Senior Staff

Leila Hilal

Co-director, Middle East Task Force
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Leila Hilal is co-director of the New America Foundation Middle East Task Force, which covers in-depth analysis and commentary on the Middle East and North Africa.

Publications

Article | Nov 10, 2011 | ForeignPolicy.com

Events

Event | Feb 1, 2012 | Washington
Event | Jan 12, 2012 | Washington
Event | Dec 7, 2011 | Washington
Event | Oct 28, 2011 | Washington

Kavita Patel, M.D., M.S.

Former Director, Health Policy Program
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Kavita Patel directed the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation for most of 2010. Dr. Patel is a board-certified internal medicine physician dedicated to bringing stories and lessons learned from the clinical world to the heart of U.S. health care policymaking.

Events

Event | Nov 16, 2010 | Washington

Press

In the News Item | Nov 17, 2010 | California Healthline
In the News Item | Nov 12, 2010 | The Atlantic
In the News Item | Nov 3, 2010 | Politico
In the News Item | Oct 12, 2010 | Newsweek
In the News Item | Sep 28, 2010 | MarketWatch
In the News Item | Sep 24, 2010 | CBSNews.com
In the News Item | Sep 22, 2010 | MarketWatch
In the News Item | Sep 20, 2010 | WTOP

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Shannon Brownlee

Acting Director, Health Policy Program
Shannon Brownlee
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Shannon Brownlee, MS, is acting director of the New America Health Policy Program. A nationally known writer and essayist whose work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Slate, Time, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and the British medical journal BMJ among many other publications, she is best known for her groundbreaking work on avoidable health care, the patchy quality of medical evidence, and the implications for health care policy.

Publications

Article | Jan 31, 2012 | TIME Magazine
Article | Jan 16, 2012 | TIME Magazine
Article | Jan 9, 2012 | TIME Magazine
Article | Nov 15, 2011 | TIME Magazine
Article | Oct 31, 2011 | TIME Magazine
Article | Oct 9, 2011 | The New York Times Magazine
Policy Paper | Sep 16, 2011 | New America Foundation
Article | Jul 4, 2011 | Zócalo Public Square
Article | Jun 7, 2011 | Kaiser Network
Article | Nov 2, 2010 | BMJ

Events

Event | Feb 25, 2011 | Washington
Event | Dec 10, 2010 | Washington
Event | Aug 12, 2010 | Sacramento
Event | Apr 12, 2010 | Washington
Event | Dec 17, 2007
Event | Oct 18, 2007
Event | Mar 21, 2005
Event | Feb 1, 2005

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Areas of Expertise

Health Policy, Pharmaceutical Industry

Barry C. Lynn

Director, Markets, Enterprise and Resiliency Initiative
Barry C. Lynn
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Barry Lynn is director of the Markets, Enterprise, and Resiliency Initiative, and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. He is author of Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction (Wiley 2010) and End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation (Doubleday 2005). Lynn’s groundbreaking writings on industrial interdependence among nations and the growing fragility of complex industrial systems have attracted wide attention, and he has been invited to present his work to high officials in Japan, Germany, Britain

Publications

Article | Jan 26, 2012 | Harper's Magazine
Article | May 10, 2011 | The Washington Monthly
Article | Mar 1, 2010 | The Washington Monthly
Article | Feb 21, 2010 | The Washington Post
Article | Feb 16, 2010 | CNN.com
Book Page | Jan 10, 2010 | Wiley
Article | Sep 28, 2009 | The American Prospect Online
Article | Dec 1, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
Article | Nov 1, 2008 | Harper's Magazine

Events

Event | Apr 27, 2011 | Washington
Event | Sep 23, 2010 | Sacramento
Event | Mar 4, 2010 | Washington
Event | Jan 27, 2010 | Washington
Event | Oct 6, 2008
Event | Oct 5, 2007
Event | Jun 6, 2007

Press

In the News Item | Nov 21, 2011 | The Los Angeles Times
In the News Item | Oct 13, 2011 | The Omaha World-Herald
In the News Item | Jul 27, 2011 | The Nation
In the News Item | Jun 29, 2011 | Mother Jones
In the News Item | Jun 9, 2011 | The Nation
In the News Item | May 16, 2011 | San Jose Mercury News
In the News Item | Mar 30, 2011 | St. Petersburg Times

Areas of Expertise

Asia, China, Economic Growth, Energy & Environment, Fiscal Policy, Latin America, Trade & Globalization

Peter Bergen

Director, National Security Studies Program
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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 named among the best non-fiction books of the year by The Washington Post, and documentaries based on the books were nominated for Emmys in 2002 and 2007. His most recent book is The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda (2011).

Publications

Article | Nov 25, 2011 | CNN
Article | Sep 10, 2011 | CNN
Article | Sep 1, 2011 | CNN
Policy Paper | Sep 1, 2011 | New America Foundation
Article | Aug 27, 2011 | New York Magazine
Article | Aug 27, 2011 | New York Magazine
Article | Aug 24, 2011 | The New Republic

Events

Event | Feb 3, 2012 | Washington
Event | Jan 31, 2012 | Washington
Event | Jan 10, 2012 | Washington
Event | Oct 4, 2011 | Washington
Event | Sep 7, 2011 | Washington
Event | Sep 1, 2011 | Washington
Event | Jun 29, 2011 | Washington

Areas of Expertise

Foreign Policy, National Security, Terrorism

Sherle R. Schwenninger

Director, Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Program
Sherle R. Schwenninger
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Sherle Schwenninger directs the New America Foundation's Economic Growth and American Strategy Programs. One of the founders of New America, he is also the former director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program.

Publications

Article | Nov 2, 2011 | The Nation
Policy Paper | Sep 8, 2011 | New America Foundation
Policy Paper | Apr 27, 2011 | New America Foundation
Policy Paper | Mar 15, 2011 | New America Foundation
Policy Paper | Oct 11, 2010
Policy Paper | Sep 28, 2010 | New America Foundation
Article | Aug 26, 2010 | NYTimes.com
Policy Paper | Jul 12, 2010 | New America Foundation
Policy Paper | May 24, 2010

Events

Event | Jul 22, 2011 | Washington
Event | Jun 8, 2011 | Washington
Event | Feb 16, 2011 | Washington
Event | May 19, 2010 | Washington
Event | Mar 18, 2010 | Washington
Event | Nov 13, 2009 | Washington
Event | Sep 15, 2009 | Washington

Blog Posts

Blog Post | Apr 6, 2011

Press

In the News Item | Nov 22, 2011 | Salon
Press Release | Oct 11, 2011
In the News Item | Oct 10, 2011 | The New York Times
In the News Item | Sep 12, 2011 | The Daily Beast
In the News Item | Sep 11, 2011 | Newsweek
In the News Item | Jun 13, 2011 | Reuters
In the News Item | May 4, 2011 | Yahoo! News

Rachel L. White

Executive Vice President and Director, External Relations
Rachel White
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Rachel White serves as executive vice president and director of external relations for the New America Foundation. She is responsible for leading and implementing strategic and tactical organizational and fundraising objectives, leads and directs all external relations strategies including public events and media partnerships, and serves as a bridge between the president's office and the rest of the organization. Ms.

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