Executive Committee
- Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress,
Counselor to the Center for American Progress Action Fund - Tom Perriello, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund,
Counselor for Policy to the Center for American Progress - John Podesta, Chair
- Carmel Martin, Executive Vice President, Policy
- Winnie Stachelberg, Executive Vice President, External Affairs
- Carol Browner, Distinguished Senior Fellow
- Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President, National Security & International Policy
Senior Staff
- Ken Gude, Chief of Staff, Vice President
- Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President, National Security & International Policy
- Debbie Fine, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
- Daniella Gibbs Léger, Senior Vice President, American Values & New Communities
- Jessica O'Connell, Senior Vice President, Operations
- Joe Smolskis, Senior Vice President, Finance; Chief Financial Officer; Treasurer
- Darryl Banks, Vice President, Energy Policy
- David A. Bergeron, Vice President, Postsecondary Education
- Cynthia G. Brown, Vice President, Education Policy
- Vanessa Cárdenas, Vice President, Progress 2050
- Alex DeMots, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
- George Estrada, Vice President, Technology
- Tamara Fucile, Vice President, Government Affairs
- Abbie Gibbs, Vice President, Development
- Angela Maria Kelley, Vice President, Immigration Policy
- Judd Legum, Vice President, Communications and Editor in Chief
- Lori Lodes, Senior Vice President, Campaigns and Strategy
- Andrea Purse, Vice President, Communications
- Topher Spiro, Vice President, Health Policy
- Lauren Vicary, Vice President, Editorial
Distinguished Senior Fellows
Tom Daschle
The Rt. Hon. David Miliband MP
Lawrence H. Summers
Fellows
The 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 the Center for 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. The Center for American Progress does not accept unsolicited proposals to participate in our Fellows program.
- David M. Abromowitz
- Eric Alterman
- Michael Barr
- Peter Basch
- Joel Berg
- Ron Bloom
- Ulrich Boser
- Matt Browne
- Carol Browner
- Jim Carr
- David M. Cutler
- David Domenici
- Maria Echaveste
- Zeke Emanuel
- Matt Entenza
- Jocelyn Frye
- Glen Fukushima
- Sam Fulwood III
- Arkadi Gerney
- Kate Gordon
- Sheila Greeve Davaney
- Nina Hachigian
- John Halpin
- Bracken Hendricks
- Tim Hogan
- Michele Jolin
- Brian Katulis
- Tom Kenworthy
- Jitinder Kohli
- Lawrence J. Korb
- Adriana Kugler
- Matt Lee-Ashley
- Andrew Light
- Scott Lilly
- Brad Miller
- Matt Miller
- Jonathan D. Moreno
- Patrick Murphy
- Ann O'Leary
- Ben Olinsky
- Jonathan Orszag
- John Prendergast
- Janneke Ratcliffe
- Daniel Restrepo
- Bishop Gene Robinson
- Joseph Romm
- Amy Rosenbaum
- Fred Rotondaro
- Shirley Sagawa
- Richard Samans
- Shira Saperstein
- Sonal Shah
- Louis Soares
- Will Straw
- Peter Swire
- Ruy Teixeira
- Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
- Laura Tyson
- Richard Verma
- Caroline Wadhams
- Judith Warner
- Daniel J. Weiss
- Christian E. Weller
- Michael Werz
- Buffy Wicks
Artists in Residence
Affiliated Scholars
William Aceves
Martha Albertson Fineman
Anne Alstott
Alan Bersin
Nicholas K. Bromell
Aldo Civico
Dalton Conley
Jacob S. Hacker
Darrick Hamilton
Douglas Harris
Lisa Heinzerling
Obery M. Hendricks
Robert Jones
Mark A.R. Kleiman
Michele Landis Dauber
Jeff Madrick
Kevin Mattson
Thomas McGarity
Suzanne Nossel
Ruth O'Brien
Paul Pierson
Jedediah Purdy
William N. Rom
Leon V. Sigal
Ted Widmer
Janelle Wong
Admin
Brittany Brown, Special Assistant, SVP of Operations
Nick Casey, Operations and Projects Manager
Tashi Chogyal, Office Manager
Erin Green, Director, Internship Program
Denelle Hammond, Director, Human Resources and Recruitment
Ashley Marvel, Associate Director of Operations
Mercedes Sparenberg, HR Specialist
Alisha Willoughby, Receptionist
Art and Editorial
Carl Chancellor, Director of Editorial
David Hudson, Managing Editor
Meghan Miller, Assistant Editor
Kerry Mitchell, Data Visualization Producer
Emilie Openchowski, Assistant Managing Editor
Anne Paisley, Assistant Editor
Sean Pool, Managing Editor, Policy Analyst
Matt Pusateri, Director, Art
Lauren Santa Cruz, Video Producer
Eliot Sasaki, Assistant Editor
Andrew Satter, Senior Video Producer
Alissa Scheller, Graphic Designer
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Anne Johnson, Director, Campus Progress
Rebecca Kaplan, Special Assistant
Brian Stewart, Communications Manager
Tobin Van Ostern, Deputy Director
Abraham White, Communications Associate
Katie Wilson, Advocacy Manager
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Julie Ajinkya, Policy Analyst
Alan Pyke, Deputy Editor for Economic Policy, ThinkProgress
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Anna Chu, Policy Director
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William Flanagan, Manager, Special Events
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Zack Ford, Researcher & Blogger
Caitlin Frazier, Editor
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Hayes Brown, National Security Reporter/Blogger
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Sy Mukherjee, Health Care Reporter-Blogger, Think Progress
Noreen Nielsen, Director, Energy War Room
Adam Peck, Reporter & Blogger
Katie Peters, Associate Director, Press Relations
Andrea Peterson, Tech Reporter
Charles Posner, State Communications Assistant
Alyssa Rosenberg, Features Editor
Emily Seldin, Programs Manager
Emma Shapiro, Organizer, State Communications
Aviva Shen, Reporter/Blogger
Jon Shields, Special Assistant
Anne Shoup, Associate Director, Media Strategy
Jeff Spross, Editor, Video
Annie-Rose Strasser, Deputy Managing Editor
Katie Valentine, Special Assistant
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Ryan Fleury, Major Gifts Officer
Jessica Goddard, Special Assistant
Kelly Martin, Development Coordinator
Leah Puttkammer, Manager, Outreach and Special Projects
Wes Pyron, Development Assistant
Khushboo Rami, Major Gifts Officer
Stefan Romberg, Senior Manager, Foundation Relations
Economic Policy
Sarah Ayres, Policy Analyst
Jordan Bernhardt, Research Assistant
Kwame Boadi, Policy Analyst
Heather Boushey, Chief Economist
Nick Bunker, Research Assistant
John Craig, Research Assistant
Sabina Dewan, Director, Globalization & International Employment
Sarah Edelman, Policy Analyst
Jennifer Erickson, Director, Competitiveness & Economic Growth
Jane Farrell, Research Assistant
Sarah Jane Glynn, Associate Director, Women's Economic Policy
Julia Gordon, Director, Housing Finance & Policy
Adam Hersh, Economist
Kitty Richards, Associate Director, Tax Policy
Michael Linden, Managing Director, Economic Policy
David Madland, Director, American Worker Project
Keith Miller, Research Assistant, Economic Policy
Joy Moses, Senior Policy Analyst
Patrick Oakford, Research Assistant
David Sanchez, Special Assistant
Sam Ungar, Special Assistant
Joe Valenti, Director of Asset Building
Karla Walter, Associate Director, American Worker Project
Education Policy
Jenny DeMonte, Associate Director for Education Research
Robert Hanna, Senior Education Policy Analyst
Juliana Herman, Education Policy Analyst
Melissa Lazarín, Director, Education Policy
Tiffany Miller, Associate Director, School Improvement
Glenda L. Partee, Associate Director, Teacher Quality
Kaitlin Pennington, Education Policy Analyst
Sarah Rosenberg, Policy Analyst, Education Policy
Chelsea Straus, Special Assistant
Energy
Arpita Bhattacharyya, Research Associate
Richard W. Caperton, Managing Director, Energy
Michael Conathan, Director, Ocean Policy
Melanie Hart, Senior Policy Analyst
Mari Hernandez, Research Associate
Adam James, Research Assistant
Matt Kasper, Special Assistant
Kiley Kroh, Deputy Editor, ClimateProgress
Rebecca Lefton, Senior Policy Analyst
Shiva Polefka, Ocean Program Research Associate
Jackie Weidman, Special Assistant
Enough
John Bagwell, Director, Outreach
Ashley Benner, Policy Analyst
John Bradshaw, Executive Director, Enough Project
Lexi Britton, Special Assistant
Nirvana Chetty, Development Associate
Darren Fenwick, Senior Manager, Government Affairs
Rachel Finn, Campaign Organizer
Kayla Firriolo, Special Assistant
Sandi Fox, Online Communications Director, Enough
Aaron Hall, Associate Director, Research
Alexandra Hellmuth, Assistant Manager, Congo Campaign
Meghan Higginbotham, Program Associate
Jonathan Hutson, Director, Communication
Akshaya Kumar, Sudan Policy Analyst
Sasha Lezhnev, Senior Policy Analyst
Mark Quarterman, Director, Research
Renata Rendón, Director of Advocacy and Policy
David Richards, Web Developer
JD Stier, Manager, Campaigns
Carine Umuhumuza, Communications Assistant
Olabukunola Williams, Program Manager
Executive Office
Megan Adams, Special Assistant, Executive
Rob Avruch, Special Assistant
Ellie Caple, Special Assistant
Kristina Costa, Speechwriter and Policy Analyst
Katie Hamm, Director, Early Childhood Policy
Sasha Post, Advisor
Eryn Sepp, Special Assistant
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Danielle Baussan, Associate Director, Government Affairs
J.R. Boynton, Manager, Outreach Systems & Analytics
Melissa Catania, Audience Relations Associate
Nathan Fenstermacher, Associate Director, Government Affairs
Kendall Bills, Special Assistant
Lisa DeCow, Email Marketing Associate
Chelsea Parsons, Associate Director, Crime & Firearms Policy
Bridget Petruczok, Associate Director, Government Affairs
Jean Qiao, Email Marketing Manager
Trevor Williams, Salesforce CRM Manager
Allison Zelman, Senior Manager, Gun Policy Mobilization
Faith
Emily Baxter, Special Assistant
Jack Jenkins, Senior Writer and Researcher
Sally Steenland, Director, Faith & Progressive Policy Initiative
Eleni Towns, Research Associate
Finance
Kola Adetola, Director, Accounting
Deborah Alston, Specialist, Accounts Payable
Brion Elliott, Grant Accounting Manager
Mildred Hardin, Manager, Accounts Payable
Kaitlin Heinz, Senior Staff Accountant
Deborah Holston, Controller
Half in Ten
Sarah Baron, Special Assistant
Melissa Boteach, Director, Half in Ten and Poverty and Prosperity Program
Erik Stegman, Half in Ten Manager
Katie Wright, Policy Analyst
Health
Maura Calsyn, Associate Director, Health Policy
Emily Oshima Lee, Policy Analyst
Lindsay Rosenthal, Research Assistant
Immigration
Marshall Fitz, Director, Immigration Policy
Ann Garcia, Policy Analyst
Sanam Malik, Special Assistant
Crystal Patterson, Director of Communications
Anh Phan, Manager, Anti-Hate Table
Angeline Vuong, Project Manager
Philip E. Wolgin, Senior Policy Analyst
LGBT
Kellan Baker, Associate Director
Crosby Burns, Policy Analyst
Andrew Cray, Policy Analyst, LGBT Progress
Sharita Gruberg, Policy Analyst
Katie Miller, Research Assistant
Preston Mitchum , Policy Analyst
Aisha C. Moodie-Mills, Advisor, LGBT Policy & Racial Justice
Danielle Moodie-Mills, Advisor, LGBT Policy & Racial Justice
Legal
Norma Espinosa, Legal Project Manager
Praveen Madhiraju, Legal Counsel
Marcus Phelps, Legal Assistant
National Security and International Policy
Colin Cookman, Policy Analyst
Casey Dunning, Senior Policy Analyst
Matthew Duss, Policy Analyst
Max Hoffman, Research Associate
Peter Juul, Policy Analyst
Annie Malknecht, Research Associate
John Norris, Executive Director, Sustainable Security & Peacebuilding Initiative
Alex Rothman, Policy Analyst
Ken Sofer, Research Associate
Poverty
Tracey Ross, Senior Policy Analyst
Technology
Christopher Bachmann, UNIX Systems Administrator
Brian Broderick, Project Manager
David Burkhart, Help Desk Manager
Joshua Hill, Web Developer
Rhonda Malone, Director, Information Technology
Harold Neal, Director, Web Technologies
Horace Payne, Desktop Support Technician
Alex Pryor, Manager, Audio & Video Technology
Alex Vasquez, Lead Desktop Support Technician
Women's Health
Jessica Arons, Director, Women's Health & Rights Program
Elizabeth Chen, Policy Analyst
Heidi Williamson, Senior Policy Analyst