Americans Elect 2012

From their web site: "In order for Americans to enjoy the governance they deserve, Americans Elect will organize an Internet-based convention that nominates a presidential ticket for 2012. Every registered voter in America will be eligible to be a delegate. Americans Elect will collect and measure public and delegate views on core national issues and nominate a balanced presidential ticket that will bridge the vital center of American public opinion. The Americans Elect nominees will run on the ballot in all 50 states and will be a competitive alternative to candidates put forth by the Democratic and Republican parties."

This group appears to have formerly gone by the name Unity08.

A collection of critical commentary on this group can be found here.

Board
Accessed November 2011:


 * Peter Ackerman - Chairman
 * Kahlil Byrd - Director; Chief Executive Officer, Americans Elect; former Communications Director, Deval Patrick campaign for governor of Massachusetts
 * Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. - Director; Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Hallmark Cards
 * Dennis Blair - Director; Former Director of National Intelligence
 * Eliot R. Cutler - Director; Chair, OneMaine
 * Joshua S. Levine - Director; Chief Technology Officer, Americans Elect; former Chief Technology and Operations Officer of E*TRADE
 * Stephen W. Bosworth - Director; Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
 * Wendy Drake - Secretary; Chief Leadership Officer, Americans Elect; President, The Webster Group
 * Christine Todd Whitman - Director; Former Governor, New Jersey

Leadership
Accessed November 2011:


 * Elliot L. Ackerman - Chief Operations Officer, Americans Elect; former Marine Corps Officer and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan
 * Peter Ackerman -Chairman, Americans Elect
 * Jackie Adams - Chief External Relations Officer and Executive Editor of Africa.com; former Emmy Award®-winning correspondent for CBS News
 * David Albertson - President, Albertson International, Inc.
 * Judy Albertson - President, Judy Albertson Art Consultants, LLC
 * Melvin T. Andrews - President and Co-Founder of Lakeside Capital Partners
 * Kellen Arno - National Field Director, Americans Elect
 * Michael Arno - Ballot Access Advisor, Americans Elect; President, Arno Political Consultants
 * F. Christopher Arterton - Director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, George Washington University
 * Daren Bascome - Managing Director, Proverb Ltd.
 * Dennis Blair - Former Director of National Intelligence
 * Gerald W. Blakeley, Jr. - President, Blakeley Investment Company
 * Stephen W. Bosworth - Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
 * Arturo Brillembourg - President, Farmington Asset Management
 * Hilda Ochoa Brillembourg - President and CEO, Strategic Investment Group
 * John H. Burbank III - Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer, Passport Capital, LLC
 * Kahlil Byrd - Chief Executive Officer, Americans Elect; former Communications Director, Deval Patrick campaign for governor of Massachusetts
 * Denis A. Cortese - Foundation Professor, Arizona State University and Director of the ASU Healthcare Delivery and Policy Program; Emeritus President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
 * Roger Craver - Founder, Craver, Matthews, Smith and Company
 * Eliot R. Cutler - Chairman, OneMaine
 * W. Bowman Cutter - Senior Fellow and Director Economic Policy Initiative, Roosevelt Institute
 * Charles H. Dallara - Managing Director, Institute of International Finance
 * Larry Diamond - Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University
 * Wendy Drake - Chief Leadership Officer, Americans Elect; President, The Webster Group
 * Jessica Einhorn - Dean of SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
 * Mark Erwin - United States Ambassador, Retired
 * Brian M. Findlay - Policy Director, Americans Elect
 * Lynn Forester de Rothschild - CEO, E.L. Rothschild
 * Les Francis - Principal/Senior Advisor, Washington Media Group; former Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
 * Carla Hills - Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; former U.S. Trade Representative
 * Roderick M. Hills - Partner, Hills, Stern & Morley, LLP; former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 * Irvine O. Hockaday Jr. - Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Hallmark Cards
 * Jim Jonas - Founding Partner, Category One Partners
 * Dale E. Jones - Vice Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles
 * David King - Lecturer in public policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
 * Gary Krisel - Former President, Walt Disney Animation
 * W. David Lawson - Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
 * Joshua S. Levine - Chief Technology Officer, Americans Elect; former Chief Technology and Operations Officer of E*TRADE
 * Aaron Lobel - Founder and President, America Abroad Media
 * Lee Lowenstein - Managing Director, Lionstone Capital Management
 * Bertil Lundqvist - General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Starr Companies
 * Sarah Malm - Chief Communications Officer, Americans Elect; former Managing Director, Public Strategies, Inc.
 * Will Marshall - President, Progressive Policy Institute
 * Dale P. Mathias
 * Rafael Mayer - Managing Partner, Khronos, LLC
 * Cara Brown McCormick - President and CEO, Smart Campaigns, Inc.
 * Mark McKinnon - President, Maverick Media; former Advisor to President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain
 * Morton H. Meyerson - Chair, 2M Companies
 * Michael R. Nelson - Visiting Professor, Communications, Culture and Technology, Georgetown University
 * Mark Palmer - President, Capital Development Company, LLC
 * Jordan H. Rednor - Partner, Protagonist, LLC
 * Peter Alan Rinfret - Chief Executive Officer, Iris Wireless
 * Nancy E. Roman
 * Kirk T. Rostron - Managing Partner, The Mount Vernon Group
 * Richard Salomon - Managing Director, East End Advisors
 * *[[Tom Sansonetti - Partner, Holland & Hart; former General Counsel, Republican National Committee
 * Douglas Schoen - Douglas E Schoen LLC; Author and Commentator
 * Tom Serres - CEO, Piryx, Inc.
 * Darry Sragow - Strategic Advisor, Americans Elect, Managing Partner, Los Angeles Office of SNR Denton US, LLP
 * Henry A. Sweetbaum - Chairman, ICSR
 * Nick Troiano - National Campus Director, Americans Elect; Student, Georgetown University
 * George Vradenburg - President, Vradenburg Foundation
 * Ileana Wachtel - Press Secretary Americans Elect; Campaign Research and Press Strategist
 * Lynda C. Webster - Chairman and CEO, The Webster Group
 * William H. Webster - Former director, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency; Chairman, Homeland Security Advisory Council; Retired Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Criticism

 * Siddhartha Mahanta, "Meet the Political Reform Group That's Fueled by Dark Money", Mother Jones, November 18, 2011.

Contact
URL: http://americanselect.org/

Related Sourcewatch

 * Peter Ackerman - cofounder and major funder
 * Kahlil Byrd - cofounder
 * Rocky Anderson
 * Kriston Rucker LBi

Critical Articles

 * Will Evans, "Founder of Americans Elect used tax shelter scheme", California Watch, July 29, 2011.