Fellows in Media, Communications, and Information Policy

2008

Kai Aiyetoro, Chief Operating Officer
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Oakland, CA

Amalia Anderson, Project Director
Main Street Project, The Raices Project
Minneapolis, MN

Peggy Berryhill, Director of Services & Planning
Native Public Media
Gualala, CA

Michael Bracy, Policy Director
Future of Music Coalition
Washington DC

Dharma Dailey, Director of Research
Ethos Group
Haines Falls, NY

Scherazade Daruvalla King, President & Executive Director
Project: Think Different
Boston, MA

Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Executive Director
CCTV Center for Media & Democracy
Burlington, VT

Inez Gonzalez, Vice President, Media Policy
National Hispanic Media Coalition
Washington, DC

Antoine Haywood, Director of Community Development
People TV
Atlanta, GA

Nathaniel James, Campaign Coordinator
Media & Democracy Coalition
Washington, DC

Linda Jue, Director
G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism
San Francisco, CA

Joel Kelsey, Policy Analyst
Consumer Union
Washington, DC

Kimberly Larson, Communications Director
The Public Interest Network
Seattle, WA

Nicol Turner-Lee, Vice President, Digital Inclusion
One Economy Corporation
Chicago, IL

Onica Makwakwa, Executive Director
UNITY Journalists of Color
Washington, DC

Tim Marema, Vice President of Communications
Center for Rural Strategies
Knoxville, TN

Beth McConnell, Executive Director
Media & Democracy Coalition
Washington, DC

Andy Opel, Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Ronald Rice, Professor, Department of Communication
UC Santa Barbara & Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television & New Media
Santa Barbara, CA

Sabrina Roach, Development & Outreach Director
KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio/Reclaim the Media
Seattle WA

Tracy Rosenberg, Managing Director
Media Alliance
Oakland, CA

Shivaani Selvaraj, Organizer
Media Mobilizing Project
Philadelphia, PA

J. H. Snider, President
iSolon.org
Severna Park, MD

Jim Sommers, Senior Vice President of Content Management
Independent Television Service
San Francisco, CA

Janice Thompson, Executive Director
Democracy Reform Oregon
Portland, OR

Emy Tseng, Project Director, Digital Inclusion Program
City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

2007

Leonard Baynes, Director & Professor
Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development
Queens, NY

Karen Bond, Executive Director
National Black Coalition for Media Justice
Evanston, IL

Michael Botein, Director & Professor, Media Center
New York Law School
New York, NY

Lillie Coney, Associate Director
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Washington, DC

Elsa E'der, Editor
Center for International Media Action
San Francisco, CA

Bruce Fife, President
American Federation of Musicians Local 99
Portland, OR

Kathryn Galán, Executive Director
National Association of Latino Independent Producers
Santa Monica, CA

Yolanda Hippensteele, former Outreach Director
Free Press
Northampton, MA

Bill Jong-Ebot, Associate Professor
Florida Memorial University
Pembroke Pines, FL

Steven Katz, Vice President, Strategy & Development
Mother Jones
San Francisco, CA

Dorothy Kidd, Chair, Department of Media Studies
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Jonathan Lawson, Executive Director
Reclaim the Media
Seattle, WA

Michael Ed Lenert, Professor, Reynolds School of Journalism
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV

Rik Panganiban, former Program Manager
Social Science Research Council
New York, NY

Andrea Quijada, Executive Director
New Mexico Media Literacy Project
Albuquerque, NM

Lisa Rudman, Executive Director
International Media Project/National Radio Project
Oakland, CA

Leah Rush, Executive Director
Midwest Democracy Network
Chicago, IL

Laura Saponara, Communications Director
ACLU of Northern California
San Francisco, CA

Shirley Sneve, Executive Director
Native American Public Telecommunications
Lincoln, NE

Gigi Sohn, President
Public Knowledge
Washington, DC

Kim Spencer, President
Link Media
San Francisco, CA

Tracy Van Slyke, Program Director
The Media Consortium
Chicago, IL

Evern Williams, Community Media Center Manager
'Ōlelo Community Television
Honolulu, HI

Betty Yu, Director of Community Outreach & Media
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
New York, NY

Denice Zeck, Executive Director
American Forum
Washington, DC

2006

Ryan Alexander, President
Taxpayers for Common Sense
Washington, DC

Inja Coates, former Executive Director
Media Tank
Philadelphia, PA

DeAnne Cuellar, Executive Director
Texas Media Empowerment Project
San Antonio, TX

Malkia Cyril, Executive Director
Center for Media Justice
Oakland, CA

Henry Desio, former National Campaign Director
Media & Democracy Coalition
Washington, DC

Aliza Dichter, Co-Director
Center for International Media Action

Harold Feld, Sr. Vice President
Media Access Project
Washington, DC

Saskia Fischer, former Project Manager, Office of Communications
United Church of Christ
Washington, DC

Karen Helmerson, Director
New York State Council of the Arts
New York, NY

Joe Karaganis, Program Director
Social Science Research Council
New York, NY

Gene Kimmelman, Vice President of Public Policy
Consumers Union
Washington, DC

Cheryl Leanza, Managing Director, Office of Communications
United Church of Christ
Washington, DC

Sheetal Matani, Consultant
Center for International Media Action

Hye-Jung Park, Program Officer, Media Justice Fund
Funding Exchange
New York, NY

Jeff Perlstein, Working Group Coordinator
Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media
Oakland, CA

Carol Pierson, President and CEO
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Oakland, CA

Jennifer Pozner, Executive Director
Women in News and Media
Brooklyn, NY

Nan Rubin, Principal
Community Media Services
New York, NY

Hannah Sassaman, former Program Director
Prometheus Radio Project
Philadelphia, PA

Andy Schwartzman, President and CEO
Media Access Project
Washington, DC

Judith Siers-Poisson, Associate Director
Center for Media & Democracy
Madison, WI

Josh Silver, Executive Director
Free Press
Northampton, MA

Alison Stein, Founder
Younger Women's Task Force
Washington, DC

Jenny Toomey, Program Officer
Ford Foundation
Washington, DC

Pete Tridish, Founder
Prometheus Radio Project
Philadelphia, PA

Antwuan Wallace, PhD Candidate
New School University
New York, NY

Martha Wallner, Board Member
Media Alliance
Oakland, CA

Celia Wexler, Senior Lobbyist
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, DC

Noah Winer, Campaign Director
MoveOn.org Political Action
Philadelphia, PA