Sam Liebeskind (he/him) is a community builder and strategist, with a focus on bringing new ideas to life. Before joining New Public, Sam helped create the community-chat platform Geneva and spent time at Wolff Olins and Gin Lane working on…
Talia Stroud (she/her) is the founding and current director of the Center for Media Engagement and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research on the media’s role in a democracy, including her book Niche News (Oxford…
Taylor is the Program Manager of the Census Quality Reinforcement Task Force at the National Conference on Citizenship, where she focuses on 2020 Census issues such as data quality, and the use of census data for redistricting and federal funding. Prior…
Kyla Fullenwider is a Senior Fellow at NCoC and leads our census portfolio of work focusing on what local governments, journalists, leading digital platforms, and the public can do to prepare and participate in this crucial function of our democracy. She…
Eli Pariser wants to help technology and media serve democracy. At 23 years old, he was named Executive Director of MoveOn.org, where he led the organization’s opposition to the Iraq war, raised over $120 million from small donors, and helped…
Denice Ross is a Senior Fellow at the National Conference on Citizenship, and a Fellow at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation. Currently, her main focus is on tech and data issues related to the 2020 Census, and…
Kaitlyn Dowling is Project Manager for Algorithmic Transparency at the National Conference on Citizenship. Kaitlyn’s background in digital communications includes serving as the Senior Editor in the Information Disorder Lab, housed in the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy…
John moved to Melbourne, Australia at age 18 to complete an internship in Empathetic Marketing, and moved on to complete a degree in philosophy at the University of Melbourne with supplementary studies in psychology and creative writing. John began his…
As a member of the Civic Renewal Team, Jeff Coates is responsible for organizational priorities that include conducting research, performing data analysis as part of the Civic Health Index initiative, and evaluation of programs. As Director of Research and Evaluation,…
Cameron manages the media, design, and communications for the National Conference on Citizenship, the Civic Health Initiatives program, and Pandemic to Prosperity. Prior to NCoC, he worked as the Associate Marketing Director for Service Year Alliance – an organization working…