New America Foundation

Mission:

From New America Foundation website:

"Powerful forces - from the birth of the information age to massive demographic shifts to economic globalization - are remaking America. Now, more than ever, our nation needs a robust public debate, one that does justice to the complex challenges and opportunities of this unfolding era. Yet there remains a dearth of new thinking on both sides of the political divide, as well as a lack of investment in developing the creative young minds most capable of crafting new public policy solutions.

The purpose of the New America Foundation is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation's public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy ideas that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Through its Fellowship Program and Strategic Initiatives, New America sponsors a wide range of research, published writing, conferences and events on the most important issues of our time.

The New America Foundation is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy institute that was conceived through the collaborative work of a diverse and intergenerational group of public intellectuals, civic leaders, and business executives. New America's Board of Directors is chaired by James Fallows, and Ted Halstead is the organization's founding President and CEO. Based in our nation's capital, the Foundation opened its doors in January 1999."^[1]

And from a 23 July 2007 Press Release:

The Foundation has made a significant impact on a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues – and experienced tremendous growth – since its inception in 1998. With close to 100 staff and Fellows and an annual budget over $10 million, New America has 12 domestic and foreign Policy Programs, in addition to a Fellows Program and a California Program. Over the past nine years, New America scholars have published 33 books, convened over 650 public events, and published over 2,800 opinion pieces in leading newspapers and magazines.
The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, post-partisan public policy institute whose purpose is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation’s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy solutions that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Headquartered in our nation’s capital, New America also has offices in California and New York.^[2]

Contributions:

Collaborated with the Atlantic Monthly on a special report in 2003, "What is the real State of the Union?"

Phillip Longman, a New America Foundation member, authored the book The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity (And What to Do About It).

Donors:

• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• Pew Charitable Trusts
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Board, Staff and Fellows

Board members

• Eric Benhamou – Chairman, 3Com Corporation & Palm, Inc. and Chairman & CEO, Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC
• Scott Delman – Founder, Capital Z Investment Partners
• James Fallows – Chairman, New America Foundation
• Francis Fukuyama – Professor of International Political Economy, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
• Ted Halstead – President & CEO, New America Foundation
• Noosheen Hashemi – President, HAND Foundation
• Laurene Powell Jobs – President of the Board, College Track
• Kati Marton – Author and Journalist
• Walter Russell Mead – Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
• Lenny Mendonca – Chairman, McKinsey Global Institute
• Steven Rattner – Managing Principal, Quadrangle Group, LLC
• Diane Ravitch – Professor of Education, New York University
• Eric Schmidt – Chairman & CEO, Google, Inc.
• Bernard L. Schwartz – Retired Chairman and CEO, Loral Space & Communications Ltd.
• Anne-Marie Slaughter – Dean, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
• Laura D'Andrea Tyson – Dean, London Business School
• Christine Todd Whitman – President, Whitman Strategy Group
• Daniel Yergin – Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
• Fareed Zakaria – Editor, Newsweek International

Senior Staff

• Steve Coll President and CEO (from Sept. 2007)^[3]
• Ted Halstead President and CEO (until Sept. 2007)
• Michael Calabrese Vice President
• Rachel L. White Vice President
• Simone Frank Director, Finance & Operations
• Ray Boshara Director, Asset Building Program
• Steven C. Clemons Director, American Strategy Program
• Michael Dannenberg Director, Education Policy Program
• David Gray Director, Workforce and Family Program
• Steven Hill Director, Political Reform Program
• Jerry Irvine Director, Communications
• David Lesher Director, California Program
• Len Nichols Director, Health Policy Program
• Maya MacGuineas President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget & Director, Fiscal Policy Program
• Troy Schneider New Media Editor
• Sherle R. Schwenninger Director, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program & Senior Editor, New America Books
• Frida Berrigan is senior programme associate with the Arms and Security Project

Fellows

• Peter Bergen
• Noah Feldman
• Anatol Lieven, Senior Research fellow since 2005
• James Pinkerton
• Mark Schmitt

References, Resources, Publications

Contact

The New America Foundation

Located in Historic Dupont Circle, at

1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 7th Floor

Washington, DC 20009

Phone: (202) 986-2700

Fax: (202) 986-3696

Website:www.newamerica.net

References

1. ^ About Us (Accessed 6 August 2007)
2. ^ Steve Coll Named Next President of New America Foundation, 23 July 2007 (accessed 6 August 2007).
3. ^ Steve Coll Named Next President of New America Foundation, 23 July 2007 (accessed 6 August 2007).