Team
Staff Leadership
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Jason Grumet
President -
Kelly Veney Darnell
Chief Operating Officer -
Jason J. Fichtner
Vice President and Chief Economist -
Gwen Fortune-Blakely
Vice President of External Affairs and Marketing -
Lisel Loy
Senior 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
Senior Vice President and Executive Director of BPC Action -
Tycely Williams
Chief Development Officer
Founders
Board of Directors
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Jason Grumet
President -
Doyle N. Beneby, Jr.
Board Member; President and Chief Executive Officer Midland Cogeneration Venture -
Robbie Bach
Board Chair; Former Microsoft Executive and Chief Xbox Officer -
David Blair
Board Member; Chairman, Accountable Health Solutions Inc. -
Julián Castro
Board Member; Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development -
Ralph Cavanagh
Board Member; Co-Director of NRDC's Energy Program -
Henry Cisneros
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 -
C. Robert Henrikson
Board Member; Former President and CEO of MetLife, Inc. -
Gary Locke
Board Member; Former Governor of Washington, U.S. Secretary of Commerce -
Darlene L. Jordan
Board Member; Executive Director, the Gerald R. Jordan Foundation -
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Board Member; Former CEO, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -
Mariam C. Noland
Board Member; President of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan -
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 -
Ron Terwilliger
Chairman Emeritus of Trammell Crow Residential Company -
Charles F. Wald
Board Member and Co-Chair, National Security Program; Former Deputy Commander of EUCOM -
Mark Walsh
Board Member; Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC -
Leana Wen
Board Member; Visiting Professor of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University -
Geisha Williams
Board Member; Former CEO and President of PG&E Corporation
Staff
Meet our team members across our policy areas and departments…
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Linda Smith
Director, Early Childhood Initiative -
Kelly Veney Darnell
Chief Operating Officer -
Frannie Einterz
Senior Policy Analyst -
Kathlyn McHenry
Associate Director -
Sophie Rosen
Project Assistant, Early Childhood Initiative -
Mariette Aborn
Policy Analyst -
Shai Akabas
Director of Economic Policy -
Andrew Carothers
Research Analyst -
Mimi Vance
Project Assistant, Early Childhood Initiative -
Gwen Fortune-Blakely
Vice President of External Affairs and Marketing -
Lisel Loy
Senior Vice President -
Ben Gitis
Associate Director -
Pamela Baba
CRM Data Assistant -
Sasha Mackler
Executive Director of the Energy Project -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
Katherine Hayes
Director of Health Policy -
Anand Parekh, MD
Chief Medical Advisor -
Abbey Brandon
Associate Director, Applications and Analytics -
Danny Broberg
Senior Policy Analyst -
Dane Stangler
Director of Strategic Initiatives -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Vice President of Finance and Administration -
Xan Fishman
Director, Energy Policy and Carbon Management -
Tom Romanoff
Director of Technology Project -
Michele Nellenbach
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives -
Alyssa Fuller
Project Assistant -
Marilyn Werber Serafini
Director of the Health Project -
Justin Carter
End User Support Specialist -
Thomas Armooh
Project Assistant -
Steve Scully
Senior Vice President of Communications -
Lesley Jantarasami
Managing Director of the Energy Project -
Caroline Normile
Senior Policy Analyst -
Audrey Cope
Special Assistant to the President -
Shenice Gross
System Administrator/End User Support Specialist -
Kyle Huang
Recruitment and Internship Manager -
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Managing Director, Immigration and Cross-Border Policy -
Jessica L. Barnes
Senior Manager of Events -
Garrett Langdon
Associate Director, Financial Planning and Analysis -
Babu Jackson
Chief Technology Officer -
Rachel Smith
Policy Analyst -
Phenan Kidane
Human Resources Coordinator -
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Director, Campus Free Expression Project -
Benjamin Brophy
Director of Digital Media -
Michele Stockwell
Senior Vice President and Executive Director of BPC Action -
Arvind Lemuel
Financial Analyst -
Miki Carver
Media Relations Manager -
Agustina Pardal
Operations Coordinator -
Tycely Williams
Chief Development Officer -
Sadikshya Nepal
Immigration Fellow -
Abigail Messier
Staff Accountant -
Hedayat Niazi
Senior Accountant -
Hannah Tyler
Research Analyst -
Marley Whittle
Project Assistant -
Sean Ruddy
Project Associate, Higher Education -
Andrew Orbe
Project Assistant -
Sabah Bhatnagar
Senior Policy Analyst -
Kevin Miller
Associate Director, Higher Education -
Kimberly Dean
Director, BPC Action -
Uzo Obele
Controller -
Michele Gilbert
Senior Policy Analyst -
Hannah Hardin
Project Coordinator, BPC Action -
Julia Harris
Senior Policy Analyst -
Emma Waters
Project Coordinator -
Laura Hall
Managing Director, BPC Action -
Faye Powers
Senior Executive Assistant -
Peter Steinmuller
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis -
Lisa Harootunian
Associate Director -
Tara Hartnett
Project Coordinator -
Michael Vavala
Senior Director of Human Resources -
Loren Long
Senior Manager of Communications, BPC Action -
Michael Kelley
Director, BPC Action -
Wynton Henderson
Design and Digital Media Manager -
Anna Fridley
Project Assistant -
Dena McDonough
Associate Director of the Health Project -
Kyle Fischer
Senior Manager, Media Relations -
Niña Ledonio
Project Manager -
Mary Margaret Holden
Events Coordinator -
Brady Newell
Project Manager -
Blake Johnson
Senior Manager of Media Relations -
Matt Sifert
Legislative Assistant, BPC Action -
Eleni Salyers
Policy Analyst -
Brian O’Gara
Research Analyst -
Sabine Neschke
Research Analyst -
John Soroushian
Associate Director -
Kendall Strong
Senior Policy Analyst -
Owen Minott
Policy Analyst, Housing and Infrastructure -
John Richter
Director of the Congress Project -
Hanadi Jordan
Communications Assistant -
Marcie Smith
Associate Director, BPC Action -
Matthew Weil
Director of the Elections Project -
Kevin Wu
Policy Analyst -
Dennis C. Shea
Executive Director -
Collier Fernekes
Research Analyst -
Pamela Larkin
Campaign Manager -
Robert Caldwell
Donor Relations Manager -
Neha Srinivasan
Project Coordinator, BPC Action -
Luci Manning
Director of Media Relations -
Alejandro Marquez
Project Associate -
Ethan Plotkin
Digital Media Assistant -
Rachel Snyderman
Associate Director, Economic Policy -
Lauren Howard
Associate Director, Donor Relations -
Tiffany Jones
Chief of Staff, Development -
Rachel Orey
Policy Analyst -
Andy Winkler
Director, Housing and Infrastructure Project -
Yaphet Tewahade
Digital Media Coordinator -
Emerson Sprick
Policy Analyst -
Lia Martin
Development Assistant -
Michael Thorning
Associate Director of Governance -
Kara Watkins
Senior Manager, Funding our Future Campaign -
Kurt Redenbo
Senior Director of Foundation Relations -
Rick Rodero
Senior Director of Development -
Franz Wuerfmannsdobler
Senior Advisor -
Erin White
Grants and Operations Manager
Network
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Katharine G. Abraham
Co-Chair, BPC’s Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative -
Julie Anderson
Senior Advisor -
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 from North Dakota -
Henry Cisneros
Former Secretary, Housing and Urban Development -
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 -
Byron L. Dorgan
Senior Fellow; Former Senator from North Dakota -
George David Banks
Fellow -
Karen DeSalvo
Senior Fellow -
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 -
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 -
Katie Harbath
Fellow -
Dirk Kempthorne
Co-Chair, Commission on Political Reform; Former Governor of Idaho and Secretary of the Interior -
Mike Leavitt
Co-Chair, Prevention Initiative; Former Governor of Utah and Secretary of HHS -
Nick Hart
Fellow -
Steven F. Hayward
Fellow; Advisor, Campus Free Expression -
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 -
James Peake
Senior Fellow; Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs -
Robert Kelchen
Fellow -
George Miller
Former U.S. representative from California; Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative -
Janet M. Marchibroda
Fellow -
Ted McCann
Fellow -
George Mitchell
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader -
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 -
Suzann Morris
Fellow, Early Childhood Initiative -
Steven Beshear
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Kentucky -
Adrienne Schweer
Fellow -
Jim Douglas
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Vermont -
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Co-Chair, Task Force on Defense Personnel; CEO of Blue Star Families -
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
Former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania; Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative -
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative from Pennsylvania -
Christopher Thomas
Fellow -
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 -
Tevi Troy
Senior Fellow; Former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services -
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 from Minnesota