Who We Are

Staff

Tope Folarin

Executive Director

Olivia Alperstein

Deputy Communications Director

Robin Carver

Development Associate

John Cavanagh

Senior Advisor

Caleb W. Crowder

Media Relations Associate

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Bella DeVaan

Associate Director of Charity Reform Initiative, Co-editor of Inequality.org

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Netfa Freeman

Events Coordinator

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Sarah Gertler

Social Media Strategist and Graphic Designer

Lauren Kojola

Operations and Finance Assistant

Khury Petersen-Smith

Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow

Ashley Sheffield

Executive Assistant

La Shawn Walker

La Shawn Walker

Director of Operations & Finance Manager

Associate Fellows

Board of Trustees

Robert L. Borosage

Robert L. Borosage

Trustee

Co-director

Campaign for America's Future

John Cavanagh

Board Director

Senior Advisor

Institute for Policy Studies

James Early

James Early

Trustee

Director of Cultural Heritage Policy

Smithsonian Institution

Noura Erakat

Noura Erakat

Trustee

Assistant Professor

Rutgers University

Jodie Evans

Jodie Evans

Trustee

Co-Founder

CODEPINK: Women for Peace

Tope Folarin

Executive Director

Institute for Policy Studies

Sarita Gupta

Sarita Gupta

Board Chair

Vice President

Ford Foundation

Heidi Peltier

Trustee

Director

20 Years of War

Khury Petersen-Smith

Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow

Andy Shallal

Andy Shallal

Trustee

Artist, Owner

Busboys & Poets

Burke  Stansbury

Burke Stansbury

Board Treasurer

Development Director

Social Justice Fund NW

Lewis Steel

Lewis Steel

Trustee

General Counsel Civil Rights Attorney

Outten & Golden, LLP

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trustee

Editorial Director and Publisher

The Nation