Meet the Team

  • MAXIM THORNE - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)

    MAXIM THORNE

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    (HE/HIM)

    BIO
  • ALBERTO VAZQUEZ - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO)

    ALBERTO VAZQUEZ

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    (HE/HIM)

    BIO
  • PHOENIX TRENT - VICE PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING & DEVELOPMENT

    PHOENIX TRENT

    VICE PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING & DEVELOPMENT

    (HE/HIM)

    BIO
  • JEROME HARDAWAY - DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC TARGETING & COUNTER-MIS/DISINFORMATION

    JEROME HARDAWAY

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC TARGETING & COUNTER-MIS/DISINFORMATION

    (HE/HIM)

    BIO
  • SHANIQUA RUDD - DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT & FUNDRAISING

    SHANIQUA RUDD

    DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT & FUNDRAISING

    (SHE/HER)

    BIO
  • NIA KNIGHTS - MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST

    NIA KNIGHTS

    MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST

    (SHE/HER)

    BIO
  • MAGGIE LIU - STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

    MAGGIE LIU

    STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

    (SHE/HER)

    BIO

Meet the Board Of Directors

  • Elizabeth Ricci - Board of Directors, Chair

    Elizabeth Ricci

    CHAIR

  • Headshot of Board of Directors Vice Chair Vivian Polak

    Vivian Polak

    VICE CHAIR

  • Headshot of Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach Board of Directors Secretary

    Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach

    SECRETARY

  • Headshot of Monica Grahan Board of Directors Member

    Monica Graham

  • Headshot of Jason Lightning Board of Directors Member

    Jason Lightning

  • Headshot of Bruce Spiva Board of Directors Member

    Bruce Spiva

  • Headshot of Ari Weinstein Board of Directors Member

    Ari Weinstein

  • Headshot of Charles Whitaker Board of Directors Member

    Charles Whitaker

Meet the Blue Ribbon Committee


The Civic Influencers Blue Ribbon Committee convenes biannually to engage youth influencers and staff in reflecting on the strategy, implementation, challenges, and successes of the Tipping Point Index (TPI) scorecard and Student Voting Heat Maps. Comprising diverse professionals from various backgrounds and industries — and including every sitting member of the Board — the Committee fosters cross-pollinated thinking to enhance our intersectional pro-democracy movement among young people. Committed to safeguarding and advancing democracy for youth, its members include creatives, scientists, technologists, business and NGO leaders, as well as media and political experts.

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Richard Albert Professor of World Constitutions & Director of Constitutional Studies — University of Texas, Austin

    Richard Albert

    Professor of World Constitutions & Director of Constitutional Studies — University of Texas, Austin

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Rachel Bitecofer, Ph.D. Political Strategist

    Rachel Bitecofer, Ph.D.

    Political Strategist

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin Professor of Journalism, Columbia College Chicago

    Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin

    Professor of Journalism, Columbia College Chicago

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Ralph C. Dawson Lawyer, Labor & Employment

    Ralph C. Dawson

    Lawyer, Labor & Employment

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Antoinette Ellis-Williams Chair & Professor of Women’s & Gender Studies — New Jersey City University

    Antoinette Ellis-Williams

    Chair & Professor of Women’s & Gender Studies — New Jersey City University

  • Black and white portrait of a person with curly hair, wearing a patterned scarf.

    Michelle Francis

    Intellectual Property Lawyer

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Marybeth Gasman Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education — Associate Dean for Research, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

    Marybeth Gasman

    Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education — Associate Dean for Research, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Tyler Hallmark Program Associate, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

    Tyler Hallmark

    Program Associate, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Theresa Hernandez Assistant Director, First Generation Office & Live-In Fellow, Dartmouth College

    Theresa Hernandez

    Assistant Director, First Generation Office & Live-In Fellow, Dartmouth College

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Dennis R. Holmes, M.D. Surgeon & Medical Director, Breast Program, Adventist Health, California

    Dennis R. Holmes, M.D.

    Surgeon & Medical Director, Breast Program, Adventist Health, California

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Chantilly Jaggernauth Vice President of Data Visualization and Training, Lovelytics

    Chantilly Jaggernauth

    Vice President of Data Visualization and Training, Lovelytics

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Cameron Koffman Community Activist

    Cameron Koffman

    Community Activist

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Peter Levine Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs — Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University

    Peter Levine

    Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs — Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Jim Margard Investment Manager (Retired)

    Jim Margard

    Investment Manager (Retired)

  • Smiling person wearing glasses in a monochrome photo

    Bill McClain

    Co-founder, Clean & Prosperous America

  • Headshot of Blue Ribbon Committee Member Michael Peshkin Allen K. & Johnnie Cordell Breed Senior Professor of Design, School of Engineering, Northwestern University

    Michael Peshkin

    Allen K. & Johnnie Cordell Breed Senior Professor of Design, School of Engineering, Northwestern University

  • Portrait of a smiling woman with long hair, wearing a necklace and earrings, in black and white.

    Nadya Ramsaroop

    Licensed Psychologist

  • Black and white portrait of a bald man with a beard, wearing a white shirt.

    Nicholas Roman Lewis

    Entertainment Attorney

  • Black and white portrait of a man with long hair, wearing a black shirt, facing forward.

    Mateo Romero

    Contemporary Cochiti Pueblo Artist

  • Portrait of a man in a suit and tie on a white background.

    Reggie Van Lee

    Partner & Chief Transformation Officer, Carlyle Group

  • Black and white portrait of a bald man with a beard wearing a suit and tie, featuring a "WE> AIDS" button.

    Phill Wilson

    Founder, Black AIDS Institute