Past Speakers
Candidates:
| Liz Crotty | A Candidate for Manhattan District Attorney |
| Tali Farhadian Weinstein | A Candidate for Manhattan District Attorney |
Jackie Gordon | Ran for Congress: Long Island, NY |
| Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer | Ran for Re-election Iowa CD-1 |
| Congressman Max Rose | Ran for re-election in NY CD 11 |
| Dr. Al Gross | Senate Candidate from Alaska |
| Congresswoman Lauren Underwood | Illinois, CD 14 |
| Kara Eastman | Ran for Congress Nebraska, CD 2 |
| Dr. Nancy Goroff | Ran for Congress in NY CD 1 |
| Congresswoman Nita Lowey | New York CD 17 |
| Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher | Texas CD7 |
| Dr. Cameron Webb | Ran for Congress Virginia CD 5 |
| Pam Keith | Ran for Congress, Florida CD 18 |
| Congressman Ritchie Torres | Bronx, NY CD 15 |
| Bridget Fleming | New York’s Suffolk County Aministrator, District 2 |
| Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi | Illinois CD 8 |
| Maxwell Frost | Candidate for Congress, FL CD 10 |
| Brian Benjamin | Lt. Governor, New York |
| Tom Malinowski | Congressman, NJ CD 7 |
| Katie Porter | Congresswoman, CD 47 |
| Representative Gregory Meeks | Congressman, NY CD 5 |
| Cheri Beasley and Wiley Nickel | Senate and House Candidates, NC |
| Rochelle Garza | Candidate for Attorney General, TX |
| Christina Bohannan | Candidate, IA CD 1 |
| State Senator Jason Pizzo | Florida District 38 |
Rob Lubin | Candidate, New York CD 2 |
Social Activists, Historians and Content Experts:
| Emily Cain | Executive Director of Emily’s List |
| Steve Kass | American Bar Association |
Reverend Gregory Lewis | Souls to the Polls- Milwaukee, WI |
| Jonathan Alter | Journalist, MSNBC Contributor and Author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life |
| Dean Alan Solomont | Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University, Youth Volunteer Registration |
| Bill Derrough | Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee |
| Tom Cosgrove | Documentary Filmmaker, “Divided We Fall” |
| Eliza Sweren-Becker | Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law |
Karen Adler | Independent Management Consultant, President of the Jewish Communal Fund, Biden Campaign Volunteer |
| Diane Saatchi | Youth Registration |
| Matt Compton | Blue State, Director, Advocacy & Engagement |
| Billy Feitlinger | Wisconsin Political Activist |
| Bill Wolfsthal | New Yorkers for Biden |
| Susan Lerner | Executive Director, Common Cause New York |
| Janet Nahirny | Movement Voter Project |
| Jonathan Klein | Movement Voter Project |
| John C. Reid | Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta |
| Mara Gerstein | Executive Director of The People’s PAC |
| Arnold A. Offner | Professor Emeritus, Layfette College,Historian,,author of Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country |
| Bridget Fleming | Suffolk County, NY, Administrator |
| Lee W. Huebner | The Fake News Panic of a Century Ago: The Discovery of Propaganda and the Coercion of Consent |
| Eileen Reavey | Director, National Popular Vote |
| Tony the Democrat | Founder, Postcards to Voters |
| Danny Weiss | Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation |
| Elizabeth Bishop | PhD, professor at CUNY, and also a senior director at Global Kids. |
| Judd Legum | Founder, Popular Information Newsletter |
| Sarah Jonas, Executive Director | Office of Community Schools at NYC Dept of Ed |
| Johanna Wald | Postcard Program Manager, Flip the West Now Activate America |
| Amy Spitalnick | Executive Director, Integrity First for America (IFA) |
| Norman Ornstein | emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute-author of One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate and the Not-Yet Deported. |
| Susan Lerner | Executive Director, Common Cause New York |
| Nancy Thomas | Executive Director, Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University |
| Dale Roy Robinson | Field Team 6 |
| Anna Greenberg | Managing Partner, GQR |
| Amanda Litman | Run For Something |
| Governor Howard Dean | Author, Former DNC Chair, Former Governor of Vermont |
| Wendy Davis | Former Texas State Senator and advocate for women’s abortion rights |
| A’shanti F. Gholar | President of EMERGE |
| March For Our Lives | Gun Control advocates founded by David Hogg |
| Steve Brodner | Political Activist and Cartoonist |
| Jessica Craven | Chop Wood, Carry Water |
| Rebecca Fischer | Exec. Dir., New Yorkers Against Gun Violence |
| Rachel Bitecofer | Political Analyst |
| Ben Wikler | Chairman, WI Democratic Party |
| Bill McKibben | Environmentalist, Author, and Journalist |
| Nathaniel Stinett | Founder and Exec. Dir., Environmental Voters Project |
| Sarabeth Berman | CEO, American Journalism Project |
| Pastor Greg Lewis | Founder and Exec. Director Souls to the Polls |
Maxim Thorne | CEO, Civic Influencers |
| Katrina Vanden Heuvel | Editor, The Nation Magazine |
| David Pepper | Politician, Author, Laboratories of Autocracy |
| Panel Discussion | Topic: Youth Voting |
| Roy Schofield | North Carolina Policy Watch |
| Josh Kaul | Attorney General, WI. |
| Robert Hubbell | Attorney |
| Emily Cain and Sarah Curmi | EMILY’s List |
| Michele Hornish | Executive Director, It Starts Today |
| Susan Lerner | Common Cause, NY |
| Ellis Verdi | Founder, Devito/Verdi |
| Rebecca Traister | American Author and Columnist |
| Emily Cain | Exec. Dir., EMILY’s List |
| Celinda Lake | President, Lake Research Partners |
| Bob Fertik | President, Democrats.com – Founder, Swipe Blue |
| Melissa Walker | The States Project |
| David Pepper | The Pepper Project |
| Nancy L. Thomas | Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, Tufts University |
| Hannah Rosensweig | The People PAC |
| J. J. Straight | ACLU, Deputy Director of Liberty Division |
| Simon Rosenberg | Founder, New Democrat Network |
| Nicole Hobbs | Every District, Founder and Exec. Dir. |
| Laura Brill | Founder and Director, The Civics Center |
| Susan Lerner | Exec. Dir., Common Cause NY |
| Cristina Ramirez | Pres. and Exec. Director Next Gen America |
| Emily Pares | Senior Director, State and local Elections, EMILY’S List |
| Laslo Boyd | Change PA |
| Tara McGowan | Founder, Courier Newsroom |
| Lisa Kay Solomon | Co-founder, All Vote No Play |
| Carol Schrager | Co-Chair, NY Democratic Lawyers Council |
| Kyle Spencer | Author, Raising Them Right |
| Dennis Aftergut | Former Federal Prosecutor and Journalist |
| Sanda Balaban | Co-Founder and Director, YVote |
| Selene Gomez | National Outreach Director, Vote Riders |
| Sarah Beth Berman | Chief Executive Officer, American Journalism Project |
Robert Hubbell | Author of Today’s Edition newsletter on Substack |
| Claire Ullman and Sandy Radoff | Co-founders of Students for Justice |
Simon Rosenberg | Author of Hopium Chronicles newsletter on Substack |
| Nathaniel Stinett | Exec. Director, Environmental Voter Project |
| Zev Shapiro | Founder of TurnUp |
Robert Sand | Democratic Iowa State Auditor |
| Anderson Clayton | Democratic Party Chair, North Carolina |
Andrea Miller | Exec. Dir., Center for Common Ground |
David Pepper | Author & Former Chair, Ohio Democratic Party |
Melissa Walker | Director of Giving Circles, the States Project |
Judd Legum | Author of Popular Information, Substack |
| David Pepper | Author and Former Head of Ohio Democratic Party |
Tom Cosgrove | Founder of New Voice Strategies |
| Joe Kennedy | Executive Director, The Team |
| Pat Blumenthal | Deep Canvassing |
| Ilene Freedman | Giving Circle Grantee Selection |
| Alex Mahadevan | Executive Director, Media Wise |
| Laura Brill | Director, The Civics Center |
| Lucille Wenegieme | Executive Director, Headcount |
Lauren Brenzel, Clair Segall, Dawnyelle Singleton | FL Ballot Initiative on Reproductive Rights |
Julie Millican | VP, Media Matters |
Dale Roy Robinson | Co-Founder, Field Team 6 |
Carl Bernstein | Journalist and Author |
Billy Wimsatt | Founder & Executive Director, Movement Voter Project |
John Judis | Author and Journalist, Where Have all the Democrats Gone |
Sharon Lord Greenspan | Field Team 6 |
Erin Vilardi | Founder & CEO, VoteRunLead |
Hamilton Fish | Editor, The Washington Spectator |
Amanda Litman | Founder, Run For Something |
| Heather Booth | Leading civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist |
| Sam Schwartz | Tour to Save Democracy |
| Laura Pearl | Executive Director, Flip the Vote |
| Liuba Grechen Shirley | Founder and CEO, Vote Mama |
| Ellen Cassedy | Author and Founder of 9 to 5 |
| Pat West and Chris Jacobs | Represent PA |
| Milo Vassallo | Media and Democracy |
| Ilene Freedman | North Carolina: What’s at Stake |
| Zac Malamed and Zack Wahls | The Next 50 |
| Jessica Craven | Chop Wood Carry Water |