Team
Staff Leadership
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Margaret Spellings
President and CEO -
Lisel Loy
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
Dane Stangler
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Chief Financial Officer -
Steve Scully
Senior Vice President of Communications -
Michele Stockwell
President, BPC Action -
Tycely Williams
Chief Development Officer
Executive Fellows
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Roy Blunt
Executive Fellow;
Former Senator (R-MO) -
Val Demings
Executive Fellow;
Former Representative (D-FL)
Board of Directors
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Robbie Bach
Former President of Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft -
Julián Castro
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development -
Ralph Cavanagh
Former Co-Director of NRDC's Energy Program -
Ron Christie
CEO of Christie Strategies LLC -
Henry Cisneros
Board Chair; Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Paid Family Leave; 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration -
John Delaney
Former Representative (D-MD) -
Tara DiJulio
Vice President & Chief Communications Officer, GE; Chief Communications Officer, GE Aerospace -
Thomas J. Falk
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kimberly-Clark -
C. Robert Henrikson
Former President and CEO of MetLife, Inc. -
Karen Dunn Kelley
Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce -
Gary Locke
Former Governor of Washington, U.S. Secretary of Commerce -
Pamela Hughes Patenaude
Former Deputy Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Olympia Snowe
Former Senator (R-ME) -
Michael S. Steele
Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland -
Stacey D. Stewart
CEO, Mothers Against Drunk Driving -
Ron Terwilliger
Chairman Emeritus of Trammell Crow Residential Company -
Mark Walsh
Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC -
Leana Wen
Professor of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University -
Geisha Williams
Former CEO and President of PG&E Corporation -
Candi Wolff
Chair, BPC Action Board of Directors
Founders
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Howard Baker
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (R-TN) -
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-SD) -
Bob Dole
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (R-KS) -
George Mitchell
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-ME)
President's Council
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Esther Aguilera
President and CEO, Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA) -
Norm Augustine
Former CEO, Lockheed Martin -
Madhu Beriwal
Founder, CEO and President, IEM -
James Carville
Political Contributor, CNN -
Charlie Cook
Founder, Cook Political Report -
Maggie Cordish
BPC Fellow -
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-SD) -
Elizabeth Dole
Former Sen. (R-KS); Former member of the Federal Trade Commission; and Founder of The Elizabeth Dole Foundation -
Jason Grumet
Chief Executive Officer, American Clean Power; Former BPC President and CEO -
Mark Heising
Founder, Medley Partners -
Broderick Johnson
Executive Vice President, Public Policy & Executive Vice President, Digital Equity for Comcast -
Robert Steven Kaplan
Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas -
Frank Keating
Former Oklahoma Governor; Former President and CEO, American Bankers Association -
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Trustee and President Emerita, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -
Frank McCourt
CEO, McCourt Global -
Bill Oberndorf
Executive Chairman, Oberndorf Enterprises LLC -
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
President, Augustana University -
Suzanne Shank
President, CEO and Co-founder, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC -
Olympia Snowe
Former Senator (R-ME) -
John R. Tyson
CFO, Tyson Foods -
General Chuck Wald
CEO, RG5 LLC -
Kent Walker
President of Global Affairs, Google and Alphabet
Staff
Meet our team members across our policy areas and departments…
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Marilyn Werber Serafini
Executive Director -
Uzo Obele
Controller -
Katie Adams
Senior Policy Analyst -
Meghan Adams
Communications Assistant -
William T. Adler
Associate Director, Elections Project -
Shai Akabas
Executive Director, Economic Policy Program -
Tiffany Allen
Fellow -
Julie Anderson
Senior Advisor -
Justis Antonioli
Research Analyst -
Naleli Askew
Associate Director of Events -
Morgan Atkins
Development Coordinator -
Sophia Ayaz
Special Assistant -
Pat Beautz
Chief Technology Officer -
Douglas Besharov
Senior Fellow -
Roy Blunt
Executive Fellow;
Former Senator (R-MO) -
Jacqueline Boothe
Receptionist/Front Desk Administrative Assistant -
Danny Broberg
Associate Director -
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Senior Advisor, Immigration and Border Policy -
Katie Brumfield
Development Manager -
Allison Buffett
Senior Policy Analyst -
Emily Burns
Communications Associate -
Christina Burns
Chief of Staff to the President and CEO -
Natalie Butler
Research Analyst -
Hope Cooper
Fellow -
Wise Crowder
Office and Facilities Manager -
Mikayla Curtis
Project Associate -
Tanya Das
Senior Associate Director -
Kimberly Dean
Director, BPC Action -
Val Demings
Executive Fellow;
Former Representative (D-FL) -
Danielle Draper
Project Manager -
Daniel Elizalde
Policy Analyst -
Arianna Fano
Policy Analyst -
Jason J. Fichtner, PhD
Chief Economist -
Xan Fishman
Senior Director -
Alyssa Fuller
Project Coordinator -
Shane Gallahan
Financial Analyst -
Michele Gazda
Senior Policy Analyst -
Rob Geen
Fellow -
Ben Gitis
Senior Associate Director -
Laura Hall
Executive Director, BPC Action -
Lisa Harootunian
Director -
Julia Harris
Director -
Wynton Henderson
Design and Digital Media Manager -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
Lauren Hopple
Director of Events -
Andrew Hu
Director, BPC Action -
Kyle Huang
Senior Manager, Recruitment and Student Programs -
John Jacobs
Senior Policy Analyst -
Lesley Jantarasami
Managing Director of the Energy Program -
Joshua Joe
Digital Media Manager -
Blake Johnson
Senior Media Relations Manager -
Tiffany Jones
Chief of Staff, Development -
Richard Jones
Financial Analyst -
Michael Kelley
Director, BPC Action -
Aidan Kennedy
Project Coordinator -
Lily Kincannon
Project Associate -
Grace Klinefelter
Project Associate, Elections Project -
Kristen Klurfield
Senior Policy Analyst -
Matthew Kuchem
Associate Director -
Michelle Kumar
Policy Analyst -
Geoff Lane
Director -
Garrett Langdon
Director, Financial Planning and Analysis -
Emlyn Langlieb
Communications Associate -
Andrew Lautz
Associate Director -
Damien Lee
End User Support Specialist -
Alyssa Lennon
Foundation Relations Associate -
Landon Li
Corporate Relations Coordinator -
Gabriel Loud
Project Associate -
Michael Lovegrove
Legislative Assistant -
Sasha Mackler
Executive Director, Energy Program -
Jack Malde
Senior Policy Analyst -
Luci Manning
Senior Director of Communications -
Dominique Manuel
Associate Director -
Lia Martin
Development Coordinator -
Ted McCann
Fellow -
Jack McGee
Policy Analyst -
Nina McGranahan
Project Assistant -
Erin Meade
Senior Associate Director of Media Relations -
Theo Menon
Policy Analyst, Elections Project -
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Director, Campus Free Expression Project -
Abigail Messier
Finance Manager -
Owen Minott
Associate Director -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Chief Financial Officer -
Andrew Nason
Associate Director for Editorial Content -
Manali Neeck
Policy Analyst -
Sabine Neschke
Senior Policy Analyst -
Nicole Newberry
Project Manager -
Brady Newell
Chief of Staff to the COO -
Hedayat Niazi
Accounting Manager -
Lettie Nocera
Director, ASEC -
Rebecca Orbach
Project Manager -
Rachel Orey
Senior Associate Director, Elections Project -
Caroline Osborn
Research Analyst -
Anand Parekh, MD
Chief Medical Advisor -
Kamryn Perry
Research Analyst -
Lori J. Pickford
Senior Energy Advisor -
Anna Przebinda
Manager -
J.D. Rackey
Senior Policy Analyst, Structural Democracy Project -
Kurt Redenbo
Senior Director of Foundation Relations -
Melanie Renzulli
Senior Digital Media Manager -
John Richter
Director of the Congress Project -
Tom Romanoff
Director of Technology Project -
Olivia Rotolo
Project Manager -
Jennifer Ruff
Senior Media Relations Manager -
Jacob Salas
Project Associate -
Maya Sandalow
Senior Policy Analyst -
Amelia Sandhovel
Media Relations Manager -
Elise Scott
Project Manager -
Loren Scribner
Associate Director of Communications, BPC Action -
Steve Scully
Senior Vice President of Communications -
Chintal Shah
Project Manager -
Dennis C. Shea
Executive Director, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy -
Emma Sheffert
Policy Analyst -
Allison Singleton
Project Assistant -
Linda K. Smith
Director, Early Childhood Initiative -
Rachel Snyderman
Managing Director, Economic Policy Program -
John Soroushian
Senior Associate Director -
Emerson Sprick
Associate Director -
Dane Stangler
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives -
Angela Stanley
Coalition Coordinator -
Tristan Stein
Associate Director for Higher Education -
Michele Stockwell
President, BPC Action -
Kendall Strong
Senior Policy Analyst -
Natalie Tham
Senior Policy Analyst -
Michael Thorning
Director of Structural Democracy -
Rachel Timmons
Operations Coordinator -
Francis Torres
Senior Policy Analyst -
Alex Varisco
Associate Director of Digital Media -
Mike Vavala
Chief Resources Officer -
Brittany Walsh
Associate Director -
Emma Waters
Policy Analyst -
Matthew Weil
Executive Director, Democracy Program -
Erin White
Associate Director, Foundation Relations -
Emily Wielk
Policy Analyst -
Tycely Williams
Chief Development Officer -
Andy Winkler
Director, Housing and Infrastructure Project
Network
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Katharine G. Abraham
Co-Chair, BPC’s Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative -
Julie Anderson
Senior Advisor -
Haley Barbour
Co-Chair, Immigration Task Force; Former Governor of Mississippi -
Dan Blair
Senior Counselor -
Michael Chertoff
Co-Chair, Immigration Task Force; Former Secretary of Homeland Security -
Kent Conrad
Co-Chair, Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings; Former Senator (D-ND) -
Henry Cisneros
Board Chair; Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Paid Family Leave; 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration -
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-SD) -
Rick Dearborn
Senior Fellow for BPC's Campus Free Expression -
Dominique Baker
Fellow -
Karen DeSalvo
Senior Fellow -
Byron L. Dorgan
Senior Fellow; Former Senator (D-ND) -
George David Banks
Fellow -
Robert Blendon
Fellow -
Richard Fischer
Co-Chair, Consumer Protection Task Force -
Eric S. Edelman
Co-Chair, Task Force on Managing Disorder in the Middle East; Former U.S. Ambassador to Finland and Turkey -
Bill Frist
Senior Fellow, Former Senate Majority Leader (R-TN) -
Dan Glickman
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Agriculture -
Lee H. Hamilton
Co-Chair, Task Force on Terrorism and Ideology; Former Representative (D-IN) -
Ron Haskins
Co-Chair, BPC’s Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative -
Colette D. Honorable
Senior Fellow; Former Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) -
Capri S. Cafaro
Fellow -
Maggie Cordish
Fellow -
Thomas H. Kean
Co-Chair, Task Force on Terrorism and Ideology; Former Governor of New Jersey -
Dirk Kempthorne
Co-Chair, Commission on Political Reform; Former Governor of Idaho and Secretary of the Interior -
Mike Leavitt
Co-Chair, Prevention Initiative; Former Governor of Utah and Secretary of HHS -
Nick Hart
Fellow -
Katherine Hayes
Fellow -
Casey Higgins
Fellow -
James B. Lockhart, III
Senior Fellow; Co-Chair, Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings; Former Director of FHFA -
Daniel Gitterman
Fellow -
Trent Lott
Senior Fellow; Former Senate Majority Leader (R-MS) -
Chris Jennings
Fellow; President, Jennings Policy Strategies -
Jarrett Lewis
Fellow -
Beverly G. Hudnut
Fellow -
Mel Martinez
Co-Chair, Housing Commission; Former Senator (R-FL) and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development -
James Peake
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs -
Robert Kelchen
Fellow -
John J. Kalamarides
Fellow; Former President Prudential Group Insurance, Head of Retirement Solutions, CEO of Prudential Bank & Trust, FSB -
George Miller
Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative; Former Representative (D-CA) -
Janet M. Marchibroda
Fellow -
George Mitchell
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-ME) -
Ted McCann
Fellow -
Edward G. Rendell
Co-Chair, Immigration Task Force; Former Governor of Pennsylvania -
Mike Beebe
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Arkansas -
Charles Robb
Co-Chair, National Security Program; Former Governor of Virginia and Senator (D-VA) -
Steven Beshear
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Kentucky -
Suzann Morris
Fellow, Early Childhood Initiative -
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Defense Personnel; CEO of Blue Star Families -
Adrienne Schweer
Fellow -
Jim Douglas
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Vermont -
Chris Gregoire
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Washington -
Eric Rodriguez
Co-Chair, Consumer Protection Task Force -
Avik Roy
Senior Advisor; President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity -
David Heineman
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Nebraska -
Rick Santorum
Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative; Former Senator (R-PA) -
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Health Program Senior Fellow; Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative (D-PA) -
Christopher Thomas
Fellow, Elections Project -
John Kasich
Senior Fellow; Former Representative (R-OH) and Governor of Ohio -
Olympia Snowe
Former Senator (R-ME) -
Roger Wallace
Fellow; Former Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce. -
Jim Talent
Senior Fellow; Former Senator (R-MO) -
Ruth Wasem
Fellow, Immigration Project -
Douglas Webber
Fellow -
Tommy G. Thompson
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Health and Human Services and Governor of Wisconsin -
Tevi Troy
Senior Fellow; Former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services -
Tiffany Allen
Fellow -
Rob Geen
Fellow -
Lee Fleisher, M.D.
Health Program Senior Advisor -
Kim Wyman
Senior Fellow, Elections Project; Former Secretary of State of Washington -
Douglas Besharov
Senior Fellow -
Hope Cooper
Fellow -
Warren S. Payne
Fellow -
Dr. Walter Gilliam
Senior Fellow -
Zachary Courser
Fellow -
Sarah Walker
Fellow, Elections Project -
Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D.
Senior Advisor; President of Samaritan Health Initiatives, Inc. -
Donald R. Wolfensberger
Fellow -
Vin Weber
Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative (R-MN)