American Progress Staff

Executive Committee

John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer

Sarah Wartell, Executive VP for Management
Laura Nichols, Senior Fellow
Jennifer Palmieri, Senior VP for Communications
Peter Ogden, Chief of Staff

Senior Staff

Rudy deLeon, Senior VP for National Security and International Policy
Debby Goldberg, Senior VP for Development
Nina Hachigian, Senior VP and Director for California
David Halperin, Senior VP and Director, Campus Progress
Andrew Sherry, Senior VP for Online Communications
Winnie Stachelberg, Senior VP for External Affairs

Michael Ettlinger, VP for Economic Policy
Debbie Fine, General Counsel
Steve Heibein, VP for Technology
Brad Kiley, VP of Finance and Operations
Daniella Leger, VP for Communications
Ed Paisley, VP for Editorial
Dan Restrepo, Senior Fellow and Director, The Americas Project
Anna Soellner, VP for Communications and Deputy Director for California

 


Distinguished Senior Fellow

Tom Daschle


Fellows

David Abromowitz
Mark Agrast
Eric Alterman
David Balto
Michael Barr
Kit Batten
Michael Boylan
Aaron Chatterji
P.J. Crowley
Maria Echaveste
Elizabeth Edwards
Henry Fernandez
Robert Gordon
Mark Greenberg
Morton Halperin
John Halpin
Bracken Hendricks
Michele Jolin
Van Jones
Thomas Kalil
Brian Katulis
Lawrence J. Korb
James Kvaal
Jeanne Lambrew
Andrew Light
Scott Lilly
Alice Madden
Matt Miller
Jonathan Moreno
Naoko Nakamae
Esther Olavarria
Ann O'Leary
John Prendergast
Joseph Romm
Fred Rotondaro
Mara Rudman
Shirley Sagawa
Richard Samans
Shira Saperstein
Bill Schulz
Gayle Smith
Gene Sperling
Todd Stern
Robert Sussman
Peter Swire
Ruy Teixeira
Dan Tarullo
Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite
Laura Tyson
Jennifer Washburn
Daniel J. Weiss
Rick Weiss
Christian E. Weller

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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
Catherine Powell
Jedediah Purdy
William N. Rom
Leon V. Sigal
Ted Widmer
Janelle Wong


Administration

Kola Adetola, Sr. Staff Accountant
Susan Anderson, Accountant I
Erin Green, Internship Program Manager
Tyler Hall, Facilities Manager and HR Associate
Denelle Hammond, Payroll and Benefits Manager
Mildred Hardin, Accountant II/Accounts Payable Supervisor
James Heidbreder, Facilities Coordinator
Calista Johnson, Operations Manager
Angelo Lomax, Receptionist
Kaliope Poulianos, Director of Administration
Surin Ramkissoon, Director of Finance
 

Academic Affairs

Sam Davis, Policy Analyst


California Office

Shana Jenkins, Special Asst/Office Manager for California
Anna Soellner, Vice President for Communications and Deputy Director for California Office


Campus Progress

Rob Anderson, Editor, CampusProgress.org
Katie Andriulli, Communications and Outreach Manager
Tommaso Boggia, Advocacy Associate
Annika Carlson, Special Assistant to the Director
Pedro de la Torre, Advocacy Senior Associate
Arielle Fleisher, Events Associate
Shereen Hall, Online Communications Manager
Rosanna Herrera, Events Manager
Paula-Raye O'Sullivan, Events Associate
Tanya Paperny, Advocacy Associate
Jesse Singal, Associate Editor, CampusProgress.org
Kay Steiger, Associate Editor, CampusProgress.org
Erica Williams, Policy and Advocacy Manager


Communications

Benjamin Armbruster, Assistant Editor
Vanessa Cardenas, Ethnic Media Director
Matt Corley, Assistant Editor
Matthew Duss, Research Associate
Suzi Emmerling, Special Events Coordinator
Alison Frick, Research Associate
Ben Furnas, Research Associate
Pat Garofalo, Research Assistant
Sean Gibbons, Director of Media Strategy
Grant Ginder, Speechwriting Associate
Peter Harbage, Health Care Policy Advisor
Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications
Brad Johnson, Research Associate
Satyam Khanna, Assistant Editor
Sara Langhinrichs, Special Assistant for MicCheck Radio
Christine McDonough, Special Events Coordinator
Paul Meyer, Videographer
Nicole Murphy, Special Assistant for Mic Check
John Neurohr,  Deputy Press Secretary
Teresita Perez, Deputy Speechwriter
Ryan Powers, Research Assistant
Andrea Purse, Associate Director of Media Strategy
Jason Rahlan, Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Communications
Faiz Shakir, Research Director
Amanda Terkel, Managing Editor Progress Report / Think Progress
Marlene Cooper Vasilic, Director of Outreach and Special Events
Igor Volsky, Research Associate
Matthew Yglesias, Senior Editor


Development & Strategic Planning

Emily Berman, Corporate Relations and Annual Events Manager
Marc Schloss, Associate Director of Development
Becky Webster, Special Assistant


Domestic Policy

Jessica Arons, Director of Women's Health and Rights Program
Cynthia Brown, Director of Education Policy
Rhonda Carter, Special Assistant for Domestic Policy
Alexandra Cawthorne, Research Associate
Robin Chait, Senior Education Policy Analyst
Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy
Melissa Lazarín, Associate Director of Education Policy
Raegen Tabot Miller, Senior Education Policy Analyst
Joy Moses, Policy Analyst, Poverty Program
Isobel Owen, Special Assistant, Education
Reece Rushing, Director of Regulatory and Information Policy
Sally Steenland, Senior Policy Advisor for Faith and Progressive Policy
Ellen-Marie Whelan, Associate Director of Health Policy and Senior Health Policy Analyst


Economic Policy

Sabina Dewan, Associate Director of International Economic Policy
Andrew Jakabovics, Associate Director for the Economic Mobility Program
Amanda Logan, Research Associate
David Madland, Director of the American Worker Project
Joshua Picker, Research Associate
Luke Reidenbach, Special Assistant
Louis Soares, Director of the Economic Mobility Program
Will Straw, Associate Director for Economic Growth
Karla Walter, Policy Analyst
Tim Westrich, Research Associate


ENOUGH Project

Gadi Ben-Yehuda, Online Communications Director
Molly Browning, Special Assistant and Research Associate
Nanda Chitre, Communications Director
Maggie Fick, Special Assistant
Candice Knezevic, Congo Campaign Manager
Paula Newbaker, Associate Director of Communication and Press
John Norris, Executive Director of ENOUGH
Natalie Ondiak, Research Associate
Meghna Raj, Advocacy Associate
Rebekah Seder, Receptionist/Administrative Assistant
David Sullivan, Research Associate
Colin Thomas-Jensen, Policy Adviser
Sarina Virk, Congo Campaign Assistant


Executive

Anna Canfield, Special Assistant to the Executive VP for Management
Juliana Gendelman, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
Anne Kolker, Special Assistant to Chief of Staff


External Affairs

Peter Churchill, Associate Director for CRM and Outreach Technology
Lisa Donner, Executive Director, Center for American Progress Action Fund Half in Ten campaign
Stephanie Grow, Outreach Systems Coordinator
Adam Jentleson, Communications and Outreach Director
Brian Komar, Director of Strategic Outreach and Alliances
Chris Semenas, Constituent Outreach Assistant
Rae Rawls, E-mail Marketing Associate
Derrick Richardson, Senior Manager of State and Regional Affairs
Ilia Rodriguez, Director of Governmental Affairs
Alan Rosenblatt, Associate Director for Online Advocacy
Josh Rosenthal, Special Assistant
Antonia Scatton, Associate Director of Constituent Relations
Jack Swetland, Manager of Congressional Affairs


Fellows

Ian Bomberg, Middle East Progress Assistant
Sarah Dreier
, Fellows Assistant
Benjamin Goldstein, Research Associate
Alexandra Kougentakis, Fellows Assistant
Kari Manlove, Research Assistant
Michael Rugnetta, Fellows Assistant
Anne Shoup, Research Associate


Legal

Maytak Chin, Law Clerk 
Alex DeMots
, Legal Counsel
Allison Lessne, Law Clerk
Praveen Madhiraju, Legal Counsel


National Security

Moran Banai, U.S. Editor of Middle East Bulletin
Krisila Benson, Project Director, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities
Spencer P. Boyer, Director of International Law and Diplomacy
Reuben Brigety, Director, Sustainable Security Program
Jake Caldwell, Director of Policy for Agriculture, Trade & Energy
Winny Chen, Research Associate
Laura Conley, Special Assistant
Colin Cookman, Special Assistant
Sean Duggan, Research Associate
Andrew J. Grotto, Senior Analyst
Ken Gude, Associate Director, International Rights & Responsibility
Peter Juul, Research Associate
Stephanie Miller, Research Associate for The Americas Project
Michael Signer, Senior Policy Advisor and Director of the Homeland Security Presidential Transition Initiative
Andrew Sweet, Special Assistant
Caroline Wadhams, Senior Policy Analyst


Online Communications

J.R. Boynton, Director of Web Products
Kasie Coccaro, Web Producer and Project Manager
Lauren Ferguson, Designer/Production Artist
Lori Goldberg, Senior Developer
Rhon Hayes, Microsoft Systems Administrator
Evan Hensleigh, Special Assistant
Joshua Hill, Web Developer
Nick Levay, Information Security and Operation
Erin Lindsay, Online Marketing Manager
Robin Pam, Assistant Editor
Andrew Pratt, Assistant Editor, Science Progress
Matt Pusateri, Art Director
Alex Pryor, Manager of A/V Technology
Shannon Ryan, Graphic Designer
Annie Schutte, Managing Editor
Jasmine Taylor, Desktop Support Technician
Will Thomas, Director of Information Technology
Dan Wagener, Assistant Editor