September 1, 2009
2009 NCoC Attendees
Name, Title, Organization (as provided upon registration)
As of September 2, 2009, 9:00 p.m. Eastern
Ibrahim Adam
Jama Adams
Nazir Ahmad, President, GivingWorks Inc.
Toni Aho, Leadership and Civic Engagement Administrator, Community College of Baltimore County
Barbara Allen, Director, Caucus Relations, National School Boards Association
Theresa Amato, Executive Director, Citizen Works
Wendy Ambrose, Executive Director, MN FCCLA
Terry Amsler, Director, Collaborative Governance Initiative, Institute for Local Government
Steven Andoh
Seth Andrew, Founder and Head of School, Democracy Prep Charter School
Leon Andrews, National League of Cities
Lee Arbetman, Acting Executive Director, Street Law, Inc
Katelyn Archer
Natalie Arnold, Washington Semester Program, American University
Grace Babcock, Washington Semester Program, American University
Harry Banks, Washington Semester Program, American University
Sharon Barber, Executive Administrator, The Salvation Army
Norma Barfield, Board of Directors, National Conference on Citizenship
Clare Barkley
Guillermina Barriviera
Ben Bartholomew, CEO, Rising Rain Studios LLC
Fred Bartlett Jr., Administrator, CCBC
Harry Basehart, Professor Emeritus, Salisbury University
Kenneth Bassett, Supervisor of Social Studies, Prince William County Schools
Kate Beale, Legislative Assistant, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Scott Beale, Executive Director, Atlas Corps
Dimitry Beauchamp, Program Director, Youth Service Opportunities Project
Halimah Bechir, Teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools
Bridgette Behling, Assistant Director, Student Involvement, The George Washington University
Daphne Benbow, Corporate Affairs, Corporation for National and Community Service
Ted Bender, School Psychologist, District of Columbia Public Schools
Chelsee Bente, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Roger Bey
Justin Bibb
Janice Bigelow, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Communities in Schools Inc
Judith Bigelow-Costa, President, Middleborough on the Move, Inc.
Therese Bigelow, Assistant Director, Chesapeake Public Library
Kisha Bird, Campaign for Youth/CLASP
Jill Blair
Shanthi Blanchard, Washington Semester Program, American University
Rebecca Blumenshine, Member Outreach Coordinator, FairVote
Susan Blumenthal
Beth Boland, Historian, National Park Service
Katie Bollbach
Michelle Bond
Silona Bonewald, Founder, League of Technical Voters
Carrie Boron, Deputy Communication Director, Everyday Democracy
Susan Braden, Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims
David Bradshaw
Amanda Bramble, Washington Semester Program, American University
Morgan Brescia, Washington Semester Program, American University
John Bridgeland, President & CEO, Civic Enterprises, LLC
John Briscoe, VP Development, Common Cause
Mary Bristol, Civitas Alaska
Morgan Broman, Director of Communications, Committee for Economic Development
Robert Bromber, Academic Director African American Studies Government, and History, University of Maryland University College
John Brothers, Principal, Cuidiu Consulting
Ian Brown, Gallup
Nelda Brown, Executive Director, National Service-Learning Partnership at the Academy for Educational Development
Romero Brown, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Stephen Buckley, CIO, U.S. Transparency
Lucy Bueti
Anne Marie Burgoyne
Allyson Burns, Communications Director, The Case Foundation
Barry Byrd, Partner, Pineiro Byrd LLP
Stefan Byrd-Krueger
Kristen Cambell, Program Director, National Conference on Citizenship
Le Cambell
Curtis Cannon
Elizabeth Caplan, Director of Special Education, Harding Charter Preparatory High School
Evan D. Carb, Attorney, Law Offices of Evan D Carb, PLLC
Kara Carlisle, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Ann Carmichael, Legislative Counsel, American Bar Association
Kelly Carmichael, Education Outreach Manager, We the People State Coordinator, Center for the Constitution at James Madison’s Montpelier
Ilona Carroll
Kevin Carroll
Lyn Carson
Daniel Casey
Ivan Cestero, Founder, The Ideabox
Toby Chalberg
Arnold Chandler
Noema Chaplin
Jenny Chen
Andra Chernack
Greg Chernack
Josh Chernila, Internet Director, AmericaSpeaks
Jennifer Cheslock
Connie Cheung
David Chew, President, New Century Partners, Inc.
Stephanie Chin
David Chu, NUF
Beth Cieslik, Manager Civic Affairs, Target Corp
Lucas Cioffi
Harrison Clark
Susan Stuart Clark, Director, Common Knowledge
Steven Clift, Executive Director, E-Democracy.org
Jennifer Clinton
Mei Cobb, United Way of America
James Colgan III
Josh Collins, Founder and CEO, StudentVolunteer.com
Dan Connell
UnoBlessed Coons, City Year
Morgan Corr, Executive Associate, National Conference on Citizenship
Ginaq Corson, VISTA, Nevada Volunteers
Kevin Cramer, Deputy Director, Research and Policy Development, Corporation for National and Community Service
Heather Cronk
John Crowley
Steven Culbertson, President and CEO, Youth Service America
Bryce Cullinane
Brannon Cullum, The Case Foundation
Shaun Dakin
Karen Daniel
Ami Dar
Kurt Daradics, Social Catalyst, FreedomSpeaks
Dennis Davidow, Vice President, Cherry Hill Education Foundation
Katherine Davis, Washington Semester Program, American University
Ankit Dhuper
Danielle Diamond, Washington Semester Program, American University
Eric Ding, Harvard School of Public Health
Doug Dobson, Executive Director, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship
Jonny Dorsey
James Dubinsky
Leslie Duche
Philip Duncan, President, Civicatalyst Communications
Isabel Duron, Washington Semester Program, American University
Ivorgba Emmanuel
Maya Enista, CEO, Mobilize.org
Chrissy Faessen, V.P. Communications & Marketing, Rock the Vote
Cheryl Fails, History Teacher, Amhert County High School
Nicole Faison, Director, US Dept of HUD
Rebecca Fanning
Molly Farren, Policy Analyst, Civic Enterprises, LLC
Eric Federing, Director of Business Public Policy, Office of Government Affairs, KPMG
Ruth Feldman, Founder, SEED
William Fenimore, Managing Director, BridgeLink, LLC
Thaddeus Ferber, Program Director, Forum for Youth Investment
Michael Ferguson, Assistant Director, NORWESCAP
Paul Fidalgo, Communications Director, FairVote
Kimberlee Fields
Harrison Finch
Evelyn Fine
Russ Finkelstein
Marcus Finley, President, Live Liberty, LLC
Patrick Fitzpatrick
Carla Fletcher
Lisa Flick Wilson, Program Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Elizabeth Floyd, Editor of Special Reports, Freedom House
Megan Fluke
Anna Foerster
Adam Fogel, Right to Vote Director, FairVote
Janet Forbush
Syvonne Forkin
Renee Forsythe, Community Outreach Coordinator, Women’s Crisis & Family Outreach Center
Stephanie Fosbenner, , Washington Semester Program, American University
Stephenie Foster, Sr. Vice President, Government Affairs, American Legacy Foundation
Rita Foy Moss, Program Analyst (Civic Education), U.S. Department of Education
Elizabeth Franke, Washington Semester Program, American University
Tawana Frazier
Rebecca Freyvogel, Senior Manager, U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center
Maria Aurora Frijas, City Year Washington, DC
Christina Gagnier, Partner/Strategist, Gagnier Margossian
Michael Gale
Annette Gantt, Earth Conservation Corps
Teresa Garcia, Program Officer, Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism
Joe Garrett, Vice President, Knowledge Networks
Christopher Gates, Executive Director, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE)
Daniella Gayapersad-Chan, Disaster Accountability Project
Caleb Gibson, Federal Affairs Manager, Demos
Jeff Girvan, Social Studies Professional Development Specialist,
Surbhi Godsay, Researcher, CIRCLE (Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement), Tufts University
Chris Golden, Co-Founder, myImpact.org
Silvia Golombek, Sr. Vice President, Youth Service America
Thomas Gottschalk, Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Richard Graves
Tara Greco, Vice President, APCO Worldwide
Alissa Green
Robert Grimm, Director of Research and Policy Development, Corporation for National and Community Service
Emily Gumucio, Washington Semester Program, American University
Sarah Guy, Education Manager, Youth Service America
David Guzman
Dell Hagan Rhodes, Director of Student Life, The Community College of Baltimore County
Crystal Haidl, Civic Discourse Producer, UnConventional Works
Colleen Hammelman, Program Associate, Innovations in Civic Participation
Stefan Hankin, President, Lincoln Park Strategies
Hala Harik Hayes, Associate, AmericaSpeaks
David Hart, Project Leader for Recruitment & Alumni Affairs, City Year, DC
Peter Hart, Associate, Mobilize.org
Shawn Healy, Managing Director, McCormick Freedom Museum
Erin Heaney
Sandy Heierbacher, Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)
Emily Hill, Manager, Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service, The Fund for American Studies
Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause
Kelly Hodge-Williams, Executive Director, Business Volunteers Unlimited
Clyde Hoey II, Vice Chairman, Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement
Cheryl Honey, Founder and Director, Family Support Network International
Bill Hoogterp, CEO, The LEAGUE
Megan Hoot, Program Manager, Independent Sector
Erin Horan, Washington Semester Program, American University
Laura Horwitz, Research Associate, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Lori Hughes, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, Arlington Agency on Aging
Amy Humble, Colorado Nonprofit Association
Jeanne Humphrey, Washington Semester Program, American University
Adam Hunter
Charles Huschle
Ned Irons
Kristin Ivie, The Case Foundation
Dawn Iype, Director of Online Strategy, Common Cause
Hisham Jabi
Mark Jacobs, Mediator, Meridian Institute
Karen Jaffe, Manager, Education Projects, MacNeil Lehrer Productions
Tom James, Assistant Director, Government Accountability Office
Francine Jamin, Director, Paul Peck Institute for American Culture and Civic Engagement at Montgomery College
Kirra Jarratt
JoAnn Jastrzab, Principal Research Associate, Abt Associates
Shelby Jennings, Corporation for National and Community Service
Tracy Johns
Cynthia Farrell Johnson, Chief Creative Officer, C. Farrell Johnson Fine Arts, LLC
Neila Johnson, Director, Project Intersect
Julia Jones
Patrick Jordan
Pamela Julian, Chair, Help Students Vote! Coalition
Robyn Kaplan, Sr. Account Manager, Inova Blood Donor Services
Amy Kass, Sr Fellow, Hudson Institute
Rebekah Kasule- Wallace
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, CIRCLE and Tisch College at Tufts University
Marcia Keener, Program Analyst, Deputy Dispute Resolution Specialist, National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior
Christina Kelleher, Deputy Executive Director, Sustained Dialogue Campus Network
Barbara Kelly
Jamie Kemmerer, Geekpak
Nina Kemps
Susan Khorsand, Director, Glories HATS Project
Quentin Kidd, Associate Professor of Political Science, Christopher Newport University
James Kielsmeier, President and CEO , National Youth Leadership Council
Abby Kiesa
Emily Kirby
Gail Kitch
Joseph Kitchen, Chairman and CEO, Rev. Joseph Lynn Kitchen Public Advocacy Foundation
Jeremiah Kittredge, Coordinator of Civic Initiatives, Democracy Prep Charter School
Ryan Klang, Director of Development, The Washington Center
Mary Klenz, Director, League of Women Voters US
Barb Knoff, Principal, Millennium 3 Company
Ahyoung Ko, Washington Semester Program, American University
Sarah Koch, Nonprofit Coordinator, Causes
Melissa Kohilakis
Zachary Kolodin
Marguerite Kondracke, President & CEO, America’s Promise Alliance
Lawrence Kopp, President, The TASC Group
Martin Krall, Board of Directors, National Conference on Citizenship
Katharine Kravetz, Academic Director, Transferring Communities Program, Washington Semester Program, American University
Justin Krebs, Executive Director, Living Liberally
Russell Krumnow
Dawn Krusemark
Naoko Kudo
Dale Kuehne, Executive Director, New Hampshire Institute of Politics
Allan Kullen, President, People of America Foundation
Iwanka Kultschyckyj
Christina Kwon, Director of Member Engagement, National Service-Learning Partnership
Susan Ladner, JS&R Group and National Child Labor Committee
Todd Lamb, Vice President , Dutko Worldwide
Lisa Larragoite
Donna Lartigue, Program Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dominique Lasseur, Managing Director, Global Village Media
Linh Le
Cannon Leavelle
Donni Leboeuf, U.S. Department of Justice
Shannon Lederer, Assistant Director, International Affairs, American Federation of Teachers
James Lee, Social Studies Department Chairperson, Bartram Trail High School
Pauline Lejeune, Intern, FairVote
Sara Lepore Dube, Associate, BTW Consultants, Inc.
Lisa Lerma, Operations Manager, City Year
Peter Leung, President, Corvallis Oregon Branch, NAACP
Daryl Levine, Southern Regional Coordinator, US Public Service Academy
Peter Levine
Ronn Levine
Andrew Levy
Andrea Lewis, Program Manager, Independent Sector
Claire Libert
David Lim
Cyndi Lingenfelter
Garrett Liskey, Law Clerk, United States Court of Federal Claims
Jared Liu, Director of Programs, Alliance for Community Trees
Warren Lockette
Cate Long
Nathaniel Long, Washington Semester Program, American University
Katie Loovis, Director of Business & Society, Business Civic Leadership Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Barbara Lopez
Barbara Lotz, Self–employed Writer, Lotzcopy
David Lourie, Judicial Intern, United States Court of Federal Claims
Cynthia Lucero-Chavez, Community Involvement Specialist, Stafford County Public Schools
Ann Ludwick, Graduate Student Coordinator, George Mason University
Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Founder and President, AmericaSpeaks
James Lynch
Andrew Madey
Robert Mahaffey, Director, Communications, Rural School and Community Trust
Matthew Mahan, Director, Nonprofit and Business Partnerships, Causes
Seth Maiman, Director, Government Relations, Close Up Foundation
Pender Makin, Director, The REAL School
Bruce Mallory, The Democracy Imperative, Univ. of NH
Eileen Maloney
Desann Manzano-Lee, Vice Principal, Charles County Public Schools
Karlo Marcelo
Howard Marshall, General Manager & Treasurer, Hatchet Publications, Inc.
Phil Martin, Outreach Coordinator, United We Serve | CNCS
Robin Martin, President and CEO, Deer River Group
Deirdre Martinez, Director and Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania
Holly Mattocks
Ari Matusiak
Zach Maurin, Co-Founder, ServeNext
Shannon Maynard, Director, Bankers without Borders, Grameen Foundation
Erin Mazursky
Shane Mazzella, Director, US Programs, The Fund for American Studies
Betsy McBride
Jock McClellan, Professor, Quinebaug Valley Community College
Ted McConnell, Executive Director, Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
Lauren McDade
Dennis McGinn, CEO, Remote Reality
Rhonda McMillion, Editor, American Bar Association
Mary McNaught, Chief of Staff, Civic Enterprises, LLC
Wendy Meadley, Event & Development Director, National Civic Summit
Susan Meier, Vice President, Consulting & Training, BoardSource
Nestor Mercado, Washington Semester Program, American University
Gregory Miller, Director, Philanthropic Affairs, Google.org
Abby Mills, Associate, American Federation of Teachers
Peter Modlin, Realtor, Century 21 Trademark Realty
William Mohring
Alexander Moll
James Montgomery
Laura Moore, Policy Analyst, Civic Enterprises
Scott Moore, Fulbright Fellow, Peking University
Karen Morison, President, Am One Properties, LLC
Samuel Morison, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Ofc of the Pardon Attorney
Amy Morse, Communications Associate, Committee for Economic Development
Leramah Moses
Anne Mosle, Vice President for Programs, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Erin Mote, Manager of Resource Development , CHF International
Chris Murphy, General Counsel, Atlantic Media Company
Christine Nardecchia, Volunteer Services Administrator, The City of Dublin, Ohio
Elson Nash, Acting Director, The Corporation for National Service
Honey Nashman, Director, Association Professor of Human Services, GWU Department of Sociology
David Nasse, Law Clerk, United States Court of Federal Claims
Terry Newmyer, Founding Partner, Loree Newmyer Sulkowicz, LLC
Decker Ngongang
Brooke Nicholas
Patricia Nichols, Special Programs Assistant, The Fund for American Studies
Mona Noyes, Character Education Coordinator, Cherry Hill Public Schools
Leanne Nurse, Program Analyst, US EPA Natl Ctr for Environmental Innovation
Ed O’Brien
Sean O’Brien, Executive Director, Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
Allison O’Flinn
Yvonne Oberhollenzer, Manager-Policy and Research, Embassy of Australia
Azubuike Okpaleke
Kenoli Oleari
Cecilia Orphan, National Project Coordinator, American Democracy Project
Alyce Ortuzar
Helena Osborne-Ponsi, Director, VolunteerLAKE, Lake Co BOCC
Dori Ottaviano
Carol Overly, Program Director, Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps AmeriCorps
Donald Overly
Carol Parreco, Director, Center for Service Learning, Howard Community College
Elizabeth Partoyan, Strategic Initiative Director, Next Generation Learners, Council of Chief State School Officers
Mayur Patel, Director of Strategic Assessment & Impact, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Jason Patnosh, National Director, Community HealthCorps, National Association of Community Health Centers
Melinda Patrician, Executive Director, Volunteer Alexandria
Unique Patterson, Washington Semester Program, American University
Nancy Peden, Educator, Lived Learning
Carolyn Pereira, Executive Director, Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
Juliana Pernik
Caryn Pernu, Managing Editor, National Youth Leadership Council
Kathryn Peterson
Zac Petkanas, Communications Director, Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA)
Caroline Pettit, Associate Manager- Education & Outreach, Partnership for Public Service
William Potapchuk, President, Community Building Institute
Liza Prendergast, Center for Civic Education
Caroline Preston, Senior Reporter, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Sonia Price, Supervisor of Secretarial Services, Ropes & Gray LLP
Richard Prosser, Director, National Public Affairs, Junior Statesmen Foundation
Sally Prouty, President and CEO, The Corps Network
Rilwan Quadree
Barbara Quaintance, Director of Outreach and Services, AARP
Saul Ramirez Mondragon, , Washington Semester Program, American University
David Ray, Chief Strategy and Public Policy Officer, Points of Light Institute
John Reeder, President, Peter D. Watson Agency, Inc
Scott Richardson, K-12 Program Coordinator, Learn and Serve America, Corporation for National and Community Service
Margaret Riley
Isabel Rivera
Justin Rockefeller, Vice President, Uhuru Capital Management
Roy Romer, Senior Advisor, The College Board
Tara Ronda, Service-Learning Coordinator, Richard Stockton College of NJ
Jason Ross, Director of Student Programs, Bill of Rights Institute
Brad Rourke, President, The Mannakee Circle Group
Gloria Rubio-Cortes, President, National Civic League
Stephanie Rudat
David Ryan
Emily Ryan
Jazminda Ryan, Washington Semester Program, American University
Mary Ryan, President, Washington Internship Institute
Justin Rydstrom, Manager, Campaign to Promote Civic Education, Center for Civic Education
Denielle Sachs
Elias Sanchez
Arabella Santiago, MediaGuns, Inc.
Kari Saratovsky, Vice President, Social Innovation, The Case Foundation
Anne Schaffer
Barbara Schaffer Bacon, Co-Director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts
Bill Schechter, Coordinator, Collaboration DC
Bill Scheurer, Chief Karma Officer, KarmaKorn
Paul Schmitz, CEO, Public Allies National Office
Gregory Schuckman, Assistant Vice President for University Relations, University of Central Florida
Bernard Schulz, Special Assistant to the Vice President, American University
Daniel Schuman
Eric Schwarz, USDA
Deborah Scire, Executive Director , Campus Compact for NH
Tracey Seabolt, Program Coordinator for Special Initiatives, Learn and Serve America, Corporation for National and Community Service
Matthew Segal
Jeanette Senecal
Shoshana Shapiro-Baruch, Washington Semester Program, American University
James Sheehan, Curriculum Generalist – Speaker Acquisition , Close Up Foundation
Gurvinder Shergill
Jenny Shilling Stein
Kent Sholars
Carol Shull, Chief, Heritage Education Services, National Park Service
James Siegal, Vice President, Nonprofit Sector Programs and Practice, Independent Sector
Marianne Sierocinski, Washington Semester Program, American University
Scott Silver, Founder, The Daily Get Up
Janis Simmons
John Sirek
Ben Smilowitz, Executive Director, Disaster Accountability Project
David Smith, Executive Director, National Conference on Citizenship
Elizabeth Smith
Heather Smith, President, Rock the Vote
John Smith
Karl Smith, Professor, Montgomery College
Michael Smith, The Case Foundation
Michael Smith, Legislative Policy Analyst, The Council of State Governments
Benjamin Sorensen, Vice President, Optimum Associates
Mica Stark
Rosanne Steller, Close Up Foundation
David Stern
Dorothy Stimpson, Chair, Idaho Governors Commission on Service and Volunteerism
Ian Storrar, COO, Mobilize.org
Josh Studl
David Sturtevant,
Thomas Susman, Director of Government Affairs, American Bar Association
Jeremy Sweat, National Park Service
Sandra Swirski, President, The Philanthropic Collaborative
Nancy Tarr
Nancy Tate, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of the United States
Nadine Tatum, Co–Chair, Middle Peninsula League of Voters
Abigail Taylor, Executive Director, Our Courts, iCivics Inc.
Edwin Taylor
Trish Tchume, Director of Civic Engagement, The Building Movement Project
Ana Thomas, Communications Coordinator, Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development
David Thompson, Director, Government Affairs, Independent Sector
Judith Torney-Purta, Professor of Human Development , University of Maryland
Patsy Torres, Program Coordinator, The Washington Center
Nick Troiano, Co-Founder, myImpact.org
Craig Turk, Board of Directors, National Conference on Citizenship
John Turner
Ryan Turner
J. Thomas Viall, Senior Consultant, LEVELheaded
Lucy Vitaliti, Office of Volunteerism and Service Learning, Montgomery College
Mark Vlasic
Graham Vyse
Michael Waelter, Civics Teacher, Bronx Lab School
Christopher Wagner, Deputy Executive Director, Sustained Dialogue Campus Network
Rachel Wald, Executive Manager, The Mission Continues
Kristin Walega, Recruitment and Alumni Affairs Director, City Year Washington DC
Thomas Walker, Executive Director / CEO, The Citizenship Trust at American Village
John Walsh
Diane Wanner, District Council Coordinator, City of St. Paul
Kelly Ward, Director, America Forward, New Profit Inc.
Scott Warren, Executive Director, Generation Citizen
Maya Webber, Washington Semester Program, American University
Karl Weber, President, Karl Weber Literary
Gloria Weiser, Weiser Family Foundation
Michael Weiser, Chairman, Board of Directors, National Conference on Citizenship
Scott Weiser, Director, Weiser Family Foundation
Sally Westcott
Timothy Wexler, Senior Analyst, GAO
Beverley Wheeler, Executive Director, DC State Board of Education
Jocelyn White, Board of Directors, National Conference on Citizenship
George Williams
Nikki Willoughby, Senior Director of Public Affairs, General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Loryn Wilson, Center for Progressive Leadership
Patricia Wilson, Professor, University of Texas
Scot Wilson, Program Leader, The Close Up Foundation
Michele Wolff
Margaret Yao, President, MLY Consulting
Hayley Zachary
Veronica Zorrilla, Paralegal