Meet Our Experts

Daniel R. Porterfield

President and CEO

Executive Team

Maria Laura Acebal

Executive Vice President, Strategy, and Corporate Secretary

Executive Team

Bunmi Akinnusotu

Director, City Innovation

Public Programs

Jamiel L. Alexander

Program Manager, Opportunity Youth Forum

Policy Programs

Lorelle Atkinson

Vice President, Communications and Marketing; Co-Chair, the Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

Communications, Executive Team

Karen Biddle Andres

Director, Inclusive Saving and Investing

Policy Programs

Andrew Axelrod

Executive Vice President, Finance and Enterprise Business Development

Executive Team

Lissa Ballinger

Executive Director

Olajumoke Banjo

Director, Alliance for Social Trust

Ben Barrett

Senior Program Manager

Policy Programs

Zaki Barzinji

Senior Director

Policy Programs

Danielle Baussan

Vice President for Policy Programs and the Director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program

Millicent Bender

Director, Leadership & Field Engagement

Policy Programs

Kathryn Benz

Senior Policy Manager, Ocean & Climate

Policy Programs

Jaime Bettcher

Assistant Director

Leah Bitounis

Deputy Director

Policy Programs

Todd Breyfogle

Senior Advisor for Humanistic Studies and Practices

Seminars

Adrienne Brodeur

Executive Director

Public Programs

Steven Brown

Director of Insights and Evidence

Policy Programs

Stephanie Brueck-Cassoli

Senior Program Manager

Policy Programs

Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell

Senior Program Manager

Cordell Carter, II

Executive Director and Founding Director

Policy Programs

B Cavello

Director, Emerging Technologies

Policy Programs

Pascale Charlot

Managing Director

Policy Programs

Devin Chesney

Director, Strategic Development

Maureen Conway

Vice President; Executive Director

Policy Programs

Betsy Cooper

Director, Aspen Policy Academy

Policy Programs

Lorén Cox

Policy Director

Policy Programs

Charles W. Dent

Executive Director and Vice President

Policy Programs

Tyler Denton

Deputy Director

Policy Programs

Nikki DeVignes

Director, Operations & Future Climate Leaders Initiative

Policy Programs

Amira Dhalla

Director, Cyber Civil Defense

Policy Programs

Clare Bresnahan English

Senior Director, Women in the Workplace Innovation Challenge

Policy Programs

Zach Epstein

Associate

Center for Rising Generations

Chris Estes

Co-Executive Director

Policy Programs

Jason Ewas

Initiative Lead, Early Wealth Building and Emergency Savings

Policy Programs

Tom Farrey

Executive Director

Policy Programs

Kristyn Feldman

Director

Katie Fitzgerald

Director

Leadership Division

Miecha Ranea Forbes

Vice President, People and Culture

Executive Team

Marty Fox

Program Manager

Policy Programs

Konstanze Frischen

Managing Director

Policy Programs

Greg Gershuny

Vice President and Executive Director

Policy Programs

Elliot Gerson

Executive Vice President, Policy Programs and International Partners

Executive Team, Policy Programs

Haley Glover

Senior Director

Policy Programs

Kathleen Godfrey

Director

Policy Programs

Tracy L. Canard Goodluck

Executive Director

Center for Rising Generations

Taylor Goelz

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

Policy Programs

Josh Good

Director, Aspen Religion & Society Program

Garrett Graff

Director, Cyber Initiatives

Policy Programs

Kate Griffin

Director, Inclusive Financial System

Policy Programs

Christian Hartranft

Chief of Staff

Executive Team

Kaya Henderson

Executive Vice President and Executive Director, Center for Rising Generations

Center for Rising Generations, Executive Team

Kalissa Hendrickson

Managing Director

Seminars

Brett Howley

Senior Program Manager

Leadership Division

Yameen Huq

Director, Cybersecurity Programs

Policy Programs

Ingrid Irigoyen

Senior Director, Ocean and Climate

Policy Programs

Kate Jaffee

Director, Climate & Environment

Policy Programs

Philip Javellana

Managing Director of Marketing, Communications, and Strategic Initiatives

Leadership Division

Stefani Jones

Director, Cybersecurity Programs

Policy Programs

Désirée P. Jones-Smith

Senior Program Manager

Policy Programs

Ruth J. Katz

Executive Director

Policy Programs

Jinhee Kim

Executive Vice President, Public Events and Engagement

Executive Team, Public Programs

Samuel Kimbriel

Founder and Director

Policy Programs

Niamh King

Director

Policy Programs

Joyce Klein

Senior Director

Policy Programs

Bea Kuijpers

Senior Program Manager, Climate & Environment

Policy Programs

Corby Kummer

Executive Director

David H. Langstaff

Senior Advisor

Leadership Division

Tania (Nguyen) LaViolet, Ph.D.

Director, Research & Innovation

Policy Programs

Emily Lawrence

Aspen Strategy Group Fellow

Policy Programs

Cristal Logan

VP, Aspen Community Programs and Engagement

Public Programs

Domenika Lynch

Executive Director

Policy Programs

Eli Malinsky

Deputy Director

Anja Manuel

Executive Director

Policy Programs

Timothy Mason

Director, Energy & Climate

Policy Programs

Jamie McAuliffe

Director, Global Opportunity Youth Network

Policy Programs

Katherine Lucas McKay

Associate Director, Insights and Evidence

Policy Programs

Aaron F. Mertz, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Anne Mosle

Vice President & Executive Director

Policy Programs

Sasha Cohen O’Connell

Senior Director, Cybersecurity Programs

Policy Programs

María Ortiz Pérez

Managing Director

Policy Programs

Miguel Padró

Assistant Director

Stephen A. Patrick

Vice President & Executive Director

Policy Programs

Jim Pickup

Vice President and General Counsel

Executive Team

Kitty Pollack

Assistant Director, Aspen Ideas: Climate & Senior Advisor to the Executive Director

Policy Programs

Jonathon Price

Vice President; Executive Director

Katherine Quinn

Project Play Summit Director

Policy Programs

Ida Rademacher

Vice President, Aspen Institute & Co-Executive Director

Policy Programs

Frederick J. Riley

Executive Director

Policy Programs

Bonita Robertson-Hardy

Co-Executive Director

Policy Programs

Liba Wenig Rubenstein

Director

Policy Programs

Judy Samuelson

Vice President, Founder, and Executive Director

Laura Schifter

Senior Fellow, This Is Planet Ed

Policy Programs

Vivian Schiller

VP & Executive Director

Policy Programs

Tim Shaw

Director, Benefits Transformation Initiative and Senior Policy Advisor

Policy Programs

Christine Shiau

Executive Director

Policy Programs

Marjorie Sims

Managing Director

Policy Programs

Joanna Smith-Ramani

Co-Executive Director

Policy Programs

Jon Solomon

Community Impact Director

Policy Programs

Richard Stettner

Vice President

Administration

Andrew Travers

Penner Manager of Educational Programs

Dar Vanderbeck

Vice President

Jane Wales

Vice President and Executive Director

Pete Weber

Vice President

Center for Rising Generations

Douglas Wood

Director

Policy Programs

Josh Wyner

Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Founder and Executive Director

Evan Zislis

Director of Community Engagement