Leadership & Staff
Leadership
Bradley Abelow
Chairman
Bradley Abelow is a consultant, currently working primarily on advising clients around the politics of climate change. He has worked in government and business.
Jonathan Alter
Trustee
Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, reporter, columnist and television analyst. He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, a columnist for The Daily Beast and an analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
Alexander Morgan Capron
Emeritus Trustee
Alexander Morgan Capron holds the rank of University Professor at the University of Southern California where he occupies the Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics at the Gould School of Law, is a Professor of Medicine and Law at the Keck School of Medicine.
Jacob Hacker
Trustee
Jacob S. Hacker is the Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University.
Melissa Harris Perry
Trustee
Melissa Harris-Perry is the Presidential Endowed Chair in Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. There she is the Executive Director of the Pro Humanitate Institute and founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South.
Heather Howard
Trustee
Heather Howard is professor of the practice and director, State Health and Value Strategies, at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and co-director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing's Global Health Program and director of State Health and Value Strategies, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation–funded program focused on assisting states with transforming their health care systems to be affordable, equitable, and innovative.
John B. King, Jr.
Trustee
John B. King, Jr. is the 15th Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), the largest comprehensive system of public higher education in the United States. Prior to his appointment as Chancellor, King served as president of The Education Trust, a national civil rights nonprofit which seeks to identify and close opportunity and achievement gaps for students from preschool through college.
Aisha Mills
Trustee
Aisha Mills has spent over twenty years advocating for underserved, under-represented, and under-resourced communities, and she has fought and won campaigns on the front lines of some of the most consequential movements of our time.
Damon A. Silvers
Trustee
Damon A. Silvers is the Director of Policy and Special Counsel for the AFL-CIO. He joined the AFL-CIO as Associate General Counsel in 1997.
Mark Zuckerman
President
Mark Zuckerman is President of The Century Foundation, served as President Obama's Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council from 2011 to 2013, and is a former Democratic Staff Director of the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee.
Experts
Anna Bernstein
Fellow and Deputy Director of Health Equity and Reform
Anna Bernstein is a health care policy fellow and deputy director of health equity and reform at The Century Foundation, where she works on issues related to maternal and reproductive health.
Michelle Burris
Fellow
Michelle Burris is a fellow at The Century Foundation, focusing on racial and gender equity in workforce development.
Jody Calemine
Senior Fellow and Director of Labor and Employment Policy
Jody Calemine is senior fellow and director of labor and employment policy at The Century Foundation.
Michele Evermore
Senior Fellow
Michele Evermore is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where she focuses on policy for improving the nation’ social insurance programs.
Carolyn Fast
Senior Fellow
Carolyn Fast is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation where she works on higher education policy with a focus on institutional accountability and consumer protections.
Kings Floyd
Research and Policy Associate
Kings Floyd is a research and policy associate for the Disability Economic Justice team at The Century Foundation. She is a disability rights activist, access coordinator and writer based in Washington, D.C. and Portland, Maine.
Barton Gellman
Senior Fellow
Barton Gellman is a critically honored author, journalist, and blogger. His professional distinctions include two Pulitzer Prizes (individual and team), the George Polk Award, and Harvard's Goldsmith Prize for investigative reporting.
Peter Granville
Fellow
Peter Granville is a fellow at The Century Foundation, studying federal and state policy efforts to improve college access and affordability.
Steven Greenhouse
Senior Fellow
Steven Greenhouse is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where he writes about wages and working conditions, labor organizing, and other workplace issues.
Laura Haltzel
Senior Fellow
Laura Haltzel is a senior fellow with The Century Foundation, where she focuses on ensuring retirement income security for all Americans.
Julie Kashen
Director, Women's Economic Justice and Senior Fellow
Julie Kashen is a senior fellow and Director for Women's Economic Justice at The Century Foundation with expertise in working families, economic mobility, labor, and poverty.
Kimberly Knackstedt
Senior Fellow and Director of the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative
Kim Knackstedt is a senior fellow and director of The Century Foundation's Disability Economic Justice Collaborative, where her work focuses on economic justice for people with disabilities and their families.
Stefan Lallinger
Executive Director of Next100 and Senior Fellow
Stefan Lallinger is the executive director of Next100, a think tank that is redefining how policy development is done by putting those closest to and most impacted by policy in the driver’s seat of change.
Dr. Maggie Marcus
Fellow
Dr. Margaret S. Marcus is a fellow at The Century Foundation, working on improving prospects for English learners. She is also the executive director of the Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation, a private family foundation dedicated to improving educational outcomes for English learners, as well as responsive grant-making both domestically and abroad.
Emily McGrath
Senior Fellow and Director of Workforce Policy
Emily McGrath is a senior fellow and director of workforce policy at The Century Foundation. Emily is a workforce strategist with deep experience in coalition-building, innovative educational initiatives, and program scaling.
Tiara Moultrie
Fellow
Tiara Moultrie is a fellow at The Century Foundation, focusing on higher education accountability.
Ann O’Leary
Fellow
Ann O'Leary is a fellow at The Century Foundation and focuses her work on advocating for paid family leave and broader issues of the Care Economy.
Tara Oakman
Senior Fellow and Director of Health Equity and Reform
Tara Oakman is a senior fellow and director of health equity and reform at The Century Foundation, where her work focuses on helping shape a more equitable, accessible American health care system.
Halley Potter
Senior Fellow
Halley Potter is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where she researches public policy solutions for addressing educational inequality.
Ryan Prior
Fellow
Ryan Prior is a fellow at The Century Foundation, where he writes about Long COVID and chronic diseases as a journalist-in-residence with TCF’s Disability Economic Justice Team.
William M. Rodgers III
Fellow
William M. Rodgers, III is a fellow at The Century Foundation and professor of public policy and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University.
Robert Shireman
Director of Higher Education Excellence and Senior Fellow
Robert Shireman is director of higher education excellence and senior fellow at The Century Foundation working on education policy with a focus on affordability, quality assurance, and consumer protections.
Denise A. Smith
Senior Fellow
Denise A. Smith is a senior fellow, higher education at The Century Foundation.
Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan
Senior Policy Associate
Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan is a senior policy associate at The Century Foundation, where she works on issues related to maternal health and reproductive rights and justice.
Vilissa Thompson, LMSW
Fellow
Vilissa Thompson is a fellow and co-director of The Century Foundation's Disability Economic Justice Collaborative, where her work focuses on the intersection of race, gender, and disability justice.
Rebecca Vallas
Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor to the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative
Rebecca Vallas is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where her work focuses on achieving economic justice.
Laura Valle Gutierrez
Fellow
Laura Valle Gutierrez is a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she works on economic policy and research to promote economic, disability, racial, and gender justice.
Alejandra Vázquez Baur
Fellow
Alejandra Vázquez Baur is a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she manages the Bridges Collaborative and co-chairs the National Newcomer Network.
Amber Villalobos
Fellow
Amber Villalobos is a fellow at The Century Foundation working on higher education policy, with a focus on for-profit education, online education, and institutional accountability.
Thomas Waldrop
Fellow
Thomas Waldrop is a health care policy fellow at The Century Foundation.
Danny Weiss
Senior Fellow and Director of The Government Affairs Program
Daniel (Danny) Weiss is a senior fellow and director of the government affairs program at The Century Foundation focused on improving public understanding of the U.S. Congress and advancing public policy in the areas of education, health care, and the economy.
Conor P. Williams
Senior Fellow
Conor P. Williams is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where he writes about education, immigration, early education, school choice, and work-life balance challenges for American families. He is an expert on American educational inequity, English learner students, dual immersion programs, urban education reform, and the history of progressivism.
Samantha Wing
Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative Intern
Samantha Wing is an intern with the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative at The Century Foundation where she focuses on child poverty and welfare.
Lea Woods
Policy Associate
Lea Woods is a policy associate in the women's economic justice department at The Century Foundation where her work focuses on a range of issues, including paid family leave and child care.
Jonathan Zabala
Senior Policy Associate
Jonathan Zabala is a senior policy associate at The Century Foundation, where he works on issues related to educational equity, English language learners, and dual language immersion programs.
Mark Zuckerman
President
Mark Zuckerman is President of The Century Foundation, served as President Obama's Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council from 2011 to 2013, and is a former Democratic Staff Director of the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee.
Staff
John Baronian
Director of Technology
John Baronian is the Director of Technology at The Century Foundation.
Zack DiGregorio
Deputy Director of Communications
Zack DiGregorio is deputy communications director for The Century Foundation and a political communicator with experience in the U.S. Senate, House, and in issue advocacy.
Alex Edwards
Director of Communications
Alex Edwards is the Director of Communications at The Century Foundation, where he leads efforts to elevate the organization's ideas and impact in the media, among policymakers, and with key stakeholders.
Isaiah Frisbie
Senior Graphic Designer and Production Associate
Isaiah Frisbie is the senior graphic designer and production associate at The Century Foundation.
Gaby Garcon
Office Manager/Executive Assistant
Gaby Garcon is the office manager/executive assistant at The Century Foundation.
Abigail Grimshaw
Director of Production
Abby is The Century Foundation’s Director of Production. She is a graduate of Pratt Institute, where she earned a BFA degree in Communications Design with a concentration in Advertising Art Direction.
Jayla Hart
Pre-K–12 Education Policy Intern
Jayla Hart is a Pre-K–12 education policy intern at The Century Foundation, with an interest in advancing educational equity and neighborhood integration for marginalized students and their families.
Juan Diego Mazuera Arias
Senior Government Affairs Assistant
Juan Diego Mazuera Arias is the senior government affairs assistant at The Century Foundation.
Manny Mercado
Director of Finance
Manny Mercado is Director of Finance at The Century Foundation.
Lucy Muirhead
Chief Strategy Officer
Lucy Muirhead is the Chief Strategy Officer for The Century Foundation.
Katy Nelson
Deputy Director of Development
Katherine (Katy) Nelson is deputy director of development at The Century Foundation.
Jason Renker
Vice President of Editorial
Jason Renker manages the editing, production, and distribution of the foundation's books and other publications.
Ishi Sahni
Director of Development
Ishi Sahni is the Director of Development at The Century Foundation.
Lisa A. Sahulka
Chief Operating Officer
Lisa A. Sahulka is the Chief Operating Officer at The Century Foundation.
Lia Tabackman
Senior Digital Communications Associate
Lia Tabackman is the senior digital communications associate at The Century Foundation.
Emiliya Yusufova
Accounting/HR Manager
Emiliya Yusufova is an Accounting/HR Manager at The Century Foundation.
Mark Zuckerman
President
Mark Zuckerman is President of The Century Foundation, served as President Obama's Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council from 2011 to 2013, and is a former Democratic Staff Director of the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee.