David M. Abromowitz

Areas of expertise: Housing policy, financing and preservation, community and economic development, urban redevelopment, disconnected youth and prison re-entry, the Community Reinvestment Act

Eric Alterman

Areas of expertise: Media business, journalism, U.S. foreign relations, U.S. history, politics, American Jewish politics

Jessica Arons

Areas of expertise: Reproductive health and rights, contraception, sexuality education, privacy rights, HPV vaccines, HIV/AIDS, gay rights, constitutional law

David Balto

Areas of expertise: Competition policy, intellectual property law, and health care

Moran Banai

Areas of expertise: Middle East

Peter Basch

Areas of expertise: health care

Saba Bireda

Areas of expertise: Education

Ulrich Boser

Areas of expertise: Education

Melissa Boteach

Areas of expertise: Poverty

Heather Boushey

Areas of expertise: Budget and fiscal policy, demographics and census, economics, employment, labor, poverty, welfare, women and work

Cindy Brown

Areas of expertise: Education of low-income and minority students, standards-based education framework, federal education programs, state education agency operations, state education policy, federal civil rights enforcement in education, pre-school education

Louis Caldera

Areas of expertise: Education, higher education, national security, Hispanic/Latino issues

Jake Caldwell

Areas of expertise: International trade, World Trade Organization and free trade agreements, agriculture and the Farm Bill, energy, biofuels

Vanessa Cárdenas

Areas of expertise: Ethnic media, immigration, Hispanic/Latino issues

Robin Chait

Areas of expertise: High school reform, teacher quality, education of low-income and minority students

Samuel Charap

Areas of expertise: Russian and Ukrainian domestic politics and foreign policy, U.S. policy in the post-Soviet region, U.S. economic relations with the former Soviet states

Aaron Chatterji

Areas of expertise: Innovation policy, entrepreneurship and small business issues, and corporate social responsibility

Senator Tom Daschle

Areas of expertise: Banking policy, consumer finance, higher eduction policy, housing policy, civil rights, urban policy, economic mobility and security, wealth and income inequality, health care

Karen Davenport

Areas of expertise: Health insurance, health system reform, Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care

Rudy deLeon

Areas of expertise: U.S. military strategy, defense budget, national security, Middle East, and legislative/executive process and politics

Sabina Dewan

Areas of expertise: Development aid, economics, foreign policy/international relations, global poverty/foreign assistance, globalization, trade, United Nations, World Trade Organization

Maria Echaveste

Areas of expertise: Education, civil rights, immigration, bankruptcy reform

Elizabeth Edwards

Areas of expertise: Health care, poverty

Lia Epperson

Areas of expertise: Civil Rights, constitutional law, education, judiciary, law, race

Michael Ettlinger

Areas of expertise: Taxes, economics, employment, cities and metropolitan policy, budget and fiscal policy, social security, state economic development

Judy Feder

Areas of expertise: Health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, the uninsured, long-term care

Henry Fernandez

Areas of expertise: State and municipal policy

Marshall Fitz

Areas of expertise: Immigration policy, politics, and legislation; immigrant rights, due process, and judicial review

Sam Fulwood III

Areas of expertise: Race relations, politics, media, immigration, urban affairs, housing policy, education, energy, domestic social issues

Sima J. Gandhi

Areas of expertise: Government efficiency, behavioral economics, budget analysis, and tax policy

Kate Gordon

Areas of expertise: Green jobs, clean and renewable energy, regional economic development, urban planning, workforce development, green manufacturing

Ken Gude

Areas of expertise: Geneva Conventions, Guantanamo, national security

Nina Hachigian

Areas of expertise: National security, U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, Asia geopolitics

David Halperin

Areas of expertise: Campus organizing and politics, young advocacy and politics, national security policy, legal policy, technology

John Halpin

Areas of expertise: Progressive thought and history, campaigns and elections, public opinion

Christy Harvey

Areas of expertise: Radio

Bracken Hendricks

Areas of expertise: Clean and renewable energy; gas, oil, and automobiles; climate change; jobs and economic development; civic engagement and progressive infrastructure; urban planning; Katrina reconstruction; green building

Andrew Jakabovics

Areas of expertise: Housing policy, community and economic development, urban planning, Jewish law and public policy

Mitchell Kapor

Area of expertise: Health information technology

Brian Katulis

Areas of expertise: Iraq, national security, terrorism, Middle East politics

Angela Kelley

Areas of expertise: mmigration policy, media and public opinion research, politics and legislation, Department of Homeland Security

Tom Kenworthy

Areas of expertise: Energy and environment

Lawrence J. Korb

Areas of expertise: U.S. military, U.S. foreign policy and national security, defense budget, weapons systems, nonproliferation, military history

Jeff Krehely

Areas of expertise: LGBT Issues

Melissa Lazarín

Areas of expertise: K-12 education, high school reform, standards-based reform, Hispanic/Latino issues, English language learners, education and immigration

Andrew Light

Areas of expertise: Environmental policy and ethics, ethics of new and emerging technologies, science policy and regulatory frameworks, restoration ecology, climate change, agricultural biotechnology, nanotechnology, and synthetic biology

Scott Lilly

Areas of expertise: Afghanistan, campaigns, China, economics, education, employment, foreign policy, intelligence, labor, national security, politics, poverty, terrorism

Michael Linden

Areas of expertise: Federal tax policy, the federal budget

Alice Madden

Areas of expertise: Economy, affordable health care, energy, climate change, protecting civil liberties

David Madland

Areas of expertise: Economic policy, retirement, labor unions, employment, public opinion

Matt Miller

Areas of expertise: Economic policy, budget and tax policy, health care policy, education policy, globalization, role of business in society, role of media

Raegen Miller

Areas of expertise: Teacher education and licensure, teacher labor markets and unions, teacher quality and value-added measurement, mathematics education, quantitative data analysis

Ian Millhiser

Areas of expertise: Government efficiency and transparency, constitutional law, the judiciary

David Min

Areas of expertise: Financial markets policy, economic policy, housing policy, consumer credit

Jonathan Moreno

Areas of expertise: Bioethics, medical ethics, stem cell research, end of life ethics, science policy, neuroethics, bioterrorism

Joy Moses

Areas of expertise: Poverty

Laura Nichols

Areas of expertise: Media and politics

John Norris

Areas of expertise: Africa, Asia, foreign policy, international relations, human rights, national security, peacekeeping and reconstruction, United Nations

Ann O'Leary

Areas of expertise: Employment, poverty, welfare, women's rights and health

Jonathan Orszag

Areas of expertise: Banking and finance, economics, labor, technology and science

Ed Paisley

Areas of expertise: Domestic and international financial markets, technology business and finance, and Asian affairs

Jennifer Palmieri

Areas of expertise: Media and politics

John Podesta

Areas of expertise: Federal budget and tax policy, government information, privacy, Patriot Act, civil liberties, security and terrorism, national intelligence issues, regulatory reform, telecommunications security and regulatory policy, environmental issues, technology, federal powers, the judiciary

John Prendergast

Areas of expertise: Africa, conflict resolution, ICC, counter-terrorism in Africa

Lois Quam

Areas of expertise: Energy and the environment, health care, economic innovation, business in the public interest, the status of women, rural affairs, and faith and progressive policy

Ilia Rodriguez

Areas of expertise: Congressional relations, legislative affairs, Hispanic/Latino issues

Alan Rosenblatt

Areas of expertise: campaigns and elections, media, politics, White House / presidency,   social media, online advocacy strategy, new media

Joseph Romm

Areas of expertise: Climate change

Fred Rotondaro

Areas of expertise: Poverty, religion, race and civil rights

Reece Rushing

Areas of expertise: Health, safety, and environmental protection; information policy; government reform

Lesley Russell

Areas of expertise: Health care

Shirley Sagawa

Areas of expertise: Volunteerism, national service

Richard Samans

Areas of expertise: International trade, monetary policy, tax, economics, development aid, global poverty and foreign assistance, globalization, IMF and World Bank, World Trade Organization

Shira Saperstein

Areas of expertise: Women's health and rights

Bill Schulz

Area of expertise: Human rights, religion, and public policy

Faiz Shakir

Areas of expertise: Media and politics

Sunil Sharan

Areas of expertise: Energy

Andrew Sherry

Areas of expertise: Online publishing, media industry, Asia, international affairs

Anna Deveare Smith

Areas of expertise: The arts

Louis Soares

Areas of expertise: Economic mobility, state strategy and incentives for economic development, adult literacy, workforce development

Anna Soellner

Areas of expertise: Media and politics

Winnie Stachelberg

Areas of expertise: Congressional relations, federal budget process, gay and lesbian issues, civil rights, HIV/AIDS, nonprofit management

Sally Steenland

Areas of expertise: Religion in the public sphere, religion and LGBT equality, women and religion, religion and science

Ruy Teixeira

Areas of expertise: Public opinion, elections, voting behavior, demographic trends, political geography, voter turnout, political parties

Amanda Terkel

Areas of expertise: Media and politics

Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite

Areas of expertise: Religion and public policy, peace and international security, interfaith relations, gender and gender preference issues, bioethics

Colin Thomas-Jensen

Areas of expertise: Africa, foreign policy, human rights, national security, international relations

Laura Tyson

Areas of expertise: Business and industry, economics, globalization, stock markets, technology and science, trade

Caroline Wadhams

Areas of expertise: Military manpower, terrorism, national security, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Karla Walter

Areas of expertise: Employment, labor

Sarah Rosen Wartell

Areas of expertise: Technology policy, consumer finance and consumer protection, housing and community development

Michael Werz

Areas of expertise: Transatlantic foreign policy including Turkey, climate migration and national security, immigration and integration in Europe, anti-Americanism

Daniel J. Weiss

Areas of expertise: Congress; clean and renewable energy; gas, oil, and automobiles; global warming; clean air; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Christian E. Weller

Areas of expertise: Private pensions, social security, U.S. economy and the labor market, the Federal Reserve, international finance, consumer credit and finance

Ellen-Marie Whelan

Areas of expertise: Heath care, Medicare and Medicaid, women's health

Julian L. Wong

Areas of expertise: China, Asia, climate change, energy, environment

Matthew Yglesias

Areas of expertise: National security, foreign policy and international relations, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East