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Lily Adams

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Former Communications Director, Kamala Harris for President - Spring '20 Fellow

Cristóbal Alex

Former Deputy White House Cabinet Secretary, Biden Administration; Former Senior Advisor, Biden-Harris 2020; Former Founding President, Latino Victory Fund; Head of DC Office, Tusk Strategies - Fall '23 Fellow

Kristen Soltis Anderson

Republican Pollster & Founder, Echelon Insights - Spring '22 Fellow

Paulette Aniskoff

Former Director, White House Office of Public Engagement - Spring '19 Fellow

Laura Barrón-López

White House Correspondent, PBS NewsHour and CNN Political Analyst - Spring '24 Fellow

Guy Benson

Fox News Contributor. Host of the "Guy Benson Show" on Fox News Radio. Political editor, TownHall.com - Spring '21 Fellow

Ron Bonjean

Former Top Spokesman: Speaker of the House & Senate Majority Leader - Fall '17 Fellow

Jamelle Bouie

Opinion Columnist, The New York Times - Fall '25 Fellow

Alvin Brown

Former Mayor of Jacksonville, FL - Spring '16 Fellow

Jonathan Burks (SFS '99)

Executive Vice President of Economic and Health Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center - Fall '19 Fellow

Laphonza Butler

Former U.S. Senator, D-California
Former president of SEIU Local 2015

Jonathan Capehart

Weekend Anchor, MSNBC and Opinion Writer, The Washington Post - Spring '19 Fellow

Machalagh Carr

Former Chief of Staff, Speaker Kevin McCarthy - Spring '24 Fellow

Laura Chinchilla (GRD '89)

Former President of the Republic of Costa Rica - Spring '16 Fellow

Charlotte Clymer (S '16)

Former Press Secretary for Rapid Response, Human Rights Campaign - Fall '21 Fellow

Jeff Colyer (C '81, P '17)

Former Governor, Kansas - Fall '19 Fellow

Erin Conaton (SFS '92)

Former Under Secretary of Defense - Fall '18 Fellow

Rory Cooper

Republican Strategist; Communications Director to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) - Fall '21 Fellow

Joe Crowley

Former Congressman, D-NY - Spring '20 Fellow

Olivia Alair Dalton (C '06)

Senior Advisor, Human Rights Campaign - Fall '19 Fellow

Rodney Davis

Former United States Representative (R-IL) - Fall '24 Fellow

Val Demings

Former United States Representative (D-FL) - Spring '24 Fellow

Karoun A. Demirjian

Pentagon Correspondent, The Washington Post - Fall '22 Fellow

José Díaz-Balart

Anchor, NBC Nightly News Saturday; Anchor, Telemundo News - Fall '17 Fellow

Patrick Dillon (C '99)

Former White House Deputy Director of Political Affairs - Spring '16 Fellow

Mike Dubke

Founding Partner, Black Rock Group; Former White House Communications Director - Fall '17 Fellow

Nadeam Elshami

Former Chief of Staff to Speaker Nancy Pelosi - Spring '18 Fellow

Ashley Etienne

Former Communications Director to Vice President Kamala Harris - Spring '22 Fellow

Tony Fabrizio (P'07, P'13)

Chief Pollster, Donald Trump for President (2016, 2020 & 2024) - Spring '25 Fellow

Antonia Ferrier

Former Staff Director, Senate Republican Communications Center - Spring '19 Fellow

Rob Flaherty

Former Assistant to the President and White House Director of Digital Strategy (Biden Administration)
Former Deputy Campaign Manager, Harris for President - Fall '25 Fellow

Luis Fortuo (F '82)

Former Governor of Puerto Rico (R) - Fall '15 Fellow

Quentin Fulks

Principal Deputy Campaign Manager, Biden/Harris & Harris/Walz - Spring '25 Fellow

Brenda Gianiny

Republican pollster (Mitch McConnell, Liz Cheney, George W. Bush); President, Axis Research, Inc. - Fall '23 Fellow

Ed Goeas

President & CEO, The Tarrance Group - Fall '18 Fellow

Don Graves (L'95)

Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Biden Administration and Former Domestic and Economic Policy Director, Vice President Joe Biden - Spring '25 Fellow

Mark A. Green

Former Administrator, USAID (Trump Administration)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania

Alyssa Farah Griffin

Former White House Communications Director - Spring '22 Fellow

Ashley Gunn

Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Cabinet Affairs, Trump Administration - Fall '24 Fellow

Joe Hack (C'09)

Former U.S. Senate Chief of Staff (Sen. Fischer, R-Neb.); Senior VP, The Daschle Group; CEO Swann Street Consulting - Fall '23 Fellow

Errin Haines

Founding Member & Editor-at-Large, The 19th - Fall '20 Fellow

Mary Katharine Ham

Author and CNN Commentator - Fall '20 Fellow

Katie Harbath

CEO, Anchor Change; Former Director of Public Policy, Facebook - Fall '22 Fellow

Marie Harf

Fox News Contributor; Former Senior Advisor, Secretary of State John Kerry - Fall '17 Fellow

Mehdi Hasan

Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Zeteo; former Host, MNSBC

Kevin Hassett

Former Senior Advisor and Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Trump Administration - Fall '20 Fellow

Nia-Malika Henderson

Senior Political Analyst, CNN - Fall '23 Fellow

Xochitl Hinojosa

Former Senior Advisor and Communications Director, Democratic National Committee, Managing Director, Bully Pulpit Interactive - Fall '22 Fellow

Emily Horne

Former Spokesperson, National Security Council, Biden Administration; Former Head of Global Policy Communications, Twitter; Founder & CEO, Allegro Public Affairs - Fall '23 Fellow

Amy Howe (MAAS'94, L'98)

Co-founder & Primary Reporter, SCOTUSblog - Fall '25 Fellow

Anatole Jenkins

Chief of Staff of the Political Department, DNC; National Director of States Organizing, Biden for President - Spring '21 Fellow

Scott Jennings

Republican strategist
Political Commentator, CNN

Alencia Johnson

Former Senior Advisor, Biden-Harris 2020 - Fall '24 Fellow

Doug Jones

Former U.S. Senator, D-AL - Spring '21 Fellow

Cecilia Kang

National Technology Correspondent, The New York Times - Spring '25 Fellow

Brianna Keilar

Senior Political Correspondent and Anchor, CNN - Fall '15 Fellow

Suzanne Kianpour

Foreign Affairs & Political Journalist, BBC News - Fall '18 Fellow

Meg Kinnard (F'02)

National Politics Reporter, The Associated Press - Spring '25 Fellow

Jackie Kucinich

Washington Bureau Chief, The Daily Beast - Spring '16 Fellow

Dan Lamothe

Pentagon Correspondent, The Washington Post - Spring '24 Fellow

Steven Law

President and CEO of One Nation and American Crossroads, and President of CrossroadsGPS - Spring '18 Fellow

MJ Lee (C'09)

Senior White House Correspondent, CNN; former political correspondent, CNN; former political and finance reporter, POLITICO - Spring '23 Fellow

Bob Lighthizer (C'69, L' 73)

United States Trade Representative, Trump Administration - Fall '21 Fellow

Tim Lim

Founder, Lim Consulting; Partner at the Hooligans Agency - Fall '18 Fellow

Dafna Linzer

Executive Editor, POLITICO - Spring '22 Fellow

Mia Love

Former Member of Congress (R-UT), 2015-2019 - Fall '20 Fellow

Wesley Lowery

Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, CBS News - Spring '22 Fellow

Alex Lundry

Chief Analytics Officer, Jeb Bush for President '16, Director of Data Science, Romney for President '12, Co-Founder, Tunnl - Fall '22 Fellow

Elaine Luria

Former United States Representative (VA-02); former United States Naval Commander - Spring '23 Fellow

Marlon Marshall (MPM '19)

Former Director of State Campaigns and Engagement, HFA - Spring '17 Fellow

Stephen Martinko

Global Head of Product Public Policy, TikTok

Dorothy McAuliffe (L '88)

Former First Lady of Virginia - Spring '18 Fellow

Terry McAuliffe (L ’84)

72nd Governor of Virginia - Fall '22 Fellow

Deanne Millison

Former Chief Economic Advisor, Office of Vice President Kamala Harris - Spring '24 Fellow

Craig Minassian

Consultant, Comedy Central; Chief Content, Communications and Marketing Officer, Clinton Foundation; Former Producer HBO; Former White House Assistant Press Secretary and Director of Television News; Founder, Minassian Media. - Fall '23 Fellow

Scott Mulhauser (L ' 05)

Partner, Bully Pulpit Interactive; Founder of Aperture Strategies - Fall '16 Fellow

Patrick Murphy

Former Congressman, D-FL - Fall '17 Fellow

Heather Nauert

Former State Department Spokesperson, Trump Administration; Former Journalist and Anchor, Fox News and ABC News - Spring '25 Fellow

Amna Nawaz

Chief Correspondent, PBS NewsHour - Fall '21 Fellow

Julia Nesheiwat (MA'08)

10th White House Homeland Security Advisor (1st Trump Administration); Distinguished Fellow and Board Member, Atlantic Council

Kate Nocera

Former DC Bureau Chief, Buzzfeed News - Spring '20 Fellow

Grover Norquist

President, Americans for Tax Reform - Spring '17 Fellow

Martin O'Malley (P '13)

61st Governor of MD; former Mayor of Baltimore - Fall '16 Fellow

Julie Pace

Washington Bureau Chief, The Associated Press - Spring '21 Fellow

Katie Packer

Former Deputy Campaign Manager, Romney-Ryan 2012 - Spring '16 Fellow

Anna Palmer

Founder and CEO of Punchbowl News; Former Senior Washington Correspondent, POLITICO - Spring '17 Fellow

Rebecca Pearcey

Political Director & Senior Advisor, Elizabeth Warren for President - Fall '21 Fellow

Tom Perez

Former Chair, Democratic National Committee; Former U.S. Secretary of Labor - Spring '21 Fellow

Josh Pitcock

Former Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence - Fall '18 Fellow

Monica Popp

Former Chief of Staff, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX); Co-President, Marshall & Popp

Jen Psaki

Former White House Press Secretary (President Joe Biden) - Spring '17 Fellow

Michael Ricci

Director of Communications, Governor Larry Hogan (R-MD); former Director of Communications, Speaker Paul Ryan; Deputy Communications Director and Chief Speechwriter, Speaker John Boehner - Spring '23 Fellow

John Rogers

Former Executive Director, NRCC - Spring '20 Fellow

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Former Congresswoman, (R-FL) - Spring '19 Fellow

Symone Sanders Townsend

Host of MS NOW's "The Weeknight"; Former Senior Advisor and Chief Spokesperson, Office of Vice President Kamala Harris - Fall '24 Fellow

Tony Sayegh

Former White House Senior Advisor for Strategy; Fox News Contributor - Spring '17 Fellow

Eugene Scott

National Political Reporter for the Washington Post's breaking news team - Spring '18 Fellow

Dan Sena

Former Executive Director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Spring '19 Fellow

Sara Sendek

Former Director of Public Affairs, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA); Former White House Director of Rapid Response, Bush Administration - Spring '21 Fellow

Waleed Shahid

Democratic Strategist; Former Spokesperson, Justice Democrats - Fall '24 Fellow

Faiz Shakir (L '06)

Former Campaign Manager, Bernie Sanders' 2020 Presidential Campaign - Fall '20 Fellow

Katie Walsh Shields

National Political Strategist, Senior Advisor to the Republican National Committee, and former White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff - Spring '18 Fellow

Mike Shields

Founder, Convergence Media; Former RNC Chief of Staff - Spring '23 Fellow

Marc Short

Former White House Legislative Director, Trump Administration, Former Chief of Staff, Office of Vice President Mike Pence - Spring '24 Fellow

Liz Sidoti

Former Head of U.S. Communications, BP - Fall '17 Fellow

Rebecca Sinderbrand (C '99)

Senior Washington Editor, NBC News - Fall '16 Fellow

Lis Smith

Former Senior Advisor for Communications, Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 Presidential Campaign - Fall '20 Fellow

Charlie Spies (L'98)

Former Election Law Attorney for Jeb Bush SuperPAC, Republican National Committee - Fall '15 Fellow

John Stanton

Former DC Bureau Chief, Buzzfeed - Fall '15 Fellow

Michael Steel

Sr. Vice President of Communications, Business Roundtable and Former Senior Advisor, Jeb! 2016 - Fall '16 Fellow

Brian Stelter

Chief Media Correspondent and Host of "Reliable Sources," CNN - Fall '21 Fellow

Chris Stirewalt

Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Contributing Editor and Weekly Columnist, The Dispatch; Political Editor, NewsNation; former Political Editor, Fox News - Spring '23 Fellow

Juana Summers

Political Reporter, NPR - Fall '16 Fellow

Mary Elizabeth Taylor

Former Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs; former Special Assistant to the President; and former U.S. Senate floor staffer for Republican Leader McConnell, Vice President, Head of External Affairs, Robinhood Markets - Fall '22 Fellow

Jon Tester

Former U.S. Senator (D-MT)

Karen Travers (C '00, MA '03)

White House Correspondent, ABC News - Fall '19 Fellow

Robert Traynham

Head of Public Policy Affairs, Facebook - Spring '20 Fellow

Stephanie Valencia

Co-Founder, Equis Research - Fall '19 Fellow

Richard Walters

Former RNC Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor; Executive Director, Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee

Jonae Wartel

Partner, Arc Initiatives; former Georgia Senate Runoff Director; former Vice President of elections and Advocacy, More than a Vote - Spring '23 Fellow

Buffy Wicks

California State Assembly Member, Former senior staff for President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign - Fall '15 Fellow

Rick Wiley

Republican Strategist, Former Senior Advisor, Nikki Haley for President - Fall '24 Fellow

Elliot Williams

Fmr. Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Principal, The Raben Group - Spring '22 Fellow