Ament is president and a cofounder of Student Defense. Previously, he served as Special Counsel for higher education issues and subsequently as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of the General Counsel.

is managing director of Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress.

is a senior fellow for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress.

is a Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution.

is a Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution.

is the president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community.

is a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.

is a University Professor at the New School, former MSNBC & NBC News Legal Analyst, and the former Chair of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board.

is The Washington Post’s media columnist, the former public editor of The New York Times, and the author of Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy.