Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Washington based President operating in the Non Profit space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Robert Hisaoka
President of Venture Philanthropy Partners
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About Venture Philanthropy Partners: VPP makes the future brighter for youth living in the National Capital Region by tackling the largest barriers
Cameron Wilson
COO and President, Code.org Advocacy Coalition of Code.org
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About Code.org: Code.org is a non-profit foundation focusing on developing computer programming education in the U.S.
Alice Steinglass
President of Code.org
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About Code.org: Code.org is a non-profit foundation focusing on developing computer programming education in the U.S.
Jingdong Hua
Vice President & Treasurer of THE WORLD BANK
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About THE WORLD BANK, THE WORLD BANK: The World Bank Group provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries.
Christopher Khoury
Vice President, Environmental Intelligence, Strategic Analytics, Partnerships and Innovation of American Medical Association
Strategy, Insights, and Innovation leader helping mature organizations build for the next century.
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About American Medical Association: American Medical Association promotes the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
Tessie Martin
President & CEO, USA of Plan International
Tessie San Martin, President/CEO, is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years’ experience helping to address gaps in education, economic growth, capacity-building, corporate governance, political reform and labor policy globally. Her work has taken her to Egypt, India, Mexico, Bosnia, and Indonesia, among other countries, where professional initiatives have involved supporting disenfranchised populations, a significant number of which are women and young girls. Dr. San Martin holds a Ph.D. in political economy and government from Harvard University, a Master’s in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and a B.S. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Her career includes work in public and private sectors, bilateral and multilateral development agencies, and academia – as well as a wide variety of international development roles. Prior to joining Plan International USA as CEO and President, Dr. San Martin served as Vice President for International Development at Abt Associates, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based consulting company providing research and technical assistance expertise on a wide range of social, economic, and technological policy issues in the US and overseas. While at Abt Associates, she helped grow the company’s international development business to nearly $200 million a year, almost tripling the portfolio in less than three years. Under her leadership, Abt was tapped by the UK government to implement the ambitious $200 million PATHS2 program in Nigeria, designed to improve that country’s healthcare system. The USAID-funded projects in her portfolio spanned a broad range of activities – from improving the efficiency and quality of obstetrics and newborn care in Jordan and Peru, to helping increase farmer income and food security in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Mali, and Mozambique. Dr. San Martin previously worked as the Director for the Operations Group of the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), where she was responsible for a group of 45 professionals involved in the Agency’s political risk insurance and technical assistance programs. In this role, she facilitated the integration of the agency’s $1.2 billion underwriting operations with other risk mitigation products in the World Bank, oversaw development of the agency’s new strategic framework, as well as increased significantly MIGA’s trust funds to support an expanded technical assistance portfolio focused on enhancing developing country access to foreign investment. Before joining MIGA, Dr. San Martin was a Partner in IBM Consulting Services, where she was responsible for building a $100 million portfolio in international development spanning more than 40 countries. The portfolio included privatization projects in Egypt, Bosnia, and Indonesia; capital markets and corporate governance strengthening projects in the former Soviet Union and India; pension reform programs in Mexico and Poland; and competitiveness and workforce development projects in Egypt. Previously she was an adjunct professor at Florida International University in Miami; president of a consulting company in Washington, DC that specialized in strategic planning; and senior faculty advisor for a management institute in the Dominican Republic. Dr. San Martin lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and two teenage daughters. She is on the road frequently, traveling between Plan’s offices in the U.S. and abroad. But she always finds time to go running, and as time permits enjoys tennis and baking (and eating) bread.
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About Plan International: Plan International is a children’s development organization that promotes child rights to end child poverty.
Bror Saxberg
Vice President and Learning Science of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Bror Saxberg is the Vice President, Learning Science at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chief Learning Officer for Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) and a leading global provider of educational services offering post-secondary education, test preparation, professional education, English-language training, university preparation, and K12 offerings to individuals, institutions, and businesses. Saxberg is responsible for the research and development of innovative learning strategies, technologies, and products across Kaplan’s full range of educational services offerings. He also oversees future developments and adoptions of innovative learning technologies and maintains consistent academic standards for Kaplan’s products and courses. Saxberg speaks often at education, business, and public policy conferences, including: recent appearances at Microsoft’s CEO Summit, TEDx, the Stanford Digital Learning Forum, and the “Education Datapalooza” conference, hosted by the White House and US Department of Education. He is the co-author of “Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age” (2014) with Frederick M. Hess. His articles have been published in a host of academic, educational, and scientific journals. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Learning Officer at K12, Inc., where he was responsible for designing both online and offline learning environments and developing new student products and services. Prior to joining K12, Inc., he was Vice President at Knowledge Universe, where he co-founded the testing and assessment division which became known as Knowledge Testing Enterprises (KTE). Saxberg began his career at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and later served as Vice President and General Manager for London-based DK Multimedia, part of DK Publishing, an education and reference publisher. Saxberg holds a B.A. in Mathematics and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, both received in 1980. As a Rhodes Scholar, he received a M.A. in Mathematics from Oxford University, and also received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1989 and a M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1990.
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About Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports community-driven solutions to accelerate progress in science, education, and justice.
Elliot Gerson
Executive Vice President Of Policy And Public Programs, International Partners of The Aspen Institute
Elliot Gerson is an executive vice president at the Aspen Institute, responsible for its Policy Programs, its Public Programs and its relations with international partners. The Institute’s more than 30 Policy Programs focus on both domestic and international issues. They provide neutral venues, do nonpartisan analysis, foster candid dialogue among leaders, advocate new policy and promote best practices. The Institute’s public programs – including the Aspen Ideas Festival and many smaller programs across the country – open the Institute’s doors to a broader audience and further both its educational goals and its hopes that thought will lead to action. The Institute has international partners in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Romania, and Spain. Gerson also administers the US Rhodes Scholarships. He was a Rhodes Scholar, a US Supreme Court clerk, practiced law in government and privately, held executive positions in state and federal government and on a presidential campaign, and was president of start-ups in health care and education, and of two leading national insurance and health-care companies. He has served on many non-profit boards, especially in the arts.
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About Rhodes Scholarship Trust, The Aspen Institute: The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC.
James Spiegelman
Vp, Chief External Affairs Officer; Deputy To The President of The Aspen Institute
As Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer, Jim Spiegelman serves as the chief spokesman for the Aspen Institute. Jim is responsible for engaging both internal and external audiences in Institute programs and activities. He manages relations with the public and news media and provides strategic communications counsel to senior colleagues throughout the Institute. He oversees the Institute’s Communications Department which manages the organization’s website, produces the triannual Ideas: The Magazine of the Aspen Institute, as well as the online Aspen Journal of Ideas and its Five Best Ideas of the Day email. The Department also designs and produces most of the Institute’s publications, including the Annual Report, and produces or oversees the video collection archived on AspenInstitute.org, AspenIdeas.org and on YouTube. He organizes both the monthly Washington Ideas Roundtable Series and the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series, and provides support and guidance to the Institute’s myriad public programs, including the Aspen Ideas Festival. As deputy to the President, Jim is a member of the Institute’s senior management team and serves as President and CEO Walter Isaacson’s point person on a wide variety of programmatic and creative initiatives. In this role, he serves as the President’s right hand and confidant. Jim joined the Aspen Institute in January 2001. He previously was a consulting editor at BusinessWeek magazine, where he designed and managed global conferences on economic, political, and business topics. He has also been chief of staff at the United Nations Association of the USA; an analyst for a global hedge fund; special assistant to financier/philanthropist George Soros; deputy policy director for the 1992 Presidential campaign of then-US Senator Bob Kerrey; research/program director at Georgetown University’s School of Business; and a foreign affairs fellow at the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress. His articles have appeared in numerous publications. He received a BA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in International Affairs from the School of International Service at American University.
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About The Aspen Institute: The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC.
Namita Khasat
Executive Vice President: Finance And Administration of The Aspen Institute
Namita Khasat provides executive leadership to the national and global financial and administrative functions for the Institute including oversight of Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, general office administration, legal, and real estate. As a Board member she also serves as the Corporate Treasurer for Service Year Exchange organization chaired by General McChrystal. Namita has served at executive levels since 1985 as Chief Financial Officer/Chief Information Officer/Chief Administrative officer in various nonprofits in the philanthropic space – Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, in government and in healthcare. Prior to starting at the Aspen Institute she was the Chief Financial Officer for Delaware Hospice, a statewide organization with offices in Delaware and Pennsylvania, providing leadership to all its financial and administrative functions for all inpatient and home-based healthcare services.
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About Democracy Works, Service Year, The Aspen Institute: The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC.
Eric Motley
Executive Vice President, Institutional Advancement And Corporate Secretary of The Aspen Institute
Eric L. Motley, Ph.D., is an executive vice president at the Aspen Institute, responsible for Institutional Advancement and governance. He previously served as Vice President and Executive Director of National Programs and prior to that he served as Vice President and Managing Director of the Henry Crown Fellows Program from January 2007 until April 2014. In addition to managing the Henry Crown Fellowship Program, he served as the Executive Director of the Aspen-Rockefeller Foundation’s Commission to Reform the Federal Appointments Process, an independent, nonpartisan effort to evaluate the Federal government’s vetting and clearance procedures. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, he served as the Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of International Visitors within the bureau of Public Diplomacy. In 2003, he became Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Presidential Personnel, where he managed the appointment process in the White House for over 1,200 presidentially-appointed advisory board and commission positions. He joined the White House staff as Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in 2001. Eric is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Class of 2003. He has written and lectured on the intellectual and political contributions of Scottish-born American Founding Father, James Wilson. He is currently engaged in developing a collection on the scholarship of the eminent Greek scholar Sir Kenneth Dover, including copies of all his books, personal papers and various items from his personal catalogue. In October 2006 he published his first volume of poetry Luminaria. His civic involvement includes the Cosmos Club of Washington, DC; Grolier Club of New York City; Board of Directors of Young Concert Artists; Samford University; and the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He serves on the Board of Directors of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, the Library Cabinet for the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s National Council, and the Chapter Board of the Washington National Cathedral. He is a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International Foundation. Eric is an avid book collector of first editions and rare books with a concentration on the English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Eric earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Samford University in 1996. As a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, he earned a Master of Letters in International Relations and a Ph.D. in International Relations as the John Steven Watson Scholar.
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About The Aspen Institute: The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC.
Ross Wiener
Vice President of The Aspen Institute
Ross Wiener is a vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director of the Education and Society Program. In this role Ross leads professional learning networks for urban school district leaders and senior Congressional Education staffers. The program assists policymakers and education leaders in strengthening human capital systems, supporting implementation of Common Core State Standards, and strategically reallocating financial resources. In addition to facilitating networks, the Education & Society Program hosts public conversations as well as off-the-record workshops, and publishes original research and commentary. From 2002 to 2009, Ross worked at the Education Trust, a national, non-profit organization dedicated to raising standards and closing achievement gaps in public education. As policy director and then as vice president for program and policy, Ross managed the Education Trust’s research/data analysis, policy development, conference programming, and technical assistance to educators and policymakers in both K-12 and higher education. Prior to Education Trust, Ross served for five years as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section, where he represented the United States in cases dealing with desegregation, harassment, and the adequacy of services to limited-English proficient and disabled students.
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About The Aspen Institute: The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC.
Ross Wiener
Vice President of The Aspen Institute
Ross Wiener is a vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director of the Education and Society Program. In this role Ross leads professional learning networks for urban school district leaders and senior Congressional Education staffers. The program assists policymakers and education leaders in strengthening human capital systems, supporting implementation of Common Core State Standards, and strategically reallocating financial resources. In addition to facilitating networks, the Education & Society Program hosts public conversations as well as off-the-record workshops, and publishes original research and commentary. From 2002 to 2009, Ross worked at the Education Trust, a national, non-profit organization dedicated to raising standards and closing achievement gaps in public education. As policy director and then as vice president for program and policy, Ross managed the Education Trust’s research/data analysis, policy development, conference programming, and technical assistance to educators and policymakers in both K-12 and higher education. Prior to Education Trust, Ross served for five years as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section, where he represented the United States in cases dealing with desegregation, harassment, and the adequacy of services to limited-English proficient and disabled students.
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About The Aspen Institute: The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC.
Mickey Edwards
Vice President of The Aspen Institute
Mickey Edwards is Board of Directors Emeritus at The Constitution Project.
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About The Aspen Institute: The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC.
Jason Bertsch
Senior Vice President of American Enterprise Institute
Jason Bertsch is Senior Vice President of Development and Communications at American Enterprise Institute.
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Arthur Brooks
President & Board of Directors of American Enterprise Institute
Arthur C. Brooks is president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He is also the Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise at AEI.Immediately before joining AEI, Brooks was the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government at Syracuse University, where he taught economics and social entrepreneurship. Brooks is the author of 10 books and hundreds of articles on topics including the role of government, fairness, economic opportunity, happiness, and the morality of free enterprise. His latest book, “The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise” (2012) was a New York Times bestseller. Among his earlier books are “Gross National Happiness” (2008), “Social Entrepreneurship” (2008), and “Who Really Cares” (2006). Before pursuing his work in public policy, Brooks spent 12 years as a classical musician in the United States and Spain. Brooks is a frequent guest on national television and radio talk shows and has been published widely in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Brooks has a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in policy analysis from RAND Graduate School. He also holds an M.A. in economics from Florida Atlantic University and a B.A. in economics from Thomas Edison State College.
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About American Enterprise Institute: Tech Policy Daily offers research and commentary on broadband, FCC policy, cybersecurity, and competition in high-tech industries.
Mitch Glazier
President of RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America
Mitch Glazier is President, Recording Industry Association of America. Glazier guides the industry’s strategic policy initiatives and helps coordinate the activities of the association. In his more than 10-year tenure at the RIAA, Glazier has helped manage a variety of initiatives that have played a vital role in the music industry’s transition to the digital age. This includes the 2008 PRO-IP Act, which established the country’s first Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in the Executive Office of the President, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, which provided colleges and universities with meaningful tools to reduce the illegal downloading of copyrighted works on college campuses. Before joining RIAA, Glazier served as Chief Counsel for intellectual property to the Judiciary Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. A native of Illinois, Glazier served as law clerk to the Honorable Judge Wayne R. Andersen, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and practiced law at the Chicago firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg as an associate in commercial litigation. He graduated from Northwestern University and Vanderbilt Law School. Glazier serves on the boards of Musicians on Call, the American Association of People with Disabilities, and the Internet Education Foundation.
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About RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America: Recording Industry Association Of America is a trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry.
Andrew Weiss
Vice President for Studies of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Andrew S. Weiss is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington and Moscow on Russia and Eurasia. Prior to joining Carnegie, he was director of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Russia and Eurasia and executive director of the RAND Business Leaders Forum. Weiss’s career has spanned both the public and private sectors. He previously served as director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs on the National Security Council staff, as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, and as a policy assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush. Before joining RAND, Weiss was a vice president and investment strategist at American International Group, Inc. subsidiary companies, where he worked primarily on global commodities, energy, and foreign exchange markets.
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About Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and more.
George Perkovich
Vice President for Studies of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
George Perkovich is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues, and on South Asian security. Perkovich is the author of the prize-winning book, India’s Nuclear Bomb (University of California Press, 1999), which Foreign Affairs called “an extraordinary and perhaps definitive account of 50 years of Indian nuclear policymaking.” Perkovich is co-author with James Acton of the 2008 Adelphi Paper, Abolishing Nuclear Weapons, and co-editor of the subsequent book, Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Atlantic Monthly, the Weekly Standard, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. His essay in Foreign Affairs, “Giving Justice Its Due,” reflects ongoing work on the challenge of justice in international relations. On Iran and South Asian security affairs, he has advised many agencies of the U.S. government, and testified before both houses of Congress. Perkovich served as a speechwriter and foreign policy adviser to Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.) from 1989-90.
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About Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and more.
Douglas Paal
Vice President for Studies of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Douglas H. Paal is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International (2006–2008) and was an unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan (2002–2006). He was on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush between 1986 and 1993 as director of Asian Affairs and then as senior director and special assistant to the president. Paal held positions in the policy planning staff at the State Department, as a senior analyst for the CIA, and at U.S. embassies in Singapore and Beijing. He has spoken and published frequently on Asian affairs and national security issues.
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About Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and more.
Marwan Muasher
Vice President for Studies of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002–2004) and deputy prime minister (2004–2005) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications. Muasher began his career as a journalist for the Jordan Times. He then served at the Ministry of Planning, at the prime minister’s office as press adviser, and as director of the Jordan Information Bureau in Washington. In 1995, Muasher opened Jordan’s first embassy in Israel, and in 1996 he became minister of information and the government spokesperson. From 1997 to 2002, he served in Washington again as ambassador, negotiating the first free-trade agreement between the United States and an Arab nation. He then returned to Jordan to serve as foreign minister, where he played a central role in developing the Arab Peace Initiative and the Middle East roadmap. In 2004, he became deputy prime minister responsible for reform and government performance and led the effort to produce a ten-year plan for political, economic, and social reform. From 2006 to 2007, he was a member of the Jordanian Senate.
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About Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and more.
Clinton O’Brien
President & Chief Operating Officer of Engaging Networks
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About Engaging Networks: Engaging Networks is the technology used by many of the world’s leading charities to power their digital strategies.
Robert W. Peters
General Counsel & President Emeritus of Morality In Media
Robert W. Peters is General Counsel and President Emeritus of Morality in Media (MIM). Mr. Peters joined MIM in 1985 as a staff attorney, and in 1987 he was named Assistant Director of the National Obscenity Law Center, a law project of MIM. He was appointed President of MIM in September 1992 and served in that capacity until March 2011, when he was appointed General Counsel and also named President Emeritus. Mr. Peters has drafted amendments to state obscenity laws and testified before legislative bodies in support of these laws. He has also written amicus briefs in support of state and federal obscenity laws. In 2003, the Senate by unanimous consent enacted Senate Concurrent Resolution 77, which was drafted by Mr. Peters and which expressed the will of Congress that Federal obscenity laws be “vigorously enforced.” That year, President Bush also issued a “Protection from Pornography Week” proclamation in response to a letter requesting a Proclamation, which was written by Mr. Peters and signed by many national, state and local leaders. In 1992, he also testified at a public hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the Pornography Victims Compensation Act. In 1992, Congress enacted legislation patterned after a proposal submitted by Mr. Peters to curb indecent programming on cable TV leased access channels. The Supreme Court later upheld this law. He has prepared Comments to the FCC on the broadcast indecency and V-Chip ratings issues, and in 2000 he testified at a public hearing of the FCC on the subject of TV violence. Mr. Peters has also authored amicus briefs in support of federal laws prohibiting or regulating indecent material on TV and in other media. Mr. Peters’ articles and panel presentation remarks have also been published in various law journals: “It will take more than parental use of filtering software to protect children from pornography on the Internet” (31 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 829, 2007); COMMENTARY: “Expansion of Indecency Regulation” (60 Fed. Comm. L.J. 1, 2007); “Once Again, U.S. Supreme Court thinks it knows better than Congress” (10 Nexus J. Op. 5, 2005); “‘Marketplace of ideas’ or anarchy: What will cyberspace become?” (51 Mercer L. Rev. 910, 2000); SYMPOSIUM: “Art, Distribution & the State: Perspectives on the National Endowment for the Arts” (17 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 705, 1999); SYMPOSIUM: “First Amendment & the Media” (8 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 395, 1998); “There is a need to regulate indecency on the Internet” (6 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 363, 1997); and “Information superhighway or technological sewer: What will it be?” (47 Fed. Comm. L.J. 333, 1994). Mr. Peters has also been a speaker at conferences, workshops, panel discussions, and other events. He has been interviewed by local, national and international print media, including theAtlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, New York Times, N.YDaily News andNewsday, New York Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Washington Times, and USA Today. He has also been interviewed on hundreds of local, national and international radio programs and by nationally syndicated radio news networks. Mr. Peters has also appeared on numerous TV news and commentary programs such as: CNN’s “Larry King Live”; CNN Headline News’ “Glenn Beck”; Fox News Channel’s “Hannity & Colmes” and “The O’Reilly Factor”; MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews”; CNBC’s “Power Lunch”; BBC America’s “Talking Movies”; PBS’ “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer”; C-SPAN’s “America & the Courts”; “ABC Evening News” and “Primetime”; “CBS Evening News” and “48 Hours”; and “NBC Nightly News” and “Today.” During the heyday of daytime talk shows, he was also a guest onDonahue, Geraldo and many other shows. Mr. Peters was born in LaSalle, Illinois in 1949 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1971. While at Dartmouth, he co-captained Dartmouth’s 1970 undefeated football team and also spent a semester teaching at a Catholic elementary and high school that served Clarksdale, Mississippi’s black community. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 1975 and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1976. Following law school, Mr. Peters spent a year representing indigent tenants in Manhattan’s landlord-tenant court and later worked in a non-legal capacity with a New York City nonprofit organization to curb the decline in morality. For this work, he received an Effective Citizenship Award from John Cardinal O’Connor for translating “concern for the welfare of children into effective action on their behalf.”
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About Morality In Media: Morality In Media The leading National Organization opposing pornography and indecency through public education and application of the law.
Patrick Trueman
CEO & President of Morality In Media
Patrick Trueman is a former Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. from 1988 to 1993. While there, he supervised the prosecution of child sex crimes, child pornography, and obscenity. He managed an office of twenty of prosecutors and support staff, and worked with the nation’s ninety-three United States Attorneys to initiate and coordinate federal prosecutions. Among his duties at MIM, Mr. Trueman directs the War on Illegal Pornography, a national coalition effort involving dozens of national, state and local groups that are educating the American public on the great harms of pornography and calling for vigorous enforcement of federal laws against illegal pornography. During his 34 years as a lawyer, he has litigated cases at all levels of the federal system, including in the United States Supreme Court. He has been an advisor to many municipalities on First Amendment law and has helped draft ordinances to end or curb the impact of sexually oriented businesses such as pornography shops, strip clubs, and related establishments. In 2010 he founded the website, Pornography Harms, http://pornharms.com, dedicated to providing the most accurate peer-reviewed research on the harm from pornography. The site has a companion YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/PornHarms, and a Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/PornHarms?ref=ts. A recognized international expert, Trueman has traveled to Europe, South American, the Middle East, and other areas to speak and train on the issue of human trafficking or deliver papers on the effects of television sex and violence on the family. A sampling of his training, advocacy, legal briefs and presentations includes: Nicaragua: Trueman led the training of Nicaragua’s state police in the recognition and apprehension of perpetrators of human trafficking. Qatar: Trueman authored and delivered, “The Harm from Sex and Violence on Television: Practical Solutions to Protect Society,” to the Forum on the Cable Television Channels to the Moral Challenge for Gulf Youth sponsored by Her Highness, Sheikha Mozah, wife of the ruling leader of Qatar. Romania: Trueman authored and submitted a legal brief to Romania’s Parliament in opposition to the legalization of prostitution and incest. The paper, “Legalized Prostitution & Incest Will Harm Romania,” was used to successfully counter a policy recommendation by Romania’s Ministry of Justice (the equivalent of our US Department of Justice) that would have legalized incest and prostitution in the country. Mr. Trueman served as chief of staff to a Member of the United States Congress. From 1976 to 1982, he was Executive Director and General Counsel to Americans United for Life, a national public interest law firm in Chicago. He lives just outside Washington, D.C., is married to Laura Clay Trueman, and has three children, Patrick, Claire, and Elizabeth.
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Doug Johnson
Vice President & Emerging Technology of Consumer Technology Association
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Veronica Lancaster
Vice President & Standards Programs of Consumer Technology Association
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Erich Pica
President of Friends of the Earth Trust
Erich Pica is President at Friends of the Earth Trust.
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About Friends of the Earth Trust: Friends of The Earth organizes campaigns on climate change; environmental justice; land, food, and water; and nature.
Erich Pica
President of Friends of the Earth Trust
Erich Pica is President at Friends of the Earth Trust.
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About Friends of the Earth Trust: Friends of The Earth organizes campaigns on climate change; environmental justice; land, food, and water; and nature.
Darrell West
Vice President and Director, Center for Technology Innovation of The Brookings Institution
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Martin Indyk
Vice President and Director of The Brookings Institution
Martin Indyk is an American diplomat who has served in senior positions in the U.S. presidential administrations of Clinton, Bush ’43 and Obama. He was twice U.S. Ambassador to Israel, President Clinton’s Middle East Advisor in the National Security Council, President Obama’s Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, and Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs under Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. From 2001 to 2018, Dr. Indyk managed, built-out and raised funds for the Brookings Institution, a think tank with an annual budget of $100 million. Dr. Indyk currently serves as a distinguished fellow and director of executive education at the Council on Foreign Relations and on several boards, including the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Australia, the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel, the Aspen Institute’s Middle East Investment Initiative, the Israel Democracy Institute and America Abroad Media. He received a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Australian National University.
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Amy Liuv
Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program of The Brookings Institution
An expert on metropolitan areas, Amy Liu is committed to helping city leaders make their cities more prosperous and inclusive. Liu combines empirical analysis with on-the-ground research to identify local challenges and design strategies to address them. She recently authored Remaking Economic Development: The Markets and Civics of Continuous Growth and Prosperity to explain why city leaders should abandon inefficient strategies to promote economic growth and articulate how they can embrace a broader vision that connects more people to opportunity. And she’s in a position to know, having worked variously with city leaders in Chicago, Kansas City, Phoenix and New Orleans, to name just a few.
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Brian Komar
Vice-President of Global Impact Engagement of Salesforce Foundation
Brian and his team handle communications and marketing for Salesforce.org.
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About Salesforce Foundation: Salesforce Foundation provides cloud-based solutions based on the Salesforce platform for nonprofits and educational institutions.
Ferline Buie
International Vice President- At Large of Teamsters
Ferline Buie, who has been a Teamsters since 1966, has built a reputation for integrity and hard work. Her leadership skills have led to her repeated election as President of Local 922 in Washington, D.C. and President of Joint Council 55. She previously was a shop steward for 22 years at Hertz Rent-A-Car. She is also an advisor to the Teamsters Human Rights Commission.
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About Teamsters: Teamsters mission is to organize and educate workers towards a higher standard of living.
T. Willard Fair
President and Chief Executive Officer of Urban League of Greater Miami
T. Willard Fair is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc. He also holds various leadership positions, including Chairman of the Miami-Bayside Foundation BOD and Member of the Miami Business Forum Board of Directors. He received a B.A. degree in Sociology, graduating Cum Laude, from Johnson C. Smith University, in 1961. And the M.S.W. degree from Atlanta University School of Social Work, in 1963. Mr. Fair’s 100-plus, service and recognition awards include: Family Christian Association of America (FCAA) Presidential Excalibur Award and The Greater Miami Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews Community Service Award, 1995.
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About Urban League of Greater Miami: The Urban League of Greater Miami is a non-profits that assists black children and families.
Frederick Kempe
President and CEO of The Atlantic Council
Frederick Kempe has held the position of President and CEO of the Atlantic Council since December 1, 2006. He is the author of four books, and a regular commentator on television and radio both in Europe and the United States. His latest book, BERLIN 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth (foreword by Gen. Brent Scowcroft) was published by Putnam in 2012 and is a New York Times bestseller. Under his leadership, the Council has achieved significant growth while considerably expanding its staff, work, and influence in areas that include international security, business and economics, energy and environment, and global issues of transatlantic interest ranging from Asia to Africa. He comes to the Council from a prominent twenty-five-year career at the Wall Street Journal, where he won national and international recognition while serving in numerous senior editorial and reportorial capacities. His last position with the paper was in New York, where he served as assistant managing editor, international, and “Thinking Global” columnist. Prior to that, he was for seven years the longest-serving editor and associate publisher ever of the Wall Street Journal Europe, simultaneously functioning as European editor for the Global Wall Street Journal from 2002 to 2005. During this time he managed six news bureaus, several satellite offices, a Brussels news desk operation, and he oversaw European and Middle Eastern reporting. Throughout his tenure as editor and associate publisher, the newspaper won a number of awards including the prestigious Harold Wincott Award as UK Business Journal of the Year, the Media Tenor Award as the top international paper in Europe, and multiple “Business Journalist of the Year” prizes from the World Leadership Forum in London. His teams participated in two Pulitzer Prizes. As managing editor of theWall Street Journal Europe from 1992 to 1997, he founded and managed the Central European Economic Review (CEER), which covered the countries of the former Soviet bloc. In 1993 he also cofounded Convergence, a magazine on Europe’s digital economy. Kempe joined Journal in 1981 in London before opening the paper’s Vienna bureau in 1984. He transferred to Washington, DC, in 1986 as chief diplomatic correspondent, and in 1990 opened its Berlin bureau. As a reporter, he covered a number of significant stories, including the rise of solidarity in Poland and the growing resistance to Soviet rule, the coming to power of Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia and all his summit meetings with Ronald Reagan, war reporting in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon in the 1980s, and the American invasion of Panama. He also covered the unification of Germany and the collapse of Soviet communism. He is a graduate of the University of Utah and has a master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was a member of the International Fellows Program in the School of International Affairs. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Maryland University College and from Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina and is a visiting fellow at Oxford University’s Said School of Business. He has won the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism’s top alumni achievement award and the University of Utah’s prize for the top young alumnus. He serves on a number of boards of directors, including the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and is on the advisory board of the Transatlantic Policy Network as well as the international advisory council of Atlantik-Bruecke e.V. in Berlin. He also served on the Senior Advisory Group of Admiral James Stavridis, Commander, US European Command (EUCOM). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kempe speaks German and is the son of German immigrants who came to the United States before World War II. His wife, Pamela Meyer, is the CEO of Calibrate. They live with their daughter, Johanna, in Washington, DC.
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Paige Ennis
Vice President, External Relations of The Atlantic Council
As vice president for external relations at the Council, Paige Ennis oversees all events, conferences, membership programs, board relations, and communications. Ennis comes to the Council after nearly ten years at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she served as senior director of alumni relations and the school’s annual fund and was previously director of marketing, alumni relations, and enrollment services in the Kennedy School’s Executive Education Department. Ennis brings diverse experience to the Council from numerous positions ranging from the worlds of sports and politics, including working with the Brazilian national soccer team for Nike, the 1994 World Cup, the Olympic Games in 1996, and the US Figure Skating Championship. She has also served on advance teams for President Bill Clinton, presidential candidate Gary Hart, and vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro. Ennis earned her Master of Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts.
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Barry Pavel
Vice President and Director of The Atlantic Council
Barry Pavel is Vice President and Director @ Atlantic Council.
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Frances Burwell
Vice President and Director, Transatlantic Relations of The Atlantic Council
Frances Burwell is Vice President and Director, Transatlantic Relations @ Atlantic Council.
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About The Atlantic Council: Renewing the Atlantic community for global challenges
Frances Burwell
Vice President and Director, Transatlantic Relations of The Atlantic Council
Frances Burwell is Vice President and Director, Transatlantic Relations @ Atlantic Council.
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Fred Sainz
Vice President, Communications & Marketing of Human Rights Campaign
Fred Sainz is the Human Rights Campaign’s Vice President for Communications & Marketing. Since joining the organization in 2010, Sainz has turned HRC into a media powerhouse—on television, in print, and across social media. In 2013, he was named Public Relations Professional of the Year by PR News for doing “as much as any single person can to promote a fundamental shift in the mores of our nation.” Last year, Sainz spearheaded a first-of-its-kind national public awareness campaign to build support for marriage equality as two historic cases reached the U.S. Supreme Court. A months-long undertaking, the campaign brought pro-equality voices to editorial pages, television advertisements and Internet platforms all across the country. And as thousands rallied outside the Court, Sainz’s team produced a little red-and-pink equal sign image that would soon be adopted as a profile picture by more than 10 million Facebook users, becoming the most viral campaign in the history of social media and the “Symbol of the Year” according to Stanford University. Upon joining HRC in 2010, Sainz first major undertaking was a national media blitz to secure the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. His previous work has put him at the intersection of government and philanthropy—serving as spokesman for one of the nation’s largest municipal governments as well as one of the most powerful LGBT philanthropic advocacy organizations. He got his start in the White House at age 20, and remains the second-youngest person ever to work in the West Wing.
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Chad Griffin
President of Human Rights Campaign
Chad Griffin is the president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization. After getting his start on the Clinton White House communications team at age 19 and graduating from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, Griffin spent the early part of his career in California, working at the intersection of Hollywood and politics to take on entrenched interests and shape key national debates. Griffin led successful statewide campaigns that secured billions for stem cell research and hundreds of million annually for early childhood education. But as the battle over Proposition 8 raged in 2008, Griffin found the cause of a lifetime in the fight for LGBT equality. After Prop 8 passed, Griffin wasn’t content waiting around for the political winds to change. He helped found the American Foundation for Equal Rights, recruited the bipartisan legal dream team of Ted Olson and David Boies, and challenged the discriminatory law in federal court—racking up momentous legal victories for the equality movement. Since helping to launch the Prop 8 case, Griffin has been named one of The Advocate’s people of the year, and has regularly featured on Out magazine’s Out 100 and Power 50 lists of influential LGBT Americans. Recently, the Washington Post named Griffin one of the most influential out Washingtonians. Since joining HRC as president in 2012, Griffin has steered the organization into an exciting new era in the fight for equality. From spearheading record-breaking investment in the 2012 elections that enabled unprecedented victories from coast to coast, to historic advocacy around the Supreme Court’s rulings striking down Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act in June of 2013, Griffin has brought renewed passion and energy to a fight that is inspiring Americans—LGBT and straight—all around the country. He is deeply passionate about extending HRC’s work to millions more than ever before, especially to young people in states like Arkansas, where Griffin was born and raised.
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Jeff Krehely
Vice President and Chief Foundation Officer of Human Rights Campaign
Jeff Krehely is Vice President and Chief Foundation Officer at the Human Rights Campaign, overseeing the organization’s public outreach and education programs. Prior to joining HRC, Jeff was the Vice President for LGBT Research and Communications at the Center for American Progress, a multi-issue think tank and advocacy organization in Washington, DC. Before CAP, Jeff was the research director of the Movement Advancement Project, a think tank that generates research and analysis to help speed equality for LGBT people. Jeff has also served as the research and deputy director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy; special assistant to the president of The Atlantic Philanthropies, Inc., a multibillion-dollar international grantmaking organization; research associate at the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy. Jeff holds a B.A. in English from King’s College (PA) and a master of public policy from Georgetown University. He has been published by the Brookings Institution Press, the Urban Institute Press, and others. Jeff is co-chair of the advisory board for the Forty to None Project, a program of the True Colors Fund, which seeks to raise awareness about and bring an end to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth experiencing homelessness. He is a member of the board of directors of SMYAL and the Progressive Congress Foundation.
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Andrew Rowan
President of WellBeing International
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Bart Frazier
Vice President of The Future of Freedom Foundation
Bart Frazier is program director at The Future of Freedom Foundation.
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About The Future of Freedom Foundation: The Future of Freedom Foundation was founded in 1989 by FFF president Jacob Hornberger with the aim of establishing an educational
Kerry Yoakum
Vice President of Government Affairs of Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Kerry Yoakum joined OAAA in 2008, bringing extensive experience in the law, advocacy, public affairs, and state regulatory activities. Prior to joining OAAA, Yoakum practiced law for six years as an attorney for the Ohio Department of Transportation. As administrator for the office of contracts, he was responsible for managing five major work areas of the Office of Contracts: Construction Contracts, Contractor Pre-qualification, External Civil Rights, ODOT’s Purchasing program, and the Advertising Device Control program (which regulates the outdoor advertising industry in Ohio.)
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About Outdoor Advertising Association of America: The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is a trade association that represents the outdoor advertising industry in the United States.
Steve Nicklin
Vice President of Marketing of Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Steve provides OAAA members, ad agencies and advertisers with marketing insights and trends, oversees the OAAA marketing research function and monitors ad spend performance of the OOH industry. His career has encompassed marketing leadership in the cable TV, radio and retail sectors. Steve holds an MBA in marketing and he earned his NAB Executive Development Program certificate at Georgetown University. He has received national award recognition from the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau, the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing, the National Association of Broadcasters, and the International Council of Shopping Centers for marketing and community service programs.
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About Outdoor Advertising Association of America: The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is a trade association that represents the outdoor advertising industry in the United States.
Marci Werlinich
Senior Vice President, Membership & Administration of Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Marci Werlinich has spent her entire professional career serving OAAA and its members. Werlinich focuses on membership recruitment, event planning, human resources, information technology, and a variety of other areas and programs that keep OAAA running. In the last 27 years, she has held various administrative and membership roles from administrative assistant to the oversight of the Outdoor Advertising Political Action Committee (OAPAC.) Werlinich was elected to the OAAA Hall of Fame in 2011.
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About Outdoor Advertising Association of America: The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is a trade association that represents the outdoor advertising industry in the United States.
Ken Klein
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs of Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Ken Klein leads the industry’s government affairs efforts, with a particular personal focus on congressional relations. Klein was originally trained as a journalist. He joined OAAA in 2001 after spending 25 years in media and government, including with the Florida Department of Transportation. Klein worked for Governor Bob Graham of Florida before moving to Washington, DC, when Mr. Graham was elected to the United States Senate. Klein served in various staff positions for Senator Graham, including chief of staff. He also served as the key staff person for the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
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About Outdoor Advertising Association of America: The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is a trade association that represents the outdoor advertising industry in the United States.
Ken Klein
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs of Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Ken Klein leads the industry’s government affairs efforts, with a particular personal focus on congressional relations. Klein was originally trained as a journalist. He joined OAAA in 2001 after spending 25 years in media and government, including with the Florida Department of Transportation. Klein worked for Governor Bob Graham of Florida before moving to Washington, DC, when Mr. Graham was elected to the United States Senate. Klein served in various staff positions for Senator Graham, including chief of staff. He also served as the key staff person for the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
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About Outdoor Advertising Association of America: The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is a trade association that represents the outdoor advertising industry in the United States.
Myron Laible
Vice President of State, Local & Regulatory Affairs of Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Myron Laible has been with OAAA for more than 25 years and has extensive experience in advocacy, public affairs, and federal regulatory activities. He is also an officer for the Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (FOARE). Laible was elected to the OAAA Hall of Fame in 2007, an honor given every two years to individuals demonstrating longtime meritorious service to the industry. Before joining OAAA, Laible was employed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), where he ran the daily operations of the Highway Beautification program, including oversight of the outdoor advertising control program at the national and state levels.
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About Outdoor Advertising Association of America: The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is a trade association that represents the outdoor advertising industry in the United States.
Robert Hull
President and CEO of National Association of State Boards of Education
R0bert Hull directs NASBE’s college, career, and civic readiness project. He been involved in education reform, mostly in West Virginia, for nearly 40 years. Hull started his career as an elementary school teacher in West Virginia’s Putnam County Public School District, and later became principal for eight years prior to moving to district administrative positions. Hull served as assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction and directed early childhood education, federal programs, and community outreach for the school district during his tenure there. In 2010, Hull joined the West Virginia Department of Education as assistant superintendent of schools in the division of teaching and learning. Quickly promoted to associate state superintendent of schools at the department, Hull oversaw numerous state programs including educator quality, early learning, career and technical innovation, federal programs, and policy development and deployment for Common Core State Standards and Smarter-Balanced assessments. In addition to his work in education, Hull has a background in fine arts and is an advocate for integrating all things creative and innovative in classrooms everywhere. He resides in Washington, D.C., with his wife and fellow-educator, Rachel, and his four-legged stress reliever, Emert the miniature schnauzer.
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About National Association of State Boards of Education: The NASBE is a nonprofit 501(c)3 association that represents state and territorial boards of education.
Craig Spiezle
Executive Director & President of Online Trust Alliance
Craig works at OTA Alliance. He is recognized as a thought leader and pioneer on the convergence of interactive marketing, society and digital commerce. He frequently briefs members of Congress representing the roles and shared responsibility of members of the ecosystem and the importance of meaningful self-regulation. Prior to OTA, Craig spent over a decade at Microsoft. He holds a Bachelors of Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a MBA from Seattle University.
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About Online Trust Alliance: A non-profit with the mission to enhance online trust and empower users while promoting the innovation and vitality of the Internet.
Deborah Bortner
President of North American Securities Administrators Association(NASAA)
Deborah Bortner is a President at NASAA.
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About North American Securities Administrators Association(NASAA): North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection.
Daniel Knepper
CFO and Managing Vice President of Institute For Justice
Dan Knepper serves as Chief Financial Officer and Managing Vice President at the Institute for Justice. As IJ’s primary financial officer, Dan oversees IJ’s budget, spending, and financial and investment management. Dan also oversees multiple business units and the day-to-day operation of IJ, including IJ’s Clinic, legislative efforts, legal and regulatory compliance, contracting, and back-office functions. Dan serves as IJ’s corporate Secretary and Treasurer and is a principal liaison with IJ’s Board of Directors. Dan received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. While at GULC, Dan served as Editor and Special Projects Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal, which published his note, “Eliminating the Federal Subsidy in Kelo: Restricting the Availability of Tax-Exempt Financing for Redevelopment Projects.” Dan is a member of both the New York and DC bars. Prior to law school, Dan worked at IJ as an evidence analyst, where he assisted with the Lakewood, Ohio, eminent domain challenge, and he was a summer law clerk at IJ in 2004.
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About Institute For Justice: Institute for Justice is the national law firm for liberty.
Bert Gall
Managing Vice President and Senior Attorney of Institute For Justice
Bert Gall serves as a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice. He litigates economic liberty, school choice, free speech and property rights cases nationwide in both federal and state courts. Bert received his law degree from Duke University in 1999, where he served as an articles editor on the staff of Law and Contemporary Problems. He received his undergraduate degree from Rice University in 1996 where he majored in history and political science. Before coming to the Institute, he spent two years in private practice at a Helms Mulliss & Wicker in Charlotte, where he worked on a wide variety of commercial litigation cases. After law school, he clerked for Judge Karen Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In 2009, Bert was recognized by The National Law Journal as one of its “Rising Stars: Washington’s 40 under 40,” which honored the top 40 lawyers under the age of 40 in the Washington, D.C. area.
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About Institute For Justice: Institute for Justice is the national law firm for liberty.
Virginia Sloan
Founder & President of The Constitution Project
Virginia “Ginny” Sloan is President and Founder of The Constitution Project, and serves on its Board of Directors. Ms. Sloan previously served as Executive Director of the Task Force on Gender, Race and Ethnic Bias of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and, for 14 years, was a counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. She was a law clerk to a federal judge and a Deputy Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles. Ms. Sloan is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Southern Center for Human Rights, the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, and Measures for Justice, and the Honorary Board of the Washington Council of Lawyers. She is also a member of the American Law Institute. She served as a Council member of the ABA’s Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section, and is now a special counsel, serving as the Section’s Constitutional Rights Division Director and Chair of its Death Penalty Due Process Review Project. She chaired IRR’s Criminal Justice Committee, which co-sponsored the successful 1999 ABA death penalty moratorium resolution. She is also an Advisor to the 9/11 Voices for Restoring the Rule of Law Campaign of September 11 Families for a Peaceful Tomorrow. In May 2008, Ms. Sloan was honored by the Legal Times as a “Champion,” “one of 30 lawyers who have had the greatest impact on the Washington legal community over the last 30 years and whose community and public service has set an example that other D.C. lawyers should follow.” Other awards include the Washington Council of Lawyers’ 2002 President’s Award for pro bono and public service.
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About The Constitution Project: The Constitution Project is a nonprofit organization that creates bipartisan consensus in support of constitutional safeguards.
Kay holcombe
Senior Vice President for Science Policy of The Biotechnology Industry Organization
Kay holcombe is Senior Vice President for Science Policy at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, works with the organization on all major policy initiatives, with a particular focus on regulatory policy. Prior to joining BIO, she was Vice President, FDA Alliances and Federal Agency Relations, at Sanofi and Vice President for Government Relations at Genzyme Corporation.
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About The Biotechnology Industry Organization: Biotechnology Industry Organization provides biotechnology information, advocacy, and business development services.
William J. Luti
Vice President for Strategic Implementation of The Hudson Institute
William Luti is Vice President of Hudson Institute. He directs Hudson’s strategic planning efforts to shape and advance the mission and growth of the Institute. Before joining Hudson, he held executive positions in several private sector information systems companies providing a wide range of information technology solutions and services to customers. Dr. Luti served at the White House as the Special Assistant to President Bush for Defense Policy and Strategy on the National Security Council staff from 2005 to 2008. He directed the President’s personal defense staff and was responsible for interagency management for security cooperation, international defense agreements, cyber defense, national space policy, defense plans in support of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, advanced conventional and nuclear strike capability, and defense transformation and force planning.
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About The Hudson Institute: The Hudson Institute is a research organization that promotes security, prosperity, and freedom.
Lewis Libby
Senior Vice President of The Hudson Institute
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About The Hudson Institute: The Hudson Institute is a research organization that promotes security, prosperity, and freedom.
Kenneth Weinstein
President and CEO of The Hudson Institute
Weinstein has been President and CEO of Hudson Institute since 2011. Since joining Hudson Institute in 1999, he has held several other positions, including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Fellow, and Director of the Washington Office. From 1996 to 1998, he was the Director of the Government Reform Project at the Heritage Foundation, and from 1994 to 1996, he was Director of Research at the New Citizenship Project. He served on the National Council of the Humanities from 2006 to 2012 and was appointed to the D.C. Advisory Board to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in 2010. Weinstein received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, an M.Phil. from the Institut d’ Études Politiques de Paris, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Weinstein serves as a member of the Advisory Committee and the Special Committee on the Creation on a Chief Executive Officer. He also served on the Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting, which on August 1, 2014, issued its report, To Be Where the Audience Is; The Future of Shortwave.
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About The Hudson Institute, The Hudson Institute: The Hudson Institute is a research organization that promotes security, prosperity, and freedom.
Kenneth Weinstein
President and CEO of The Hudson Institute
Weinstein has been President and CEO of Hudson Institute since 2011. Since joining Hudson Institute in 1999, he has held several other positions, including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Fellow, and Director of the Washington Office. From 1996 to 1998, he was the Director of the Government Reform Project at the Heritage Foundation, and from 1994 to 1996, he was Director of Research at the New Citizenship Project. He served on the National Council of the Humanities from 2006 to 2012 and was appointed to the D.C. Advisory Board to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in 2010. Weinstein received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, an M.Phil. from the Institut d’ Études Politiques de Paris, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Weinstein serves as a member of the Advisory Committee and the Special Committee on the Creation on a Chief Executive Officer. He also served on the Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting, which on August 1, 2014, issued its report, To Be Where the Audience Is; The Future of Shortwave.
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About The Hudson Institute, The Hudson Institute: The Hudson Institute is a research organization that promotes security, prosperity, and freedom.
Mari Horita
President & CEO of ArtsFund
Mari Horita is the President and CEO of ArtsFund. In this role Mari is in charge of developing and implementing organizational strategy and direction, as well as overseeing all operations, governance, fundraising, external relations, and programs for ArtsFund. Mari has served on a number of nonprofit boards including ArtsFund, United Way of King County, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Asian Bar Association of Washington, Washington Appleseed, Bertschi School, Densho, and YouthCare. She currently serves on the Seattle Arts Commission, as well as the Executive Committee of the Downtown Seattle Association, the Advisory Board for the Foster School’s Board Fellows Program, the Seattle Art Fair Host Committee, the University of Washington Alumni Association Board of Trustees, and the Private Sector Council for Americans for the Arts. A lawyer by training, she practiced law at Bogle & Gates, and later Dorsey & Whitney and K&L Gates. She has presented on a number of topics including nonprofit governance, art law, creative placemaking, and strategic planning at the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, Seattle University MFA in Arts Leadership, United Way of King County’s Project LEAD, Leadership Tomorrow, the Washington State Bar Association, and the Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County, among others. In 2017 she was honored as a Seattle Reign FC Legend. Mari has played violin with the Vina Musica String Quartet for the past 20 years and before that played with the Seattle Youth Symphony, the Denver Philharmonic, and the Vancouver Academy of Music orchestra. She has a 14-year-old daughter, Naomi. Mari holds a B.A. from Pomona College, a J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law, and an M.A. in Nonprofit Leadership from Seattle University.
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About ArtsFund: ArtsFund strengthens the community by supporting the arts through leadership, advocacy and grant making.
Barbara Durr
Deputy to the Vice President of Policy & Campaigns of Oxfam America
Barbara joined Oxfam in 2010, relocating to Washington from Atlanta after a 15-year career at CARE. She oversees Oxfam America’s DC Office, the division’s campaign Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning function, and the largest ever Oxfam-wide policy and advocacy grant—the $17 million Global LEAP award from the Gates Foundation. While at CARE, Barbara held a variety of positions, including Director of Internal Communications for the 13,000-strong CARE USA staff, Coordinator for Special Projects for the Executive Office—which included an assessment of local African partnerships and the exploratory mission that resulted in opening CARE Brazil—and Director of Program Services and Information, where she created the first team for large foundation fundraising. Prior to CARE, Barbara was a correspondent for The Financial Times and an editor for National Public radio.
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About Oxfam America, Oxfam America: Oxfam America is a global organization working to right the wrongs of poverty, hunger, and injustice.
Richard Trumka
President of AFL-CIO
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Richard Trumka
President of AFL-CIO
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About AFL-CIO: AFL-CIO is a non-profit organization that aims to ensure employees receive decent paychecks and benefits, safe jobs, and fair treatment.
Julie Regnier
Senior Vice President, Human Resources of World Vision
Julie Regnier oversees the human resources functions of World Vision, serving more than 1,100 employees in various locations across the United States. She has specialized in human resources work since 1985 and has served at World Vision since 1995. Regnier has master’s degrees in public administration and in gerontology from the University of Southern California.
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About World Vision: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization focused on improving the lives of children, families, and communities worldwide.
Chris Glynn
Senior Vice President & Transformational Engagement of World Vision
Chris Glynn leads the World Vision teams responsible for acquiring and distributing resources from corporations — including cash funds, product donations, and service-in-kind donations — as well as the major-donor fundraising team and World Vision’s U.S. programs, which are working to tackle the causes of poverty and injustice in the United States. With more than 23 years of executive leadership experience, Chris has helped transform organizations, making them more efficient and effective in the work that they do. He joined World Vision in 2010 when he began to feel that God was calling him to use his gifts for a greater purpose. Chris holds an MBA with a focus on strategic quality management from Eastern Michigan University and a BBA in management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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About World Vision: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization focused on improving the lives of children, families, and communities worldwide.
Larry Probus
Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, and Chief Financial Officer of World Vision
Larry Probus directs World Vision’s finance, information technology, legal, and corporate services functions. A CPA with 25 years of experience in public accounting and corporate finance, Probus joined World Vision in 2003.
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About World Vision: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization focused on improving the lives of children, families, and communities worldwide.
Larry Probus
Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, and Chief Financial Officer of World Vision
Larry Probus directs World Vision’s finance, information technology, legal, and corporate services functions. A CPA with 25 years of experience in public accounting and corporate finance, Probus joined World Vision in 2003.
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Kent Hill
Senior Vice President, International Programs Group of World Vision
Kent Hill joined World Vision in February 2011 after more than three decades serving in U.S. government, academic, and nonprofit leadership roles. As head of international programs for World Vision U.S., Hill collaborates with the international partnership of World Vision to help facilitate the overseas allocation of resources from government grants, corporate donated goods, and individual donors. Hill is based in the Washington, D.C., office. Hill served from 2001 to 2005 as U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator of Europe and Eurasia, and was responsible for U.S. foreign assistance to 26 countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Between 2005 and 2009, he was Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, heading up all USAID health programs and representing USAID in several interagency, global, and multilateral health initiatives. Hill has extensive experience with multiple U.S. government departments and agencies, international assistance agencies from other countries, and hundreds of U.S. and international NGOs, including faith-based organizations. He received a master’s degree in Russian Studies and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington; spent six years as an associate professor of history at Seattle Pacific University; was president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, D.C.; and later served as president of Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts. Most recently, Hill spent two years as the vice president for character development for the John Templeton Foundation.
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Richard Stearns
President of World Vision
The former CEO for Parker Brothers Games and Lenox, Rich holds a B.A. in neurobiology from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Following a sense of God’s call on his life, he resigned from Lenox in 1998 to become World Vision’s U.S. president. Driven by his passion to raise awareness and support for poverty and justice issues, Rich authored The Hole in Our Gospel and a new book called Unfinished. Rich and his wife, Reneé, live in Bellevue, Washington, and have supported World Vision since 1984. They have five children of their own — plus millions more around the world.
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Mark Emmert
President of National Collegiate Athletic Association
Mark Emmert became the fifth president of the NCAA in October 2010. As president he has championed greater support for student-athlete wellness and academic success. His commitment to the academic success of athletes is also reflected in newly heightened academic standards for initial eligibility. Additionally, he ushered a new governance structure in Division I. Before the NCAA, Emmert was president of his alma mater, the University of Washington, beginning in 2004, and is also president emeritus at the school. During his tenure, the university rose to its standing as second among all public and private institutions in research funding, with $1.3 billion in annual grants and contracts. The university also completed a $2.6 billion fundraising campaign under his leadership. Emmert has served in many capacities throughout his higher education career. His administrative appointments include chancellor of Louisiana State University (1999-2004), provost and chancellor of the University of Connecticut (1995-1999), provost and vice president for academic affairs at Montana State University-Bozeman (1992-1995) and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1985-1992). Emmert is also a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Emmert graduated from Washington with a degree in political science and has both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in public administration from Syracuse University. Emmert holds an honorary doctorate of humanities degree from Monmouth University and an honorary doctorate of laws degree from Molloy College. Emmert and his wife DeLaine have two adult children and three grandchildren.
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Jennifer Pryce
President and CEO of Calvert Impact Capital
Jenn brings nearly 20 years of finance and community development work to her role as the President and CEO of Calvert Foundation. Since arriving at Calvert Foundation in 2009, Jenn has risen from the position of U.S. Portfolio Manager to Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, then Chief Strategy Officer and now President and CEO. In her role as Chief Strategy Officer, she led the organization’s Strategic Initiatives team and its work on raising capital, developing new products and initiatives and marketing and communications. Jenn has also overseen Calvert Foundation’s wholly owned Community Investment Partners subsidiary, which offers fund and asset management services for institutional clients. Prior to Calvert Foundation, Jenn worked with Nonprofit Finance Fund as the Director of the Washington Metro Area office. She has also held positions at Wall Street firms, working at Neuberger & Berman as an equity research analyst and Morgan Stanley’s London office in the Investment Banking division. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Gabon, Africa and also worked at the Public Theater in New York City. Jennifer received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Union College and a MBA from Columbia University. She serves on the Boards of Hitachi Foundation and Groundswell.
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Damon Wilson
President & Chief Executive Officer of National Endowment for Democracy
Damon Wilson is Executive Vice President of the Atlantic Council, serving as both a thought leader and manager with responsibility for strategy and strategic initiatives, program development and integration, and institutional development and organizational effectiveness. His work is committed to advancing a Europe whole, free, and at peace to include Europe’s East, the Western Balkans, and the Black Sea region; to strengthening the NATO Alliance; and to fostering a transatlantic partnership capable of tackling global challenges and promoting its common values. His areas of expertise include NATO, transatlantic relations, Central and Eastern Europe, and national security issues. From 2007 to 2009, Wilson served as special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs at the National Security Council. He played a leading role in developing and coordinating US government efforts to work with Europe on global challenges. He managed interagency policy on NATO, the European Union, Georgia, Ukraine, the Balkans, Eurasian energy security, and Turkey, and planned numerous presidential visits to Europe, including US-European Union and NATO summits. Previously, Wilson served at the US embassy in Baghdad as the executive secretary and chief of staff, where he helped manage one of the largest US embassies, implementing a reorganization plan that strengthened coordination, accountability, and effectiveness, and played a key role in overseeing the embassy’s effort to design and implement a civilian surge throughout Iraq. Prior to this posting, he worked at the National Security Council as the director for Central, Eastern, and Northern European affairs from 2004 to 2006. During this time, Wilson strengthened ties with the German Chancellery, coordinated interagency policy in support of reform in Ukraine, directed efforts to deepen engagement with America’s allies in Central and Eastern Europe—including beginning the expansion of more secure visa-free travel—and promoted close consultations with coalition partners in Iraq and Afghanistan. From 2001 to 2004, Wilson served as deputy director of the Private Office of the NATO Secretary General, assisting Lord George Robertson in his drive to transform the Alliance by enlarging NATO membership, conducting operations beyond Europe particularly in Afghanistan, and adapting Allied capabilities to face modern threats. Wilson also supported the secretary general’s role in the successful effort to avert civil war in Macedonia. Prior to serving in Brussels, Wilson worked in the US Department of State’s Office of European Security and Political Affairs, where he was responsible for cooperation with NATO Allies on missile defense, nuclear policy, and preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction. He also worked on the State Department’s China desk and at the US embassy in Beijing as a Presidential Management Fellow. Wilson began his service at the State Department by helping coordinate policy to adapt NATO to modern security challenges and planning for the Alliance’s 50th anniversary summit in Washington during the Kosovo conflict. Wilson completed his master’s degree at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, where he also taught an undergraduate policy workshop on implementing NATO expansion. As a graduate student in 1997, he worked in the African Affairs Directorate of the National Security Council concentrating on Central Africa. From 1995 to 1996, he served as the first Hart Leadership fellow, working in Rwanda as a project officer for Save the Children’s Children and War Program. As a Benjamin N. Duke leadership scholar at Duke University, Wilson obtained his BA summa cum laude in political science. He also studied at the University of Grenoble, France, conducted independent research on democracy in Estonia, and worked for the Unaccompanied Children in Exile refugee program in Croatia and Turkey. Wilson speaks French and has been decorated by the presidents of Estonia Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, and Poland for his efforts to advance transatlantic relations. He also serves as a senior adviser to the US-Ukraine Business Council; is a member of Commander, US European Command; serves on the international advisory board to the Slovak Atlantic Commission; and has lectured at The George Washington University.
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Melanie Campbell
CEO and President of National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Melanie L. Campbell is the president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable Intergenerational Public Policy Network. Ms. Campbell has served in the civil rights, social justice, youth and women’s rights movement for over 20 years.
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Marguerite Kondracke
President & CEO of America’s Promise Alliance
Marguerite Kondracke currently serves as the Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and has been a director of the Company since November 2007. Since 2004, Ms. Kondracke has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the America’s Promise Alliance, a not-for-profit children’s advocacy organization founded in 1997 by General Colin Powell. Prior to that time, Ms. Kondracke served as Special Assistant to U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, as well as the Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families from April 2003 to September 2004. From September 2001 to March 2003, Ms. Kondracke served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Brown Schools, a provider of behavioral services for adolescents. Ms. Kondracke is the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer, and currently a board member of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a leading provider of workplace services for employers and families. Ms. Kondracke is currently a board member of Saks, Inc. (NYSE: SKS), a public company that operates department stores in the United States. Ms. Kondracke also serves on the Board of Trustees of Duke University.
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Teresa Hodge
President of Mission Launch
Teresa Y Hodge joined Mission: Launch as President in 2020.
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David Myers
President & Chief Executive Officer of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
David Myers joined American Institutes for Research as President & CEO in 2010.
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David Myers
President & Chief Executive Officer of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
David Myers joined American Institutes for Research as President & CEO in 2010.
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Jon Cohen
EVP & President, AIR Assessment of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Jon Cohen is EVP & President, AIR Assessment at American Institutes for Research (AIR).
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Jon Cohen
EVP & President, AIR Assessment of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Jon Cohen is EVP & President, AIR Assessment at American Institutes for Research (AIR).
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Kathleen Courrier
Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Kathleen Courrier is Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs at American Institutes for Research (AIR).
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Kathleen Courrier
Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Kathleen Courrier is Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs at American Institutes for Research (AIR).
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Marijo Ahlgrimm
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Marijo Ahlgrimm is Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at American Institutes for Research (AIR).
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Marijo Ahlgrimm
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Marijo Ahlgrimm is Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at American Institutes for Research (AIR).
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Cheryl Vince
Senior Vice President & Director, Health & Social Development Program of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Cheryl Joan Vince, a senior vice president at AIR, directs the Health and Social Development program. The program promotes youth and family well-being by strengthening systems so children, youth and families—especially those in tough circumstances—can thrive. Vince oversees a body of work that involves research and evaluation, training, and technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of juvenile justice, mental health, child welfare and education agencies as they address a variety of issues in the lives of vulnerable children and families. For more than three decades, Vince has served as a leader, building new programs in nonprofit organizations to address challenges in education, public health, and human services. She has experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of large-scale interventions, and putting in place large scale training and technical assistance functions that building organizations’ capacities to implement evidence-based programs. She has developed numerous curricula, training materials and resources for audiences ranging from children and adolescents to nurses and physicians on healthy aging, as well as leaders and decision-makers in national governments responsible for policy setting. In this work, she has drawn extensively on implementation and diffusion research; she has synthesized, studied and published about its application in her analysis of 22 country initiatives to operationalize the World Health Organization’s vision of improving student and staff health through education systems. Vince has worked both across the United States and in many countries around the world. In partnership with United Nations organizations, national governments, professional associations, universities and nongovernmental organizations, she has built bodies of work that apply a public health approach to promote well-being and healthy development across the life cycle and address major health challenges. Areas of focus include emotional and mental health; substance abuse; injury, violence, and suicide; reproductive health; HIV and AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. From 1998 to 2010, she served as the director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center, during her time at EDC. Earlier in her career, she spent several years teaching in Canada after receiving her education diploma from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
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Cheryl Vince
Senior Vice President & Director, Health & Social Development Program of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Cheryl Joan Vince, a senior vice president at AIR, directs the Health and Social Development program. The program promotes youth and family well-being by strengthening systems so children, youth and families—especially those in tough circumstances—can thrive. Vince oversees a body of work that involves research and evaluation, training, and technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of juvenile justice, mental health, child welfare and education agencies as they address a variety of issues in the lives of vulnerable children and families. For more than three decades, Vince has served as a leader, building new programs in nonprofit organizations to address challenges in education, public health, and human services. She has experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of large-scale interventions, and putting in place large scale training and technical assistance functions that building organizations’ capacities to implement evidence-based programs. She has developed numerous curricula, training materials and resources for audiences ranging from children and adolescents to nurses and physicians on healthy aging, as well as leaders and decision-makers in national governments responsible for policy setting. In this work, she has drawn extensively on implementation and diffusion research; she has synthesized, studied and published about its application in her analysis of 22 country initiatives to operationalize the World Health Organization’s vision of improving student and staff health through education systems. Vince has worked both across the United States and in many countries around the world. In partnership with United Nations organizations, national governments, professional associations, universities and nongovernmental organizations, she has built bodies of work that apply a public health approach to promote well-being and healthy development across the life cycle and address major health challenges. Areas of focus include emotional and mental health; substance abuse; injury, violence, and suicide; reproductive health; HIV and AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. From 1998 to 2010, she served as the director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center, during her time at EDC. Earlier in her career, she spent several years teaching in Canada after receiving her education diploma from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
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Susan Lapham
Vice President of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
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Susan Lapham
Vice President of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
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Michael Garet
Vice President, Education Program, & Institute Fellow of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Michael Garet is a vice president in the Education Program and an Institute Fellow at AIR. His areas of specialization include methodological issues in evaluating the impacts of educational interventions, the analysis of large-scale survey and assessment data, and the analysis of organizational structure and process. His recent work has focused on teacher quality and professional development in reading, mathematics, and science. Garet is currently serving as principal investigator for an experimental study of the impact of teacher and leader evaluation systems, and co-principal investigator for an experimental study of the impact of teacher professional development in fourth-grade mathematics, conducted for the Institute of Education Sciences. He is also co-principal investigator for a large-scale evaluation of the Intensive Partnership Sites for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Deeper Learning Network Schools for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Garet was project director for a large-scale randomized field trial supported by the Institute of Education Sciences examining the effectiveness of teacher professional development in middle school mathematics, and a parallel study in early reading. Garet was also co-principal investigator for a national longitudinal study of No Child Left Behind. Before joining the staff at AIR, Garet was an assistant professor in the School of Education at Stanford, and an associate professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern, where he taught courses on research methods and on schools as organizations. Recent publications include work on the effects of teacher professional development appearing in the Educational Researcher, American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Teachers College Record, and the Peabody Journal of Education.
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Michael Garet
Vice President, Education Program, & Institute Fellow of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Michael Garet is a vice president in the Education Program and an Institute Fellow at AIR. His areas of specialization include methodological issues in evaluating the impacts of educational interventions, the analysis of large-scale survey and assessment data, and the analysis of organizational structure and process. His recent work has focused on teacher quality and professional development in reading, mathematics, and science. Garet is currently serving as principal investigator for an experimental study of the impact of teacher and leader evaluation systems, and co-principal investigator for an experimental study of the impact of teacher professional development in fourth-grade mathematics, conducted for the Institute of Education Sciences. He is also co-principal investigator for a large-scale evaluation of the Intensive Partnership Sites for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Deeper Learning Network Schools for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Garet was project director for a large-scale randomized field trial supported by the Institute of Education Sciences examining the effectiveness of teacher professional development in middle school mathematics, and a parallel study in early reading. Garet was also co-principal investigator for a national longitudinal study of No Child Left Behind. Before joining the staff at AIR, Garet was an assistant professor in the School of Education at Stanford, and an associate professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern, where he taught courses on research methods and on schools as organizations. Recent publications include work on the effects of teacher professional development appearing in the Educational Researcher, American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Teachers College Record, and the Peabody Journal of Education.
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Gary Phillips
Vice President & Institute Fellow of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Gary Phillips is a vice president and Institute Fellow at AIR who conducts research that advances the state-of-the-art in statistical and psychometric techniques. Phillips received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky with joint training from the college of education and department of statistics. Phillips has 25 years of experience applying procedures related to psychometrics and statistical analyses. He is the author of several hundred conference paper presentations and publications in journals such as the Educational Researcher, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, Education Leadership, Applied Psychological Measurement, International Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints, and Phi Delta Kappan. He has taught dozens of advanced, graduate-level statistics courses, and presented hundreds of workshops on advanced statistical and psychometric topics. Phillips is nationally and internationally known for his expertise in large-scale assessments and complex surveys. His reports have received wide press coverage including articles in Education Week, Education Daily, Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Sun-Times, and Bloomberg and have been covered in hundreds of local papers, blogs, radio-and television stations. Phillips previously served as the Acting Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education where he was a member of the Senior Executive Service and directed the work of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). He has conducted many national press conferences and is frequently asked to provide testimony at Congressional hearings and Congressional briefings.
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Gary Phillips
Vice President & Institute Fellow of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Gary Phillips is a vice president and Institute Fellow at AIR who conducts research that advances the state-of-the-art in statistical and psychometric techniques. Phillips received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky with joint training from the college of education and department of statistics. Phillips has 25 years of experience applying procedures related to psychometrics and statistical analyses. He is the author of several hundred conference paper presentations and publications in journals such as the Educational Researcher, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, Education Leadership, Applied Psychological Measurement, International Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints, and Phi Delta Kappan. He has taught dozens of advanced, graduate-level statistics courses, and presented hundreds of workshops on advanced statistical and psychometric topics. Phillips is nationally and internationally known for his expertise in large-scale assessments and complex surveys. His reports have received wide press coverage including articles in Education Week, Education Daily, Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Sun-Times, and Bloomberg and have been covered in hundreds of local papers, blogs, radio-and television stations. Phillips previously served as the Acting Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education where he was a member of the Senior Executive Service and directed the work of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). He has conducted many national press conferences and is frequently asked to provide testimony at Congressional hearings and Congressional briefings.
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Mark Fanning
Retired Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Administration at American Institutes for Rese of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Mark Fanning is Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Administration at American Institutes for Research (AIR).
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Mark Fanning
Retired Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Administration at American Institutes for Rese of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Mark Fanning is Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Administration at American Institutes for Research (AIR).
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Dan Goldhaber
Vice President & Center Director, ALDER Program of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Dan Goldhaber is an AIR vice president and director of the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research Program at AIR. He is also a professor in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell, the director of the Center for Education Data & Research, and the co-editor of Education Finance and Policy. Goldhaber’s work focuses on issues of educational productivity and reform at the K-12 level; the broad array of human capital policies that influence the composition, distribution, and quality of teachers in the workforce; and connections between students’ K-12 experiences and postsecondary outcomes. Topics of published work in this area include studies of the stability of value-added measures of teachers, the effects of teacher qualifications and quality on student achievement, and the impact of teacher pay structure and licensure on the teacher labor market. Previous work has covered topics such as the relative efficiency of public and private schools, and the effects of accountability systems and market competition on K-12 schooling. Goldhaber’s research has been regularly published in leading peer-reviewed economic and education journals such as: American Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Policy and Management, Journal of Urban Economics, Economics of Education Review, Education Finance and Policy, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. The findings from these articles have been covered in more widely accessible media outlets such as National Public Radio, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, and Education Week. Goldhaber previously served as an elected member of the Alexandria City School Board from 1997-2002, and as an associate editor of Economics of Education Review.
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Dan Goldhaber
Vice President & Center Director, ALDER Program of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Dan Goldhaber is an AIR vice president and director of the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research Program at AIR. He is also a professor in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell, the director of the Center for Education Data & Research, and the co-editor of Education Finance and Policy. Goldhaber’s work focuses on issues of educational productivity and reform at the K-12 level; the broad array of human capital policies that influence the composition, distribution, and quality of teachers in the workforce; and connections between students’ K-12 experiences and postsecondary outcomes. Topics of published work in this area include studies of the stability of value-added measures of teachers, the effects of teacher qualifications and quality on student achievement, and the impact of teacher pay structure and licensure on the teacher labor market. Previous work has covered topics such as the relative efficiency of public and private schools, and the effects of accountability systems and market competition on K-12 schooling. Goldhaber’s research has been regularly published in leading peer-reviewed economic and education journals such as: American Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Policy and Management, Journal of Urban Economics, Economics of Education Review, Education Finance and Policy, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. The findings from these articles have been covered in more widely accessible media outlets such as National Public Radio, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, and Education Week. Goldhaber previously served as an elected member of the Alexandria City School Board from 1997-2002, and as an associate editor of Economics of Education Review.
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David Osher
Vice President & AIR Institute Fellow of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
David Osher, an AIR vice president and Institute Fellow, is senior advisor to the Health and Social Development Program. His work focuses on collaboration; children’s services; prevention (school failure and drop out, emotional and behavioral disorders, and violence); social emotional learning; school climate; youth development; the social and emotional conditions for learning, teaching, and healthy development; and culturally competent interventions for children and youth with mental health problems and disorders and their families. Osher serves as principal investigator of three major research and technical assistance centers funded by the U.S. government: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments, The Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, and The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk. Osher also serves as principal investigator of a contract to help the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs improve the coordination and efficiency of youth programs across 12 federal departments and executive agencies and to develop a national plan for youth aged 10-24. He and his colleagues have developed multiple student and staff school climate surveys and have done extensive research on social emotional learning and the conditions for learning, positive behavioral supports, and effective student support. Osher was academic dean of a liberal arts college and two professional schools of human services; has consulted with ministries, non-governmental organizations, educators and human service professionals across the world, serves on numerous expert panels and editorial boards; and has authored or co-authored over 325 books, monographs, chapters, articles and reports.
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David Osher
Vice President & AIR Institute Fellow of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
David Osher, an AIR vice president and Institute Fellow, is senior advisor to the Health and Social Development Program. His work focuses on collaboration; children’s services; prevention (school failure and drop out, emotional and behavioral disorders, and violence); social emotional learning; school climate; youth development; the social and emotional conditions for learning, teaching, and healthy development; and culturally competent interventions for children and youth with mental health problems and disorders and their families. Osher serves as principal investigator of three major research and technical assistance centers funded by the U.S. government: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments, The Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, and The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk. Osher also serves as principal investigator of a contract to help the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs improve the coordination and efficiency of youth programs across 12 federal departments and executive agencies and to develop a national plan for youth aged 10-24. He and his colleagues have developed multiple student and staff school climate surveys and have done extensive research on social emotional learning and the conditions for learning, positive behavioral supports, and effective student support. Osher was academic dean of a liberal arts college and two professional schools of human services; has consulted with ministries, non-governmental organizations, educators and human service professionals across the world, serves on numerous expert panels and editorial boards; and has authored or co-authored over 325 books, monographs, chapters, articles and reports.
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Johannes Bos
Senior Vice President & Program Director of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Johannes Bos is a vice president and program director in AIR’s International Development, Evaluation, and Research (IDER) program. Bos is a nationally recognized expert in the conduct of randomized control trials in education and other areas of social policy research. Since 1992 he has conducted numerous evaluations and policy studies in education, child development, welfare reform, and labor policy.
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Johannes Bos
Senior Vice President & Program Director of American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Johannes Bos is a vice president and program director in AIR’s International Development, Evaluation, and Research (IDER) program. Bos is a nationally recognized expert in the conduct of randomized control trials in education and other areas of social policy research. Since 1992 he has conducted numerous evaluations and policy studies in education, child development, welfare reform, and labor policy.
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