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Diana AvivDiana Aviv is the President and CEO of Independent Sector, and will be speaking on a panel of experts about why social media is important for civic engagement.
James BaskerJames G. Basker, Professor of English and Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History, joined the faculty of Barnard College in 1987 after teaching at Harvard University for seven years.
John BridgelandChairJohn Bridgeland is President & CEO of Civic Enterprises, a public policy development firm.
Jean CaseJean Case is an actively engaged philanthropist and a pioneer in the world of interactive technologies. Her career as a technology executive in the private sector spanned nearly two decades before she and her husband, Steve Case, created the Case Foundation in 1997. Its mission focuses on investing in individuals and organizations that aim to connect people, increase giving, and catalyze civic action.
Frank DamrellFrank Damrell is a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of California.
John DilulioJohn J. DiIulio Jr. is a political scientist, Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives under President George W. Bush from early 2001 to August 2001.
Jane EisnerJane Eisner, a pioneer in journalism, became editor of the Forward in June 2008, becoming the first woman to hold the position at the influential Jewish national weekly newspaper
Chester FinnAs a scholar, educator and public servant, Chester E. Finn, Jr. has devoted most of his career to improving education in the United States. He is a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and President of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and Senior Editor of Education Next. His primary focus is the reform of primary and secondary schooling.
William Galston William GalstonWilliam Galston (Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland and Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy) is a political theorist who both studies and participates in American politics and domestic policy.
Stephen GoldsmithStephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Stephen is also the Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Scott HeifermanScott Heiferman is the CEO of Meetup.org and will be speaking on a panel of experts about how to best utilize social media to enhance civic engagement.
Walter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of Time Magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992) and is the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986).
Amy KassAmy A. Kass is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. For thirty years, she has been an award-winning teacher of classic texts in the College of the University of Chicago, where she was a senior fellow in the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy.
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Michelle NunnMichelle Nun is the President and CEO of Hands On Network, an organization that provides support and management to local nonprofits to more effectively utilize volunteers. Michelle has been part of the Hands On Network movement through her fourteen-year leadership of Hands On Atlanta from a grassroots startup in 1989 to one of the nation's largest community-based volunteer organizations
Michael PackMichael Pack is President of Manifold Productions, Inc., an independent film and television production company, which he founded in 1977. Through Manifold Productions, Mr. Pack has written, directed, and produced numerous award-winning nationally broadcast documentaries as well as corporate and educational films.
Robert PutnamRobert D. Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. He is also the founder of The Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, a program that has brought together leading practitioners and thinkers for a multi-year discussion to develop broad-scale, actionable ideas to fortify our nation’s civic connectedness.
Charles QuigleyCharles N. Quigley is the Executive Director and founder of the Center for Civic Education, a nonprofit corporation established in 1969 and affiliated with the State Bar of California. Prior to that time he was the Executive Director of the Committee on Civic Education, established at the University of California in 1965 and the predecessor of the present Center. Mr. Quigley has experience in teaching at the elementary through university levels.
Ian RoweIan Rowe is the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Public Policy for MTV: Music Television. Prior to MTV, Rowe was the Director of Strategy and Performance Management for USA Freedom Corps at the White House.
Tobi WalkerTobi Walker is a Program Officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts. She is responsible for a multi-million portfolio of projects and research that promote youth civic engagement. Her current work focuses on a multi-state nonpartisan effort to increase youth voting.
Honored to welcome Justin Bibb (@jbibb216) to the NCoC staff. He's our brand new Director of the Civic Health Index http://ncoc.net/justin About 4 hours ago reply
TODAY is the registration deadline for #NCoC on 9/17. Register here: http://ncoc.net/conference About 13 hours ago reply
"Don't stop, ballots pop, Lobby hard until we drop... Vote Vote Vote Vote" http://bit.ly/am16fX -- Fun Ke$ha/civics parody by @FCLorg Yesterday reply