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Colin Mortimer

Colin Mortimer is a Director at the Progressive Policy Institute and a Board Member of New Democracy. Before joining PPI, Mortimer was a consultant at Bates White Economic Consulting and a research assistant at the University of Connecticut. Colin holds B.A. in Economics and Mathematics Statistics from the University of Connecticut.

Joel Gladwin

Joel Gladwin is a Policy Fellow at the Startup Coalition, the industry body representing UK tech startups and scaleups, and a public policy consultant to a number of technology companies. He served as a Special Adviser to two Secretaries of State at the Department for Digital Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) between May 2021 and…

Jonathan Rivas

Jonathan Rivas is a senior at the University of California, Irvine studying Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations. Jonathan has also served as a Learning Assistant, assisting professors in teaching students in International Relations undergraduate courses at his university. His previous research includes the analysis of both drivers of migration within the Western…

Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan is a Senior Advisor to PPI's new Campaign for Working Americans. Its mission is to develop a radically pragmatic governing agenda that can help Democrats and other center-left parties regain the allegiance of working class voters. Ryan, who represented northeast Ohio in Congress from 2003 to 2023, is also helping shape PPI's energy…

M. Karega Rausch

President and CEO of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers

Koray Rosati

Koray Rosati serves as PPI’s Congressional Communications Fellow with the New Democrat Coalition. He got his start in politics working for Congressman Auchincloss’ first campaign for Congress in 2020, after which he jumped to the official side. During his three years with Congressman Auchincloss, Koray handled several different roles, gaining experience across communications, policy, and…

Anselme Guyot

Anselme Guyot is French exchange student at George Washington University from Sciences Po Paris, majoring in Political Sciences and minoring in International Relations. His passion for politics was nurtured at Sciences Po through a Euro-American program, where he explored the challenges democracies on both sides of the Atlantic and the European Union are facing. Last…

Alec Evans

Alec Evans is a Communications and Political Affairs Fellow at PPI. He also interns as a research assistant at the Wilson Center, where he studies the history of Brazilian nuclear energy. He is currently a master’s candidate at Johns Hopkins University, where he is pursuing a degree in Global Security Studies with a concentration in…

Kateryna Halstead

Kateryna Halstead is a Policy Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute. During her tenure as a fellow, Kateryna is working on AI and emerging tech policy and analyzing the impact of AI on the proliferation of disinformation campaigns against the backdrop of the 2024 US elections. She has a background in disinformation, information and asymmetric…

Lief Lin

Lief Lin is a junior at the University of Michigan studying Political Science with a minor in Statistics. He is part of Michigan Political Consulting, a student group that offers pro-bono political strategy for campaigns and NGOs, and has also served as a research assistant studying diverse topics like behavioral pharmacology and the U.S. Congress.…