Steering Committee

The Media & Democracy Coalition is governed by a 7 member Executive Board and 21 voting member organizations and their representatives.

Michael Bracy*
Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition
Michael's Bio

Michael Calabrese
Vice President, Director of the Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation
Michael's Bio

Jeffrey Chester
Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy
Jeff's Bio

Lauren Coletta*
Director of International Programs, Common Cause
Read Lauren's Bio

Mark Cooper
Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Read Mark's Bio

Malkia Cyril
Director, Center for Media Justice
Read Malkia's Bio

Lauren-Glenn Davitian
Executive Director, CCTV
Read Lauren-Glenn's Bio

Helen Dimichiel
Co-Director, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Read Helen's Bio

Inez Gonzalez*
Director of Media Policy, National Hispanic Media Coalition
Read Inez's Bio

Yolanda Hippensteele
Outreach Director, Free Press
Read Yolanda's Bio

Gene Kimmelman
Vice President for Federal and International Affairs,
Consumers Union
Read Gene's Bio

Cheryl Leanza*
Managing Director, United Church of Christ, Office of Communication, Inc.
Read Cheryl's Bio

Ed Mierzwinski*
Consumer Program Director, U.S.PIRG
Read Ed's Bio

Carl Cucharsky
Alliance for Community Media

Jonathan Rintels
President & Executive Director, Center for Creative Voices in Media
Read Jonathan's Bio

Tracy Rosenberg
Managing Director, Media Alliance

Pete Tridish
Program Director, Prometheus Radio Project
Read Pete's Bio

Andy Schwartzman*
President & CEO, Media Access Project
Read Andy's Bio

Karen Toering*
Co-Director, Reclaim the Media
Read Karen's Bio

Corrine Yu
Director of Special Projects, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

 

* Denotes Members of the Executive Board