Public Agenda Foundation

Public Agenda Foundation "was founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in 1975." According to their website "Public Agenda's two-fold mission is to help:


 * "American leaders better understand the public's point of view.
 * "Citizens know more about critical policy issues so they can make thoughtful, informed decisions."


 * Daniel Yankelovich Chairman, Co-Founder
 * Lloyd Morrisett Chairman, Executive Committee
 * Ruth A. Wooden President and CEO of Public Agenda

Directors
Source 2006
 * Alice S. Huang Senior Councilor for External Relations, California Institute of Technology
 * Bobby R. Inman Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired)
 * David Mathews President, Charles F. Kettering Foundation
 * Judith Davidson Moyers President, Public Affairs Television, Inc.
 * Peter G. Peterson Chairman, Blackstone Group
 * Lois Dickson Rice Guest Scholar in the Economics Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
 * Alice M. Rivlin Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
 * Max Stier President, Partnership for Public Service
 * Deborah Wadsworth Senior Advisor, Public Agenda

Members Emeritus
 * Sidney Harman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Harman International Industries, Inc.
 * Frank Stanton Former President, CBS

Policy Review Board
Source 2006
 * Floyd Abrams Cahill Gordon & Reindel
 * John Brademas President Emeritus, New York University
 * Harold Brown Center for Strategic & International Studies
 * Robert A. Burnett Des Moines, Iowa
 * Daniel Callahan The Hastings Center
 * Lisle C. Carter, Jr. Washington, DC
 * Lee Cullum Dallas Morning News
 * Edwin Dorn LBJ School of Govenment, University of Texas
 * William D. Eberle Manchester Associates
 * Marian Wright Edelman Children's Defense Fund
 * Chester E. Finn, Jr. Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
 * Norton Garfinkle Oxford Management Corporation
 * William Graustein William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
 * James F. Hoge, Jr. Foreign Affairs Magazine
 * Gerald Holton Harvard University
 * Shirley Hufstedler Morrison & Foerster
 * Vernon Loucks, Jr. Aethena Group LLC
 * Gilbert C. Maurer The Hearst Corporation
 * Ruben F. Mettler TRW Inc.
 * Newton N. Minow Sidley and Austin
 * Paul Ostergard Junior Achievement International
 * Wendy D. Puriefoy The Public Education Network
 * William Ruder William Ruder, Inc.
 * Sophie Sa Panasonic Foundation
 * Hershel B. Sarbin Hershel B. Sarbin Assoc.
 * Robert Y. Shapiro Columbia University
 * Adele Simmons Chicago Metropolis 2020 Group
 * Lester Thurow Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * Uri Treisman Dana Center, University of Texas
 * Sidney Weinberg, Jr. Goldman Sachs
 * William Winter Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis

Contact

 * Web: http://www.publicagenda.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Carolin Hagelskamp Vice President, Director of Research