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
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.

John B. King, Jr.
Trustee
John B. King, Jr. is the president and CEO of The Education Trust, a national nonprofit organization that seeks to identify and close opportunity and achievement gaps, from preschool through college. King served as the U.S. secretary of education from 2016 to 2017 as a member of President Barack Obama’s administration.

Anne Milgram
Trustee
Anne Milgram is a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at NYU School of Law, where she is building a Criminal Justice Innovation Lab. Prior to joining NYU, she served as New Jersey’s attorney general, where she headed the 9,000-person Department of Law and Public Safety.

George Miller
Trustee
Congressman George Miller spent forty years in Congress representing California’s 7th and 11 districts (1975 to 2015). During his distinguished career in Congress he championed legislation to expand education opportunities, strengthen worker protections, promote a cleaner environment, and expand access to health care.

Alicia Munnell
Trustee
Alicia Munnell is the Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.

Richard Ravitch
Emeritus Trustee
Richard Ravitch is a politician and businessman who served as the seventy-fifth lieutenant governor of New York from 2009 to 2010. He was appointed to the position in July 2009 by New York governor David Paterson.

Sonal Shah
Trustee
Sonal Shah is Professor and the founding Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University. Shah, an economist and entrepreneur, has spent her career focused on actionable innovation in the public and private sectors.

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.

Harvey I. Sloane, M.D.
Emeritus Trustee
Harvey I. Sloane, M.D., is a public health physician with extensive grassroots and organizational experience.

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.

Casey Berkovitz
Senior Communications Associate
Casey Berkovitz is the Senior Communications Associate at The Century Foundation.

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.

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.

Jonnea Herman
Senior Graphic Designer and Production Associate
Jonnea Herman is the senior graphic designer and production associate at The Century Foundation.

Trudy Kowlessar
Executive Coordinator
Trudy Kowlessar is The Century Foundation's executive coordinator.

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.

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.

Emma Vadehra
Senior Fellow and Executive Director, Next100
Emma Vadehra is a senior fellow at TCF and the executive director of Next100, a pop-up think tank for the next generation of policy leaders, powered by 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.