Team

Staff Leadership

Margaret Spellings
President and CEO
Lisel Loy
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President
Dane Stangler
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Elena Muehlenbeck
Chief Financial Officer
Paige Ennis
Executive Vice President, External Relations
Cheryl Oldham
Executive Vice President of Human Capital
Michele Stockwell
President, BPC Action

Executive Fellows

Roy Blunt
Executive Fellow;
Former Senator (R-MO)
Val Demings
Executive Fellow;
Former Representative (D-FL)

Board of Directors

Robbie Bach
Former President of Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft
Madhu Beriwal
Founder, CEO and President, IEM
Julián Castro
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Ralph Cavanagh
Former Co-Director of NRDC's Energy Program
Ron Christie
CEO of Christie Strategies LLC
Henry Cisneros
Board Chair; Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Paid Family Leave; 24th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
John Delaney
Former Representative (D-MD)
Tara DiJulio
Vice President 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 of Philanthropy, Ballmer Group
Michael Nutter
Former Mayor, City of Philadelphia
Pamela Hughes Patenaude
Former Deputy Secretary, Housing and Urban Development
Olympia Snowe
Former Senator (R-ME)
Michael S. Steele
Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Stacey D. Stewart
CEO, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Ron Terwilliger
Chairman Emeritus of Trammell Crow Residential Company
Mark Walsh
Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC
Leana Wen
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)

President's Council

Esther Aguilera
President and CEO, Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA)
Norm Augustine
Former CEO, Lockheed Martin
Madhu Beriwal
Founder, CEO and President, IEM
James Carville
Political Contributor, CNN
Charlie Cook
Founder, Cook Political Report
Maggie Cordish
BPC Fellow
Tom Daschle
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader (D-SD)
Elizabeth Dole
Former Sen. (R-KS); Former member of the Federal Trade Commission; and Founder of The Elizabeth Dole Foundation
Jason Grumet
Chief Executive Officer, American Clean Power; Former BPC President and CEO
Mark Heising
Founder, Medley Partners
Broderick Johnson
Executive Vice President, Public Policy & Executive Vice President, Digital Equity for Comcast
Robert Steven Kaplan
Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Frank Keating
Former Oklahoma Governor; Former President and CEO, American Bankers Association
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Trustee and President Emerita, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Frank McCourt
CEO, McCourt Global
Bill Oberndorf
Executive Chairman, Oberndorf Enterprises LLC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
President, Augustana University
Suzanne Shank
President, CEO and Co-founder, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC
Olympia Snowe
Former Senator (R-ME)
John R. Tyson
CFO, Tyson Foods
General Chuck Wald
CEO, RG5 LLC
Kent Walker
President of Global Affairs, Google and Alphabet

Staff

Meet our team members across our policy areas and departments…

Marilyn Werber Serafini
Executive Director
Meghan Adams
Communications Assistant
Katie Adams
Senior Policy Analyst
William T. Adler
Associate Director, Elections Project
Shai Akabas
Executive Director, Economic Policy Program
Mariam Al-Shamma
Associate Director
Tiffany Allen
Fellow
Julie Anderson
Senior Advisor
Justis Antonioli
Policy Analyst
Aisha Asghar
Staff Accountant
Morgan Atkins
Project Coordinator
Sanya Bahal
Research Analyst
Pat Beautz
Chief Technology Officer
Douglas Besharov
Senior Fellow
Roy Blunt
Executive Fellow;
Former Senator (R-MO)
Jacqueline Boothe
Receptionist/Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Danny Broberg
Associate Director
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Senior Advisor, Immigration and Border Policy
Katie Brumfield
Manager, Corporate Relations
Allison Buffett
Senior Policy Analyst
Christina Burns
Chief of Staff to the President and CEO
Natalie Butler
Research Analyst
Kayvan Chinichian
Managing Director, Development
Hope Cooper
Fellow
Tanya Das
Senior Associate Director
Rebecca Daugherty
Policy Analyst
Kimberly Dean
Senior Director, BPC Action
Val Demings
Executive Fellow;
Former Representative (D-FL)
Graham DiLorenzo
Project Coordinator
Susan Doyle
Executive Assistant
Danielle Draper
Project Manager
Daniel Elizalde
Policy Analyst
Jason J. Fichtner, PhD
Chief Economist
Xan Fishman
Senior Director
John Fogarty
Associate Director
Alyssa Fuller
Project Coordinator
Shane Gallahan
Financial Analyst
Michele Gazda
Associate Director
Rob Geen
Fellow
Laura Hall
Executive Director, BPC Action
Lisa Harootunian
Director
Julia Harris
Director
Wynton Henderson
Design and Digital Media Manager
Fredrick Hernandez
Policy Analyst
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President
Lauren Hopple
Director of Events
Spenser Horton
Senior Media Relations Manager
Andrew Hu
Director, BPC Action
Kyle Huang
Senior Manager, Recruitment and Student Programs
John Jacobs
Senior Policy Analyst
Lesley Jantarasami
Managing Director of the Energy Program
Joshua Joe
Digital Media Manager
Richard Jones
Financial Analyst
Michael Kelley
Director, BPC Action
Aidan Kennedy
Project Coordinator
Lily Kincannon
Project Associate
Grace Klinefelter
Project Associate, Elections Project
Kristen Klurfield
Senior Policy Analyst
Chad Kolton
Senior Vice President
Michelle Kumar
Policy Analyst
Upamanyu Lahiri
Policy Analyst
Geoff Lane
Director
Garrett Langdon
Director, Financial Planning and Analysis
Emlyn Langlieb
Communications Associate
Andrew Lautz
Associate Director
Damien Lee
IT Operations Coordinator
Alyssa Lennon
Foundation Relations Associate
Gabriel Loud
Research Analyst
Sasha Mackler
Executive Director, Energy Program
Jack Malde
Associate Director
Luci Manning
Senior Director of Communications
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
Elena Muehlenbeck
Chief Financial Officer
Manali Neeck
Policy Analyst
Sabine Neschke
Senior Policy Analyst
Nicole Newberry
Project Manager
Brady Newell
Chief of Staff to the COO
Hedayat Niazi
Accounting Manager
Lettie Nocera
Director, ASEC
Rebecca Orbach
Research Analyst
Rachel Orey
Director, Elections Project
Anand Parekh, MD
Chief Medical Advisor
Kamryn Perry
Research Analyst
Lori J. Pickford
Senior Energy Advisor
Anna Przebinda
Manager
Caleb Quakenbush
Associate Director
J.D. Rackey
Senior Policy Analyst, Structural Democracy Project
Kurt Redenbo
Senior Director of Foundation Relations
Melanie Mize Renzulli
Senior Digital Media Manager
John Richter
Director of the Congress Project
Jennifer Ruff
Senior Media Relations Manager
Maya Sandalow
Senior Policy Analyst
Amelia Sandhovel
Media Relations Manager
Elise Scott
Project Manager
Loren Scribner
Associate Director of Communications, BPC Action
Chintal Shah
Project Manager
Dennis C. Shea
Executive Director, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy
Emma Sheffert
Policy Analyst
Allison Singleton
Project Assistant
Rachel Snyderman
Managing Director, Economic Policy Program
Emerson Sprick
Associate Director
Dane Stangler
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Angela Stanley
Coalition Coordinator
Tristan Stein
Associate Director for Higher Education
Michele Stockwell
President, BPC Action
Kendall Strong
Senior Policy Analyst
Natalie Tham
Senior Policy Analyst
Michael Thorning
Director of Structural Democracy
Rachel Timmons
Operations Coordinator
Francis Torres
Associate Director
Alex Varisco
Associate Director, Digital Media
Mike Vavala
Chief Resources Officer
Brittany Walsh
Senior Associate Director
Emma Waters
Policy Analyst
Matthew Weil
Executive Director, Democracy Program
Erin White
Associate Director, Foundation Relations
Emily Wielk
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
Jarrett Lewis
Fellow
Trent Lott
Senior Fellow; Former Senate Majority Leader (R-MS)
Chris Jennings
Fellow; President, Jennings Policy Strategies
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)
Steven Beshear
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Kentucky
Suzann Morris
Fellow, Early Childhood Initiative
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Defense Personnel; CEO of Blue Star Families
Jim Douglas
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Vermont
Adrienne Schweer
Fellow
Chris Gregoire
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Washington
Eric Rodriguez
Co-Chair, Consumer Protection Task Force
Avik Roy
Senior Advisor; President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
David Heineman
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Nebraska
Rick Santorum
Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative; Former Senator (R-PA)
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Health Program Senior Fellow; Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative (D-PA)
Olympia Snowe
Former Senator (R-ME)
John Kasich
Senior Fellow; Former Representative (R-OH) and Governor of Ohio
Roger Wallace
Fellow; Former Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Jim Talent
Senior Fellow; Former Senator (R-MO)
Ruth Wasem
Fellow, Immigration Project
Tommy G. Thompson
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Health and Human Services and Governor of Wisconsin
Douglas Webber
Fellow
Tiffany Allen
Fellow
Rob Geen
Fellow
Lee Fleisher, M.D.
Health Program Senior Advisor
Kim Wyman
Senior Fellow, Elections Project; Former Secretary of State of Washington
Hope Cooper
Fellow
Angela Luna
Sarah Walker
Fellow, Elections Project
Zachary Courser
Fellow
Dr. Walter Gilliam
Senior Fellow
Tevi Troy
Senior Fellow; Former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
Warren S. Payne
Fellow
Douglas Besharov
Senior Fellow
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)