Staff

• Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress
• Winnie Stachelberg, Executive Vice President, External Affairs
• Jacob Leibenluft, Executive Vice President, Policy
• Gordon Gray, Chief Operating Officer
• Daniella Gibbs Léger, Executive Vice President, Communications and Strategy

Senior Staff

• Shane Bateman, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration; Chief Financial Officer
• Sam Berger, Vice President, Democracy and Government Reform
• Ed Chung, Vice President, Criminal Justice Reform
• Erin Cohan, Vice President and Chief of Staff
• Brent Cohen, Executive Director, Generation Progress; Vice President, Youth Engagement
• 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
• Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President, Energy and Environment Policy
• Katie Hamm, Vice President, Early Childhood Policy
• Deborah Holston, Vice President, Finance
• Marc Jarsulic, Senior Vice President, Economic Policy
• Tom Jawetz, Vice President, Immigration Policy
• Kelly Magsamen, Vice President, National Security and International Policy
• Ben Miller, Vice President, Postsecondary Education
• 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
• Allison Preiss, Vice President, Communications
• Miguel Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
• Scott Sargrad, Vice President, K-12 Education Policy
• Danyelle Solomon, Vice President, Race and Ethnicity Policy
• Topher Spiro, Vice President, Health Policy; Senior Fellow
• Rebecca Vallas, Vice President, Poverty to Prosperity Program
• Lauren Vicary, Senior Vice President, Art, Editorial, and Video
• Alex Wall, Vice President, Digital Engagement
• Karen Witt, Vice President, Human Resources

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
• Catherine Brown, Senior Fellow
• Matt Browne, Senior Fellow
• Kristina Costa, Senior Fellow
• Rudy deLeon, Senior Fellow
• Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow
• Michael Fuchs, Senior Fellow
• John Halpin, Senior Fellow
• Seth Hanlon, Senior Fellow
• Melanie Hart, Senior Fellow; Director, China Policy
• Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow
• Cathleen Kelly, Senior Fellow
• Frank Kendall, Senior Fellow
• Liz Kennedy, Senior Fellow
• Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow
• Livia Lam, Senior Fellow; Director, Workforce Development
• David Madland, Senior Fellow; Senior Adviser, American Worker Project
• Kate Martin, Senior Fellow
• Scott Nathan, Senior Fellow
• Michael Sozan, Senior Fellow
• Jamila Taylor, Senior Fellow; Director, Women’s Health and Rights
• Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow
• Judith Warner, Senior Fellow
• Michael Werz, Senior Fellow
• Alan Yu, Senior Fellow; Director, International Climate Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellows

• Nish Acharya, Senior Fellow
• Daryl V. Atkinson, Senior Fellow
• Michael Barr, Senior Fellow
• David A. Bergeron, Senior Fellow
• Donald M. Berwick, Senior Fellow
• Ulrich Boser, 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
• Zeke Emanuel, Senior Fellow
• Dan Feldman, Senior Fellow
• Henry Fernandez, Senior Fellow
• Netsy Firestein, Senior Fellow
• Marshall Fitz, Senior Fellow
• Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow
• Adriana Kugler, Senior Fellow
• Jim Lyons, Senior Fellow
• Alan Makovsky, Senior Fellow
• Dan Restrepo, Senior Fellow
• Shirley Sagawa, Senior Fellow
• Scott Shuchart, Senior Fellow
• Vikram Singh, Senior Fellow
• Ganesh Sitaraman, Senior Fellow
• Trevor Sutton, Fellow
• Jay Urwitz, Senior Fellow
• Emma Vadehra, Senior Fellow
• Christian E. Weller, Senior Fellow
• Tom K. Wong, Senior Fellow

Nonresident Fellows

• Valerie Novack, Nonresident Fellow

Art, Editorial, and Video

• Keenan Alexander, Graphic Designer
• Will Beaudouin, Managing Editor
• Steve Bonitatibus, Editor
• Mathew Brady, Data Visualization Developer
• Carl Chancellor, Managing Director, Editorial
• Jasmine Hardy, Video Editor
• Chester Hawkins, Senior Graphic Designer
• Irene Koo, Assistant Editor
• Meghan Miller, Editor
• Bill Rapp, Art Director
• Christian Rodriguez, Assistant Editor
• Andrew Satter, Senior Director, Video
• Shanée Simhoni, Assistant Managing Editor
• Tricia Woodcome, Associate Editor

Communications

• Aloha Backenstose, Digital Media Associate
• Siena Cicarelli, Research Assistant
• Denzel Cummings, Campaign Associate
• Julia Cusick, Associate Director, Media Relations
• Talia Dessel, Research Analyst
• Kyle Epstein, Manager, Media Relations
• Morgan Finkelstein, Associate Director, Media Relations
• Claudia Flores, Immigration Campaign Manager
• Chris Ford, Broadcast Coordinator
• Sam Hananel, Associate Director, Media Relations
• Tony Hanna, Campaign Associate
• James Lamond, Senior Policy Adviser
• Jesse Lee, Senior Adviser
• Miguelina Manriquez, Special Assistant
• Danielle Mathias, Social Media Assistant
• Freedom Murphy, Communications Associate
• Will Ragland, Managing Director
• Rachel Rosen, Senior Director, Broadcast Communications
• Rebecca Rosenberg, Social Media Director
• Colin Seeberger, Associate Director, Media Relations
• Jennifer Shelton, Special Assistant
• Vernessa Shih, Story Bank Director
• Giselle Tervalon, Story Bank Campaign Associate
• Juanita Tolliver, Campaign Director
• Jeremy Venook, Research Analyst
• Sage Warner, Story Bank Campaign Associate

Criminal Justice

• Lea Hunter, Research Assistant
• Betsy Pearl, Senior Policy Analyst
• Maritza Perez, Senior Policy Analyst
• Allison Young, Special Assistant

Democracy and Government

• Hauwa Ahmed, Research Assistant
• William Roberts, Managing Director
• Danielle Root, Associate Director, Voting Rights
• Alex Tausanovitch, Director, Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform

Development

• David Bing, Director, Development Operations
• Julia Busch, Senior Director, Foundation Relations
• Ryan Fleury, Director, Development
• Zack Knowles, Associate Director, Foundation Relations
• Sean McCarthy, Foundation Relations Coordinator
• Kiki Pierce, Development Coordinator
• Ashley Robinson, Senior Major Gifts Officer
• Jon Roux, Major Gifts Officer
• Tiffany Tesmer, Special Assistant

Early Childhood

• Brooke Butler, Campaign Manager
• Steven Jessen-Howard, Research Assistant
• Rasheed Malik, Senior Policy Analyst
• Cristina Novoa, Senior Policy Analyst
• Leila Schochet, Policy Analyst
• Simon Workman, Director, Early Childhood Policy

Economy

• Olugbenga Ajilore, Senior Economist
• Kevin DeGood, Director, Infrastructure Policy
• Sara Estep, Research Assistant
• Gregg Gelzinis, Policy Analyst
• Andy Green, Managing Director, Economic Policy
• Galen Hendricks, Special Assistant
• Michael Madowitz, Economist
• Lily Roberts, Director, Economic Mobility
• Andrew Schwartz, Senior Policy Analyst
• Alexandra Thornton, Senior Director, Tax Policy
• Malkie Wall, Research Assistant
• Karla Walter, Director, Employment Policy
• Zoe Willingham, Research Assistant
• Daniella Zessoules, Special Assistant
• Michela Zonta, Senior Policy Analyst, Housing Policy

Education, K-12

• Meg Benner, Senior Consultant
• Neil Campbell, Director, Innovation
• Bayliss Fiddiman, Senior Policy Analyst
• Khalilah Harris, Managing Director
• Ashley Jeffrey, Policy Analyst
• Laura Jimenez, Director, Standards and Accountability
• Lisette Partelow, Senior Director, K-12 Strategic Initiatives
• Abby Quirk, Research Associate
• Jessica Yin, Special Assistant

Education, Postsecondary

• Marcella Bombardieri, Associate Director
• Colleen Campbell, Director
• Antoinette Flores, Associate Director
• Sara Garcia, Senior Research and Advocacy Manager
• Victoria Yuen, Policy Analyst

Energy and Environment

• Erin Auel, Campaign Manager
• Alexandra Carter, Policy Analyst, Ocean Policy
• Margaret Cooney, Campaign Manager, Ocean Policy
• Zachary Drennen, Press Secretary
• Nicole Gentile, Deputy Director, Public Lands
• Miriam Goldstein, Director, Ocean Policy
• Sally Hardin, Research Analyst
• Kate Kelly, Director, Public Lands
• Mary Ellen Kustin, Director of Policy, Public Lands
• Matt Lee-Ashley, Senior Director, Environmental Strategy and Communications
• Bianca Majumder, Research Associate
• Claire Moser, Director
• Guillermo Ortiz, Research Assistant
• Marc Rehmann, Senior Campaign Manager, Law of the Land Project
• Ryan Richards, Senior Policy Analyst, Public Lands
• Jenny Rowland-Shea, Senior Policy Analyst, Public Lands

Events

• Diane Bui, Special Events Coordinator
• William Flanagan, Director, Special Events
• Adam Parker, Special Events Coordinator
• Constance Torian, Associate Director, Outreach and Special Events

Executive Office

• Hailey Becker, Special Assistant
• Saharra Griffin, Research Assistant
• Hang Liu, Director, Speechwriting
• Jenna Sjogren, Special Assistant
• Tess Van Schepen, Executive Coordinator

External Affairs

• Zina Barrow, External Affairs Associate
• 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
• Ben Podnar, Email Marketing Manager

Finance

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

Generation Progress

• Amber Gaither, Operations Coordinator
• Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director
• Kiara Richardson, Organizing Associate
• Giovanni Rocco, Senior Press Associate
• Christian Smith, Organizing Associate
• Brittney Souza, Organizing Associate

Government Affairs

• Shayna Cherry, Director, State and Local Government Affairs
• Ryan Collins, Director, Government Affairs
• Patrick Dolan, Associate Director, State and Local Government Affairs
• Richard Figueroa, Special Assistant
• Lia Parada, Director, Government Affairs
• Jerry Parshall, Associate Director, State and Local Government Affairs
• Brent Woolfork, Director, Government Affairs

Gun Violence Prevention

• Rukmani Bhatia, Policy Analyst
• Jasmine Harris, Director of Advocacy
• Oshane Mcrae, Campaign Associate
• Tori Saylor, Research Assistant
• Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Associate Director

Health

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

Human Resources

• Rebecca Basena Kampi, In Memoriam
• Danielle Foxx, Payroll Coordinator
• Maria Celeste Gomez, Human Resources Assistant
• Kyle Huang, Recruitment Coordinator
• Lakeisha James, Human Resources Manager
• Cheron McNeal, Senior Director, Talent Management and Diversity Initiatives

Immigration

• Jessica Cobian, Senior Campaign Manager, Anti-Hate and Immigration
• Silva Mathema, Senior Policy Analyst
• Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, Senior Policy Analyst
• Philip E. Wolgin, Managing Director, Immigration Policy

LGBT

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

Legal

• Leelabeth Cronkhite, Legal Assistant
• Anne Dechter, Legal Counsel
• Lanre Faderin, Legal Assistant
• Samantha Wolk, Legal Assistant

Legal Progress

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

National Security and International Policy

• Abigail Bard, Research Associate, Asia 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
• Joel Martinez, Policy Analyst, Mexico
• Katrina Mulligan, Managing Director
• Kaveh Toofan, Special Assistant

Office Services

• Taylor Claiborne, Receptionist
• Charlotte Corneliusen, Office Administrator
• Howard Frazier, Facilities Assistant
• SheriAnn Stromann, Associate Director, Operations

Poverty

• Azza Altiraifi, Research Associate
• David Ballard, Policy and Outreach Coordinator
• Rebecca Cokley, Director, Disability Justice Initiative
• Rejane Frederick, Associate Director, Poverty to Prosperity Program
• Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Senior Director of Poverty Policy
• Pat Garofalo, Managing Editor
• Areeba Haider, Special Assistant
• Donovan Hicks, Research Associate
• Zahra Mion, Policy and Outreach Coordinator
• Mara Pellittieri, Managing Editor, TalkPoverty
• Heidi Schultheis, Senior Policy Analyst
• s.e. smith, Deputy Editor, TalkPoverty

Race and Ethnicity

• Abril Castro, Research Assistant
• Connor Maxwell, Policy Analyst

Religion and Values

• Emily London, Research Assistant
• Maggie Siddiqi, Director

Technology

• Christopher Bachmann, UNIX Systems Administrator
• J.R. Boynton, Outreach Systems and Analytics Manager
• Taku Burutsa, Salesforce Administrator
• Craig Chambers, Director, Technology and Security
• Demetrick DeVille, Desktop Support Technician
• Bret Gaulin, Data Warehouse/BI Analyst
• Shar Ghavami, Director, Technology Development
• Matt Grant, Lead Application Developer
• James Honaker, Web Developer, Special Projects
• Rhonda Malone, Senior Director, Enterprise Applications and Procurement
• Adeleke Ogunbela, Desktop Support Lead Technician
• Alex Pryor, A/V and Systems Engineer
• Walter Rodriguez, Desktop Support Technician
• Aaron Williams, Information Technology Manager

Women's Initiative

• Osub Ahmed, Policy Analyst, Women’s Health and Rights
• Robin Bleiweis, Research Assistant, Women’s Economic Security
• Diana Boesch, Research Associate, Women’s Economic Security
• Nora Ellmann, Research Assistant, Women’s Health and Rights