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Center for American Progress

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Center for American “Progress”
-1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor; Washington DC, 20005 (202) 682-1611 Fax: 202-682-1867
* http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus
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“The Center for American Progress is dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action.” [Yeah, riiiiight...]
* http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus
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Executive Committee
John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer
Sarah Rosen Wartell, Executive VP
Jennifer Palmieri, Senior VP for Communications
Neera Tanden, Chief Operating Officer
Winnie Stachelberg, Senior VP for External Affairs
Laura Nichols, Senior Fellow
Senior Staff
Rudy deLeon, Senior VP for National Security and International Policy
Debbie Fine, Senior VP and General Counsel
David Halperin, Senior VP and Director, Campus Progress
Kaliope Poulianos, Senior VP for Finance and Administration
Araceli Ruano, Senior VP and Director of California Office
Andrew Sherry, Senior VP for Online Communications
Cynthia Brown, VP for Education Policy
Michael Ettlinger, VP for Economic Policy
Kate Gordon, VP for Energy Policy
Angela Kelley, VP for Immigration Policy and Advocacy
Tara McGuinness, VP and Director of Progressive Media (CAP Action)
Ed Paisley, VP for Editorial
Faiz Shakir, VP and Editor of ThinkProgress (CAP Action)
Anna Soellner, VP for Communications
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Senator Tom Daschle
Fellows
David Abromowitz
Eric Alterman
David Balto
Peter Basch
Joel Berg
Ulrich Boser
Matt Browne
Stephen Cohen
Joe Conason
David Cutler
Maria Echaveste
Elizabeth Edwards
Lia Epperson
Judy Feder
Sam Fulwood III
Henry Fernandez
Nina Hachigian
John Halpin
Bracken Hendricks
Michele Jolin
Van Jones
Brian Katulis
Tom Kenworthy
Steve Kest
Jitinder Kohli
Lawrence J. Korb
Andrew Light
Scott Lilly
Matt Miller
Jonathan Moreno
Ann O’Leary
Jonathan Orszag
Lois Quam
Janneke Ratcliffe
Bishop Gene Robinson
Joseph Romm
Fred Rotondaro
Lesley Russell
Shirley Sagawa
Richard Samans
Shira Saperstein
Bill Schulz
Raj Sharma
Will Straw
Ruy Teixeira
Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite
Laura Tyson
Daniel J. Weiss
Christian E. Weller
Michael Werz
Artist in Residence
Anna Deavere Smith
Senior Advisor
Mitchell Kapor
Experts by Name
David M. Abromowitz
Areas of expertise: Housing policy, financing and preservation, community and economic development, urban redevelopment, disconnected youth and prison re-entry, the Community Reinvestment Act
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Eric Alterman
Areas of expertise: Media business, journalism, U.S. foreign relations, U.S. history, politics, American Jewish politics
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Jessica Arons
Areas of expertise: Reproductive health, rights and justice, contraception, sexuality education, conscience clauses, assisted reproductive technologies, HPV vaccines, women’s health, privacy rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBT rights, the gender pay gap, and constitutional law.
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David Balto
Areas of expertise: Competition policy, intellectual property law, and health care
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Moran Banai
Areas of expertise: Middle East
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Peter Basch
Areas of expertise: Health care
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Joel Berg
Areas of expertise: Poverty, food policy
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Saba Bireda
Areas of expertise: Education
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Ulrich Boser
Areas of expertise: Education, higher education, crime, criminal justice, investigative research and reporting
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Melissa Boteach
Areas of expertise: Poverty
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Heather Boushey
Areas of expertise: Budget and fiscal policy, demographics and census, economics, employment, labor, poverty, welfare, women and work
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Cindy Brown
Areas of expertise: Education of low-income and minority students, standards-based education framework, federal education programs, state education agency operations, state education policy, federal civil rights enforcement in education, pre-school education
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Jake Caldwell
Areas of expertise: International trade, World Trade Organization and free trade agreements, agriculture and the Farm Bill, energy, biofuels
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Richard W. Caperton
Areas of expertise: Clean energy, energy finance, rural electric cooperatives, electricity transmission and distribution, climate change
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Vanessa Cárdenas
Areas of expertise: Ethnic media, immigration, Hispanic/Latino issues
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Robin Chait
Areas of expertise: High school reform, teacher quality, education of low-income and minority students
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Samuel Charap
Areas of expertise: Russian and Ukrainian domestic politics and foreign policy, U.S. policy in the post-Soviet region, U.S. economic relations with the former Soviet states
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Stephen Cohen
Areas of expertise: Economics
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David Cutler
Areas of expertise: Economics, health care
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Gadi Dechter
Areas of expertise: Government performance and operations, and government efficiency
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Senator Tom Daschle
Areas of expertise: Banking policy, consumer finance, higher eduction policy, housing policy, civil rights, urban policy, economic mobility and security, wealth and income inequality, health care
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Karen Davenport
Areas of expertise: Health insurance, health system reform, Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care
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Rudy deLeon
Areas of expertise: U.S. military strategy, defense budget, national security, Middle East, and legislative/executive process and politics
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Sabina Dewan
Areas of expertise: Development aid, economics, foreign policy/international relations, global poverty/foreign assistance, globalization, trade, United Nations, World Trade Organization
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Maria Echaveste
Areas of expertise: Education, civil rights, immigration, bankruptcy reform
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Elizabeth Edwards
Areas of expertise: Health care, poverty
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Jordan Eizenga
Areas of expertise: Tax and budgetary policy, macroeconomics, and community and economic development
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Lia Epperson
Areas of expertise: Civil Rights, constitutional law, education, judiciary, law, race
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Michael Ettlinger
Areas of expertise: Taxes, economics, employment, cities and metropolitan policy, budget and fiscal policy, social security, state economic development
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Judy Feder
Areas of expertise: Health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, the uninsured, long-term care
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Henry Fernandez
Areas of expertise: State and municipal policy
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Marshall Fitz
Areas of expertise: Immigration policy, politics, and legislation; immigrant rights, due process, and judicial review
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Sam Fulwood III
Areas of expertise: Race relations, politics, media, immigration, urban affairs, housing policy, education, energy, domestic social issues
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Sima J. Gandhi
Areas of expertise: Government efficiency, behavioral economics, budget analysis, and tax policy
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Kate Gordon
Areas of expertise: Green jobs, clean and renewable energy, regional economic development, urban planning, workforce development, green manufacturing
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Ken Gude
Areas of expertise: Geneva Conventions, Guantanamo, national security
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Nina Hachigian
Areas of expertise: National security, U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, Asia geopolitics
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David Halperin
Areas of expertise: Campus organizing and politics, young advocacy and politics, national security policy, legal policy, technology
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John Halpin
Areas of expertise: Progressive thought and history, campaigns and elections, public opinion
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Christy Harvey
Areas of expertise: Radio
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Bracken Hendricks
Areas of expertise: Clean and renewable energy; gas, oil, and automobiles; climate change; jobs and economic development; civic engagement and progressive infrastructure; urban planning; Katrina reconstruction; green building
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Michele Jolin
Areas of expertise: Social entrepreneurship
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Van Jones
Areas of expertise: Green Jobs, energy, environment
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Mitchell Kapor
Area of expertise: Health information technology
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Brian Katulis
Areas of expertise: Iraq, national security, terrorism, Middle East politics
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Angela Kelley
Areas of expertise: immigration policy, media and public opinion research, politics and legislation, Department of Homeland Security
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Tom Kenworthy
Areas of expertise: Energy and environment
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Steve Kest
Areas of expertise: Community organizing, affordable housing, predatory lending, poverty, cities, metropolitan policy, housing
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Jitinder Kohli
Areas of expertise: Business and industry, cities, housing, economy, Europe, government, immigration, race and civil rights
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Lawrence J. Korb
Areas of expertise: U.S. military, U.S. foreign policy and national security, defense budget, weapons systems, nonproliferation, military history
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Jeff Krehely
Areas of expertise: LGBT Issues
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Melissa Lazarín
Areas of expertise: K-12 education, high school reform, standards-based reform, Hispanic/Latino issues, English language learners, education and immigration
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Andrew Light
Areas of expertise: Environmental policy and ethics, ethics of new and emerging technologies, science policy and regulatory frameworks, restoration ecology, climate change, agricultural biotechnology, nanotechnology, and synthetic biology
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Scott Lilly
Areas of expertise: Afghanistan, campaigns, China, economics, education, employment, foreign policy, intelligence, labor, national security, politics, poverty, terrorism
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Michael Linden
Areas of expertise: Federal tax policy, the federal budget
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David Madland
Areas of expertise: Economic policy, retirement, labor unions, employment, public opinion
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Tara McGuinness (CAP Action)
Areas of expertise: Elections, democracy programs, media, conservative politics, organizing
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Matt Miller
Areas of expertise: Economic policy, budget and tax policy, health care policy, education policy, globalization, role of business in society, role of media
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Raegen Miller
Areas of expertise: Teacher education and licensure, teacher labor markets and unions, teacher quality and value-added measurement, mathematics education, quantitative data analysis
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Ian Millhiser
Areas of expertise: Government efficiency and transparency, constitutional law, the judiciary
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David Min
Areas of expertise: Financial markets policy, economic policy, housing policy, consumer credit
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Jonathan Moreno
Areas of expertise: Bioethics, medical ethics, stem cell research, end of life ethics, science policy, neuroethics, bioterrorism
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Joy Moses
Areas of expertise: Poverty
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Laura Nichols
Areas of expertise: Media and politics
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John Norris
Areas of expertise: Africa, Asia, foreign policy, international relations, human rights, national security, peacekeeping and reconstruction, United Nations
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Ann O’Leary
Areas of expertise: Employment, poverty, welfare, women’s rights and health
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Jonathan Orszag
Areas of expertise: Banking and finance, economics, labor, technology and science
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Ed Paisley
Areas of expertise: Domestic and international financial markets, technology business and finance, and Asian affairs
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Jennifer Palmieri
Areas of expertise: Media and politics
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John Podesta
Areas of expertise: Federal budget and tax policy, government information, privacy, Patriot Act, civil liberties, security and terrorism, national intelligence issues, regulatory reform, telecommunications security and regulatory policy, environmental issues, technology, federal powers, the judiciary
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John Prendergast
Areas of expertise: Africa, conflict resolution, ICC, counter-terrorism in Africa
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Lois Quam
Areas of expertise: Energy and the environment, health care, economic innovation, business in the public interest, the status of women, rural affairs, and faith and progressive policy
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Janneke Ratcliffe
Areas of expertise: Housing, financing and preservation, banking and finance
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Bishop Gene Robinson
Areas of expertise: LGBT issues, religion
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Alan Rosenblatt
Areas of expertise: campaigns and elections, media, politics, White House / presidency,   social media, online advocacy strategy, new media
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Joseph Romm
Areas of expertise: Climate change
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Fred Rotondaro
Areas of expertise: Poverty, religion, race and civil rights
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Araceli Ruano
Areas of expertise: California, education, Latin America, environment and energy
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Reece Rushing
Areas of expertise: Health, safety, and environmental protection; information policy; government reform
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Lesley Russell
Areas of expertise: Health care
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Shirley Sagawa
Areas of expertise: Volunteerism, national service
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Richard Samans
Areas of expertise: International trade, monetary policy, tax, economics, development aid, global poverty and foreign assistance, globalization, IMF and World Bank, World Trade Organization
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Shira Saperstein
Areas of expertise: Women’s health and rights
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Bill Schulz
Area of expertise: Human rights, religion, and public policy
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Faiz Shakir (CAP Action)
Areas of expertise: Media and politics
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Raj Sharma
Areas of expertise: Business and industry, federal government, procurement and acquisition, supply chain management, cost reduction, performance management, change management
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Andrew Sherry
Areas of expertise: Online publishing, media industry, Asia, international affairs
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Anna Deveare Smith
Areas of expertise: The arts
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Louis Soares
Areas of expertise: Economic mobility, state strategy and incentives for economic development, adult literacy, workforce development
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Anna Soellner
Areas of expertise: Media and politics
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Winnie Stachelberg
Areas of expertise: Congressional relations, federal budget process, gay and lesbian issues, civil rights, HIV/AIDS, nonprofit management
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Sally Steenland
Areas of expertise: Religion in the public sphere, religion and LGBT equality, women and religion, religion and science
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Will Straw
Areas of expertise: Globalization, trade, and economics
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Ruy Teixeira
Areas of expertise: Public opinion, elections, voting behavior, demographic trends, political geography, voter turnout, political parties
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Amanda Terkel
Areas of expertise: Media and politics
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Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite
Areas of expertise: Religion and public policy, peace and international security, interfaith relations, gender and gender preference issues, bioethics
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Laura Tyson
Areas of expertise: Business and industry, economics, globalization, stock markets, technology and science, trade
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Caroline Wadhams
Areas of expertise: Military manpower, terrorism, national security, Afghanistan, Pakistan
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Karla Walter
Areas of expertise: Employment, labor
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Sarah Rosen Wartell
Areas of expertise: Technology policy, consumer finance and consumer protection, housing and community development
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Michael Werz
Areas of expertise: Transatlantic foreign policy including Turkey, climate migration and national security, immigration and integration in Europe, anti-Americanism
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Daniel J. Weiss
Areas of expertise: Congress; clean and renewable energy; gas, oil, and automobiles; global warming; clean air; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Christian E. Weller
Areas of expertise: Private pensions, social security, U.S. economy and the labor market, the Federal Reserve, international finance, consumer credit and finance
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Ellen-Marie Whelan
Areas of expertise: Heath care, Medicare and Medicaid, women’s health
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Matthew Yglesias
Areas of expertise: National security, foreign policy and international relations, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East
Affiliated Scholars
William Aceves
Anne L. Alstott
Alan Bersin
Nicholas K. Bromell
Aldo Civico
Dalton Conley
Michele Landis Dauber
Martha Fineman
Jacob Hacker
Darrick Hamilton
Doug Harris
Lisa Heinzerling
Obery M. Hendricks
Robert Jones
Mark A. R. Kleiman
Jeff Madrick
Kevin Mattson
Thomas O. McGarity
Suzanne Nossel
Stephen Metcalf
Ruth O’Brien
Paul Pierson
Jedediah Purdy
William N. Rom
Leon V. Sigal
Ted Widmer
Janelle Wong
Administration
Kola Adetola, Associate Director for Accounting
Nick Casey, Facilities Coordinator
Susan Anderson, Accountant I
Erin Green, Internship Program Manager
Tyler Hall, Facilities Manager and HR Associate
Denelle Hammond, Payroll and Benefits Manager
Mildred Hardin, Accounts Payable Manager
Deborah Holston, Controller
Nick Lepham, Receptionist and Special Assistant
Angelo Lomax, Receptionist
Sara Montrone, Operations Manager
Gary Peacock, Associate Director for Grants Management
Campus Progress
Katie Andriulli, Communications and Outreach Manager
Michael Fisher, Online Communications Associate
Pedro de la Torre, Advocacy Senior Associate
Sara Haile-Mariam, Communications and Outreach Associate
Shereen Hall, Online Communications Manager
Shani Hilton, Associate Editor
Paula-Raye O’Sullivan, Events Associate
Angela Peoples, Policy and Advocacy Manager
Kelley Peters, Special Assistant
David Spett, Journalism Network Associate
Kay Steiger, Editor, CampusProgress.org
Tobin Van Ostern, Network Associate
Vincent Villano, Events Associate
Communications
Raúl Arce-Contreras, Press Assistant
Benjamin Armbruster, Assistant Editor
Max Bergmann, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Analyst
Vanessa Cardenas, Director of Progress 2050
Emma Diebold, Special Events Coordinator
Joshua Dorner, Communications Director for Progressive Media 
Matthew Duss, National Security Researcher/Blogger
Lee Fang, Researcher
Pat Garofalo, Economics Researcher/Blogger
Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications
James Heidbreder, Special Assistant for Progressive Media
Zaid Jilani, Reporter/Blogger
Brad Johnson, Climate Researcher/Blogger
Scott Keyes, Researcher for Progressive Media
Rebecca Lefton, Researcher
Lori Lodes, Director of Legal Progress
Christine McDonough, Special Events Manager
Paul Meyer, Senior Videographer and Editor
Nicole Murphy, Research Assistant, MicCheck Radio
Noreen Nielsen, Energy Communications Director
Andrea Nill, Immigration Researcher/Blogger
Laura Pereyra, Special Assistant
Andrea Purse, Director of Media Strategy
Alex Seitz-Wald, Reporter/Blogger
Megan Smith, Associate Director for Press Relations
Tanya Somanader , Reporter/Blogger
Amanda Terkel, Managing Editor Progress Report / Think Progress
Marlene Cooper Vasilic, Director of Outreach and Special Events
Igor Volsky, Health Care Researcher/Blogger
Erica Williams, Deputy Director for Progress 2050
Matthew Yglesias, Fellow
Development
Yasmin Abboud, Senior Major Gifts Officer
Chris Belisle, Senior Manager, Business Alliance
Ali Fisher, Business Alliance Assistant
Jessie McDougall, Development Assistant
Adrienne Shaw, Major Gifts Officer
Kathy Smith, Foundation Relations Manager
Domestic Policy
Jessica Arons, Director of Women’s Health and Rights Program
Saba Bireda, Education Policy Analyst
Nicole Caffarella, Payment Reform Project Manager and Policy Analyst
Robin Chait, Associate Director for Teacher Quality
Marta Cook, Fellows Assistant
Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy
Marshall Fitz, Director of Immigration Policy
Ann Garcia, Special Assistant for Immigration Policy
Melissa Lazarín, Associate Director of Education Policy
Julie Margetta Morgan, Postsecondary Education Policy Analyst
Gebe Martinez, Senior Writer and Policy Analyst
Raegen Tabot Miller, Associate Director for Education Research
Isabel Owen, Research Associate for Education Policy
Michael Rugnetta, Research Assistant
Sally Steenland, Senior Policy Advisor for Faith and Progressive Policy
Eleni Towns, Special Assistant
Ellen-Marie Whelan, Associate Director of Health Policy and Senior Health Policy Analyst
Economic Policy
Heather Boushey, Senior Economist
Nick Bunker, Special Assistant
Alexandra Cawthorne, Research Associate
Gadi Dechter, Associate Director of Government Reform
Sabina Dewan, Associate Director of International Economic Policy
Jordan Eizenga, Policy Analyst
Jaryn Fields, Special Assistant
Sima J. Gandhi, Senior Policy Analyst
Casey Gerald, Fellows Assistant
John Griffith, Research Associate
Michael Linden, Associate Director for Tax and Budget Policy
David Madland, Director of the American Worker Project
Ian Millhiser, Policy Analyst
David Min, Associate Director for Financial Markets Policy
Julie Morgan, Policy Analyst
Joy Moses, Senior Policy Analyst
Luke Reidenbach, Research Assistant
Reece Rushing, Director of Government Reform
Matt Sherman, Research Assistant
Anne Shoup, Research Associate
Lauren Smith, Research Assistant
Louis Soares, Director of the Postsecondary Education Program
Isha Vij, Special Assistant for Economic Policy
Karla Walter, Senior Policy Analyst
Liz Weiss, Policy Analyst
Energy Policy
Jake Caldwell, Director of Policy for Agriculture, Trade & Energy
Richard W. Caperton, Policy Analyst
Susan Lyon, Special Assistant for Energy Policy
Jorge Madrid, Research Associate
Sean Pool, Special Assistant
Tina Ramos, Special Assistant
Enough Project
John Bagwell, Field Manager
Zack Brisson, Web Producer
Summer Buckley, Special Assistant
Darren Fenwick, Senior Government Affairs Manager
Chloe Chistman, Administrative Assistant/Receptionist
Sadia Hameed, Congo Campaign Manager
Laura Heaton, Writer/Editor
Amanda Hsiao, Special Assistant
Jonathan Hutson, Communications Director
Laura Jones, Policy Analyst
John Norris, Executive Director of Enough
Robert Padavick, Director of Content
John Prendergast, Co-Founder
Meghna Raj, Government Relations Associate
Jenny Russell, Advocacy Director
Laura Schroeder, Development and Events Associate
Rebekah Seder, Administrative Manager
Jennifer Sturm, Director of Online Communications
David Sullivan, Policy Manager
Mari Wright, Communications Assistant
Executive
Folayemi Agbede, Special Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer
Juliana Gendelman, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
Sarah Miller, Policy Advisor to the President and CEO
Kalen Pruss, Administrative Assistant for Speechwriting
Aisha Turner, Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President
External Affairs
Lauren Bazel, Associate Director of Government Affairs
Melissa Boteach, Half in Ten Manager
Stephanie Grow, Outreach Systems Manager
Jerome Hunt, Research Associate
Brian Komar, Director of Strategic Outreach and Alliances
Jeff Krehely, Director of LGBT Research and Communications Project
Chris Semenas, Constituent Outreach Assistant
Rebecca Salay, Associate Director of Government Affairs
Rae Rawls, Email Marketing Senior Manager
Robin Reed, Associate Director for Email Marketing and Audience Relations
Alan Rosenblatt, Associate Director for Online Advocacy
Jack Swetland, Manager of Government Affairs
Legal
Alex DeMots, Legal Counsel
Allison Lessne, Law Clerk
Praveen Madhiraju, Legal Counsel
National Security
Moran Banai, Policy Director, Middle East Progress
Ian Bomberg, Research Assistant, Middle East Progress
Samuel Charap, Associate Director for Russia and Eurasia
Winny Chen, Policy Analyst and Manager, China Studies
Laura Conley, Research Assistant
Colin Cookman, Research Assistant
Ken Gude, Director, International Justice and Security Program
Peter Juul, Research Associate
Andrew Sweet, Research Associate
Caroline Wadhams, Director for South Asia Security Studies
Online Communications
Christopher Bachmann, Unix Systems Administrator
J.R. Boynton, Director of Web Products
Giselle Childs, Assistant Editor
Kasie Coccaro, Web Producer and Project Manager
George Estrada, Project Manager
Lauren Ferguson, Designer/Production Artist
Lori Goldberg, Senior Developer
Evan Hensleigh, Interactive Media Designer
Joshua Hill, Web Developer
Nick Levay, Information Security and Operations
Erin Lindsay, Online Marketing Manager
Matt Pusateri, Art Director
Alex Pryor, Manager of A/V Technology
William Rogers, Desktop Support Technician
Shannon Ryan, Senior Designer
Annie Schutte, Associate Director of Online Communications and Managing Editor of AmericanProgress.org
Megan Slack, Assistant Editor
Jasmine Taylor, Desktop Support Technician
Will Thomas, Director of Information Technology
Dan Wagener, Assistant Editor

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