Advisory Board

The Local Policy Lab Advisory Board is comprised of city, democracy, and climate experts from across the country. The Board advises the organization on strategy, policy interventions, and operational work.

  • Suzette Brooks Masters, Senior Fellow, Democracy Funders Network

  • Nicole Capretz, CEO, Climate Action Campaign

  • Mary Beth Collins, Executive Director, Center for Community & Nonprofit Studies at UW-Madison

  • Marjan Ehassi, Future of Democracy Fellow, Berggruen Institute

  • LiJia Gong, Policy and Legal Director, Local Progress

  • Jess King, Executive Director, Steinman Institute for Civic Engagement

  • Rey Lopez-Calderon, Consultant, Lopez-Calderon and Associates

  • Hollie Russon Gilman, Political Reform program Senior Fellow, New America

  • Terrance Smith, Public Innovation Fellow, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins

  • Tova Wang, Senior Researcher in Democratic Practice Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation

  • Suzette Brooks Masters

    Democracy Funders Network, Senior Fellow

  • Nicole Capretz

    Climate Action Campaign, CEO

  • Mary Beth Collins

    Center for Community & Nonprofit Studies at UW-Madison, Executive Director

  • Marjan Ehsassi

    Berggruen Institute, Future of Democracy Fellow

  • LiJia Gong

    Local Progress, Policy and Legal Director

  • Jess King

    The Steinman Institute for Civic Engagement, Executive Director

  • Rey Lopez-Calderon

    Lopez-Calderon and Associates, Consultant

  • Hollie Russon Gilman

    New America, Political Reform program Senior Fellow

  • Terrance Smith

    Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins, Public Innovation Fellow

  • Tova Wang

    Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Senior Researcher in Democratic Practice