New America Staff

The New America Foundation is led by Interim President Rachel White and a Board of Directors, chaired by Eric Schmidt. Anne-Marie Slaughter, our next president, will ascend to her position on September 1. Staff are listed below in alphabetical order; click here for a full list of New America fellows.

Executive Team

Rachel L. White
Interim President and Director, External Relations
Andrés Martinez
Vice President, Editorial Director, and Director, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program
Sascha Meinrath
Vice President and Director, Open Technology Institute
Valerie Usher
Director of Finance and Operations

Senior Staff

Peter Bergen
Director, National Security Studies Program
Shannon Brownlee
Senior Fellow, Health Policy Program
Michael Calabrese
Director, Wireless Future Project
Kevin Carey
Director, Education Policy Program
Reid Cramer
Director, Asset Building Program
Jason Delisle
Director, Federal Education Budget Project
Patrick C. Doherty
Director, Smart Strategy Initiative; Deputy Director, National Security Studies Program
David Gray
Director, Workforce and Family Program
Lisa Guernsey
Director, Early Education Initiative
Leila Hilal
Director, Middle East Task Force
Gene Kimmelman
Director, Internet Freedom and Human Rights Project
Michael Lind
Policy Director, Economic Growth Program
Mark Lloyd
Director, Media Policy Initiative
MaryEllen McGuire
Executive Director, Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Carolina Rossini
Project Director, Latin American Resource Center
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Director, Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Program
Celia Hartman Sims
Director, Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Jamie M. Zimmerman
Director, Global Assets Project

All Other Staff

Jonathan Baldwin
Field Analyst, Open Technology Institute
David Balto
Program Fellow, Health Policy Program
Kirsten Berg
Research Associate, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program
Rachel Black
Senior Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program
Alissa Black
Director, California Civic Innovation Project
Andrew Bolden
Operations Associate, Open Technology Institute
Laura Bornfreund
Senior Policy Analyst, Early Education Initiative
Torie Bosch
Editor, Future Tense
Joshua Breitbart
Director of Field Operations, Open Technology Institute
Georgia Bullen
Field Operations Technologist, Open Technology Institute
Stephen Burd
Senior Policy Analyst, Education Policy Program
Rachel Burstein
Research Associate, California Civic Innovation Project
Greta Byrum
Senior Field Analyst, Open Technology Institute
Bailey Cahall
Research Associate, National Security Studies Program
Kistine Carolan
Field Analyst, Open Technology Institute
Kayshin Chan
Field Analyst, Open Technology Institute
Wesley Chen
Program Associate, Open Internet Tools Project
Steve Coll
Senior Fellow, National Security Studies Program
Victoria Collins
Executive Projects Manager
Joe Colucci
Program Associate, Health Policy Program
Brian Duggan
Technologist, Open Technology Institute
Hannah Emple
Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program
Rachel Fishman
Policy Analyst, Education Policy Program
T.A. Frank
Editor, Zócalo Public Square
Joshua Freedman
Policy Analyst, Economic Growth Program
Eliza French
Events Associate, External Relations
Ryan Gerety
Senior Field Analyst, Open Technology Institute
Ali Gharib
Senior Editor, Open Zion
Thomas Gideon
Technical Director, Open Technology Institute
Andy Gunn
Field Engineer, Open Technology Institute
Stephanie Gunter
Events Manager, New America Foundation
Susan Gwaltney
Office Manager and Corporate Wellness Ambassador
Will Hawkins
Mobile Developer, Open Technology Institute
Darby Hickey
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Clara Hogan
Media Relations Coordinator, New America Foundation
Fuzz Hogan
Managing Editor
Alex Holt
Program Associate, Federal Education Budget Project
Sarabrynn Hudgins
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Hibah Hussain
Policy Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Anne Hyslop
Policy Analyst, Education Policy Program
Grady Johnson
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Dragana Kaurin
Program Associate, Open Internet Tools Project
Danielle Kehl
Policy Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Lina Khan
Policy Analyst, Markets, Enterprise, and Resiliency Initiative
Justin King
Federal Policy Liaison, Asset Building Program
Josh King
Technical Lead, Open Technology Institute
Amy Laitinen
Deputy Director, Education Policy Program
Jennifer Y. Lee
Deputy Managing Editor, Zócalo Public Square
Benjamin Lennett
Policy Director, Open Technology Institute
Patrick Lucey
Policy Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Barry C. Lynn
Director, Markets, Enterprise and Resiliency Initiative
Siddhartha Mahanta
Policy Analyst, Markets, Enterprise and Resiliency Initiative
Joe Mathews
California Editor, Zócalo Public Square
Tim Maurer
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Clare McCann
Program Associate, Education Policy Program
Jordan McCarthy
Technical Research Associate, Open Technology Institute
Nick McClellan
Web Production Manager
Madeline McSherry
New America NYC Program Associate
Nat Meysenburg
Technologist, Open Technology Institute
Ben Miller
Senior Policy Analyst, Education Policy Program
Sarah Morris
Policy Counsel, Open Technology Institute
Cyrus Nemati
Web Production Manager
Bincy Ninan-Moses
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Jonathan Obar
Media Policy Fellow, Open Technology Institute
Sandy Ordonez
Outreach Manager, Open Internet Tools Project
Betsy Prueter
Program Associate, Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Shavky Rajabov
Grants Manager
Andrew Reynolds
Staff Technologist, Open Technology Institute
Preston Rhea
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Gregory Rodriguez
Director, Center for Social Cohesion
Sarah Rothbard
Managing & Books Editor, Zócalo Public Square
Jennifer Rowland
Program Associate, National Security Studies Program
Nick Russo
Policy Research Associate, Open Technology Institute
Eleanor Saitta
Principal Security Engineer, Open Internet Tools Project
Sigal Samuel
Assistant Editor, Open Zion
Elliot Schreur
Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program
Rebecca Shafer
Program Associate, The Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program
Faith Smith
External Relations Manager
Adam Sneed
Researcher, Future Tense
Stephen Soltesz
Technologist, Open Technology Institute
Aleta Sprague
Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program
Dan Staples
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Lindsey Tepe
Program Associate, Education Policy Program
Robb Topolski
Adjunct Technologist, Open Technology Institute
Seamus Tuohy
Associate Technologist, Open Technology Institute
James Vasile
Director, Open Internet Tools Project
Dulce Vasquez
Managing Director, Zócalo Public Square
Elizabeth Weingarten
Assistant Editor
John Williams
Audio-Visual and Multimedia Producer
Conor Williams
Senior Researcher, Education Policy Program
Anthony Youngblood
Executive Assistant, Open Technology Institute