IMPACT Experts

Impact Experts help us understand the mechanics of our issues. They represent a cross section of perspectives and are diverse and nationally or regionally recognized. They help Impact delve into issues with our local communities.

Board of Directors

James Comey

Former Director of the FBI

Nicolle Wallace

Host MSNBC

David Ferrucci

Inventor, IBM Watson

Andrew Yang

American Entrepreneur, The Founder of Venture of America

Bob Elliot

CEO & CIO at Unlimited

Andrea Baccarelli

Chair and Professor of Environment Health Sciences

Isaac Saul

Founder of Tangle

Liz Shuler

Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO

Michelle Patterson

First Lady of New York

David Agnew

Former White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

Cyrus Vance Jr.

NYC District Attorney

Polly Trorrenberg

Commissioner, DYC Department of

Rebekah Caruthers

VP, Fair Elections Center

Ann Ravel

Commissioner, Federal Election Commission

Gustavo Rivera

NY State Senator

Kristen Gillibrand

US Senator New York

Nisha Agarwal

NYC Commissioner, Immigration Affairs

Roy Beck

Executive, Numbers USA

Trevor Potter

President, Campaign Legal Center

Malcolm Brickland

Founder of Subaru America

John Porcari

Former Deputy Secretary US Department of Transportation

David Strickland

Partner, Venable Former Administrator, NHTSA

Tamar Jacoby

President Immigration Works USA

James Bopp

Plantiff Attorney, Citizens United v. FEC

John Katzman

Founder, Princeton Review CEO of Noddle Education

Amy Loprest

Executive Director, NYC Campaign Finance Board

Trevor D’OLier-Lees

Sr. Director, Standard & Poors

Richard Briffault

Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation at Columbia Law School

Steven Camarota

Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies

Jeff Miron

Economics Advisor, Harvard University

Tim Hwang

Founder & CEO, Brigade

Drew McElroy

Co-founder & CE, Transfix

Eric Nadelstern

Deputy Chancellor NYC Schools

Sister Tesa Fitzgerald

Founder, Hour Children

Wendy Young

President, Kids and In Need Defense

Zach Sims

CEO, Code Academy

Matt Mahan

CEO, Brigade

Tommy Safian

Executive Director Refoundary

Vikrat Reddy

Research Felllow, Charles Koch Institute

Daniel Pianko

Founding Manager, Director University Ventures

Alia McCants

Sr. Director, Relay Graduate School of Economics

Reuben Miller

Asst., Profesor, John Jay College

Barry Latzer

Former Professor, John Jay College

Grabriel Sayegh

Co-founder, Katal Center

Miriam Altman

CEO, Kivolved

Sharon Kareen

Partner, Fragomen, Worldwide

Jeremy Knight

National Director of Communication Students for Education Reform

Michelle Brane

Director of the Migrant Rights and Justice, Women’s Refuge Commission

Rebecca Klein

Education Editor, Huffington Post

John Reznick

Managing Partner & Politician Analyst, Competitive Advantage Research

Even O’Donell

Director, Thrive Capital

Princess Lyles

Managing Director of Outreach, Educators for Excellence

Sashti Balassungdaram

Founder We Radiate

Line Tetelbaum

Associate, Watchtell, Lipton, Rosen & Kaltz

John Loser

Chief Risk Officer, Oscar

Heidi Shierholz

Senior Economist and Director of Policy

Jase Bessen

Executive Director, Technology & Policy Research Initiative Director and Founder, Research on Innovation

Fredrik Nylander

Partner, Lakestar

Lord Jack McConell

First Minister of Scotland

Josh Thompson

NYC Mayoral Candidate

The Notable Attendees

Alexander Goodman

Co-Founder & President, 118 Capital

Bryan Gartner

Principal, Apex Partners

Stephan Dalal

Principal, Zwillgen

Katherine Rovanpera

Asst. Archivist, MOMA

Daniel Morosani

CTO, REVOLT | Columbia Business School United States Marine Corps

Gabe Drapos

Harvard University, Oscar Health Bridge Water

Roy Moran

Cooley LLP, Columbia Law School

Andrew Salamon

Co-founder & CEO, Harvard U.S. Navy

Jordan Wan

CEO, CloserIQ | MIT

Samantha Whitmore

Head of Engineering, KJensho Technologies Harvard University

Stephanie Lee

COO of Alpha Audiotronics, Inc. J.D. Yale School of Law

Dr. Sherry Gjied

Dean, NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Publics Service

Dr. Mark Denison

Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dr. Ge Bai

Associate Professor of Accounting Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and of Healthy Policy

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