Team

Staff Leadership

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

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

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…

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

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
Angela Luna
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)