Staff & Fellows

Program Associate, Health Policy Program

As Program Associate in the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Sarah Axeen conducts research on health care disparities and how they affect access to and the quality of health care for both the insured and the uninsured. She also works to advance the overall goals of the… more

Deputy Director, Health Policy Program

As Deputy Director of the Health Care Policy Program, Julie Barnes heads the program's Health Care Reform Communication Project, the purpose of which is to educate industry stakeholders and policymakers about the issues in the health care reform debate, facilitate discussions about those issues among the key players, and mediate… more

Senior Program Associate, Arms and Security Initiative
Frida Berrigan is Senior Program Associate of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation. Previously, she served for eight years as Deputy Director and Senior Research Associate at the Arms Trade Resource Center at the World Policy Institute at the New School in New York City. She… more

Deputy Director, Political Reform

Blair Bobier is the Deputy Director of the Political Reform at New America Foundation. Mr. Bobier is based in the Bay Area and works to promote and educate about electoral reforms designed to empower voters and create a more diverse, representative and accountable government.

Staff Assistant
Andrew Bolden makes his first foray into the political policy sphere as Staff Assistant at the New America Foundation. His duties range from supporting the foundation’s basic daily operations to providing departmental assistance on a variety of projects, notably database maintenance and mass mailings. Mr. Bolden is a… more

Vice President for Domestic Policy Programs; Director, Next Social Contract Initiative; Director, Asset Building Program

Ray Boshara is Vice President for Domestic Policy Programs, Director of the Next Social Contract Initiative, and Director of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation.

Mr. Boshara is an expert on savings and asset ownership strategies for low-income persons, and in that capacity he has testified before… more

Senior Program Associate, New America in California

As Senior Program Associate of the California Program, Claudie Kiti Bustamante plays a leading role in promoting New America’s public policy events in California and raising the organization’s profile with the media in California. She also assists New America Fellows located in California with research and provides management support to… more

Vice President; Director, Wireless Future Program

As Vice President of the New America Foundation, Michael Calabrese directs the Wireless Future Program and helps to guide the Foundation's work related to retirement security and the Next Social Contract Initiative. Previously, Mr. Calabrese served as Director of Domestic Policy Programs at the Center for National Policy, as General… more

California Legislative Director, Asset Building Program
Olivia Calderon is the California Legislative Director of the New America Foundation's Asset Building Program, which aims to significantly broaden savings and asset ownership in California. Based in Sacramento, her primary responsibilities include educating legislators, government officials, and interest groups about asset policies, developing related policy proposals (including drafting measures,… more

Associate Policy Director, Health Policy Program

As Associate Policy Director for the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Elizabeth Carpenter focuses on the need for comprehensive coverage expansion that emphasizes both personal and shared responsibility, as well as cost growth containment. Additionally, she works to encourage bipartisan conversations about health information technology, prevention and… more

Executive Assistant, Climate Policy Program
As Executive Assistant in the Climate Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Jenna Cittadino works with the Director and staff to coordinate and implement the program’s activities. She assists in the program’s daily operations, facilitating outreach, scheduling, and research.Ms. Cittadino is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of… more

Senior Fellow and Director, American Strategy Program

Steven Clemons directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, which aims to promote a new American internationalism that combines a tough-minded realism about America's interests in the world with a pragmatic idealism about the kind of world order best suited to America's democratic way of life. He… more

Policy Analyst, Education Policy Program

Jennifer Cohen is a Policy Analyst with the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation. She manages the foundation’s Federal Education Budget Project Web site, analyzes national school finance data, and researches and writes policy papers, op-eds, and commentary for the project's blog, Ed Money Watch.Org. more

President & CEO

Steve Coll is President & CEO of New America Foundation, and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. Previously he spent 20 years as a foreign correspondent and senior editor at The Washington Post, serving as the paper's managing editor from 1998 to 2004. He is the author of… more

Research Director, Asset Building Program

Reid Cramer is Research Director of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation, where he leads the program's policy research activities. The Asset Building Program aims to promote policies and ideas that expand savings and asset ownership, especially among lower-income families. His work has provided analytical support for… more

Co-Director, Global Strategic Finance Initiative

Heidi Crebo-Rediker is the Co-Director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative. This initiative focuses on the relationship between global finance, capital flows, and foreign policy, with a specific emphasis on the role of the U.S. in a multi-polar financial world. Last year, Heidi returned to the US from Europe where she spent over 16 years… more

Research Director, Education Policy Program
As Research Director for the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Jason Delisle develops content for the Federal Education Budget Project’s Web site and contributes regularly to New America’s Higher Ed Watch Blog. Before joining New America, Mr. Delisle was a senior analyst on the Republican… more

Deputy Director, American Strategy Program; Director, U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative

Patrick C. Doherty is Deputy Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. The American Strategy Program aims to promote a new American internationalism that combines a tough-minded realism about America's interests in the world with a pragmatic idealism about the kind of world order best suited… more

Media Relations Associate

As a member of the New America Foundation’s communications team, Erin Drankoski helps manage the latest information on New America’s experts and projects by creating and implementing media strategies for Fellows and Programs. She deals primarily with the news media by arranging interviews and distributing press materials. She also helps… more

Deputy Director, Political Reform Program

Gautam Dutta is Deputy Director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation. In this capacity, he is an advocate for New America’s signature reform proposals, including instant runoff voting, proportional voting, and redistricting reform. A Yale and Georgetown-educated lawyer, Mr. Dutta has been Tax Counsel to California… more

Director, California Education Program, Irvine Fellow

Camille Esch is a fellow and Director of the California Education Program at the New America Foundation. She writes about current education topics -- particularly K-12 education and California education issues-drawing on current research as well as her own experience as an education policy researcher and analyst. Before joining New America, Ms. Esch worked… more

Vice President, Finance & Operations

As Vice President of Finance & Operations, Simone Frank is responsible for managing the organization's day-to-day business, legal, financial, information-technology and administrative operations. Ms. Frank has over 20 years of financial management experience, including banking, investment banking, strategic planning and operating finance.

Prior to joining the New America Foundation, Ms. Frank… more

Policy Analyst, Fiscal Policy Program and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

As a Policy Analyst in the Fiscal Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Marc Goldwein focuses on tax policy, the budget process, and entitlement reform.

Mr. Goldwein is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The Johns Hopkins University, with a B.A. in political science, and is currently pursuing a master’s… more

Director, Workforce and Family Program

David E. Gray directs the New America Foundation's Workforce and Family Program, which researches and develops solutions to social and family issues and builds common ground between people across ideological, political and theological boundaries. He manages the program's various projects, including its Healthy Families and Religious Center Initiatives.

Rev. Gray speaks… more

Events Manager

Stephanie Gunter is New America's Events Manager, working with policy programs and fellows to plan, market and execute all New America Foundation public events.  A member of the communications team, Ms. Gunter also works closely with her media relations colleagues to improve outreach and increase public awareness of the foundation’s… more

Director, California Program

Leif Wellington Haase is Director of New America's California Program, which aims to improve the state's public debate by sponsoring a wide range of research, writing, and events on issues of critical importance to the future of California. His primary responsibilities include promoting the work of New America's programs and… more

Senior Program Associate, Climate Policy Program

Kristina Haddad is Senior Program Associate for the Climate Policy Program at the New America Foundation. In this capacity, she is working to help create a national response to climate change by building state and local climate action plans. Previously, Ms. Haddad was the Forestry Project Manager for the Environment… more

Senior Advisor, Climate Policy Program

As Senior Advisor in the Climate Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Sonia Hamel brings to bear her extensive experience in the development and implementation of public policy to energy and environmental issues.

Most recently, Ms. Hamel served in the Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development, which was created by… more

Director, Arms and Security Initiative

William D. Hartung is Director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation. The project serves as a resource for journalists, policymakers, and citizen's organizations on the issues of weapons proliferation, the economics of military spending, and alternative approaches to national security strategy.

Before coming to New America,… more

Director, Political Reform Program
Steven Hill is Director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation, which seeks to identify and develop the best opportunities for political and electoral reform, educate opinion leaders and the public about electoral alternatives, and encourage the formation of a broad-based coalition for reform. Mr. Hill is… more

Program Associate, Asset Building Program

As Program Associate in the Asset Building Program, Mark Huelsman works to promote policy ideas with respect to savings and assets ownership for low-and-moderate income families, with a particular emphasis… more

Multimedia Producer
Michael Jones, New America's Multimedia Producer, is responsible for NewAmerica.net's multimedia content and technical operations. Mr. Jones has nearly 15 years of experience in media, graphic design and Web publishing. His bio is forthcoming.

Program Associate, American Strategy Program

As Program Associate for the American Strategy Program, Benjamin Katcher contributes to the program's aim of informing the foreign policy discourse in Washington through research, writing, and innovative programming. Mr. Katcher also manages and contributes to the popular national security blog, The Washington Note. His primary area of interest is… more

Senior Writer, Health Policy Program
As Senior Writer in the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Joanne Kenen will run a blog focusing on the intersection between health policy and health politics. She will also write for both the foundation’s Web site and outside publications on the health reform challenges—coverage, cost, and quality—facing… more

Senior Research Fellow and Director, Global Governance Initiative

Parag Khanna is an expert on geopolitics, global governance, and Asian and European affairs, and was most recently the Global Governance Fellow at The Brookings Institution. He has worked at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, where he specialized in scenario and risk planning, and at the Council on… more

Federal Policy Liaison, Asset Building Program

As Federal Policy Liaison of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation, Justin King is at the fore of efforts to educate policymakers in the legislative and executive branches about broadening asset ownership in the United States.  He works closely with the leadership of New America to devise… more

Deputy Director, Asset Building Program
Melissa Koide is Deputy Director of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation. In that role, she works to provide national leadership on public policies related to expanding wealth-building financial services, especially for low- and middle-income families; improving financial education; forging a new responsibility framework for consumer financial… more

Research Associate, American Strategy Program

Jeb Koogler is a student of international politics at Brown University. He was previously a research assistant to former Senator Lincoln Chafee, for whom his work focused largely on the Arab-Israeli conflict. His recent areas of interest include Islamist political participation, democratization, and human rights policy.

Mr. Koogler has lived in… more

Senior Program Associate, Wireless Future Program
As the Senior Program Associate for the Wireless Future Program at the New America Foundation, Benjamin Lennett contributes to the program’s efforts to develop and advocate policy proposals aimed at achieving universal and affordable wireless broadband access through policy research, writing, and outreach. Prior to joining New America,… more

Director, Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative

Jeffrey G. Lewis is Director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation. The Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative seeks to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in international security and renew the fundamental bargain contained in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The author of Minimum Means… more

Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program
Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini is a Policy Analyst in the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation. Her primary responsibilities include conducting research and analysis for the program, focusing on policies related to short-term savings needs and financial education. Ms. Lopez-Fernandini has a background in anti-hunger, anti-poverty, and community… more

President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; Director, Fiscal Policy Program
 

As President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which is housed at the New America Foundation, and the Director of the Fiscal Policy Program, Maya MacGuineas oversees the Foundation's efforts to bring accountability to the budget process, address the challenges presented by the nation's underfunded entitlements programs,… more

Director, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program

Andrés Martinez directs New America's Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program, which seeks to identify and support the next generation of American public policy scholars and writers.

Mr. Martinez was the Editorial Page Editor of the Los Angeles Times for nearly three years, beginning in September 2004, and also presided over the… more

Associate Director, Human Resources & Operations

As Associate Director of Human Resources and Operations, Danielle Maxwell is responsible for human resources, overseeing the internship program, managing the operational side of the Fellows Program and assisting in various facets of the Foundation’s day-to-day operations. She is also a Program Associate in the Workforce and Family Program, providing… more

Director, Education Policy Program

MaryEllen McGuire directs the New America Foundation's Education Policy Program where she oversees the Federal Education Budget Project and Higher Ed Watch.Org. Prior to joining New America, Ms. McGuire was the senior education policy advisor to Senator Chris Dodd on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee… more

Research Director, Wireless Future Program
Sascha Meinrath is Research Director of the Wireless Future Program at the New America Foundation. An expert on community wireless networks and municipal broadband, Mr. Meinrath also coordinates the Open Source Wireless Coalition, a global partnership of open source wireless integrators, researchers, implementers, and companies dedicated to the development of… more

Deputy Director, Next Social Contract Initiative
Frank Micciche is Deputy Director of the Next Social Contract Initiative at the New America Foundation. The initiative seeks to bring together the various domestic policy programs at New America, along with outside experts, to discuss the challenges that have badly strained the current social contract and to develop public… more

Program Associate, Education Policy Program

As Program Associate in the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Benjamin Miller helps to promote policy ideas with respect to K-12 finance and such higher education issues as access, quality, and affordability. He also contributes to the program’s blog, www.HigherEdWatch.org.

Mr. Miller is a Phi… more

Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program

As a Policy Analyst for the Asset Building Program, David Newville researches and analyzes savings and ownership policies that promote economic security and advancement for low- and middle-income families.  He… more

Director, Health Policy Program

Len Nichols, a highly respected healthcare economist, directs the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, which aims to expand health insurance coverage to all Americans while reining in costs and improving the efficiency of the overall health care system. Before joining New America, Dr. Nichols was the Vice… more

Co-Director, Global Strategic Finance Initiative

Doug Rediker is currently the Co-Director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation. This initiative focuses on the relationship between global finance, capital flows, and foreign policy, with a specific emphasis on the role of the U.S. in a multi-polar financial world. Last year, he returned… more

Senior Policy Analyst, Education Policy Program

As Senior Policy Analyst for the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Heather Rieman focuses on educational excellence and equity, with a particular emphasis on budget and finance issues across all levels of education.

Ms. Rieman holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government… more

Irvine Senior Fellow; Director, California Fellows Program

Gregory Rodriguez has written widely on issues of national identity, social cohesion, assimilation, race relations, religion, immigration, ethnicity, demographics, and social and political trends in such leading publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and the Los Angeles Times, where he is an op-ed columnist. Mr.… more

Director, Media and Communications

As Director of Media and Communications, Troy K. Schneider is responsible for the organization's public presence -- ensuring that New America is visible in traditional media outlets, an innovator with its own online efforts, and an active player in the larger media community.

Managing Editor, NewAmerica.net

As the Managing Editor for NewAmerica.net, Kate Schuler drives the organization's online publishing efforts -- ensuring that New America is both an innovator with its own sites and an active player in the larger online community.

Director, Economic Growth Program

Sherle Schwenninger directs the New America Foundation's Economic Growth Program and the Global Middle Class Initiative. He is also the former director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program.

Mr. Schwenninger was Founding Editor of World Policy Journal from 1983 to 1992, and served as Director of the World Policy Institute… more

Financial Services Policy Director, Asset Building Program

Ellen Seidman is Financial Services Policy Director in the Asset Building Program of the New America Foundation. In this capacity, she provides national leadership on public policy issues related to expanding access to wealth-building financial services, especially for low- and moderate-income families; improving financial education; forging a new responsibility framework… more

Program Associate, Global Assets Project, Asset Building Program

Leila Seradj is the Program Associate for the Global Assets Project, a joint venture of the Asset Building Program of the New America Foundation and the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis. She provides programmatic and research support for the project.

Ms. Seradj graduated with Latin and college honors from the University… more

Program Associate, Economic Growth Program

As a research associate in the Economic Growth Program, Samuel Sherraden contributes to promoting policy for sustainable growth in the United States and abroad.

Before joining the New America Foundation, Mr. Sherraden attended George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in… more

Cullman Senior Fellow and Director, Climate Policy Program

Terry Tamminen is the Cullman Senior Fellow for Climate Change and Director of the Climate Policy Program at the New America Foundation. The goal of this program is to build a national response to climate change through the establishment of state and local action plans.

Before joining New America, Mr. Tamminen… more

Research Associate, Health Policy Program
As Research Associate in the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Paul Testa focuses on subjects ranging from the Food and Drug Administration to measures of health system performance.Mr. Testa is a summa cum laude graduate of Cornell University with a degree in government and a… more

Program Associate, Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative
As Program Associate with the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation, Katherine Tiedemann contributes to the initiative’s aim of reducing the role of nuclear weapons in international security through research, writing, and innovative programmatic efforts. Before joining the American Strategy Program, Ms. Tiedemann was a Research… more

Research Associate, American Strategy Program

Brian Till is a Research Associate with the American Strategy Program, where he primarily works with Middle East and U.S.-Cuba policy issues.

Research Fellow

Ben Van Heuvelen is a Research Fellow at the New America Foundation, working for President Steve Coll on a new book project.

Mr. Van Heuvelen comes to New America from Salon.com and The Atlantic Monthly. His writing has appeared on Salon.com and Nerve.com. Before becoming a journalist, he taught high school… more

Assistant to the President
As Assistant to the President of the New America Foundation, Jonathan Wallace is responsible for managing the President’s office and assisting in various facets of New America’s day-to-day operations. He organizes the monthly Fellows meetings, plans and manages the Annual Board and Fellows Retreat, assists the Director of Operations with… more

Executive Assistant, Health Policy Program
As Executive Assistant in the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Jeannette Warren works with the Director and staff to coordinate and implement the program’s activities. Prior to joining the New America Foundation, Ms. Warren held a variety of administrative positions at several nonprofits, including the American Enterprise Institute,… more

Vice President

As Vice President of the New America Foundation, Rachel White is responsible for leading New America's organizational and development strategies. In close partnership with the President, Ms. White is the chief liaison with the Board of Directors, Leadership Council, and New York Advisory Council, and works closely with them, as… more

Senior Editor

As Senior Editor, Linda Wrigley is responsible for ensuring that New America’s institutional publications, including policy briefs, reports and Web content, and the written output of its staff and Fellows, including op-eds, magazine articles and books, are accessible and of the highest quality. She is a member of the foundation’s… more

Senior Communications Associate

As Senior Communications Associate, Elizabeth Wu facilitates and helps promote New America’s public events. Her responsibilities also include managing New America’s media coverage and working with the communications team to increase public awareness of the foundation’s work. Ms. Wu brings her experience as Research Associate for both the Communications and… more

Deputy Director, Global Assets Project, Asset Building Program
Jamie M. Zimmerman is Deputy Director of the Global Assets Project, a joint venture of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation and the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis. The project, launched in 2006, aims to inform and stimulate global asset-building innovations among… more

Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program
Before joining the New America Foundation, Ghaith al-Omari served in various senior positions within the Palestinian Authority, including Foreign Policy Advisor to the Palestinian President, Director of the International Relations Department in the Office of the Palestinian President, and Senior Advisor to former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. In these capacities,… more

Schwartz Senior Fellow

Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist, and the author of Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden ( 2001), which has been translated into 18 languages and The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al Qaeda's Leader (2006). Both books were… more

Schwartz Senior Fellow
Shannon Brownlee is a writer whose stories, essays, and opinion pieces about medicine and health care have appeared in such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Slate, Time, Discover, BusinessWeek, Washington Monthly, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wilson Quarterly.… more

Senior Research Fellow, Education Policy Program
Stephen Burd is Senior Research Fellow in the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation. In this capacity, he will help shape the foundation’s work on higher-education policy, particularly the nexus between postsecondary education and high school policy issues, and on student financial aid issues, including student loans. more

Senior Research Fellow, Health Policy Program
As Senior Research Fellow for the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, Guy Clifton focuses on health care reform to cover the uninsured and on reform of the delivery system to reduce cost and improve quality. In addition, Dr. Clifton acts as the Health Policy Program’s primary liaison… more

Senior Research Fellow, Privatization of Foreign Policy Initiative

Michael A. Cohen is a Senior Research Fellow at the New America Foundation where he co-helms the Privatization of Foreign Policy Initiative, which examines the growing influence and impact of non-state actors in U.S. foreign policy. He is also the author of Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the 20th Century… more

Senior Fellow, Education Policy Program

The founding director of New America's Education Policy Program, Michael Dannenberg is now a senior fellow. While director, he launched the Federal Education Budget Project, which generates and analyzes new, fiscally responsible ideas on the size, distribution, and efficiency of federal education funding. He also created and edited the… more

Director, California Education Program, Irvine Fellow

Camille Esch is a fellow and Director of the California Education Program at the New America Foundation. She writes about current education topics -- particularly K-12 education and California education issues-drawing on current research as well as her own experience as an education policy researcher and analyst. Before joining New America, Ms. Esch worked… more

Fellow
W. Ralph Eubanks is the author of Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past (Basic Books), which Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardley named as one of the best nonfiction books of 2003. He has contributed articles to The Washington Post's Outlook and Style sections, the Chicago Tribune, Preservation, and National Public… more

Senior Research Fellow, Privatization of Foreign Policy Initiative
Maria Figueroa Küpçü specializes in the development of international advocacy campaigns, with particular expertise in stakeholder engagement in the global policymaking process. As a senior director at the market research and consulting firm Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, she guided presidential and parliamentary campaigns in South Korea, Ukraine, Serbia, Bermuda,… more

Fellow
As a California-based Fellow at the New America Foundation, T.A. Frank writes about law, criminal justice, and labor. With a robust technology sector, busy ports, and a changing economy, California is faced with new sorts of crime, such as terrorism, cybercrime, and financial fraud. Mr. Frank will explore issues such… more

Senior Fellow
Tim Golden is an investigative journalist who writes about legal policy in the fight against terrorism and other issues related to the treatment of terror suspects. He is on leave from The New York Times, where he is a senior writer and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine.… more

Fellow
Eliza Griswold is a writer who focuses on conflict, human rights, and religion. Her reportage and analyses have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, and The New Republic, among other publications. She was a 2007 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and is the recipient… more

Fellow

Jacob S. Hacker is Professor of Political Science at Yale University. An expert on the politics and character of U.S. social policy in historical and cross-national perspective, he is currently heading a Social Science Research Council project on the “privatization of risk.” In recent years, he has been a participant… more

Fellow

Christopher Hayes is the Washington D.C. Editor of The Nation. Since 2002, he has been reporting and writing on politics, economics, and labor for a wide variety of independent publications. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in The Nation, The American Prospect, The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, The Guardian, and The Chicago Reader. From… more

Fellow

Tomás Jiménez is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. His research and teaching focus on immigration, assimilation, social mobility, and identity. In 2005, he was the American Sociological Association Congressional Fellow in the office of Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA), where he served as a legislative… more

Fellow

Kelleen Kaye is an analyst and policy expert on family structure and family relationships as they relate to child, youth, and parental well-being. She has been a senior policy analyst at the Department of Health and Human Services, where she worked on efforts targeting single parenthood, teen pregnancy, healthy-marriage promotion,… more

Senior Research Fellow and Director, Global Governance Initiative

Parag Khanna is an expert on geopolitics, global governance, and Asian and European affairs, and was most recently the Global Governance Fellow at The Brookings Institution. He has worked at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, where he specialized in scenario and risk planning, and at the Council on… more

Senior Fellow

Joel Kotkin is an internationally recognized authority on global economic, political, and social trends. He is the author of six books, including, The City: A Global History (Modern Library, 2005), as well as the bestseller, The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape (Random House, 2002).… more

Research Fellow, American Strategy Program

Sameer Lalwani is a Research Fellow with the American Strategy Program, a contributor to the popular political blog The Washington Note and is pursuing a Ph.D. in political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As an MIT Presidential Fellow and a member of the Security Studies Program and the… more

Senior Fellow; Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative
Flynt Leverett is a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, and global energy issues. From 1992 to 2003, he had a distinguished career in the U.S. government, serving as Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, Middle East Expert… more

Senior Fellow; Director, Middle East Policy Initiative

Daniel Levy is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Initiative at the New America Foundation and a Senior Fellow and Director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation. During the Barak Government, he worked in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office as special adviser and head of Jerusalem Affairs, following… more

Senior Research Fellow

Anatol Lieven, a former senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, previously covered Central Europe for The Financial Times; Pakistan, Afghanistan, the former Soviet Union, and Russia for The Times (London), and India as a freelance journalist. He was also an editor at the International Institute for Strategic… more

Whitehead Senior Fellow

Michael Lind is the Whitehead Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. He is the author, with Ted Halstead, of The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics (Doubleday, 2001). He is also the author of Made in Texas: George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics (New… more

Fellow
Eric Liu is an author and educator who has served in leadership roles in national politics and media. His most recent book, The True Patriot, co-authored with Nick Hanauer, is a pamphlet in the style of Thomas Paine that argues for a new progressive patriotism. He is also the author… more

Schwartz Senior Fellow; Research Director, Next Social Contract Initiative

Phillip Longman is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and Research Director of the Next Social Contract Initiative. He is the author of numerous articles and books on demographics, economics, and social change. His work has appeared in such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, Der Spiegel, The Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign… more

Senior Fellow

Barry C. Lynn is a business and political journalist, and an expert on global industrial systems, corporate organization, trade, energy, emerging technology, and the development of middle-income nations. He is the author of the groundbreaking work End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation (Doubleday,… more

Fellow
Lisa Margonelli writes about the global culture and economy of energy. Her book about the oil supply chain,