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Key Staff Guide: Find Policy Experts

Alan J. Abramson
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Senior Fellow, Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program
Contact: alan.abramson@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Nonprofit organizations; Foundations; Federal budget



Matthew Baumgart

Associate Director, Initiative on Financial Security
Contact: matthew.baumgart@aspeninstitute.org




Michael (Mickey) Bergman

Program Director, US-Palestinian Partnership Program
Contact: mickeybergman@gmail.com





Kurt M. Campbell
Kurt Campbell
Director, Aspen Strategy Group
Contact:
kurt.campbell@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Asia-Pacific security; Defense policy; Intersection of trade and US foreign policy.




Dick Clark
Dick Clark
Vice President; Director, Congressional Program
Contact: dick.clark@aspeninstitute.org





Peggy Clark
Peggy Clark
Managing Director, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Contact:  peggy.clark@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Economic development; International development; Workforce development and poverty alleviation


Maureen Conway
Maureen Conway
Deputy Director, Economic Opportunities Program
Contact: maureen.conway@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Employment and training programs for the disadvantaged; Community economic development


Catharin Dalpino

Director, Advocacy and Exchange program on Agent Orange/Dioxin
Contact: james.hoppes@aspeninstitute.org

 



David Devlin-Foltz
David Devlin-Foltz
Director, Global Interdependence Initiative
Vice President, Policy Programs
Contact: (202) 736-5812

Areas of Expertise: US public opinion on global issues; Religion and public life in the US; International economic development assistance



Elaine L. Edgcomb
Elaine Edgcomb
Director, FIELD
Contact: elaine.edgcomb@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: US microenterprise development; Participatory learning assessments; Nonprofit institutional development


Mickey Edwards
Mickey Edwards
Director, Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership
Vice President
Contact: mickey.edwards@aspeninstitute.org



Clark Ervin
Clark Ervin
Director, Homeland Security Initiative
Contact: clark.ervin@aspeninstitute.org





Charles M. Firestone
Charles Firestone
Executive Director, Communications and Society Program
Contact: firestone@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Communications policy; Communications trends and democratic institutions; Societal impact of communications and information technologies


Karen Fulbright-Anderson
Karen Fulbright-Anderson
Senior Associate, Roundtable on Community Change
Contact: (212) 677-5510 ext. 24




Amy Garmer

Director of Journalism Projects, Communications and Society Program




Elliot Gerson
Elliot Gerson
Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs
Contact: elliot.gerson@aspeninstitute.org





Alice H. Henkin
Alice Henkin
Director, Justice and Society Program
Contact: henkin@aspeninstitute.org
Area of Expertise: International human rights


Mindy Hernandez

Research Director, Education and Society Program
Contact: mindy.hernandez@aspeninstitute.org


Gary Huggins

Director, Commission on No Child Left Behind
Contact: gary.huggins@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Elementary and Secondary Education, Higher Education, Disability Policy, Early Childhood Education, and Political Strategy.


Patricia Kirsch Kelly

Assistant Director, Communications and Society Program


Anne C. Kubisch
Anne Kubisch
Director, Roundtable on Community Change
Contact: (212) 677-5510 ext. 25
Area of Expertise: Urban community development; evaluation and social learning; social policy


Laura Liswood
Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders
Contact:
 Alina Dumitrasc, 202-736-2920
Areas of Expertise: Women in leadership





Joan Lovett
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Director, Program on the World Economy
Contact: jelovett@msn.com




Nancy McGaw
Nancy McGaw
Deputy Directory, Business and Society Program
Contact: nancy.mcgaw@aspeninstitute.org




Michelle McMurry
Michelle McMurry
Director, Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative
Contact: michelle.mcmurry@aspeninstitute.org





Lisa Mensah
Lisa Mensah
Executive Director, Initiative on Financial Security
Contact: lisa.mensah@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Economic development; Community development finance; Asset-building and economic security


John Molinaro

Associate Director, Community Strategies Group
Contact: john.molinaro@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Rural development, workforce development, community foundations, nonprofit governance, childcare policy.


David Monsma

Executive Director, Energy and the Environment Program
Contact: david.monsma@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Environmental management and reporting; carbon and securities disclosure; environmental sustainability


Rachel Mosher-Williams

Project Director, Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program
Contact: rachel.williams@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Nonprofit organizations; Foundations; Social Enterprise



Kirsten S. Moy
Kirsten Moy
Director, Economic Opportunities Program
Contact: kirsten.moy@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Community development finance; Affordable housing; Socially responsible investing


Nancy Pelz-Paget
Nancy Pelz-Paget
Director, Education and Society Program






Jonathon Price

Associate Director, Aspen Strategy Group
Contact:
jonathon.price@aspeninstitute.org





Damien M. Pwono
Executive Director, Global Initiative on Arts, Culture, and Society
Contact: (202) 736-2528


Peter A. Reiling
Peter Reiling
Executive Vice President, Leadership and Seminar Programs
Executive Director, Henry Crown Fellowship
Contact: peter.reiling@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: International economic development; Leadership




John A. (Jack) Riggs
John Riggs
Senior Fellow, Energy and Environment Program
Contact: jriggs@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Energy security; Climate change


Mary Robinson
Mry Robinson
Executive Director, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Contact: Mary Baylis, (212) 895-8082
Areas of Expertise: International human rights; Capacity building in good governance in devloping countries; Women in leadership


Judith F. Samuelson
Judith Samuelson
Executive Director, Business and Society Program
Contact: jsamuelson@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Corporate social responsibility; Business education; Debate on globalization




Cinthia H. Schuman
Cinthia Shuman
Associate Director, Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program
Contact: cschuman@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Nonprofit organizations; Foundations




Robert B. Schwartz
Co-Chair, Education and Society Program and Academic Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education


Sunny Sumter

 

Program Directing Consultant
Contact: sunny.sumter@aspeninstitute.org



Janet Topolsky
Janet Topolsky
Director, Community Strategies Group
Contact: jt@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Community foundations and rural development; Peer-learning principles and design; Community capacity building


Toni G. Verstandig
Toni G. Verstandig
Director, Middle East Strategy Group
Contact: james.hoppes@aspeninstitute.org
Areas of Expertise: Arab Israeli conflict, Economic development, Water issues, Civil Society issues


Jane Wales

Jane WalesJane Wales
Vice President, Philanthropy and Society
Director, Non-Profit Sector and Philanthropy Program

Contact:
jane.wales@aspeninstitute.org

Areas of Expertise:
Philanthropy, Social Enterprise and the Non-profit sector, International Economic Development, Globalization, Global Trends, foreign and international security policy



Judy Wurtzel

Senior Fellow, Education and Society Program
Contact: judy.wurtzel@aspeninstitute.org