Experts
Michael Waldman, President
Expertise: The Presidency, Congressional Reform, Constitutional Change, Voting Rights & Elections, Money in Politics
Frederick A.O. ('Fritz') Schwarz, Jr., Chief Counsel
Expertise: Federal Policy and Advocacy, Intelligence Community, International Affairs
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Senior Fellow and Acting Director, Justice Program
Expertise: The Private Prison Industry, Preserve Financial Incentives in the Criminal Justice System, Ending Mass Incarceration, Racial Justice, Improving Prosecutorial Practices
Ames Grawert, Senior Counsel, Justice Program
Expertise: Criminal Justice, Crime Rates in America, Ending Mass Incarceration
Matthew Menendez, Counsel, Justice Program
Expertise: Fees and Fines in the Criminal Justice System, Government & Court Reform
Taryn A. Merkl, Senior Counsel, Justice Program & Law Enforcement Leaders
Expertise: Criminal Justice, Federal Criminal Law, Government and Court Reform, Reducing Mass Incarceration, Racial Justice, Improving Prosecutorial Practices, Civil Rights
DEMOCRACY
Wendy R. Weiser, Director, Democracy Program
Expertise: Voting Rights & Elections, Government & Court Reform, Constitutional Change, Money in Politics, Trump’s Fraud Commission
Myrna Pérez, Deputy Director, Democracy Program
Expertise: Voting Rights & Elections, Trump’s Fraud Commission, Rights restoration for people with past criminal convictions
Lawrence Norden, Deputy Director, Democracy Program
Expertise: Safeguarding Elections from Foreign Interference, Voting Technology and Infrastructure, Voting Rights & Elections, Money in Politics, New York Government Reform
Natalie Tennant, Manager of State Advocacy
Expertise: Voting Rights & Elections, Automatic Voter Registration, State Elections Issues
Rudy Mehrbani, Spitzer Fellow & Senior Counsel
Expertise: Executive Branch Operations, Congress and Capitol Hill, Voting Rights & Elections
Alicia Bannon, Deputy Director, Democracy Program
Expertise: Fair Courts, Court Reform, Judicial Selection Processes, Judicial Diversity Issues, Influence of Dark Money in Judicial Elections
Chisun Lee, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Campaign Finance Reform, Dark Money, Secret Spending, Voting Rights & Elections, New York Government Reform
Michael Li, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Redistricting, Texas Politics
Ian Vandewalker, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Money in Politics, Dark Money, Government & Court Reform, New York Government Reform, Safeguarding Elections from Foreign Interference
Daniel I. Weiner, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Campaign Finance Reform, Dark Money, Secret Spending, Constitutional Change, Courts & Government Reform
Wilfred U. Codrington III, Fellow
Expertise: Constitutional Law
Johanna Kalb, Fellow
Expertise: Campaign Finance Reform, Dark Money, Secret Spending
Douglas Keith, Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Fair Courts, Judicial Selection Processes, Judicial Diversity, Money in Politics
Thomas Wolf, Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Redistricting, Census
Joanna Zdanys, Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Money in Politics, Campaign Finance Reform, Dark Money, New York Government Reform, and Voting Rights & Elections
Max Feldman, Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Voting Rights & Elections
Sean Morales-Doyle, Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Voting Rights & Elections, Automatic Voter Registration, Voter Fraud, Voting Rights Restoration
Kelly Percival, Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Census
Yurij Rudensky, Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Redistricting
Eliza Sweren-Becker, Counsel, Democracy Program
Expertise: Voting Rights & Elections
Peter Miller, Researcher, Democracy Program
Expertise: Redistricting, Automatic Voter Registration, Voting Rights & Elections
Kevin Morris, Quantitative Researcher, Democracy Program
Expertise: Voting Rights & Elections
LIBERTY & NATIONAL SECURITY
Elizabeth Goitein, Co-Director, Liberty & National Security Program
Expertise: Surveillance, Government Oversight & Accountability, Privacy & Profiling
Faiza Patel, Co-Director, Liberty & National Security Program
Expertise: Islamophobia, Surveillance, Government Oversight & Accountability, Privacy & Profiling
Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Senior Counsel, Liberty & National Security Program
Expertise: Technology & Surveillance, Government Oversight & Accountability
Mike German, Fellow
Expertise: Intelligence Oversight & Reform, Government Oversight & Accountability
Harsha Panduranga, Fellow
Expertise: Liberty & National Security, Extreme Vetting
FELLOWS
Theodore R. Johnson III, Fellow
Expertise: Public Policy, Socioeconomic Disparities, Racial Justice
Rudy Mehrbani, Spitzer Fellow & Senior Counsel
Expertise: Executive Branch Operations, Congress and Capitol Hill, Voting Rights & Elections
Dorothy Samuels, Senior Fellow
Expertise: Fair Courts, Judicial Recusal Reform, Women’s Rights & Reproductive Rights
Victoria Bassetti, Contributor
Expertise: Money in Politics, Elections, Congressional Investigations
Wilfred U. Codrington III, Fellow
Expertise: Constitutional Law
Expertise: Criminal Justice Reform
Mike German, Fellow
Expertise: Intelligence Oversight & Reform, Government Oversight & Accountability
Johanna Kalb, Fellow
Expertise: Campaign Finance Reform, Dark Money, Secret Spending
Harsha Panduranga, Fellow
Expertise: Liberty & National Security, Extreme Vetting
Eric Ruben, Fellow
Expertise: Second Amendment Jurisprudence
Walter Shapiro, Fellow
Expertise: Presidential Nominations, Money in Politics, Elections
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Fellow
Expertise: Money in Politics, Dark Money
OTHER ISSUES
Eric Ruben, Fellow
Expertise: Second Amendment Jurisprudence
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Women & Democracy Fellow, Vice President for Development
Expertise: Menstrual Equity
Cornell William Brooks, Senior Fellow
Expertise: Criminal Justice Reform, Civil Rights & Racial Justice