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Co-Founder
Larry Platt

Executive Editor/Executive Director
Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Director of Operations
Ralph Thorn

Special Projects Director
Jessica Blatt Press

Deputy Editor
Lauren McCutcheon

Digital Media Marketing and Community Manager
Olivia Kram

Staff Writer
Malcolm Burnley

Special Projects Manager/Contributing Writer
Courtney DuChene

Contributing Editor
Christina Griffith

Director of Events and Partnerships
Corie Moskow

Director of Audio / CitizenCast
J.P. Romney

Co-Founder
Ajay Raju

Contributing Writers

Connor Barwin

Charles D. Ellison

Sharif El-Mekki

Reuben Harley

Bruce Katz

Christine Speer Lejeune

Diana Lind

Elaine Maimon

James Peterson

Jo Piazza

Natalie Pompilio

Nick Russo

Ali Velshi

 

Site Contributors

Sabina Louise Pierce

Dan Shepelavy

Mike Gunn

Interns

Bayleh Alexander

Diemmy Dang

 

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