Team

Who We Are


Our Areas of Focus


Executive Team

Eli Lehrer

President

Erica Schoder

Executive Director

Sabrina Schaeffer

Vice President, Public Affairs

Chad Russell

Vice President, Operations

Policy Team

Thomas Cynkin

Senior Director, Policy Department

Matt Germer

Policy Director, Governance

Devin Hartman

Devin Hartman

Policy Director, Energy and Environmental Policy; Resident Senior Fellow

Lisel Petis

Director, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Brandon Pugh

Policy Director and Resident Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats

Mazen Saleh

Senior Policy Director, Integrated Harm Reduction

Jerry Theodorou

Policy Director, Finance, Insurance and Trade

Sarah Anderson

Associate Director, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Chelsea Boyd

Resident Research Fellow, Harm Reduction

Wayne Brough

Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Kent Chandler

Resident Senior Fellow, Energy and Environmental Policy

Ryan Crow

Senior Director, Program Design Impact & Implementation

Mark Dalton

Senior Director, Technology and Innovation

Jarrett Dieterle

C. Jarrett Dieterle

Senior Fellow, Finance, Insurance and Trade

Beth Garza

Senior Fellow, Energy

Michael Giberson

Senior Fellow, Energy

Lindsay Heck

Research Assistant, Project for Women and Families

Courtney Joslin

Resident Fellow and Senior Manager, Project for Women and Families

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David Katz

Adjunct Scholar

Jonathan Madison

Resident Fellow, Governance

Olivia Manzagol

Resident Fellow, Energy and Environment

Chris McIsaac

Resident Fellow, Governance

Stacey McKenna

Resident Senior Fellow, Integrated Harm Reduction

Caroline Melear

Resident Fellow, Finance, Insurance and Trade

Josiah Neeley

Director, Texas; Resident Senior Fellow, Energy

Spence Purnell

Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Philip Rossetti

Resident Senior Fellow, Energy

Logan Seacrest

Resident Fellow, Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties

Jessica Shortall

Strategic Partnerships Lead, Integrated Harm Reduction

Christi Smith

Resident Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Jeffrey Smith

Resident Senior Fellow, Integrated Harm Reduction

Jillian Snider

Resident Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Nan Swift

Resident Fellow, Governance Program

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Adam Thierer

Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Chris Villarreal

Associate Fellow, Energy and Environment

Shoshana Weissmann

Director, Digital Media; Resident Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Josh Withrow

Resident Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Haiman Wong

Resident Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats

Staff

Archer Barkhall

Director of Canine Policy

Ashley Blackwell

Senior Graphic Designer

Canyon Brimhall

Senior Manager, Federal Government Affairs

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Dominique Cadenas

Associate Graphic Designer

Beth Cieslik

Editorial Specialist

Melinda Conklin

Manager, Program Design, Impact, and Implementation

Essie Connor

Manager, Operations

Luke Cromwell

Associate, Events and External Affairs

Alexa Cunniff

Digital Media Manager

Melissa Dunlap

Senior Director, Business Operations

Campbell Fain

Senior Manager, Finance

Regan Ferrell

Senior Specialist, Business Development

Addyson Garner

Events & External Affairs Manager

William Gray

Senior Director, Communications

Steven Greenhut

Resident Senior Fellow and Western Region Director, State Affairs

Marc Hyden

Marc Hyden

Senior Director, State Government Affairs

Hammad Kamal

Senior Director, Finance

Rebecca Kendall

Senior Director, Strategy

Jade Kling

Manager, Business Development

Anthony Lamorena

Senior Manager, Federal Government Affairs

Ginny Mansour

Senior Director, Business Development

Aaron McKeiver

Operations and Facilities Associate

Robert Melvin

Director of Government Affairs, Northeast Region

Josiah Neeley

Director, Texas; Resident Senior Fellow, Energy

Esther Oakley

Executive Assistant

Alexandra Perez Brewer

Senior Manager, Federal Government Affairs

Grace Pewitt

Media Relations Associate

Anne Phelan

Ann Phelan

Creative and Media Director

Kelli Pierce

Digital Media Associate

Faith Rahman

Faith Rahman

Senior Director, People Operations

Patricia Simon

Manager, Employee Experience

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Alan Smith

Director, Midwest; Resident Senior Fellow

Sara Smith

Specialist, Operations

Kara Stoller

Associate Director, Business Development

Emily Temple

Senior Director, Publications

Nicholas Thielman

Associate, Federal Government Affairs

Jeff Vanderslice

Senior Director, Federal Government Affairs

Rhea Warren

Associate Editor

Shoshana Weissmann

Director, Digital Media; Resident Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Corie Whalen

Media Relations Director

Board of Directors

Marla Dean

Founder and Chief Learning & Innovation Officer, Dean’s List Consulting

Erin Engle

Vice President of Counsel for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Elizabeth Frazee

Co-founder and CEO of TwinLogic Strategies

John Graham

Indiana University Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Katie Harbath

Founder and CEO, Anchor Change

Monty Kosma

Co-Founder of DataJoint

Stephen Weinstein

Chair, Bermuda Business Development Agency

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