Towards Open and
Innovative Governance
Aspen, Colorado  August 5-8, 2012
Participant List
Madeleine Albright
Chair
Albright Stonebridge Group
Jed Alpert
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mobile Commons, Inc.
@mobilecommons
Hannes Astok
Adviser to the President of Estonia
Office of the President of Estonia
@hannesastok
John Bracken
Director
Media Innovation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
@jsb, @knightfdn
John Chiang
Controller
State of California
@CAController
Steven Clift
Founder and Executive Director
E-Democracy.org
@democracy
Frank DiGiammarino
Former White House Official
Esther Dyson
Chairman
EDventure Holdings
@edyson
Mickey Edwards
Vice President
The Aspen Institute, and
Director, Aspen Institute Rodel Fellowships
In Public Leadership
Greg Ferenstein
Technology Journalist
TechCrunch
@ferenstein
Charles M. Firestone
Executive Director
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute
@cfirestone, @aspencs
Brett Goldstein
Commissioner
Department of Innovation & Technology
City of Chicago
@chicagoCDO
Jeff Gomez
Chief Executive Officer
Starlight Runner Entertainment
@Jeff_Gomez
Jordan Greenhall
@jgreenhall
Dazza Greenwood
Lecturer
MIT Media Lab
@dazzagreenwood
Peter Hirshberg
Chairman
Re:imagine Group
@hirshberg
Hilary Hoeber
Portfolio Lead
IDEO
@ideo
Ellen Miller
Co-Founder and Executive Director
The Sunlight Foundation
@EllnMllr, @SunFoundation
Reed Hundt
Chief Executive Officer
Coalition for Green Capital
@rehundt
Max Ogden
Computer Programmer
Gather
@maxogden
Tim Hwang
Founder and Managing Partner
Pacific Social Architecting Corporation
@pacsocial
Dan O’Neil
Executive Director
Smart Chicago Collaborative
Alberto Ibargüen
President and Chief Executive Officer
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
@ibarguen, @knightfdn
Caitria O’Neill
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Recovers.org
@recovers_org
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President
Republic of Estonia
Christine Outram
Director
City Innovation Group
@CityInnovation
Waldo Jaquith
Founder
The State Decoded
@waldojaquith
Tiago Peixoto
Open Government Specialist
World Bank Institute
@participatory
Marina Kaljurand
Ambassador
Republic of Estonia
Macon Phillips
Special Assistant to the President, and
Director of Digital Strategy
The White House
@macon44
Seamus Kraft
Director of Digital
Committee on Government Oversight
U.S. House of Representatives
@SeamusKraft
Scott Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Voice of San Diego
@vosdscott
Michael Maness
Vice President
Journalism and Media Innovation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
@michaelmaness, @knightfdn
Mark Meckler
President
Citizens for Self Governance
@MarkMeckler
David Robinson
Visiting Fellow
Information Society Project
Yale Law School
@dgrobinson
Juliana Rotich
Executive Director
Ushahidi
@afromusing, @ushahidi
Eric Schmidt
Executive Chairman
Google, Inc.
Jeff Smulyan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
EMMIS Communications
Christina Xu
Chancellor
Institute on Higher Awesome Studies
@chrysaora, @higherawesome
Staff:
Sarah Eppehimer
Senior Project Manager
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute
@aspencs
Peter Thomas Keefer
Communications Manager and
Web Producer
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute
@aspencs