Meet the Team - Economic Security Project

Board of Directors
Staff
Fellows

Board of Directors

Natalie Foster

President and Founder

Chris Hughes

Founder

Aisha Nyandoro

Director

Dorian Warren

Board Chair and Founder

Felicia Wong

Director

Staff

Taylor Jo Isenberg

Executive Director

Sara Abdel Rahim

Senior Director of Development

Leydy Abreu

Senior Director of People and Operations

Andrea Aguilar

Digital Strategist

Dave Algoso

Managing Director, Build the Field

Anna Aurilio

Senior Director of Campaigns

Rebecca Bailin

Deputy State Campaigns Director

Chrissy Blitz

Vice President of Communications and External Affairs

Becky Chao

Director of Antimonopoly

Sachin Chheda

Senior Advisor

Michael Conti

Project Manager

Cara Rose DeFabio

Special Initiatives Director

Andrea Diaz

Operations and GICP Assistant

Hannah Gregor

Program Manager

Lindsey Hallingquest

Development Manager

Shafeka Hashash

Program Manager, Guaranteed Income Community of Practice

Serge Hyacinthe

Director of Finance and Administration

Marta Kuersten Wolaver

Development Manager

Mónica V. Lazo

Southern California Program Director

KyungSun Lee

Program Manager, Coalition Building and Organizing

Erion Benjamin Malasi

Illinois Policy and Advocacy Director

Mona Masri

California Director of Strategic Initiatives

Layla Oghabian

Legislative Advocate

Harish I. Patel

Vice President, Build the Field

Ameya Pawar

Senior Advisor

Christiaan Perez

Media Strategy Manager

Jazmin Phillips

Accounting Manager

Adam Ruben

Vice President of Campaigns and Political Strategy

Jenna Severson

Senior Communications Strategist

Kelli Smith

Campaigns Research Director

Teri Olle

California Campaign Director

Suz Warshell

Senior Manager of People and Operations

Sameera Fazili

Former Deputy Director of the National Economic Council of the United States

Felicia Wong

President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute

Jerusalem Demsas

Journalist

Chris Hughes

Senior Fellow at the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at The New School and Co-Founder and Chair of the Economic Security Project

Dorian Warren

Co-President of Community Change and Community Change Action and Co-Founder of the Economic Security Project

Talmon Joseph Smith

New York Times Economics Reporter

Shabaz Ali

Comedian and Broadcaster

Sarah Meyers

Managing Director of the AI Now Institute

Pete Buttigieg

Secretary of Transportation

Natalie Foster

President and co-founder of the Economic Security Project

Nabil Ahmed

Oxfam Economic Justice Director

Lorella Praeli

Co-President of Community Change and Community Change Action

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

President of the Writers Guild of America East

Ian Madrigal

Monopoly Man

Jennifer Abruzzo

General Counsel at the National Labor Relations Board

Ganesh Sitaraman

Director of the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator

Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson

Children’s Defense Fund and CDF Action Council President and CEO

Faiz Shakir

Founder and Executive Director of More Perfect Union

Elizabeth Kelly

Special Assistant to the President on the National Economic Council

Chase Strangio

ACLU Staff Attorney

Aisha Nyandoro

Springboard to Opportunities CEO

Mitch Landrieu

White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Cultural Critic, Sociologist, and Writer

Heather Boushey

Member of the Council of Economic Advisers and Chief Economist for the Invest in America Cabinet at The White House

Cindy Estrada

Strategic Adviser to AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler

Hope Wollensack

Executive Director, Georgia Resilience & Opportunity Fund

Anand Giridharadas

Journalist and Writer

Angela Garbes

Speaker and Author

Darrick Hamilton

Founding Director Of The Institute On Race, Power, And Political Economy At The New School

Brad Lander

New York City Comptroller

Dr. Eve L. Ewing

Creator In Residence, Writer, Scholar, And Cultural Organizer

Damon A. Williams and Daniel Kisslinger

Founders, Respair Production and Media

Josh Allen

Video

David Johnson

Video

Sean Sankalp Raju

Documentary Film

Jade Willliams

Mixed Media

Fantasía Ariel Graham

Painting

Matt Muse

Performance Art and Music

Anwulika Anigbo

Photography

Center for Employment Opportunities

Returning Strong: A Virtual Rally for Reentry Cash Assistance

Just Income GNV

Reentry: The Game of Coming Back to Life

The NM Economic Relief Working Group (ERWG)

Video Vignettes: NM GBI Pilot Project

Rooted School Foundation

The $50 Study

Springboard for the Arts

Artists Respond: People, Place, Prosperity

Laura Alexander and Oscar Valdés Viera

The Impact of Private Equity Roll-up Strategies on Competition

Brian Callachi and Marshall Steinbaum

The Effect of Buyer Power on Occupational Illness and Injuries at Upstream Suppliers

Loka Ashwood, Mary Hendrickson, Phil Howard, and Andy Pilny

Spiders in the Web: A Social Network Analysis of Dependency in U.S. Industrial Agriculture

Elettra Bietti, Jacquelene Mwangi, and Friso Bostoen

Shades of Decentralization: Decentralizing Centralizing and Re-Decentralizing Digital Infrastructures for a Global Democratic Public Sphere

Ari Ezra Waldman and Julie E. Cohen

Regulatory Managerialism and the Rule of Law

Vellah Kedogo Kigwiru and Zlatina Georgieva

Multinationals Economic Power and Inclusion in Feed to Poultry Value Chains in Africa

Peter Norlander

Non-Solicitation Clauses in Public Sector Outsourcing Contracts

Frank Pasquale and Jay Varellas

New Policy Horizons for Quantitative Analysis

Simon Roberts and Sumayya Goga

Multinationals Economic Power and Inclusion in Feed to Poultry Value Chains in Africa

Madiha Zahrah Choksi and Ari Ezra Waldman

Misinformation Platform Power and Social Policy

Branden Adams

Miners’ Unions and the Coordination of the Coal Market

Ilan Strauss and Jangho Yang

Mergers and Acquisitions and Big Tech’s Innovation Capabilities: Evidence From Patents’ Concentration

Erik Peinert

Masking Protectionism as Free Trade: The Role of Antitrust

Erin McElroy

Landlord Tech Watch

Hiba Hafiz

Labor Monopsony and Geographic Inequality

Kevin Devereux and Blair Long

Labor Market Concentration Unionization and the Firm-size Wage Premium

Sonja Solomun

Environmental Racism and Monopoly Power in Algorithmically Mediated Work

Paul Ohm

Developing Better Remedies for Platform Harms

Shobita Parthasarathy

Concentrating Economic Power Through Epistemological Power: Analyzing Innovation Policy Institutions in the United States

Seeta Peña Gangadharan

Community Power Tech Power and Racial Surveillance Capitalism

Marita Freimane

Changing News Industry Dynamics: Regulation Financing and Media Independence

Chase Foster and Melike Arslan

Business Power and State Aid: Investment Subsidies in Comparative Perspective

Lenore Palladino

‘Bigness’ in the Electric Vehicle Industry: a Curse and a Blessing?

Robin Feldman

Assessing Race, Gender, and Income Disparities in Pharmaceutical Drug Access, Availability, and Pricing

Zach Y. Brown and Alexander MacKay

Antitrust Implications of Online Pricing Algorithms: Evidence From High-frequency Price Data

Richard R. John

A History of American Antimonopoly Thought

Fellows

Mia Birdsong

Senior Fellow

Eshe Shukura

Narrative and Cultural Change Strategist

Andrew Stern

Senior Fellow

Board of Directors

Natalie Foster

Chris Hughes

Aisha Nyandoro

Dorian Warren

Felicia Wong

Staff

Taylor Jo Isenberg

Sara Abdel Rahim

Leydy Abreu

Andrea Aguilar

Dave Algoso

Anna Aurilio

Rebecca Bailin

Chrissy Blitz

Becky Chao

Sachin Chheda

Michael Conti

Cara Rose DeFabio

Andrea Diaz

Hannah Gregor

Lindsey Hallingquest

Shafeka Hashash

Serge Hyacinthe

Marta Kuersten Wolaver

Mónica V. Lazo

KyungSun Lee

Erion Benjamin Malasi

Mona Masri

Layla Oghabian

Harish I. Patel

Ameya Pawar

Christiaan Perez

Jazmin Phillips

Adam Ruben

Jenna Severson

Kelli Smith

Teri Olle

Suz Warshell

Experts

Sameera Fazili

Felicia Wong

Jerusalem Demsas

Chris Hughes

Dorian Warren

Talmon Joseph Smith

Shabaz Ali

Sarah Meyers

Pete Buttigieg

Natalie Foster

Nabil Ahmed

Lorella Praeli

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

Ian Madrigal

Jennifer Abruzzo

Ganesh Sitaraman

Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson

Faiz Shakir

Elizabeth Kelly

Chase Strangio

Aisha Nyandoro

Mitch Landrieu

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Heather Boushey

Cindy Estrada

Hope Wollensack

Anand Giridharadas

Angela Garbes

Darrick Hamilton

Brad Lander

Dr. Eve L. Ewing

Damon A. Williams and Daniel Kisslinger

Josh Allen

David Johnson

Sean Sankalp Raju

Jade Willliams

Fantasía Ariel Graham

Matt Muse

Anwulika Anigbo

Center for Employment Opportunities