Team

Staff Leadership
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Jason Grumet
President -
Kelly Veney Darnell
Chief Operating Officer -
Lisel Loy
Senior Vice President -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
David Lapan
Vice President of Communications -
Michele Stockwell
Senior Vice President and Executive Director of BPC Action -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Vice President of Finance and Administration -
Michele Nellenbach
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Founders
Board of Directors
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Jason Grumet
President -
Robbie Bach
Board Chair; Former Microsoft Executive and Chief Xbox Officer -
Doyle N. Beneby, Jr.
Board Member; President and Chief Executive Officer Midland Cogeneration Venture -
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
Board Member; Co-Chair, Housing Commission and Immigration Task Force; Former Secretary of 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
Board Member, Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development -
Olympia Snowe
Board Member and Senior Fellow; Former Senator from Maine -
Michael S. Steele
Board Member; Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor -
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 -
Frannie Einterz
Senior Policy Analyst -
Kathlyn McHenry
Associate Director -
Sophie Rosen
Project Assistant -
Shai Akabas
Director of Economic Policy -
Sarah Tracey
Associate Director -
Ben Gitis
Senior Policy Analyst -
Lisel Loy
Senior Vice President -
Kelly Veney Darnell
Chief Operating Officer -
Nicko Gladstone
Policy Analyst -
Mariette Aborn
Research Analyst, Higher Education -
Robert Caldwell
Donor Relations Manager -
Pamela Baba
CRM Data Assistant -
Sasha Mackler
Director of the Energy Project -
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President -
David Lapan
Vice President of Communications -
Andrew Boardman
Special Assistant to the President -
Katherine Hayes
Director of Health Policy -
Michele Stockwell
Senior Vice President and Executive Director of BPC Action -
Benjamin Brophy
Director of Digital Media -
Abbey Brandon
Applications and Analytics Manager -
Anand Parekh, MD
Chief Medical Advisor -
Danny Broberg
Senior Policy Analyst -
Miki Carver
Media Relations Manager -
Marilyn Werber Serafini
Director of the Health Project -
Lesley Jantarasami
Associate Director for Energy and Climate -
Justin Carter
End User Support Specialist -
Lauren Howard
Senior Manager, Major Gifts -
Thomas Armooh
Project Assistant -
Kenneth Megan
Associate Director of the Higher Education Project -
Elena Muehlenbeck
Vice President of Finance and Administration -
Caroline Normile
Senior Policy Analyst -
Garrett Langdon
Associate Director, Financial Planning and Analysis -
Shenice Gross
System Administrator/End User Support Specialist -
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Managing Director, Immigration and Cross-Border Policy -
Tiffany Jones
Chief of Staff, Development -
Kyle Huang
Recruitment and Internship Manager -
Tyler Barton
Research Analyst -
Arvind Lemuel
Financial Analyst -
Phenan Kidane
Human Resources Associate -
Babu Jackson
Chief Technology Officer -
Rachel Smith
Policy Analyst -
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Director, Campus Free Expression Project -
Rachel Iacono
Research Analyst -
Agustina Pardal
Operations Coordinator -
Anita Burgos
Senior Policy Analyst -
Hedayat Niazi
Senior Accountant -
Sadikshya Nepal
Immigration Fellow -
Addison Stark
Associate Director for Energy Innovation -
Kurt Redenbo
Senior Director of Foundation Relations -
Nick Gonnerman
Project Associate, Campus Free Expression Project -
Rick Rodero
Senior Director of Development -
Uzo Obele
Controller -
Kimberly Dean
Senior Advisor, BPC Action -
Lindsay Steves
Policy Analyst -
Gina Steinway
Senior Director of Principal and Major Gifts -
Emma Waters
Research Analyst -
Laura Hall
Managing Director, BPC Action -
Marlies Dikkers
Project Coordinator -
Faye Powers
Senior Executive Assistant -
Hannah Hardin
Project Coordinator, BPC Action -
Julia Harris
Senior Policy Analyst -
Peter Steinmuller
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis -
Carolyn Cooper
Senior Events Manager -
Tara Hartnett
Project Associate -
Erin White
Grants and Operations Manager -
Lisa Harootunian
Senior Policy Analyst -
Gordon Somers
Office and Facilities Manager -
Michael Vavala
Senior Director of Human Resources -
Michele Nellenbach
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives -
Dena McDonough
Associate Director of the Health Project -
Kyle Fischer
Senior Manager, Media Relations -
Loren Long
Communications Manager -
Joann Donnellan
Senior Advisor -
Michael Kelley
Director, BPC Action -
Dane Stangler
Director of Strategic Initiatives -
Wynton Henderson
Design and Digital Media Coordinator -
Brady Newell
Project Coordinator -
Tom Romanoff
Director of Technology Project -
Matt Sifert
Legislative Assistant -
Blake Johnson
Media Relations Manager -
Brian O’Gara
Project Associate -
Niña Ledonio
Project Manager -
Eleni Salyers
Research Analyst -
Hanadi Jordan
Communications Assistant -
John Richter
Director of the Congress Project -
Marcie Smith
Associate Director, BPC Action -
Sabine Neschke
Research Analyst -
John Soroushian
Associate Director -
Andy Winkler
Associate Director -
Matthew Weil
Director of the Elections Project -
Kevin Wu
Policy Analyst -
Collier Fernekes
Research Analyst -
Neha Srinivasan
Project Assistant -
Alejandro Marquez
Project Associate -
Luci Manning
Director of Media Relations -
Yaphet Tewahade
Digital Media Assistant -
Rayven Vinson
Policy Analyst, Paid Family Leave -
Rachel Orey
Policy Analyst -
Michael Thorning
Associate Director of Governance -
Ethan Plotkin
Digital Media Assistant -
Kara Watkins
Campaign Manager, Funding Our Future -
Franz Wuerfmannsdobler
Senior Advisor
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 from North Dakota -
Henry Cisneros
Board Member; Co-Chair, Housing Commission and Immigration Task Force; Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development -
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 -
Rick Dearborn
Senior Fellow for BPC's Campus Free Expression -
Karen DeSalvo
Senior Fellow -
Byron L. Dorgan
Senior Fellow; Former Senator from North Dakota -
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 -
George David Banks
Fellow -
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 -
Jason J. Fichtner
Fellow -
Mike Leavitt
Co-Chair, Prevention Initiative; Former Governor of Utah and Secretary of HHS -
Nick Hart
Fellow -
Casey Higgins
Fellow -
Steven F. Hayward
Fellow; Advisor, Campus Free Expression -
James B. Lockhart, III
Senior Fellow; Co-Chair, Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings; Former Director of FHFA -
Beverly G. Hudnut
Fellow -
Chris Jennings
Fellow; President, Jennings Policy Strategies -
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 -
George Miller
Former U.S. representative from California; Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative -
Janet M. Marchibroda
Fellow -
George Mitchell
Co-Founder; Former Senate Majority Leader -
Ted McCann
Fellow -
Edward G. Rendell
Co-Chair, Immigration Task Force; Former Governor of Pennsylvania -
Mike Beebe
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Arkansas -
Steven Beshear
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Kentucky -
Charles Robb
Co-Chair, National Security Program; Former Governor of Virginia and Senator -
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 -
Dennis C. Shea
Fellow -
David Heineman
Governors' Council Member; Former Governor of Nebraska -
Rick Santorum
Former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania; Co-Chair, BPC's Early Childhood Initiative -
Christopher Thomas
Fellow -
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Co-Chair, Senior Health and Housing Task Force; Former Representative from Pennsylvania -
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 -
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