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

Senior Staff

Peter Bergen
Director, National Security Studies Program
Shannon Brownlee
Senior Fellow, Health Policy Program
Michael Calabrese
Director, Wireless Future Project
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
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
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Director, Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Program
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
Andrew Bolden
Operations Associate, Open Technology Institute
Laura Bornfreund
Senior Policy Analyst, Early Education Initiative
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
Bailey Cahall
Research Associate, National Security Studies Program
Wesley Chen
Program Associate, Open Internet Tools Project
Steve Coll
Senior Fellow, National Security Studies Program
Victoria Collins
Executive Projects Manager
T.A. Frank
Editor, Zócalo Public Square
Eliza French
Events Associate, External Relations
Ryan Gerety
Senior Field Analyst, Open Technology Institute
Ali Gharib
Senior Editor, Open Zion
Stephanie Gunter
Events Manager, New America Foundation
Susan Gwaltney
Office Manager and Corporate Wellness Ambassador
Will Hawkins
Mobile Developer, Open Technology Institute
Fuzz Hogan
Managing Editor
Sarabrynn Hudgins
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Anne Hyslop
Policy Analyst, Education Policy Program
Dragana Kaurin
Program Associate, Open Internet Tools Project
Justin King
Federal Policy Liaison, Asset Building Program
Josh King
Technical Lead, Open Technology Institute
Jennifer Y. Lee
Deputy Managing Editor, Zócalo Public Square
Benjamin Lennett
Policy Director, 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
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
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
Gregory Rodriguez
Director, Center for Social Cohesion
Sarah Rothbard
Managing & Books Editor, Zócalo Public Square
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
Stephen Soltesz
Technologist, Open Technology Institute
Dan Staples
Program Associate, Open Technology Institute
Lindsey Tepe
Program Associate, Education Policy Program
Robb Topolski
Adjunct Technologist, Open Technology Institute
Dulce Vasquez
Managing Director, Zócalo Public Square
Conor Williams
Senior Researcher, Education Policy Program