer[3]
Staff
- David Driscoll- CO-FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Colleen Jackson - RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Sanders Institute Gathering
- Jane O’Meara Sanders Co-Founder, Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Senator Bernie Sanders
- Dr. Cornel West
- Carmen Yulin Cruz is the Mayor of San Juan City. Fellow, The Sanders Institute.
- Abdul El-Sayed
- Simon Sinek
- Yanis Varoufakis served as Minister of Finance of Greece in 2015.
- Naomi Klein
- Jeffrey Sachs, Founding Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Cynthia Nixon
- Ada Colau Ballano, Mayor, Barcelona
- Rose Ann DeMoro
- Robert Pollin is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Bill McKibben is a founding fellow of The Sanders Institute.
- Fernando Haddad, Former Mayor of Sao Paulo & Brazilian Presidential Candidate
- Nina Turner, Founding Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
- Niki Ashton, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Randy Bryce, Former Candidate for House of Representatives
- Michael Tubbs, Mayor, Stockton CA
- Mark Dimondstein, President, American Postal Workers Union
- Dr. Radhika Balakrishnan, UN Development Program & Global Advisory Council
- Michael Lighty, Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Jane Kim, Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- John Cusack, Writer, Filmmaker, Producer, Founding member Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Dr. Stephanie Kelton, Founding Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Ben Cohen, Activist, Co-Founder, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Founding Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Matt Nelson, Executive Director, Presente.org
- Benjamin Jealous, Founding Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Peter Knowlton, General President, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
- Danny Glover, Founding Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Karin Ryan, Senior Policy Advisor, The Carter Center
- Gunnar Lovelace, Founder of Thrive Market & Co-Founder of Alliance For Good
- Chirlane McCray, First Lady of New York City, Writer, and Activist
- Cenk Uygur, Journalist and Political Commentator
- Joseph Geevarghese, Executive Director, Good Jobs Nation
- Michael Weinstein, President & Co-Founder, AIDS Healthcare Foundation President & Founder, Healthy Housing Foundation
- James Zogby, Founder & President, Arab American Institute; Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Roger Wolfson, Screenwriter, Lawyer, Activist
- Dr. Hosnieh Djafari Marbini, Anaesthetist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Susan Sarandon, Actress, Activist
- David McWilliams, Economist, Broadcaster & Journalist; Fellow, The Sanders Institute
- Diane Archer, President, Just Care USA
- Brenda Torpy, CEO Champlain Housing Trust
- John Davis, Partner, Burlington Associates
- Libby Devlin, Southern Director, NNU
- Kelly Coogan-Gehr, Assistant Director, Public and Community Advocacy, National Nurses United
- David Driscoll is the Executive Director and co-founder of The Sanders Institute
- Gus Newport, Social Justice Activist & Former Mayor of Berkeley, CA
- Jo Beardsmore, Co-Founder, UK Uncut; Senior Advisor at the Social Practice