Networks and Citizenship
Aspen, Colorado  August 1-4, 2011
Participant List
(As of July 29, 2011)
Wael Abbas
Egyptian Journalist, Blogger and Human
Rights Activist
Steven Clift
Founder and Executive Director
E-Democracy.org
Jeffrey Abramson
Professor of Law and Government
The University of Texas at Austin
Craig Dubow
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Gannett Co., Inc.
Madeleine Albright
Chair
Albright Stonebridge Group
Mickey Edwards
Director
Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public
Leadership
The Aspen Institute
Jed Alpert
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mobile Commons, Inc.
Joaquin Alvarado
Senior Vice President
Digital Innovation
American Public Media
Stephen Balkam
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Family Online Safety Institute
Jean-Christophe Bas
Senior Advisor
Strategic Development and Partnerships
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Mindy Finn
Partner
Engage
Charles M. Firestone
Executive Director
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute
Lewis A. Friedland
Professor
School of Journalism and Mass
Communication
University of Wisconsin
John Bracken
Director of Digital Media
Knight Foundation
Archon Fung
Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and
Citizenship
Harvard University
Glenn Otis Brown
Director of Business Development
Twitter
Will Griffin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hip Hop On Demand
Donna Byrd
Publisher
TheRoot.com
Reed Hundt
Principal
REH Advisors
Networks and Citizenship
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Alberto Ibargüen
President
Knight Foundation
Rishi Jaitly
Program Director, Detroit
Knight Foundation
Paula Kerger
President and Chief Executive Officer
Public Broadcasting Service
Tom C. Korologos
Strategic Advisor
DLA Piper
Michael Maness
Vice President of Journalism and Media
Innovation
Knight Foundation
Andrew McLaughlin
Executive Director
Civic Commons
Andrew Rasiej
Founder
Personal Democracy Forum
ARO, Inc.
John Rendon
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Rendon Group, Inc.
Nicholas Reville
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Participatory Culture Foundation
Graham Richard
Former Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ben Rigby
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Sparked.com
Juliana Rotich
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Ushahidi Inc.
Craig Newmark
Founder and Customer Service
Representative
craigslist
Jorge Reina Schement
Dean
School of Communication, Information and Library
Studies
Rutgers University
Michael Oreskes
Senior Managing Editor
The Associated Press
Neal Shapiro
President and Chief Executive Officer
WNET
Norman J. Ornstein
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute for Public
Policy Research
Ben Shneiderman
Founding Director
Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
University of Maryland
Macon Phillips
Special Assistant to the President, and
Director of Digital Strategy
The White House
Jeff Smulyan
Chairman of the Board
EMMIS Communications
Networks and Citizenship
Aspen, Colorado  August 1-4, 2011
Rachel Sterne
Chief Digital Officer
Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment
City of New York
Nancy Tate
Executive Director
League of Women Voters
Jenny Toomey
Program Officer
The Ford Foundation
Daniel J. Weitzner
Deputy Chief Technology Officer for
Internet Policy
Executive Office of the President
The White House
Tracy Westen
Founder, Vice Chair and Chief Executive
Officer
Center for Governmental Studies
David Westin
President and Chief Executive Officer of
Licensing Group
The Associated Press
Conor White-Sullivan
Chief Executive Officer
Localocracy
Staff:
Amy Garmer
Director of Journalism Projects
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute
Erin Silliman
Senior Project Manager
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute
Kiahna Williams
Senior Project Manager
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute