Team
Staff Leadership
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Margaret Spellings
President and CEO -
Michele Stockwell
President, BPC Action -
Lisel Loy
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer -
Paige Ennis
Executive Vice President, External Relations -
Dennis C. Shea
Executive Vice President and Chair, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy -
Cheryl Oldham
Executive Vice President, Human Capital -
David R. Hill
Executive Vice President, Energy -
Jonathan W. Burks
Executive Vice President, Economic and Health Policy -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Chief Financial Officer -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
Chad Kolton
Senior Vice President, Communications -
Dane Stangler
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives -
Matthew Weil
Vice President, Democracy and Bipartisanship -
Laura Hall
Vice President, BPC Action -
Shai Akabas
Vice President, Economic Policy -
Bailey Childers
Vice President, External Relations
Board of Directors
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Robbie Bach
Former President of Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft -
Madhu Beriwal
Founder, CEO and President, IEM -
Ralph Cavanagh
Former Co-Director of NRDC's Energy Program -
Ron Christie
CEO of Christie Strategies LLC -
Henry Cisneros
Board Chair; Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Paid Family Leave; 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration -
John Delaney
Former Representative (D-MD) -
Tara DiJulio
Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, GE Aerospace -
Thomas J. Falk
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kimberly-Clark -
Hugh Frater
Chairman, Vessel Technologies -
C. Robert Henrikson
Former President and CEO of MetLife, Inc. -
Karen Dunn Kelley
Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce -
Terri Ludwig
CEO, Philanthropy, Ballmer Group -
Pamela Hughes Patenaude
Former Deputy Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Olympia Snowe
Former Senator (R-ME) -
Michael S. Steele
Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland -
J. Ronald Terwilliger
Chairman Emeritus of Trammell Crow Residential Company -
Mark Walsh
Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC -
Dr. Leana Wen
Contributing Opinions Columnist, Washington Post -
Candi Wolff
Chair, BPC Action Board of Directors
Founders
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Howard Baker
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (R-TN) -
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-SD) -
Bob Dole
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (R-KS) -
George Mitchell
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-ME)
Staff
Meet our team members across our policy areas and departments…
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Tindall Adams
Development Assistant -
Meghan Adams
Communications Coordinator, BPC Action -
Katie Adams
Senior Policy Analyst -
William T. Adler
Senior Associate Director, Elections Project -
Shai Akabas
Vice President, Economic Policy -
Mariam Al-Shamma
Associate Director -
Tiffany Allen
Fellow -
Shivane Anand
Development Assistant, Corporate Partnerships -
Julie Anderson
Senior Advisor -
Aisha Asghar
Staff Accountant -
Morgan Atkins
Project Coordinator -
Sanya Bahal
Research Analyst -
Joann Bautista
Associate Director, Elections Project -
Pat Beautz
Chief Technology Officer -
Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Director, Digital Media -
Douglas Besharov
Senior Fellow -
Durell Black
Workplace Experience Manager -
Jacqueline Boothe
Receptionist/Front Desk Administrative Assistant -
David Brown
Director, BPC Action -
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Senior Advisor, Immigration and Border Policy -
Allison Buffett
Senior Policy Analyst -
Sharille Buoy
Communications Associate, Digital Media -
Christina Burns
Chief of Staff to the President and CEO -
Jessica Carey
Project Manager, Energy -
Bailey Childers
Vice President, External Relations -
Kayvan Chinichian
Managing Director, Development -
Hope Cooper
Fellow -
Tanya Das, Ph.D.
Director, AI and Energy Technology Policy -
Rebecca Daugherty
Policy Analyst -
Kimberly Dean
Senior Director, BPC Action -
Graham DiLorenzo
Project Coordinator -
Susan Doyle
Senior Project Manager -
Danielle Draper
Project Manager -
Daniel Elizalde
Policy Analyst -
Paige Ennis
Executive Vice President, External Relations -
Xan Fishman
Senior Managing Director -
John Fogarty
Associate Director -
Hannah Gallagher
Development Assistant, Foundation Relations -
Shane Gallahan
Financial Analyst -
Michele Gazda
Associate Director -
Rob Geen
Fellow -
Laura Hall
Vice President, BPC Action -
Lisa Harootunian
Director -
Laura Hausman
Senior Policy Analyst -
Fredrick Hernandez
Policy Analyst -
David R. Hill
Executive Vice President, Energy -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
Spenser Horton
Senior Communications Manager -
Andrew Hu
Director, BPC Action -
Kyle Huang
Senior Manager, Recruitment and Student Programs -
John Jacobs
Senior Policy Analyst -
Joshua Joe
Digital Media Manager -
Michael Kelley
Director, BPC Action -
Aidan Kennedy
Project Manager -
Lily Kincannon
Project Associate -
Grace Klinefelter
Research Analyst, Elections Project -
Kristen Klurfield
Senior Policy Analyst -
Chad Kolton
Senior Vice President, Communications -
Michelle Kumar
Policy Analyst -
Upamanyu Lahiri
Policy Analyst -
Geoff Lane
Director, BPC Action -
Garrett Langdon
Director, Financial Planning and Analysis -
Andrew Lautz
Associate Director, Economy -
Damien Lee
IT Operations Coordinator -
Gabriel Loud
Research Analyst -
Caitlin Codella Low
Managing Director, Human Capital -
Jack Malde
Associate Director, Human Capital -
Dominique Manuel
Associate Director -
Ted McCann
Fellow -
Jack McGee
Policy Analyst -
Nina McGranahan
Project Assistant -
Erin Meade
Director, Policy Communications -
Theo Menon
Policy Analyst, Elections Project -
Abigail Messier
Finance Manager -
Kristen Misak
Senior Associate Director, Corporate Partnerships -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Chief Financial Officer -
Catalina Navarro
Associate Director of Events -
Manali Neeck
Policy Analyst -
Brady Newell
Chief of Staff to the COO -
Lettie Nocera
Director, ASEC -
Cheryl Oldham
Executive Vice President, Human Capital -
Rebecca Orbach
Research Analyst -
Rachel Orey
Director, Elections Project -
David O’Brien
Director, Executive Communications -
Anand Parekh, MD
Chief Medical Advisor -
Jina Park
Manager, BPC Action -
Andrew Patzman
Senior Policy Analyst -
Kamryn Perry
Research Analyst -
Lori J. Pickford
Senior Energy Advisor, BPC Action -
Anna Przebinda
Legislative Manager, BPC Action -
Caleb Quakenbush
Associate Director -
Karen Quarles
Director, BPC Action -
J.D. Rackey
Senior Policy Analyst, Structural Democracy -
John Richter
Director, Governing and Civics Project -
Jennifer Ruff
Associate Director, Communications -
Maya Sandalow
Associate Director -
Amelia Sandhovel
Communications Manager -
Rachel Schick
Project Assistant -
Loren Scribner
Associate Director of Communications, BPC Action -
Chintal Shah
Project Manager -
Dennis C. Shea
Executive Vice President and Chair, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy -
Emma Sheffert
Policy Analyst -
Brendan Simmons
Director, Foundation Relations -
Karen Slachetka
Director of Events -
Rachel Snyderman
Managing Director -
Emerson Sprick
Associate Director -
Dane Stangler
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives -
Tristan Stein
Associate Director for Higher Education -
Michele Stockwell
President, BPC Action -
Kendall Strong
Senior Policy Analyst -
Cameron Thibault
Manager, Development -
Michael Thorning
Director, Structural Democracy -
Rachel Timmons
Operations Coordinator -
Francis Torres
Associate Director -
Sarah Turyahikayo
Senior Policy Analyst, BPC Energy -
Zahava Urecki
Senior Policy Analyst -
Alex Varisco
Associate Director, Digital Media -
Brittany Walsh
Senior Associate Director -
Emma Waters
Policy Analyst -
Sarah Weeldreyer
Special Assistant to the President and CEO -
Matthew Weil
Vice President, Democracy and Bipartisanship -
Erin White
Senior Associate Director, Development -
Emily Wielk
Senior Policy Analyst -
Andy Winkler
Director, Housing and Infrastructure Project
Network
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Julie Anderson
Senior Advisor -
Katharine G. Abraham
Co-Chair, BPC’s Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative -
Haley Barbour
Co-Chair, Immigration Task Force; Former Governor of Mississippi -
Dan Blair
Senior Counselor -
Michael Chertoff
Co-Chair, Immigration Task Force; Former Secretary of Homeland Security -
Kent Conrad
Co-Chair, Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings; Former Senator (D-ND) -
Henry Cisneros
Board Chair; Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Dominique Baker
Fellow -
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-SD) -
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Paid Family Leave; 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration -
Rick Dearborn
Senior Fellow for BPC's Campus Free Expression -
Byron L. Dorgan
Senior Fellow; Former Senator (D-ND) -
Karen DeSalvo
Senior Fellow -
George David Banks
Fellow -
Robert Blendon
Fellow -
Richard Fischer
Co-Chair, Consumer Protection Task Force -
Eric S. Edelman
Co-Chair, Task Force on Managing Disorder in the Middle East; Former U.S. Ambassador to Finland and Turkey -
Bill Frist
Senior Fellow, Former Senate Majority Leader (R-TN) -
Dan Glickman
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Agriculture -
Lee H. Hamilton
Co-Chair, Task Force on Terrorism and Ideology; Former Representative (D-IN) -
Ron Haskins
Co-Chair, BPC’s Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative -
Colette D. Honorable
Senior Fellow; Former Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) -
Capri S. Cafaro
Fellow -
Maggie Cordish
Fellow -
Thomas H. Kean
Co-Chair, Task Force on Terrorism and Ideology; Former Governor of New Jersey -
Dirk Kempthorne
Co-Chair, Commission on Political Reform; Former Governor of Idaho and Secretary of the Interior -
Nick Hart
Fellow -
Mike Leavitt
Co-Chair, Prevention Initiative; Former Governor of Utah and Secretary of HHS -
Katherine Hayes
Fellow -
Daniel Gitterman
Fellow -
James B. Lockhart, III
Senior Fellow; Co-Chair, Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings; Former Director of FHFA -
Casey Higgins
Fellow -
Chris Jennings
Fellow; President, Jennings Policy Strategies -
Trent Lott
Senior Fellow; Former Senate Majority Leader (R-MS) -
Jarrett Lewis
Fellow -
Beverly G. Hudnut
Fellow -
Mel Martinez
Co-Chair, Housing Commission; Former Senator (R-FL) and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development -
John J. Kalamarides
Fellow; Former President Prudential Group Insurance, Head of Retirement Solutions, CEO of Prudential Bank & Trust, FSB -
Robert Kelchen
Fellow -
James Peake
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs -
George Miller
Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative; Former Representative (D-CA) -
Janet M. Marchibroda
Fellow -
Ted McCann
Fellow -
George Mitchell
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-ME) -
Edward G. Rendell
Co-Chair, Immigration Task Force; Former Governor of Pennsylvania -
Mike Beebe
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Arkansas -
Charles Robb
Co-Chair, National Security Program; Former Governor of Virginia and Senator (D-VA) -
Suzann Morris
Fellow, Early Childhood Initiative -
Steven Beshear
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Kentucky -
Jim Douglas
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Vermont -
Adrienne Schweer
Fellow -
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Defense Personnel; CEO of Blue Star Families -
Avik Roy
Senior Advisor; President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity -
Chris Gregoire
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Washington -
Eric Rodriguez
Co-Chair, Consumer Protection Task Force -
Rick Santorum
Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative; Former Senator (R-PA) -
David Heineman
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Nebraska -
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Health Program Senior Fellow; Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative (D-PA) -
John Kasich
Senior Fellow; Former Representative (R-OH) and Governor of Ohio -
Olympia Snowe
Former Senator (R-ME) -
Ruth Wasem
Fellow, Immigration Project -
Roger Wallace
Fellow; Former Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce. -
Jim Talent
Senior Fellow; Former Senator (R-MO) -
Tommy G. Thompson
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Health and Human Services and Governor of Wisconsin -
Douglas Webber
Fellow -
Rob Geen
Fellow -
Lee Fleisher, M.D.
Health Program Senior Advisor -
Hope Cooper
Fellow -
Kim Wyman
Senior Fellow, Elections Project; Former Secretary of State of Washington -
Tiffany Allen
Fellow -
Dr. Walter Gilliam
Senior Fellow -
Zachary Courser
Fellow -
Sarah Walker
Fellow, Elections Project -
Warren S. Payne
Fellow -
Douglas Besharov
Senior Fellow -
Heidi Heitkamp
Co-Chair, Working Group on Congress, Courts, and Administrative Law; Co-Chair, Farm and Forest Carbon Solutions Task Force; Former Senator (D-ND) -
Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D.
Senior Advisor; President of Samaritan Health Initiatives, Inc. -
Donald R. Wolfensberger
Fellow -
Vin Weber
Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative (R-MN)