Tim McFeeley (Executive Director of the Center for Policy Alternatives)

Tim McFeeley is the Executive Director of the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the nation's leading nonpartisan progressive public policy and leadership development center serving state legislators, state policy organizations and state grassroots leaders. A lawyer, writer, manager, and strategic consultant, McFeeley received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Toby Chaudhuri (Communications Director at Campaign for America's Future)

Toby Chaudhuri directs communications at the Campaign for America's Future's Washington headquarters. He works with progressive organizations, political campaigns and people in public office to develop messages and strategies to communicate with the public and influence public policy. haudhuri has managed more than $30 million total in state and federal campaigns and has worked at the helm of national media operations. He fought corruption to enact historical campaign finance reforms directing strategic communications at Common Cause; took on corporate polluters to provide safe drinking water and clean air as a political appointee to President Clinton; and worked to elect several principled state and federal candidates including serving as deputy press secretary to Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign.

Jennifer Pae (President of the United States Student Association)

Jennifer Pae is currently the President of the United States Student Association (USSA). USSA is the country’s oldest, largest, and most inclusive national student organization. Founded in 1947 under the belief that education is a right, USSA is the student voice on Capitol Hill, in the White House, and in the Department of Education. Before being elected USSA President, Jennifer recently ended her term as the President of the Associated Students of the University of California, San Diego (ASUCSD). As a first generation college graduate, she majored in Political Science with a double minor in Theater and Law & Society.

Amy Pritchard (Executive Director of DemocraticGAIN)

In 2003, Pritchard founded Democratic GAIN (www.Democraticgain.org) – an association for Democratic and Progressive Political Professionals - and current serves as its President. Democratic GAIN supports individuals and organizations through training, mentoring, professional benefits and employment services. Pritchard is President of AP Campaigns a general political consulting firm for progressive non-profits and partisan organizations. In 2004 she took a leave from her consulting to serve full time as the Political Director of the Democratic National Committee. One of the nation’s leading experts on initiatives and referenda, Pritchard is the past President and current Board member of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, an organization that monitors ballot measures and provides training, research and strategic guidance to progressive ballot measure campaigns. In 1995, Pritchard managed the successful state-wide campaign to defeat an anti-gay ballot initiative in Maine. From 1997-1998 Pritchard served as the Midwest and Northeast Political Director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Pritchard has worked has trained extensively including for the DNC, DCCC, AARP, Wellstone Action, BISC, Progressive Majority and a variety of other organizations including internationally for the National Democratic Institute (in Kosovo) and the Women’s Campaign International (in Venezuela). Pritchard also has grassroots lobbying and organizing experience, having worked for the Human Rights Campaign, Service Employees International Union and the American Psychological Association.

Representative David Englin (Virginia State Representative)

David Englin is currently serving his first term in the Virginia General Assembly, representing the 45th District in the House of Delegates. In March of 2006, The Hotline, an online publication of the National Journal, listed David as one of the top nine new up-and-coming stars in Virginia politics.  Following David's freshman legislative session, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters named him a "Legislative Hero" for his work on environmental issues, and NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia recognized David for leadership in defense of reproductive freedom.

Parag Mehta (Political Consultant)

Parag is the Director of Training for the Democratic National Committee in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the DNC, Parag served as Deputy Political Director for America Votes, a coalition of 32 of the largest progressive groups in the country who joined forces to register, educate, recruit, and mobilize voters for the 2004 elections. In 2003, Parag was a Deputy Political Director for Governor Howard Dean's presidential campaign, based in Burlington, Vermont. In 2002 he served as Deputy Field Director for former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk's U.S. Senate campaign in Texas. From 2000-2002, Parag worked as a speechwriter and policy analyst for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Parag holds a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master's degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.