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Third Way

Third Way is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. According to its website, it "champions modern center-left ideas."[1] It is affiliated with Shield PAC[2] and Third Way Institute.[3]

History

Third Way was incorporated in October 2004[4] and formally founded in 2005 by Jonathan Cowan, Matt Bennett,[5] Nancy Hale,[6] and Jim Kessler.[7] The four had previously co-founded and co-led Americans for Gun Safety, and sought to apply their success in gun control activism to "help progressives retake the initiative and win the war of ideas." Third Way named Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh and Tom Carper as its founding honorary co-chairs.[8] On August 24, 2006, the Third Way Institute was incorporated in the State of Delaware.[9]

On October 19, 2009, a branch of the organization called the Third Way Policy Institute was incorporated in California.[10]

On June 4, 2014, Third Way hosted an event titled "The Future of Workforce Development." Participants in the accompanying roundtable discussion included vice president Joe Biden, Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, Doris Gonzalez of IBM, and Maureen Conway of the Aspen Institute, among others.[11]

Third Way hosted an event called "Catching the Cybercriminal: Reforming Global Law Enforcement" on November 18, 2019, alongside the NYU Center for Cybersecurity and the Journal of National Security Law & Policy. The event was funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.[12] Third Way subsequently launched its Cyber Enforcement Initiative (CEI), with an advisory board "comprised of former US government law enforcement, cybersecurity, and diplomatic officials, industry representatives, and experts" and further funding from the Hewlett Foundation.[13][14]

2020 presidential election

On January 28, 2020, Third Way published a memo authored by Jonathan Cowan urging Iowa Democrats not to caucus for Bernie Sanders in the 2020 United States presidential election, warning he was "the easiest target for [Donald Trump] to beat."[15]

In 2021, Third Way formed Shield PAC to protect Democrat politicians from accusations of being "woke socialists."[2:1]

2024 presidential election

On February 16, 2024, Third Way sent letters to the Secretaries of State of Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan, urging them to prevent American Values 2024 from collecting signatures on behalf of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The letters were accompanied by a legal memo, dated February 5, 2024, from Jacquelyn Lopez of Elias Law Group, serving alongside Elizabeth Poston as legal representatives for Third Way.[16]

Organization

Third Way receives donations through its sister organization, Third Way Institute, which serves as its charitable arm.[3:1]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Jonathan Cowan President, Co-Founder[17] Americans for Gun Safety
Matt Bennett Executive Vice President for Public Affairs, Co-Founder[5:1] Americans for Gun Safety
Nancy Hale Founder Emeritus[6:1] Tides Advocacy
Evan Bayh Founding Co-Chair[18] United States Senate
Tom Carper Founding Co-Chair[18:1] United States Senate
Blanche Lincoln Founding Co-Chair[18:2] United States Senate
Jim Kessler Executive Vice President for Policy, Co-Founder[7:1] Americans for Gun Safety
Lanae Erickson Senior Vice President for Social Policy, Education & Politics[19] Alliance for Justice
Josh Freed Senior Vice President for the Climate and Energy Program[20] Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI)
Gabe Horwitz Senior Vice President for the Economic Program[21] McBee Strategic Consulting
Emily Sternfeld Senior Vice President of Development and External Affairs[22] National Association of Manufacturers
David de la Fuente Senior Political Analyst[23] Shield PAC
Rachel Pritzker Chair of the Board of Trustees[24] Pritzker Innovation Fund
Bernard Schwartz Chairman Emeritus[25] Loral Space & Communications
John Vogelstein Chairman Emeritus[26] New Providence Asset Management
David Heller Vice Chairman[27] Goldman Sachs
Steve Benjamin Trustee (on leave)[28] White House Office of Public Engagement
Georgette Bennett Trustee[29] Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
Bill Budinger Trustee[30] Rodel
Alix Burns Trustee[31] Bay Bridge Strategies
David Coulter Trustee[32] Warburg Pincus
William Daley Trustee[33] Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
Raj Date Trustee[34] Circle
John Dyson Trustee[35] Millbrook Capital Management
Michael Edwards Trustee[36] Arrowgrass Capital Partners
Brian Frank Trustee[37] Declaration Partners
Steve Galbraith Trustee[38] Maverick Capital
Robert Goodman Trustee[39] Bessemer Venture Partners
David Horvitz Trustee[40] SouthOcean Capital Partners
Peter A. Joseph Trustee[41] Israel Policy Forum
Derek Kaufman Trustee[42] JPMorgan Chase
Alison Kay Trustee[43] KIDS Capital Management
Derek Kirkland Trustee[44] Morgan Stanley
Doug Lawrence Trustee[45] 5 Stone Green Capital
Daniel Lewis Trustee[46] Progressive Corporation
Thurgood Marshall Jr. Trustee[47] Campaign Legal Center (CLC)
Susan McCue Trustee[48] Message Global
William Reeves Trustee[49] Unbound Philanthropy
Ray Rothrock Trustee[50] Venrock
Marc Spilker Trustee[51] Apollo Global Management
Graves Tompkins Trustee[52] General Atlantic
Ted Trimpa Trustee[53] Trimpa Group
Christine Varney Trustee[54] Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Barbara Manfrey Vogelstein Trustee[55] Apax Partners
Joseph Zimlich Trustee[3:2] Bohemian Group
Cassandra Chandler Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56] Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Rajesh De Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:1] National Security Agency (NSA)
Eileen Decker Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:2] USC Gould School of Law
James Dempsey Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:3] Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT)
Mary DeRosa Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:4] Georgetown University Law Center, Leadership Council for Women in National Security
Judith Germano Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:5] NYU Center for Cybersecurity
Orin Kerr Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:6] USC Gould School of Law
Andrew McLaughlin Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:7] Higher Ground Labs
Christopher Painter Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:8] Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Chan Park Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:9] OpenAI
Paul Rosenzweig Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:10] R Street Institute
Ari Schwartz Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:11] Venable
Benjamin Wittes Cyber Enforcement Initiative advisory board member[56:12] Brookings Institution

Subsidiaries and initiatives

  • Bernard L. Schwartz Initiative on American Economic Policy
  • Capital Markets Initiative (CMI)[47:1]
  • Cyber Enforcement Initiative (CEI)
  • Shield PAC[2:2]
  • Third Way Institute[3:3]
  • Third Way Policy Institute[10:1]

Publications

Further reading

  1. About. Third Way. Retrieved February 1, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.02.01-082407/https://www.thirdway.org/about ↩︎

  2. Cowan, J., Bennett, M., & Astrow, A. (2022). Our Mission: Protection Against Culture War Attacks. Third Way. https://web.archive.org/web/20230603082355/https://thirdway.imgix.net/Shield-PAC-After-Action-Report.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Donate. Third Way. Retrieved March 24, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240324034236/https://www.thirdway.org/donate ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Third Way. OpenCorporates. Retrieved March 12, 2024, from https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_dc/EXTUID_2680412 ↩︎

  5. Matt Bennett. Third Way. Retrieved March 12, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.12-224055/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/matt-bennett ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. Nancy Hale. Third Way. Retrieved March 12, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.12-225311/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/nancy-hale ↩︎ ↩︎

  7. Jim Kessler. Third Way. Retrieved March 12, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.12-224939/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/jim-kessler ↩︎ ↩︎

  8. Lincoln, B., Bayh, E., & Carper, T. (2004). Prospectus. Third Way. https://web.archive.org/web/20040915185811/http://www.third-way.com/tw_prospectus.pdf ↩︎

  9. Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations. Third Way Institute. OpenCorporates. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/4210247 ↩︎

  10. California Secretary of State. Third Way Policy Institute. OpenCorporates. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/3259146 ↩︎ ↩︎

  11. The Future of Workforce Development. Third Way. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.28-190806/https://www.thirdway.org/events/the-future-of-workforce-development ↩︎

  12. Third Way Institute - for the 2019 Cyber Enforcement Symposium. (2019, March 28). Hewlett Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20230128124350/https://hewlett.org/grants/third-way-institute-for-the-2019-cyber-enforcement-symposium/ ↩︎

  13. Third Way Cyber Enforcement Initiative. Third Way. Retrieved March 27, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.27-180722/https://www.thirdway.org/series/third-way-cyber-enforcement-initiative ↩︎

  14. Grants - Third Way Institute. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from https://hewlett.org/grants/?keyword=third way institute&sort=relevance¤t_page=1 ↩︎

  15. Cowan, J. (2020, January 28). A Warning: Why Team Trump Has Called Bernie Sanders Their “Ideal” Opponent. Third Way. http://archive.today/2024.05.16-231855/https://www.thirdway.org/memo/a-warning-why-team-trump-has-called-bernie-sanders-their-ideal-opponent ↩︎

  16. American Values 2024 Plans to Violate Campaign Finance Law. (2024, February 16). Third Way. http://archive.today/2024.02.19-165921/https://www.thirdway.org/memo/american-values-2024-plans-to-violate-campaign-finance-law ↩︎

  17. Jonathan Cowan. Third Way. Retrieved November 4, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.04-075306/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/jonathan-cowan ↩︎

  18. Co-Chairs. Third Way. Retrieved August 6, 2004, from http://archive.today/2004.08.06-185509/http://www.third-way.com/cochairs/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  19. Lanae Erickson. Third Way. Retrieved March 12, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240312230413/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/lanae-erickson ↩︎

  20. Josh Freed. Third Way. Retrieved March 12, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.12-230628/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/josh-freed ↩︎

  21. Gabe Horwitz. Third Way. Retrieved March 12, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.12-233813/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/gabe-horwitz ↩︎

  22. Emily Sternfeld. Third Way. Retrieved March 12, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.12-234300/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/emily-sternfeld ↩︎

  23. David de la Fuente. Third Way. Retrieved March 18, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240318232241/https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/david-de-la-fuente ↩︎

  24. Rachel Pritzker. Third Way. Retrieved March 20, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.20-225102/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/rachel-pritzker ↩︎

  25. Bernard L. Schwartz. Third Way. Retrieved March 20, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.20-231607/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/bernard-l-schwartz ↩︎

  26. John L. Vogelstein. Third Way. Retrieved March 20, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.20-225731/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/john-l-vogelstein ↩︎

  27. David Heller. Third Way. Retrieved March 20, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.20-232835/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/david-heller ↩︎

  28. Steve Benjamin. Third Way. Retrieved March 20, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.20-233123/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/steve-benjamin ↩︎

  29. Georgette Bennett. Third Way. Retrieved September 25, 2019, from https://web.archive.org/web/20190925034356/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/georgette-bennett ↩︎

  30. William D. Budinger. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-011736/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/william-d-budinger ↩︎

  31. Alix Burns. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-204739/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/alix-burns ↩︎

  32. David A. Coulter. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-205254/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/david-a-coulter ↩︎

  33. William Daley. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-214829/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/william-daley ↩︎

  34. Raj Date. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-223011/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/raj-date ↩︎

  35. John Dyson. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-224319/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/john-dyson ↩︎

  36. Michael Edwards. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-225735/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/michael-edwards ↩︎

  37. Brian Frank. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-230244/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/brian-frank ↩︎

  38. Steve Galbraith. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-230936/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/steve-galbraith ↩︎

  39. Bob Goodman. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-233239/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/bob-goodman ↩︎

  40. David Horvitz. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-233932/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/david-horvitz ↩︎

  41. Peter A. Joseph. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.21-235308/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/peter-a-joseph ↩︎

  42. Derek Kaufman. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.22-002915/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/derek-kaufman ↩︎

  43. Alison Kay. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.22-003856/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/alison-kay ↩︎

  44. Derek Kirkland. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.22-004730/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/derek-kirkland ↩︎

  45. Doug Lawrence. Third Way. Retrieved March 21, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.22-005554/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/doug-lawrence ↩︎

  46. Daniel R. Lewis. Third Way. Retrieved March 22, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.22-195615/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/daniel-r-lewis ↩︎

  47. Kessler, J., Oppenheimer, L., & Hollingsworth, D. (2010, January 16). Why Capital Markets Matter: A Primer on America’s Financial System. Third Way. https://web.archive.org/web/20240322232520/https://www.thirdway.org/primer/why-capital-markets-matter-a-primer-on-americas-financial-system ↩︎ ↩︎

  48. William Reeves. Third Way. Retrieved March 22, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.22-231005/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/william-reeves ↩︎

  49. Ray Rothrock. Third Way. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.23-050453/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/ray-rothrock ↩︎

  50. Marc Spilker. Third Way. Retrieved October 18, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221018010409/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/marc-spilker ↩︎

  51. Graves Tompkins. Third Way. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.23-220215/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/graves-tompkins ↩︎

  52. Ted Trimpa. Third Way. Retrieved March 24, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.24-001939/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/ted-trimpa ↩︎

  53. Christine A. Varney. Third Way. Retrieved March 24, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.24-002410/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/christine-a-varney ↩︎

  54. Barbara Manfrey Vogelstein. Third Way. Retrieved March 24, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.24-013615/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/barbara-manfrey-vogelstein ↩︎

  55. Joseph Zimlich. Third Way. Retrieved March 24, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.24-034117/https://www.thirdway.org/about/board-of-trustees/joseph-zimlich ↩︎

  56. Third Way Cyber Enforcement Initiative Advisory Board. Third Way. Retrieved March 27, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240327180631/https://thirdway.imgix.net/pdfs/override/TW-Cyber-Enforcement_Advisory-Board.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎