Staff

• Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress
• Jennifer M. Palmieri, Executive Vice President, Communications and Advocacy
• Winnie Stachelberg, Executive Vice President, External Affairs
• Jacob Leibenluft, Executive Vice President, Policy
• Gordon Gray, Chief Operating Officer

Senior Staff

• Shane Bateman, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration; Chief Financial Officer
• Melissa Boteach, Senior Vice President, Poverty to Prosperity Program
• Catherine Brown, Vice President, Education Policy
• Ed Chung, Vice President, Criminal Justice Reform
• Erin Cohan, Vice President and Chief of Staff
• Marlene Cooper Vasilic, Vice President, Outreach and Special Events
• Brian DeMarco, Vice President, Development
• Alex DeMots, Senior Vice President, General Counsel
• Laura E. Durso, Vice President, LGBT Research and Communications Project
• Daniella Gibbs Leger, Senior Vice President, Communications and Strategy
• Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President, Energy and Environment Policy
• Katie Hamm, Vice President, Early Childhood Policy
• John Hanly, Vice President, Technology
• Deborah Holston, Vice President, Finance
• Marc Jarsulic, Senior Vice President, Economic Policy
• Michele L. Jawando, Vice President
• Tom Jawetz, Vice President, Immigration
• Judd Legum, Senior Vice President, Editor in Chief
• Praveen Madhiraju, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
• Kelly Magsamen, Vice President, National Security and International Policy
• Ashley Marvel, Vice President, Human Resources
• Navin Nayak, Senior Vice President
• Ben Olinsky, Senior Vice President, Policy and Strategy
• Chelsea Parsons, Vice President, Gun Violence Prevention
• Shilpa Phadke, Vice President, Women's Initiative
• Miguel Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
• Topher Spiro, Vice President, Health Policy; Senior Fellow
• Emily Tisch Sussman, Vice President, Campaigns
• Rebecca Vallas, Vice President, Poverty to Prosperity Program
• Lauren Vicary, Senior Vice President, Art, Editorial, and Video
• Igor Volsky, Vice President
• LaShawn Y. Warren, Vice President, Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative

Distinguished Senior Fellows

• Austan Goolsbee, Distinguished Senior Fellow
• Carmel Martin, Distinguished Senior Fellow
• Lawrence H. Summers, Distinguished Senior Fellow

Resident Senior Fellows

The Senior Fellows program includes a broad and diverse community of policy experts and scholars who develop policy ideas and analysis that contribute to the progressive policy agenda of American Progress. These ideas help to shape and influence the public debate and policy debate about the most important issues facing our nation and the world. American Progress does not accept unsolicited proposals to participate in our Senior Fellows program.

• Daniel Benaim, Senior Fellow
• Max Bergmann, Senior Fellow
• Ulrich Boser, Senior Fellow
• Matt Browne, Senior Fellow
• Rebecca Cokley, Senior Fellow
• Kristina Costa, Senior Fellow
• Rudy deLeon, Senior Fellow
• Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow
• Michael Fuchs, Senior Fellow
• Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow
• Ken Gude, Senior Fellow
• John Halpin, Senior Fellow
• Seth Hanlon, Senior Fellow
• Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow
• Greg Kaufmann, Senior Fellow
• Cathleen Kelly, Senior Fellow
• Frank Kendall, Senior Fellow
• Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow
• David Madland, Senior Fellow; Senior Adviser, American Worker Project
• Kate Martin, Senior Fellow
• Ian Millhiser, Senior Fellow
• Scott Nathan, Senior Fellow
• Vikram Singh, Senior Fellow
• Michael Sozan, Senior Fellow
• Jamila Taylor, Senior Fellow
• Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow
• Emma Vadehra, Senior Fellow
• Judith Warner, Senior Fellow
• Michael Werz, Senior Fellow

Nonresident Senior Fellows

• Nish Acharya, Senior Fellow
• Gautam Adhikari, Senior Fellow
• Eric Alterman, Senior Fellow
• Daryl V. Atkinson, Senior Fellow
• Michael Barr, Senior Fellow
• Maya Beasley, Senior Fellow
• David A. Bergeron, Senior Fellow
• Donald M. Berwick, Senior Fellow
• Cynthia G. Brown, Senior Fellow
• Aneesh Chopra, Senior Fellow
• Simon Clark, Senior Fellow
• Alan Cohen, Senior Fellow
• David M. Cutler, Senior Fellow
• Greg Dotson, Senior Fellow
• Mark Egerman, Senior Fellow
• Zeke Emanuel, Senior Fellow
• Dan Feldman, Senior Fellow
• Henry Fernandez, Senior Fellow
• Netsy Firestein, Senior Fellow
• Marshall Fitz, Senior Fellow
• Shawn Fremstad, Senior Fellow
• Adriana Kugler, Senior Fellow
• Scott Lilly, Senior Fellow
• Jim Lyons, Senior Fellow
• Alan Makovsky, Senior Fellow
• Steve Phillips, Senior Fellow
• Dan Restrepo, Senior Fellow
• Joseph Romm, Senior Fellow
• Shirley Sagawa, Senior Fellow
• Ganesh Sitaraman, Senior Fellow
• Trevor Sutton, Fellow
• Paul Verkuil, Senior Fellow
• Christian E. Weller, Senior Fellow
• Ted Widmer, Senior Fellow
• Tom K. Wong, Senior Fellow

Admin

• Rebecca Basena Kampi, Recruitment and Internship Coordinator
• Kate Davidson, Receptionist
• Danielle Foxx, Payroll Coordinator
• Cheron McNeal, Director, Human Resources
• Susan Specker, Human Resources Generalist
• SheriAnn Stromann, Associate Director, Operations

Art, Editorial, and Video

• Keenan Alexander, Graphic Designer
• Will Beaudouin, Managing Editor
• Steve Bonitatibus, Assistant Editor
• Carl Chancellor, Senior Director, Editorial
• Leanna Commins, Assistant Editor
• Jasmine Hardy, Video Editor
• Chester Hawkins, Senior Graphic Designer
• Emily Haynes, Assistant Managing Editor
• Lauren Kokum, Editor
• Meghan Miller, Editor
• Bill Rapp, Art Director
• Andrew Satter, Director, Video
• Shanée Simhoni, Associate Editor
• Tricia Woodcome, Assistant Editor

Communications

• Siena Cicarelli, Special Assistant
• Denzel Cummings, Campaign Associate
• Talia Dessel, Analyst
• Christine Dickason, Digital Coordinator
• Kyle Epstein, Senior Media Coordinator
• Morgan Finkelstein, Press Secretary
• Claudia Flores, Immigration Campaign Manager
• Chris Ford, Special Assistant
• Sam Hananel, Associate Director, Media Relations
• Tony Hanna, Campaign Associate
• James Lamond, Senior Policy Adviser
• Sara Langhinrichs, Senior Director, Social Media
• Jesse Lee, Senior Adviser
• Danielle Mathias, Social Media Assistant
• Rafael Medina, Senior Media Coordinator
• Allison Preiss, Managing Director, Communications
• Will Ragland, Managing Director
• Rachel Rosen, Senior Director, Broadcast Communications
• Colin Seeberger, Associate Director, Media Relations
• Jennifer Shelton, Special Assistant
• Vernessa Shih, Story Bank Director
• Juanita Tolliver, Campaign Director
• Sally Tucker, Broadcast Coordinator
• Jeremy Venook, Analyst
• Sage Warner, Story Bank Campaign Associate

Criminal Justice

• Betsy Pearl, Campaign Manager
• Maritza Perez, Senior Policy Analyst

Democracy and Government

• Gwen Calais-Haase, Special Assistant
• Liz Kennedy, Senior Director, Democracy and Government Reform
• Diana Pilipenko, Associate Director, Anti-Corruption and Illicit Finance
• Danielle Root, Voting Rights Manager
• Alex Tausanovitch, Associate Director

Development

• David Bing, Associate Director, Development Operations
• Julia Busch, Director, Foundation Relations
• Casey Carper, Special Assistant
• Jodi Chan, Foundation Relations Manager
• Elizabeth Dickson, Foundation Relations Manager
• Ryan Fleury, Director, Development
• Robin Gardiner, Major Gifts Officer
• Jon Roux, Development Coordinator

Early Childhood Policy

• Vanessa Gonzalez, Associate Director, Work and Family Advocacy
• Rasheed Malik, Senior Policy Analyst
• Cristina Novoa, Policy Analyst
• Leila Schochet, Research and Advocacy Manager
• Simon Workman, Associate Director, Early Childhood Policy

Economic Policy

• Kevin DeGood, Director, Infrastructure Policy
• Gregg Gelzinis, Research Associate
• Andy Green, Managing Director, Economic Policy
• Ethan Gurwitz, Policy Analyst
• Angela Hanks, Director, Workforce Development Policy
• Galen Hendricks, Special Assistant
• Michael Madowitz, Economist
• Annie McGrew, Research Assistant
• Alex Rowell, Policy Analyst
• Andrew Schwartz, Policy Analyst
• Alexandra Thornton, Senior Director, Tax Policy
• Karla Walter, Director, Employment Policy
• Regina Willensky Benjamin, Policy Analyst
• Michela Zonta, Senior Policy Analyst, Housing Policy

Education, K-12

• Samantha Batel, Senior Policy Analyst
• Neil Campbell, Director, Innovation
• Laura Jimenez, Director, Standards and Accountability
• Stephenie Johnson, Associate Campaign Director
• Abel McDaniels, Research Associate
• Lisette Partelow, Director, K-12 Strategic Initiatives
• Erin Roth, Senior Policy Analyst
• Scott Sargrad, Managing Director, K-12 Education Policy
• Sarah Shapiro, Research Assistant
• Jessica Yin, Special Assistant

Education, Postsecondary

• Marcella Bombardieri, Senior Policy Analyst
• Colleen Campbell, Associate Director, Postsecondary Education
• Antoinette Flores, Associate Director, Postsecondary Education
• Sara Garcia, Policy Analyst
• Mark Hatton, Campaign Manager
• Ben Miller, Senior Director, Postsecondary Education
• Jay Urwitz, Senior Fellow

Energy and Environment

• Erin Auel, Campaign Manager
• Luke Bassett, Associate Director, Domestic Energy and Environment Policy
• Alexandra Carter, Research Associate, Oceans Policy
• Alison Cassady, Managing Director
• Lia Cattaneo, Research Associate
• Michael Conathan, Director, Ocean Policy
• Margaret Cooney, Campaign Manager, Ocean Policy
• Nicole Gentile, Deputy Director, Public Lands
• Sally Hardin, Research Analyst
• Kate Kelly, Director, Public Lands
• Dinu Krishnamoorthi, Special Assistant
• Mary Ellen Kustin, Director of Policy, Public Lands
• Matt Lee-Ashley, Senior Director, Environmental Strategy and Communications
• Claire Moser, Director
• Guillermo Ortiz, Research Assistant
• Miranda Peterson, Research Associate
• Shiva Polefka, Associate Director, Ocean Policy
• Marc Rehmann, Senior Campaign Manager, Law of the Land Project
• Ryan Richards, Senior Policy Analyst, Public Lands
• Jenny Rowland, Senior Policy Analyst, Public Lands
• Gwynne Taraska, Director, International Climate Policy

Events

• Taylor Brady, Special Events Coordinator
• William Flanagan, Director, Special Events
• Antoine Jordan, Special Events Coordinator
• Constance Torian, Associate Director, Outreach and Special Events

Executive Office

• Hauwa Ahmed, Special Assistant
• Sam Berger, Senior Adviser
• Saharra Griffin, Special Assistant
• Hang Liu, Director, Speechwriting
• Sommer Omar, Special Assistant
• Maggie Polachek, Director of President's Initiatives

External Affairs

• Zina Barrow, Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President, External Affairs
• Elena Berger, Director, Email Marketing and Audience Relations
• Chelsea Daley, Email Marketing Associate
• Lisa DeCow, Associate Director, Email Marketing
• Enrique Fernández-Toledo, Director, Puerto Rico Relief and Economic Policy

Faith

• Emily London, Research Assistant
• Claire Markham, Associate Director, Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative

Finance

• Kola Adetola, Director, Accounting
• Deborah Alston, Accounts Payable Specialist
• Gracie Bee, Staff Accountant
• Elisa Collins, Budget Analyst
• Brion Elliott, Senior Manager, Budgets
• Mildred Hardin, Budget Analyst
• Ximena Puentes, Administrative Coordinator
• Ravi Shankar, Director, Financial Operations and Reporting
• Jose Solis, Budget Analyst

Generation Progress

• Amber Gaither, Operations Coordinator
• Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director
• Mina Jafari, Digital Media Associate
• Senya Merchant, Program Manager, Higher Ed, Not Debt and Generation Progress
• Kiara Richardson, Organizing Associate
• Giovanni Rocco, Press Associate
• Anisha Singh, Senior Organizing Director
• Christian Smith, Organizing Associate
• Maggie Thompson, Executive Director, Generation Progress

Government Affairs

• Shayna Cherry, Director, State and Local Government Affairs
• Ryan Collins, Director, Government Affairs
• Patrick Dolan, Manager, State and Local Government Affairs
• Lia Parada, Director, Government Affairs
• Jerry Parshall, Manager, State and Local Government Affairs
• Brent Woolfork, Director, Government Affairs

Gun Violence Prevention

• Justin Etheridge, Campaign Associate
• Stasha Rhodes, Director, Advocacy
• Tori Saylor, Special Assistant
• Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Associate Director

Health

• Maura Calsyn, Managing Director, Health Policy
• Emily Gee, Health Economist
• Thomas Huelskoetter, Policy Analyst
• Madeline Twomey, Special Assistant

Immigration

• Silva Mathema, Senior Policy Analyst
• Laura Muñoz Lopez, Special Assistant
• Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, Senior Policy Analyst
• Philip E. Wolgin, Managing Director, Immigration

LGBT

• Frank J. Bewkes, Policy Analyst
• Andrew Cray, In Memoriam
• Sharita Gruberg, Associate Director, LGBT Research and Communications Project
• Shabab Ahmed Mirza, Research Assistant
• Caitlin Rooney, Research Assistant

Legal

• David Blumenthal, Legal Assistant
• Anne Dechter, Legal Counsel
• Dennis Jing, Legal Assistant
• Gerti Wilson, Legal Assistant

Legal Progress

• Jake Faleschini, Director, Federal Courts Program
• Abbey Meller, Organizing Associate

National Security and International Policy

• Alia Awadallah, Research Associate, Middle East
• Abigail Bard, Research Assistant for Asia Policy
• Nathan Fenstermacher, Managing Director, National Security and International Policy
• Melanie Hart, Senior Fellow; Director, China Policy
• Max Hoffman, Associate Director, National Security and International Policy
• Blaine Johnson, Policy Analyst, China and Asia Policy
• Peter Juul, Senior Policy Analyst
• Carolyn Kenney, Senior Policy Analyst, Sustainable Security and Peacebuilding Initiative
• Meredith Leal, Program Coordinator
• Joel Martinez, Research Associate, Mexico
• John Norris, Executive Director, Sustainable Security and Peacebuilding Initiative

Poverty

• David Ballard, Advocacy and Field Coordinator
• Jason Fernandes, Communications and Advocacy Associate
• Rejane Frederick, Associate Director, Poverty to Prosperity Program
• Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Director of Poverty Policy
• Zahra Mion, Communications and Advocacy Associate
• Mara Pellittieri, Managing Editor, TalkPoverty
• Heidi Schultheis, Policy Analyst
• Eliza Schultz, Research Associate
• Leonard Scott IV, Special Assistant
• Jeremy Slevin, Director of Antipoverty Advocacy
• Rachel West, Director of Poverty Research

Progress 2050

• Lea Hunter, Research Assistant
• Connor Maxwell, Research Associate
• Danyelle Solomon, Senior Director, Progress 2050

Technology

• Christopher Bachmann, UNIX Systems Administrator
• J.R. Boynton, Outreach Systems and Analytics Manager
• Craig Chambers, Director, Technology and Security
• Demetrick DeVille, Desktop Support Technician
• Shar Ghavami, Director, Technology Development
• Eric Helvey, Chief Software Architect
• James Honaker, Web Developer, Special Projects
• Rhonda Malone, Senior Director, Enterprise Applications and Procurement
• Alex Pryor, A/V and Systems Engineer
• Walter Rodriguez, Desktop Support Technician
• Ron Warren, Lead Software Developer

Women's Initiative

• Osub Ahmed, Policy Analyst
• Theresa Chalhoub, Senior Policy Analyst
• Anusha Ravi, Research Assistant