We leverage our staff, our senior fellows and our nationally recognized board to inspire, support and celebrate civic engagement in America’s communities

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Board

Doug LinkhartPresident

Matt LeighningerVice President, National Civic LeagueDirector, Center for Democracy Innovation

Ibrahim BazyanProgram Manager

Anna CorningProgram Associate

Kathie HamiltonDirectorOperations and Finance

Mike McGrathDirectorResearch and Publications

Derek OkuboDirectorCivic Assistance

Mikayla TownsendProgram Manager

Rebecca TroutSenior Director, Programs and PartnershipsDirector, All-America City Award Program

Nick VlahosManaging DirectorCenter for Democracy Innovation

Jillian YoungbloodDirector, Deliberative Democracyand Executive Director, Civic Genius

Carolyn LukensmeyerCo-DirectorHealthy Democracy Ecosystem Map

Gretchen Armijo, AICP, LEED APSenior FellowFounder & President, Equity Policy Solutions, LLC

Jan BrennanSenior FellowCEO, Forward LLC

Rick GarciaSenior FellowRetired Government and Public Policy Expert

Joseph Hoereth, PhDSenior FellowDirector of the Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)

Mike HugginsSenior FellowRetired City Manager

Benoy JacobSenior FellowDirector, Community Development Institute, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Angela LawsonSenior FellowCouncilwoman, Aurora, CO

Lindsay M. MillerSenior FellowFounding Principal at Beyond Growth Strategies, LLC

Kimberly L. NelsonSenior FellowProfessor of public administration and government at the School of Government

Larry SchoolerSenior FellowMediator, Facilitator, Public Engagement Consultant, and Educator

Diana Romero CampbellChairCouncil Member, Denver District 4

Mayor Ramiro Garza Jr.Vice ChairMayor, City of Edinburg

Adam CarlisleTreasurerVice President of Labor Relations, Southwest Airlines

Angela MontezBoard MemberSpecial Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland

Ray BarayBoard MemberFormer Chief of Staff, ICMA

Michelle BarsaBoard MemberPrincipal, Programs and Policy, Omidyar Network

Hon. Mary Ann BorgesonBoard MemberNACo Immediate Past President; Commissioner, Douglas County, NE

T.C. BroadnaxBoard MemberCity Manager, City of Austin

Charlotte CastilloBoard MemberExecutive Director, Poderistas

Maia ComeauBoard MemberPresident Comeau & Company

Todd ConnorBoard MemberCEO, Veterans for All Voters

Mayor John DaileyBoard MemberMayor John Dailey, City of Tallahassee, FL

Johnny DuPreeBoard MemberFormer Mayor, Hattiesburg, MS

Mayor Malik D. EvansBoard MemberMayor of Rochester, NY

Ayeola FortuneBoard MemberVice President, Impact Programs, United Way Worldwide

Mayor Patti GarrettBoard Member (Former Chair)Mayor of Decatur, Georgia

Sara GiffordBoard MemberCo-founder and COO, ActiVote

Michelle GowdyBoard MemberExecutive Director, Virginia Municipal League

Rita McNeil Danish, Esq.Board MemberCEO, Signal Ohio

Tony PeytonBoard MemberExecutive Vice President & Chief of Staff, National Center for Families Learning

Frederick J. RileyBoard MemberExecutive Director of Weave: The Social Fabric Project at the Aspen Institute

Monte RoulierBoard MemberPresident & Co-Founder Community Initiatives Inc.

Irica SolomonBoard MemberHead of Corporate Citizenship, Government Affairs and Advocacy at Mission Square

Mayor Vince WilliamsBoard MemberMayor of Union City, GA

Wendy WillisBoard MemberExecutive Director, Deliberative Democracy Consortium

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