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Progressive Policy Institute

The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is an American political think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was formerly affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council.

It is described as "the intellectual birthplace of the New Democrat and 'Third Way' movements," as well as "President Bill Clinton's 'idea mill.'"[1] According to the National Endowment for Democracy, PPI "has been integral to the spread of 'Third Way' thinking to center-left parties in Europe and elsewhere."[2]

History

The PPI was founded in January 1989 by Will Marshall to act as the "intellectual center" of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).[1:1][3]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Will Marshall Founder and Director[1:2] National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Claire Ainsley Director of the Project on Center-Left Renewal[4] Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)
Will Marshall Founder and Director[1:3] National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Chuck Alston Executive Director[5] Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)
Neel Brown Managing Director[6] Legis Media
Alyssa Brown-Ruiz Editorial and Events Director[7] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bill Budinger Director[8] Third Way
Erin Delaney Director of Health Care Policy[9] Center Forward
Laura Duffy Policy Analyst, Centre for Funding America's Future[10] Rethink Priorities
Alec Evans Energy Policy Fellow[11] Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Terry Fadem Director[8:1] Mack Institute for Innovation Management
Afra Fairooz Communications and Political Affairs Fellow[12] -
Andrew Fung Economic Policy Analyst[13] Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
William Galston Director[8:2] Brookings Institution
Jason Gold Senior Fellow[14] S&P Global
Ed Gresser Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets[15] Office of the United States Trade Representative
Sloane Hurst Senior Advisor -
Tamar Jacoby Director of the New Ukraine Project[16] Newsweek
Tommy Kaelin Director of Public Affairs[17] United States House Committee on the Judiciary
Richard Kahlenberg Director of Housing Policy and the American Identity Project[18] Center for National Policy (CNP)
Robert Keast Vice President[8:3] Keast & Company
Chris Kelly Director[8:4] Facebook
Alex Kilander Policy Analyst, Center for Funding America's Future[19] Office of the Secretary of the Treasury
Alec Laurent Policy Fellow[20] Mercury Public Affairs
Michael Lewan Washington Steering Committee head[21] New Democrat Coalition (NDC)
Lindsay Lewis Executive Director[8:5] Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Lief Lin Policy Fellow[22] Michigan Political Consulting
Justin Littleford Political Outreach Coordinator[23] Colorado Army National Guard
Taylor Maag Director of Workforce Development Policy[24] Jobs for the Future (JFF)
Stuart Malec National Political Director[25] Q Street
Michael Mandel Chief Economist[8:6] BusinessWeek
Bruno Manno Senior Advisor[26] Walton Family Foundation
Viraj Mehrotra Antitrust and Competition Fellow[27] TechFreedom
Diana Moss Vice President and Director of Competition Policy[28] American Antitrust Institute (AAI)
David Osborne Director[8:7] Public Strategies Group
Sarah Paden Vice President and Chief Political Director[29] New York State State Executive Chamber
Tressa Pankovits Co-Director of Reinventing America's Schools[30] Vallas Group
Michael Quigley Director, European Office[31] European Commission
Ben Ritz Vice President of Policy Development[32] Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Koray Rosati Congressional Communications Fellow[33] New Democrat Coalition
David Rothkopf Director[8:8] The Rothkopf Group (TRG)
Tim Ryan Senior Advisor[34] United States House of Representatives
Max Sherrill Communications Associate[35] Eric Swalwell
Alec Stapp Director of Technology Policy (former)[36] Institute for Progress (IFP)
Elan Sykes Director of Energy and Climate Policy[37] Climate Leadership Council
Ellen Tauscher Director[8:9] United States Department of State
Cody Tucker Director[8:10] Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA)
Curtis Valentine Co-Director of Reinventing America's Schools[38] University of Maryland, College Park
Paul Weinstein Jr. Senior Fellow[39] Domestic Policy Council (DPC)
John Wong Fiscal Policy Fellow[40] Mercatus Center
Ruowei Yu Policy Fellow[41] Sequoia Capital

Funding

PPI has received funding from:[42]

  • Amazon
  • Facebook
  • Google

  1. Will Marshall. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved December 16, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231216052841/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/will-marshall-2/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Will Marshall. National Endowment for Democracy. Retrieved April 12, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240412000340/https://www.ned.org/experts/will-marshall/ ↩︎

  3. From, A. (2013, December 3). Recruiting Bill Clinton. The Atlantic. http://archive.today/2019.10.23-043755/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/recruiting-bill-clinton/281946/ ↩︎

  4. Claire Ainsley. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved April 22, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240422162730/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/claire-ainsley/ ↩︎

  5. Chuck Alston. New Democrats Online. Retrieved April 20, 2001, from http://archive.today/2001.04.20-013058/http://ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=86&subid=191&contentid=1139 ↩︎

  6. Neel Brown. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617042912/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/neel-brown-2/ ↩︎

  7. Alyssa Brown-Ruiz. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved February 13, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240213041706/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/alyssa-brown/ ↩︎

  8. Lewis, L. (2019). Form 990 - Third Way Foundation. Guidestar. https://web.archive.org/web/20230826115052/https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2018/521/629/2018-521629221-10fcf31a-9.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  9. Erin Delaney. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617043559/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/erin-delaney/ ↩︎

  10. Laura Duffy. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617044121/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/laura-duffy/ ↩︎

  11. Alec Evans. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617150614/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/alec-evans/ ↩︎

  12. Afra Fairooz. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617151233/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/afra-fairooz/ ↩︎

  13. Andrew Fung. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617151513/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/andrew-fung/ ↩︎

  14. Jason Gold. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617152249/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/jason-gold-2/ ↩︎

  15. Ed Gresser. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617033008/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/ed-gresser/ ↩︎

  16. Tamar Jacoby. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240329193008/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/tamar-jacoby/ ↩︎

  17. Tommy Kaelin. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved February 13, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240213041706/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/tommy-kaelin/ ↩︎

  18. Richard D. Kahlenberg. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617153236/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/richard-d-kahlenberg/ ↩︎

  19. Alex Kilander. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617155143/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/alex-kilander/ ↩︎

  20. Alec Laurent. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617165546/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/alec-laurent/ ↩︎

  21. Michael Lewan. The Livingston Group, L.L.C. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.05.19-003808/https://www.livingstongroupdc.com/about/bios/michael-lewan/ ↩︎

  22. Lief Lin. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617165727/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/lief-lin/ ↩︎

  23. Justin Littleford. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved February 13, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240213041703/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/justin-littleford/ ↩︎

  24. Taylor Maag. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617171249/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/taylor-maag/ ↩︎

  25. Stuart Malec. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617172549/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/stuart-malec/ ↩︎

  26. Bruno Manno. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617173150/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/bruno-manno/ ↩︎

  27. Viraj Mehrotra. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617174432/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/viraj-mehrotra/ ↩︎

  28. Diana Moss. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617035843/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/diana-moss/ ↩︎

  29. Sarah Paden. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617034057/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/sarah-paden/ ↩︎

  30. Tressa Pankovits. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617174748/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/tressa-pankovits-2/ ↩︎

  31. Michael Quigley. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved February 13, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240213041705/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/michael-quigley-2/ ↩︎

  32. Ben Ritz. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617040821/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/ben-ritz-2/ ↩︎

  33. Koray Rosati. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/koray-rosati/ ↩︎

  34. Tim Ryan. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617180342/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/tim-ryan/ ↩︎

  35. Max Sherrill. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617181209/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/max-sherrill/ ↩︎

  36. Alec Stapp. Institute for Progress. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617032031/https://ifp.org/web/20240617032031/https://ifp.org/author/alec-stapp/ ↩︎

  37. Elan Sykes. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617181559/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/elan-sykes/ ↩︎

  38. Curtis Valentine. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617182033/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/curtis-valentine-2/ ↩︎

  39. Paul Weinstein Jr. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617204712/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/paul-weinstein-jr-2/ ↩︎

  40. John Wong. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617205238/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/john-wong/ ↩︎

  41. Ruowei Yu. Progressive Policy Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240617205456/https://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/ruowei-yu/ ↩︎

  42. Birnbaum, E. (2020, October 7). What critics say House Democrats got wrong about Big Tech. Protocol. https://web.archive.org/web/20240109225624/https://www.protocol.com/critics-say-what-house-democrats-got-wrong-big-tech ↩︎