The Media and Democracy Coalition is a collaboration of over two dozen local and national organizations committed to amplifying the public's voice in shaping media and telecommunications policy.

Our Leaders

The Media & Democracy Coalition is governed by a 13 member Board of Directors and more than two-dozen Voting Member organizations and their representatives. 

Charles Benton
Chairman, CEO and Trustee, Benton Foundation
Charles's Bio

Wally Bowen
Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN)
Wally's Bio 

Michael Bracy*
Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition
Michael's Bio

Michael Calabrese
Vice President, Director of the Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation
Michael's Bio 

Angela Campbell
Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law School
Serves as an individual representative, GU affiliation for identification purposes only
Angela's Bio
 

Jeffrey Chester
Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy
Jeff's Bio 

Mark Cooper
Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Mark's Bio 

Deanne Cuellar*
Texas Media Empowerment Project
Deanne's Bio 

Malkia Cyril
Director, Center for Media Justice
Malkia's Bio

Dee Davis*
Founder and President, Center for Rural Strategies
Dee's Bio
 

Lauren-Glenn Davitian
Executive Director, CCTV
Lauren-Glenn's Bio

Amalia Deloney*
Senior Fellow, Main Street Project
Amalia's Bio
  

Helen De Michiel
Co-Director, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Helen's Bio 

Amina Fazlullah*
Counsel, US PIRG
Amina's Bio

Harold Feld*
Legal Director, Public Knowledge
Harold's Bio
 

Inez Gonzalez*
Director of Media Policy, National Hispanic Media Coalition
Inez's Bio 

Joel Kelsey*
Policy Analyst, Consumers Union
Joel's Bio
  

Cheryl Leanza*
Managing Director, United Church of Christ, Office of Communication, Inc.
Cheryl's Bio 

Misty Perez Truedson
Program Manager, Free Press
Misty's Bio

Carol Pierson*
President and CEO, National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)
Carol's Bio
 

Jonathan Rintels
President & Executive Director, Center for Creative Voices in Media
Jonathan's Bio

Tracy Rosenberg*
Managing Director, Media Alliance
Tracy's Bio 

Andy Schwartzman*
President & CEO, Media Access Project
Andy's Bio

Helen Soule
Executive Director, Alliance for Community Media
Helen's Bio

Loris Taylor
Executive Director, Native Public Media
Loris's Bio

Karen Toering*
Co-Director, Reclaim the Media
Karen's Bio

Pete Tridish
Program Director, Prometheus Radio Project
Pete's Bio

Todd Wolfson
Founder, Media Mobilizing Project
Todd's Bio

Corrine Yu
Director of Special Projects, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Corrine's Bio

* Denotes Members of the Board of Directors