New America Foundation

The New America Foundation is a Washington D.C.-headquartered think tank which states that it "invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States ... With an emphasis on big ideas, impartial analysis and pragmatic solutions, New America invests in outstanding individuals whose ability to communicate to wide and influential audiences can change the country's policy discourse in critical areas, bringing promising new ideas and debates to the fore."

The foundation, which was launched in 1999, has as its CEO Steve Coll, a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine while the chairman of the Board of Directors is the Chairman & CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt.

Ties to Peter G. Peterson
The New America Foundation receives funding from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Top Donors
$1,000,000+ $250,000-$999,999
 * David and Lucile Packard Foundation
 * Pew Charitable Trusts
 * John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
 * Aetna, Inc.
 * Arizona State University
 * BlackRock, Inc.
 * California Endowment
 * The Nathan Cummings Foundation
 * The Emerson Fund
 * Foundation for Child Development
 * Foundation to Promote Open Society
 * Google
 * The James Irvine Foundation
 * John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
 * [[Carolyn and Jeffrey Leonard]
 * Lumina Foundation
 * The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
 * Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
 * The New York Community Trust
 * Open Society Institute
 * Peter G. Peterson Foundation
 * The Pew Charitable Trusts
 * Bernard and Irene Schwarts
 * Smith Richardson Foundation
 * US Department of State
 * Wyncote Foundation

Board of Directors

 * Eric Schmidt: Chair
 * Liaquat Ahamed
 * David G. Bradley
 * Boykin Curry
 * James Fallows
 * Francis Fukuyama
 * Atul A. Gawande
 * William W. Gerrity
 * Ted Halstead
 * Rita E. Hauser
 * Zachary Karabell
 * Jeffrey Leonard
 * Kati Marton
 * Walter Russell Mead
 * Lenny Mendonca
 * Steven Rattner
 * Eric Schmidt
 * Bernard L. Schwartz
 * Anne-Marie Slaughter
 * Jonathan Soros
 * Daniel Yergin
 * Fareed Zakaria

Staff
Executive Team Senior Staff
 * Steve Coll: President
 * Rachel L. White: Executive Vice President and Director, External Relations
 * Andres Martinez: Vice President, Editorial Director and Director, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program
 * Sascha Meinrath: Vice President and Director, Open Technology Institute
 * Valerie Usher: Director of Finance and Operations
 * Kyle Ange: Controller
 * Peter Bergen: Director, National Security Studies Program
 * Shannon Brownlee: Acting Director, Health Policy Program
 * Kevin Carey: Director, Education Policy Program
 * Reid Cramer: Director, Asset Building Program
 * Jason Delisle: Director, Federal Education Budget Project
 * Patrick C. Doherty: Director, Smart Strategy Initiative
 * David Gray: Director, Workforce and Family Program
 * Lisa Guernsey: Director, Early Education Initiative
 * Leila HIlal: Director, Middle East Task Force
 * Gene Kimmelman: Director, Internet Freedom and Human Rights Project
 * Michael Lind: Policy Director, Economic Growth Program
 * Mark Lloyd: Director, Media Policy Initiative
 * MaryEllen McGuire: Executive Director, Postsecondary National Policy Institute
 * Sherle R. Schwenninger: Director, Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Program
 * Ceila Hartman Sims: Director, Postsecondary National Policy Institute
 * Jamie M. Zimmerman: Director, Global Assets Project

Leadership Council
"New America's Leadership Council, chaired by John C. Whitehead, recognizes those individuals who contribute $25,000 or more to the Foundation each year. As members of the Leadership Council, they participate in the intellectual life of the Foundation in numerous ways. For instance, they are invited to attend a special annual retreat with New America senior staff, Fellows and Board of Directors, as well as a series of salon dinners across the country.


 * Scott Delman
 * Thor Halvorssen
 * George C. Halvorsen
 * Carolyn Kaplan
 * Justine Kilpatrick
 * Peter Marber
 * Craig Newmark
 * Robert H. Neihaus
 * F. Noel Perry

Fellows

 * Noah Feldman
 * Parag Khanna
 * James Pinkerton
 * Mark Schmitt is senior fellow

Contact:

 * The New America Foundation
 * Located in Historic Dupont Circle, at
 * 1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 7th Floor
 * Washington, DC 20009
 * Phone: (202) 986-2700
 * Fax: (202) 986-3696
 * Website:www.newamerica.net

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Anatol Lieven
 * Frida Berrigan - Senior Program Associate
 * Think tanks
 * Miguel A. Soto-Class

External articles

 * J.H. Snider, "Mixing Advocacy, Scholarly Research and Journalism: Can the New America Foundation Square the Circle?", PR Watch, February 26, 2009.