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NCoC’s Board of Directors come from an array of disciplines – from finance to communications, lawyers and screenwriters, but all share a passion and commitment to increasing the level of civic engagement in America.
Michael WeiserChairmanAn investor, writer and communications consultant, Michael Weiser has advised executives on financial and crisis communications issues for more than 30 years. He also has been a commentator on issues relating to citizenship and community–building for The Washington Times, Miami Herald, and other publications.
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Norma BarfieldNorma Barfield is general counsel and corporate secretary of The Bartech Group, a professional staffing services firm headquartered in Michigan. She is a graduate of Harvard University and earned her J.D. from Georgetown Law School. She practiced law in a variety of settings before joining Bartech in 1993.
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Barry ByrdBarry Byrd is a partner at the law firm of Pineiro Byrd PLLC, in Jupiter, Florida, specializing and Board Certified in real estate law. Barry is a graduate of Stetson University and the Stetson College of Law. He has practiced for over 28 years.
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| Philip DuncanPhil Duncan, of Virginia, is President of Civicatalyst Communications, a consulting firm that focuses on civic participation and education. He previously served as Executive Director of NCoC. Phil is a graduate of Davidson College. A native of Tennessee, he spent twenty years as a reporter and editor at Congressional Quarterly.
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Eric K. FederingEric K. Federing, of Maryland, serves as a Director of the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, which is focused on Washington, DC’s National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism in World War II. He has been listed in Who’s Who in America annually since 2000, served for a dozen years as a senior advisor in the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and is a graduate of George Washington University, Phi Beta Kappa.
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Thomas GottschalkTom Gottschalk is currently of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. In addition to his current counseling and legal policy work, he chairs the Kirkland Pro Bono Committee.
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Martin KrallMartin Krall was a partner and vice-chairman of the law firm Shaw Pittman until early 1995, when he became Executive vice-president-chief legal officer of the Daily News, U.S. News and World Report and a number of affiliated public and private companies. After retiring from those positions, he returned to his former firm, which has since merged to become Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, as senior counsel.
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Gail Leftwich KitchGail Kitch is Executive Director of By the People, an initiative of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (M/LP) which uses public television to encourage and support informed non-contentious citizen dialogue around policy issues.
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Dennis McGinnRetired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn took the helm at RemoteReality after five years with Battelle Memorial Institute, the world’s largest nonprofit independent research and development organization, where he was a corporate officer and led the energy, transportation and environment division. Additional assignments with Battelle included serving as vice president of strategic planning and national security business development, and as a director on the Board of Brookhaven Science Associates.
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A.G. NewmyerA. G. Newmyer III, known as "Terry," is an active investor and management consultant. He is a founding partner of Loree Newmyer Sulkowicz, LLC, executive search consultants, and runs the firm's Palm Beach office. He was founder of U. S. Fiduciary Advisors, a network of highly-trained individuals who serve as fiduciaries. For two decades starting in the early 1970's, he was an officer of Newmyer Associates, management consultants in Washington.
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John ReederJohn Reeder, of Texas and Vermont, is President of the Peter D. Watson Agency, a real estate brokerage in Vermont. Following his education at Trinity College and active duty with the U.S. Army, John's business career included serving as an officer and director of an insurance group located in the Gulf Coast region, and several of its subsidiaries.
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Benjamin SorensenBen Sorensen, of Florida, is a Vice President of Optimum Associates LLC, a corporate and non-profit leadership training and executive coaching firm specializing in customer service, communication and organizational savvy.
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Thomas SusmanTom Susman, of Washington, is the Director of the American Bar Association's Governmental Affairs Office. He took this position in early 2008 after serving as a partner at the law firm of Ropes & Gray, where he maintained a diverse government relations and regulatory practice since 1981.
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Craig TurkCraig Turk, of California, is a political consultant and screenwriter. Craig graduated from Harvard College with high honors, pursued graduate studies in politics at Oxford University, and earned his law degree, with honors, at Harvard. He served as chief counsel of John McCain's presidential campaign, and has practiced law in Washington and California.
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Jocelyn WhiteMs. White is an independent consultant who most recently served as Director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships from 2001-2005. Prior to this, she founded and ran Environmental Issues Management, Inc. (EIM), an environmental consulting firm from 1990-2001. She sold EIM to Dames & Moore, an engineering and construction firm in 1998. Several years after starting EIM, Ms. White, along with partners, started Remedial Technologies Network, LLC (RTN). Ms. White and her partners sold RTN in 2000 to John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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