Team
Staff Leadership
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Kelly Veney Darnell
Interim CEO -
Jason J. Fichtner
Vice President and Chief Economist -
Gwen Fortune-Blakely
Vice President of External Affairs and Marketing -
Lisel Loy
Executive Vice President -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Vice President of Finance and Administration -
Michele Nellenbach
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives -
Steve Scully
Senior Vice President of Communications -
Michele Stockwell
President, BPC Action and Senior Vice President -
Tycely Williams
Chief Development Officer
Founders
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Howard Baker
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader -
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader -
Bob Dole
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader -
George Mitchell
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader
Board of Directors
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Robbie Bach
Former President of Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft -
Doyle N. Beneby, Jr.
Board Member; President and Chief Executive Officer Midland Cogeneration Venture -
Julián Castro
Board Member; Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development -
Ralph Cavanagh
Board Member; Co-Director of NRDC's Energy Program -
Ron Christie
Board Member; CEO of Christie Strategies LLC -
Henry Cisneros
Board Chair; Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Board Member; Co-Chair, Task Force on Paid Family Leave; 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration -
John Delaney
Board Member; Former Representative from Maryland -
Thomas J. Falk
Board Member; Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kimberly-Clark -
Jason Grumet
Board Member; Chief Executive Officer, American Clean Power; Former BPC President and CEO -
C. Robert Henrikson
Board Member; Former President and CEO of MetLife, Inc. -
Karen Dunn Kelley
Board Member; Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce -
Gary Locke
Board Member; Former Governor of Washington, U.S. Secretary of Commerce -
Pamela Hughes Patenaude
Former Deputy Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Olympia Snowe
Board Member and Senior Fellow; Former Senator from Maine -
Michael S. Steele
Board Member; Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor -
Stacey D. Stewart
CEO, Mothers Against Drunk Driving -
Ron Terwilliger
Chairman Emeritus of Trammell Crow Residential Company -
Mark Walsh
Board Member; Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC -
Leana Wen
Board Member; Professor of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University -
Geisha Williams
Board Member; Former CEO and President of PG&E Corporation -
Candi Wolff
Chair, BPC Action Board of Directors
President's Council
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Esther Aguilera
President and CEO, Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA) -
Norm Augustine
Former CEO, Lockheed Martin -
Madhu Beriwal
Founder, CEO and President, IEM -
James Carville
Political Contributor, CNN -
Charlie Cook
Founder, Cook Political Report -
Maggie Cordish
BPC Fellow -
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader -
Elizabeth Dole
Former Senator, Former member of the Federal Trade Commission, and The Elizabeth Dole Foundation Founder -
Mark Heising
Founder, Medley Partners -
Broderick Johnson
Executive Vice President, Public Policy & Executive Vice President, Digital Equity for Comcast -
Robert Steven Kaplan
Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas -
Frank Keating
Former Oklahoma Governor; Former President and CEO, American Bankers Association -
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Trustee and President Emerita, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -
Frank McCourt
CEO, McCourt Global -
Bill Oberndorf
Executive Chairman, Oberndorf Enterprises LLC -
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
President, Augustana University -
Suzanne Shank
President, CEO and Co-founder, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC -
Olympia Snowe
Board Member and Senior Fellow; Former Senator from Maine -
John R. Tyson
CFO, Tyson Foods -
General Chuck Wald
CEO, RG5 LLC -
Kent Walker
President of Global Affairs, Google and Alphabet
Staff
Meet our team members across our policy areas and departments…
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Uzo Obele
Controller -
Franz Wuerfmannsdobler
Senior Advisor -
Marilyn Werber Serafini
Executive Director, Health Program -
Mohamed Ahmed
Digital Media Assistant -
Shai Akabas
Executive Director of Economic Policy -
Justis Antonioli
Research Analyst -
Naleli Askew
Associate Director of Events -
Morgan Atkins
Individual Giving Associate -
Sophia Ayaz
Special Assistant -
Pamela Baba
Data Coordinator -
Brooke Haywood Bachmann
Executive Assistant to the Acting CEO and COO -
Holly Bensur
Senior Marketing Manager -
Juliette Berger
Project Assistant -
Sabah Bhatnagar
Senior Policy Analyst -
Jacqueline Boothe
Receptionist/Front Desk Administrative Assistant -
Danny Broberg
Associate Director -
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Senior Advisor, Immigration and Border Policy -
Allison Buffett
Policy Analyst -
Emily Burns
Communications and Events Assistant -
Natalie Butler
Research Analyst -
Justin Carter
IT Support Specialist -
Shana Christrup
Public Health Director -
Audrey Cope
Special Assistant to the Interim CEO; Legislative Assistant, BPC Action -
Wise Crowder
Office and Facilities Manager -
Mikayla Curtis
Project Associate -
Kelly Veney Darnell
Interim CEO -
Tanya Das
Senior Associate Director -
Kimberly Dean
Director, BPC Action -
Danielle Draper
Project Coordinator -
Daniel Elizalde
Policy Analyst -
Arianna Fano
Policy Analyst -
Collier Fernekes
Research Analyst -
Jason J. Fichtner
Vice President and Chief Economist -
Xan Fishman
Director, Energy Policy and Carbon Management -
Lauren Floro
Associate Director, Donor Relations -
Gwen Fortune-Blakely
Vice President of External Affairs and Marketing -
Alyssa Fuller
Project Associate -
Michele Gilbert
Senior Policy Analyst -
Dr. Walter Gilliam
Senior Fellow -
Ben Gitis
Associate Director -
Grace Gordon
Senior Policy Analyst -
Laura Hall
Executive Director, BPC Action -
Lisa Harootunian
Associate Director -
Julia Harris
Associate Director -
Tara Hartnett
Research Analyst -
Wynton Henderson
Design and Digital Media Manager -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
Lauren Hopple
Director of Events -
Andrew Hu
Director, BPC Action -
Kyle Huang
Recruitment and Internship Manager -
Babu Jackson
Chief Technology Officer -
John Jacobs
Policy Analyst -
Lesley Jantarasami
Managing Director of the Energy Program -
Nate Jo
Project Assistant -
Joshua Joe
Digital Media Manager -
Blake Johnson
Senior Media Relations Manager -
Tiffany Jones
Chief of Staff, Development -
Richard Jones
Financial Analyst -
Hanadi Jordan
Communications Associate -
Michael Kelley
Director, BPC Action -
Aidan Kennedy
Project Associate, Health -
Phenan Kidane
Human Resources Manager -
Michelle Kumar
Policy Analyst -
Garrett Langdon
Associate Director, Financial Planning and Analysis -
Pamela Larkin
Senior Manager of Strategy -
Andrew Lautz
Senior Policy Analyst -
Niña Ledonio
Corporate Relations Manager -
Damien Lee
End User Support Specialist -
Alyssa Lennon
Foundation Relations Associate -
Landon Li
Corporate Relations Associate -
Gabriel Loud
Project Associate -
Michael Lovegrove
Project Assistant -
Sasha Mackler
Executive Director of the Energy Program -
Jack Malde
Senior Policy Analyst -
Luci Manning
Senior Director of Media Relations -
Alejandro Marquez
Project Coordinator -
Lia Martin
Development Coordinator -
Erin Meade
Senior Associate Director of Media Relations -
Katherine Mercado
Project Assistant -
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Director, Campus Free Expression Project -
Abigail Messier
Financial Analyst -
Libby Miller
Media Relations Manager -
Owen Minott
Senior Policy Analyst, Housing and Infrastructure -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Vice President of Finance and Administration -
Andrew Nason
Associate Director for Editorial Content -
Michele Nellenbach
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives -
Sabine Neschke
Policy Analyst -
Brady Newell
Senior Project Manager -
Hedayat Niazi
Accounting Manager -
Lettie Nocera
Senior Manager -
Caroline Normile
Senior Policy Analyst -
Rebecca Orbach
Project Coordinator, Housing and Infrastructure -
Andrew Orbe
Coalition Coordinator -
Rachel Orey
Associate Director -
Caroline Osborn
Project Assistant -
Brian O’Gara
Policy Analyst -
Agustina Pardal
Operations Coordinator -
Anand Parekh, MD
Chief Medical Advisor -
Kamryn Perry
Project Associate -
Lori J. Pickford
Senior Energy Advisor -
Faye Powers
Senior Executive Assistant -
Kurt Redenbo
Senior Director of Foundation Relations -
Abbey Richards
Associate Director -
John Richter
Director of the Congress Project -
Tom Romanoff
Director of Technology Project -
Olivia Rotolo
Project Manager -
Jennifer Ruff
Senior Media Relations Manager -
Elise Scott
Special Assistant to Lisel Loy and Kelly Darnell -
Loren Scribner
Associate Director, BPC Action -
Steve Scully
Senior Vice President of Communications -
Chintal Shah
Project Manager -
Gabrielle Shea
Senior Policy Analyst -
Dennis C. Shea
Executive Director, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy -
Emma Sheffert
Research Analyst -
Linda Smith
Director, Early Childhood Initiative -
Rachel Snyderman
Director -
John Soroushian
Senior Associate Director -
Emerson Sprick
Senior Economic Analyst -
Dane Stangler
Managing Director of Strategic Initiatives -
Peter Steinmuller
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis -
Michele Stockwell
President, BPC Action and Senior Vice President -
Kendall Strong
Senior Policy Analyst -
Meron Tesfaye, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst -
Natalie Tham
Policy Analyst -
Michael Thorning
Director of Structural Democracy -
Francis Torres
Senior Policy Analyst -
Alex Varisco
Associate Director of Digital Media -
Michael Vavala
Managing Director of Human Resources -
Hanna Vohra
Policy Analyst -
Maureen Atkins Vollmer
Senior Director of Individual Giving -
Brittany Walsh
Associate Director -
Emma Waters
Policy Analyst -
Matthew Weil
Executive Director, Democracy Program -
Erin White
Senior Manager of Foundation Relations -
Emily Wielk
Research Analyst -
Tara Williams
Associate Director -
Tycely Williams
Chief Development Officer -
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 -
Henry Cisneros
Board Chair; Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
Kent Conrad
Co-Chair, Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings; Former Senator from North Dakota -
Dominique Baker
Fellow -
Rick Dearborn
Senior Fellow for BPC's Campus Free Expression -
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader -
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Board Member; Co-Chair, Task Force on Paid Family Leave; 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration -
George David Banks
Fellow -
Karen DeSalvo
Senior Fellow -
Byron L. Dorgan
Senior Fellow; Former Senator from North Dakota -
Tim Doyle
Senior Policy Advisor -
Eric S. Edelman
Co-Chair, Task Force on Managing Disorder in the Middle East; Former U.S. Ambassador to Finland and Turkey -
Richard Fischer
Co-Chair, Consumer Protection Task Force -
Bill Frist
Senior Fellow, Former Senate Majority Leader -
Dan Glickman
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Agriculture -
Lee H. Hamilton
Co-Chair, Task Force on Terrorism and Ideology; Former Representative from Indiana -
Ron Haskins
Co-Chair, BPC’s Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative -
Capri S. Cafaro
Fellow -
Colette D. Honorable
Senior Fellow; Former Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) -
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 -
Katie Harbath
Fellow -
Nick Hart
Fellow -
Mike Leavitt
Co-Chair, Prevention Initiative; Former Governor of Utah and Secretary of HHS -
Steven F. Hayward
Fellow; Advisor, Campus Free Expression -
Katherine Hayes
Fellow -
Casey Higgins
Fellow -
James B. Lockhart, III
Senior Fellow; Co-Chair, Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings; Former Director of FHFA -
Chris Jennings
Fellow; President, Jennings Policy Strategies -
Beverly G. Hudnut
Fellow -
Trent Lott
Senior Fellow; Former Senate Majority Leader -
Mel Martinez
Co-Chair, Housing Commission; Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Senator from Florida -
Robert Kelchen
Fellow -
James Peake
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs -
Janet M. Marchibroda
Fellow -
George Miller
Former U.S. representative from California; Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative -
George Mitchell
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader -
Ted McCann
Fellow -
Mike Beebe
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Arkansas -
Edward G. Rendell
Co-Chair, Immigration Task Force; Former Governor of Pennsylvania -
Charles Robb
Co-Chair, National Security Program; Former Governor of Virginia and Senator -
Suzann Morris
Fellow, Early Childhood Initiative -
Steven Beshear
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Kentucky -
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Defense Personnel; CEO of Blue Star Families -
Jim Douglas
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Vermont -
Adrienne Schweer
Fellow -
Avik Roy
Senior Advisor; President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity -
Eric Rodriguez
Co-Chair, Consumer Protection Task Force -
Chris Gregoire
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Washington -
Rick Santorum
Former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania; Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative -
David Heineman
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Nebraska -
Christopher Thomas
Fellow -
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Health Program Senior Fellow; Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative from Pennsylvania -
John Kasich
Senior Fellow; Former Governor and Representative from Ohio -
Olympia Snowe
Board Member and Senior Fellow; Former Senator from Maine -
Roger Wallace
Fellow; Former Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce. -
Ruth Wasem
Fellow, Immigration Project -
Jim Talent
Former US Senator from Missouri; Senior Fellow -
Tommy G. Thompson
Senior Fellow; Former Governor of Wisconsin and Secretary of Health and Human Services -
Douglas Webber
Fellow -
Robert Blendon
Fellow -
Zachary Courser
Fellow -
Jarrett Lewis
Fellow -
Warren S. Payne
Fellow -
Tevi Troy
Senior Fellow; Former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services -
John J. Kalamarides
Fellow; Former President Prudential Group Insurance, Head of Retirement Solutions, CEO of Prudential Bank & Trust, FSB -
Donald R. Wolfensberger
Fellow -
Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D.
Senior Advisor; President of Samaritan Health Initiatives, Inc. -
Vin Weber
Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative from Minnesota