Staff

• Patrick Gaspard, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress
• Navin Nayak, Counselor
• Mara Rudman, Executive Vice President, Policy
• Winnie Stachelberg, Executive Vice President, External Affairs
• Gordon Gray, Chief Operating Officer
• Daniella Gibbs Léger, Executive Vice President, Communications and Strategy

Senior Staff

• Maura Calsyn, Vice President and Coordinator, Health Policy
• Carl Chancellor, Vice President, Art, Editorial, and Video
• Brent J. Cohen, Vice President, Youth Engagement; Executive Director, Generation Progress
• Adam Conner, Vice President, Technology Policy
• Marlene Cooper Vasilic, Vice President, Outreach and Special Events
• Anne Dechter, Vice President; Deputy General Counsel
• Brian DeMarco, Chief Development Officer
• Alex DeMots, Senior Vice President; General Counsel
• Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President, Energy and Environment Policy
• Sharita Gruberg, Vice President, LGBTQ Research and Communications Project
• Deborah Holston, Vice President, Finance
• Nicole Lee Ndumele, Senior Vice President, Rights and Justice
• Ben Olinsky, Senior Vice President, Structural Reform and Government
• Jamie Perez, Vice President, Digital Strategy
• Allison Preiss, Vice President, Communications
• Laura Rodriguez, Vice President, Government Affairs
• Kevin Toruno, Chief Financial Officer
• Lauren Vicary, Senior Vice President, Art, Editorial, and Video
• Andres Vinelli, Vice President, Economic Policy
• Alex Wall, Vice President, Digital Communications
• Karen Witt, Vice President, Human Resources

Distinguished Senior Fellows

• Sen. Doug Jones, 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.

• Max Bergmann, Senior Fellow
• Marcella Bombardieri, Senior Fellow
• Rudy deLeon, Senior Fellow
• Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow
• Emily Gee, Senior Fellow; Senior Economist, Health Policy
• Stephanie Griffith, Senior Fellow
• Mark Haggerty, Senior Fellow, Energy and Environment
• John Halpin, Senior Fellow; Co-Director, Politics and Elections
• Seth Hanlon, Senior Fellow
• Tobias Harris, Senior Fellow
• Marc Jarsulic, Senior Fellow; Chief Economist
• Cathleen Kelly, Senior Fellow
• Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow
• David Madland, Senior Fellow; Senior Adviser, American Worker Project
• Nina Palmer, Senior Fellow, China
• Michael Sozan, Senior Fellow
• Trevor Sutton, Senior Fellow
• Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow
• Mike Williams, Senior Fellow
• Marina Zhavoronkova, Senior Fellow

Nonresident Senior Fellows

• Ulrich Boser, Senior Fellow
• Cynthia G. Brown, Senior Fellow
• Matt Browne, Senior Fellow
• Simon Clark, Senior Fellow
• Alan Cohen, Senior Fellow
• Zeke Emanuel, Senior Fellow
• Jodi Enda, Senior Fellow
• Netsy Firestein, Senior Fellow
• Sam Fulwood III, Senior Fellow
• Cissy Jackson, Senior Fellow
• Maha Jweied, Senior Fellow
• Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow
• Karen A. Lash, Senior Fellow
• Alan Makovsky, Senior Fellow
• Elisa Massimino, Senior Fellow
• Taryn Morrissey, Senior Fellow
• Matt Olsen, Senior Fellow
• Steve Phillips, Senior Fellow
• Dan Restrepo, Senior Fellow
• Sam Ricketts, Senior Fellow
• Shirley Sagawa, Senior Fellow
• David Shor, Senior Fellow
• Vilissa Thompson, Senior Fellow
• Emma Vadehra, Senior Fellow
• Christian E. Weller, Senior Fellow
• Michael Werz, Senior Fellow
• Tom K. Wong, Senior Fellow
• Steven Woolf, Senior Fellow

Resident Fellows

• Steve Albert, Fellow

Nonresident Fellows

• Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Fellow

Art, Editorial, and Video

• Keenan Alexander, Graphic Designer
• Will Beaudouin, Associate Director
• Steve Bonitatibus, Editor
• Mathew Brady, Senior Data Visualization Developer
• Rosemary Cornelius, Digital Designer
• Jasmine Hardy, Senior Video Producer
• Chester Hawkins, Senior Graphic Designer
• Jarvis Holliday, Director, Editorial
• Irene Koo, Associate Editor
• Meghan Miller, Editor
• Hai-Lam Phan, Director, Video
• Bill Rapp, Art Director
• Christian Rodriguez, Associate Editor
• Shanée Simhoni, Assistant Managing Editor

Communications

• Caroline Amenabar, Associate Director, Design
• Paige Armstrong, Partnerships Manager
• Aloha Backenstose, Motion Graphics Producer
• Murphy Burke, Rapid Response Manager
• Lisa Burnam, Director, Design
• Dave Chandrasekaran, Vice President, Advocacy and Campaigns
• Eric Coffin-Gould, Director, Analytics
• Jason Credo, Social Media Manager
• Julia Cusick, Director, Media Relations
• Nathan Dignazio, Analytics Associate
• Chris Ford, Broadcast Manager
• Sam Hananel, Associate Director, Media Relations
• Ryan Koronowski, Director, Special Research Projects
• Joel Maysonet, Director of Video, War Room
• Brian McBride, Director, Content Strategy
• Kelly McCoy, Director, Broadcast Communications
• Claudia Montecinos, Associate Director, Media Relations
• Ariana Mushnick, Director, Partnerships
• Brianna K. Myers, Content Associate
• Mara Pellittieri, Editor-in-Chief, TalkPoverty
• Katie Petersen, Partnerships Associate, War Room
• Will Ragland, Senior Director
• Zahir Rasheed, Research and Press Assistant
• Ricardo Rauseo, Constituency Media Associate
• Sam Reid, Director, Digital Engagement
• Christian Rincon, Senior Graphic Designer, War Room
• Lauren Santa Cruz, Senior Director, Digital Creative
• Colin Seeberger, Director, Media Relations
• Calli Siegler, Story Bank Campaign Associate
• s.e. smith, Senior Editor, TalkPoverty
• Giselle Tervalon, Associate Director, Story Bank
• Alejandro Verdin, Campaign Manager
• Sage Warner, Campaign Manager
• Alex Witt, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships
• Don Wolford, Story Bank Campaign Associate
• Tricia Woodcome, Senior Media Manager

Criminal Justice

• Akua Amaning, Associate Director
• Betsy Pearl, Associate Director

Democracy

• William Roberts, Managing Director
• Danielle Root, Director, Voting Rights and Access to Justice
• Alex Tausanovitch, Director, Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform
• Stephanie Wylie, Senior Policy Analyst

Development

• Stephanie Bailey, Director, Foundation Relations
• David Bing, Director, Development Operations
• Shannon Bonney, Development Assistant
• Zack Knowles, Director, Foundation Relations
• Stefan Romberg, Managing Director, Foundation Relations
• Amy Serafino, Senior Director, Development
• Tiffany Tesmer, Development Operations Coordinator
• Jaime Vázquez, Foundations Relations Coordinator

Digital Strategy

• Caroline Alt, Content Strategy Coordinator
• Carson Bear, Senior Manager, Digital Engagement and Audience Retention
• Lenzy Betters, Email Marketing Manager
• J.R. Boynton, Associate Director, Audience Relationship Management
• Taku Burutsa, Salesforce Administrator
• Genna Cifelli, Content Strategy Associate
• Shar Ghavami, Senior Director, Technology Development
• Matt Grant, Lead Application Developer
• Darian Madere, Applications Developer
• Kiera Manser, Content Strategy and Digital Fundraising Associate
• Rafiatou Ouro-Aguy, Digital Analytics Specialist
• Ben Podnar, Associate Director, Audience Development
• Rebecca Rosenberg, Director, Content Strategy

Early Childhood

• MK Falgout, Research Assistant
• Rasheed Malik, Associate Director, Research

Economy

• Nick Buffie, Policy Analyst, Federal Fiscal Policy
• David Correa, Special Assistant
• Kevin DeGood, Director, Infrastructure Policy
• Aurelia Glass, Research Assistant
• Rose Khattar, Associate Director, Rapid Response and Analysis
• Todd Phillips, Director, Financial Regulatory and Corporate Governance
• Lily Roberts, Managing Director
• Alexandra Thornton, Senior Director, Tax Policy
• Karla Walter, Senior Director, Employment Policy
• Michela Zonta, Senior Policy Analyst, Housing Policy

Education, K-12

• Meg Benner, Senior Consultant
• Roby Chatterji, Senior Policy Analyst
• Bayliss Fiddiman, Associate Director
• Khalilah M. Harris, Managing Director
• Laura Jimenez, Director, Standards and Accountability
• Jamil Modaffari, Research Assistant
• Hannah Niles, Administrative and Operations Associate
• Abby Quirk, Policy Analyst
• Jessica Yin, Research Associate

Energy and Environment

• Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Director, Domestic Climate and Energy Policy
• Alexandra Carter, Deputy Director, Ocean Policy
• Anne Christianson, Director, International Climate Policy
• Chris Chyung, Campaign Manager
• Frances Colón, Senior Director, International Climate Policy
• Margaret Cooney, Campaign Manager, Energy and Environment War Room
• Sahir Doshi, Research Assistant
• Ari Drennen, Associate Director
• Nicole Gentile, Senior Director, Public Lands
• Miriam Goldstein, Managing Director; Director, Ocean Policy
• Elise Gout, Policy Analyst
• Sally Hardin, Director, Energy and Environment War Room
• Trevor Higgins, Senior Director, Domestic Climate and Energy
• Devon Lespier, Special Assistant
• Bianca Majumder, Policy Analyst
• Hannah Malus, Deputy Director, Energy and Environment War Room
• Zainab Mirza, Research Assistant, Ocean Policy
• Mikyla Reta, Policy Analyst
• Ryan Richards, Senior Policy Analyst, Public Lands
• Jenny Rowland-Shea, Deputy Director, Public Lands
• Kat So, Research Assistant

Events

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

Executive Office

• Zina Barrow, Deputy Chief of Staff
• Daisy Buenrostro, Executive Associate
• Sofia Carratala, Executive Policy Associate
• Ben Hatt, Speechwriter
• Maddie Lubeck, Executive Assistant
• Sam Signorelli, Executive Assistant, Communications

External Affairs

• Enrique Fernández-Toledo, In Memoriam

Finance

• Deborah Alston, Accounts Payable Manager
• Gracie Bee, Senior Accountant
• Kathy Emerick, Controller
• Mildred Hardin, Budget Analyst
• Sarah Pidcock, Budget Analyst
• Jose Solis, Senior Budget Analyst
• Renan Talhadas, Budget Analyst

Generation Progress

• Ella Azoulay, Program Associate
• Hassen Bashir, Advocacy Associate
• Tymoni Correa-Buntley, Digital Media Associate
• Charlotte Hancock, Senior Director, Communications and Digital Strategy
• Emily Leach, Communications Manager
• Lotanna Obodozie, Advocacy Associate
• Edwith Theogene, Director, Advocacy

Government Affairs

• Shayna Cherry, Director, State and Local Government Affairs
• Peter Gordon, Director, Government Affairs
• Graham Griffin, Special Assistant
• Lola Oduyeru, Manager, State and Local Government Affairs
• Jerry Parshall, Deputy Director, State and Local Government Affairs
• Madeline Shepherd, Director, Government Affairs

Gun Violence Prevention

• Alex Barrio, Director, Advocacy
• Marissa Edmund, Senior Policy Analyst
• Allison Jordan, Research Assistant
• Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Director

Health

• Marquisha Johns, Associate Director, Public Health
• Natasha Murphy, Director, Health Policy
• Nicole Rapfogel, Research Assistant
• Jill Rosenthal, Director, Public Health
• Thomas Waldrop, Policy Analyst

Higher Education

• Marshall Anthony Jr., Associate Director, Policy and Advocacy
• Jared Bass, Senior Director
• Bradley D. Custer, Senior Policy Analyst
• Marissa Alayna Navarro, Research Assistant
• Victoria Yuen, Policy Analyst

Human Resources

• Stephanie Abram, Compensation and Benefits Manager
• Rebecca Basena Kampi, In Memoriam
• Anchita Bhatnagar, Human Resources Information Systems Manager
• Rachel Gardner, Human Resources Assistant
• Amelia Hickel, Human Resources Generalist
• Cheron McNeal, Managing Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Belinda Randolph, Training and Onboarding Manager

Immigration

• Claudia Flores, Associate Director, Policy and Strategy
• Silva Mathema, Associate Director, Policy
• Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, Associate Director, Research
• Philip E. Wolgin, Managing Director, Immigration Policy

LGBTQ Rights

• Andrew Cray, In Memoriam
• Lindsay Mahowald, Research Assistant
• Caroline Medina, Policy Analyst

Legal

• Agatha Fenech, Legal Assistant
• Rozina Kiflom, Legal Counsel
• Grace Oyenubi, Legal Compliance Specialist
• Taylor Pelletier, Legal Assistant

National Security and International Policy

• Abigail Bard, Policy Analyst, Asia
• Sophia Brown-Heidenreich, Research Assistant for Europe
• Siena Cicarelli, Research and Program Associate
• Laura Edwards, China Research and Program Associate
• Max Hoffman, Director, National Security and International Policy
• Peter Juul, Senior Policy Analyst
• Carolyn Kenney, Senior Policy Analyst, Sustainable Security and Peacebuilding Initiative
• Haneul Lee, Research Assistant
• Jordan Link, Policy Analyst, China
• Joel Martinez, Policy Analyst, Mexico
• Katrina Mulligan, Managing Director
• Alexandra Schmitt, Senior Policy Analyst
• Kaveh Toofan, Special Assistant

Office Services

• Charlotte Corneliusen, Office Administrator
• Howard Frazier, Facilities Coordinator
• SheriAnn Stromann, Director

Poverty

• David Ballard, Campaign and Communications Manager
• Megan Buckles, Senior Policy Analyst
• Areeba Haider, Research Associate
• Mia Ives-Rublee, Director, Disability Justice Initiative
• Arohi Pathak, Director, Policy
• Kyle Ross, Special Assistant
• Justin Schweitzer, Policy Analyst, Poverty to Prosperity Program
• Christine Sloane, Director, Anti-Poverty Advocacy

Racial Equity and Justice

• Lorena Roque, Senior Policy Analyst

Religion and Values

• Maggie Siddiqi, Senior Director

Technology

• Christopher Bachmann, UNIX Systems Administrator
• Craig Chambers, Director, Technology and Security
• Demetrick DeVille, Desktop Support Technician
• Jeffrey Friedman, Information Technology Manager
• Paula Hubble, Enterprise Applications Support Technician
• Chris Lee, Senior Data/Systems Analyst
• Rhonda Malone, Senior Director, Enterprise Applications and Procurement
• Adeleke Ogunbela, Windows System Administrator
• Alex Pryor, A/V and Systems Engineer
• Walter Rodriguez, Desktop Support Lead Technician

Technology Policy

• Erin Simpson, Associate Director

Women's Initiative

• Juli Adhikari, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator
• Osub Ahmed, Senior Policy Analyst, Women’s Health and Rights
• Maggie Jo Buchanan, Acting Director, Women's Initiative
• Elyssa Spitzer, Policy Analyst