Attendees

Meet the scholars, journalists, policymakers, and civic leaders who will gather for SSN's 2026 National Convening.

Lissette Aliaga Linares

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Nebraska Chapter

Office of U.S. Representative Adelita Grijalva

Priya Amilineni

Office of Representative Mark Takano (CA-39)

Brenda Lee Anderson

Northwestern University

Selena Anjur-Dietrich

University of Pittsburgh

Genesis Arizmendi

University of Arizona

Center for Community Change

The University of Texas at El Paso

Southwest Borderlands Chapter

Carrie N. Baker

Smith College

Boston Chapter

Hopelab

Harvard University

Boston Chapter

Suzanne O'Dea Bell

Johns Hopkins University

Andrea Benjamin

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Oklahoma Chapter

Benjamin T. Blankenship

James Madison University

Virginia Chapter

Sen. Jennifer B. Boysko

Virginia State Senate

University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Nevada Chapter

T. Jameson Brewer

University of North Georgia

Georgia Chapter

NaLette Brodnax

Georgetown University

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York City Chapter

University of Pennsylvania

Boston Chapter

Indiana University, Bloomington

Brooke Bullington

University of Utah

Kate Garman Burns

MetroLab Network

Adriane Casalotti

National Association of County and City Health Officials

Heide Castaneda

University of South Florida-Tampa

Florida Chapter

Loyola University, Chicago

Senior Communications Associate

Mary L. Churchill

Boston University

Boston Chapter

Rachael V. Cobb

Suffolk University

Boston Chapter

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Morgan Collins-Blumke

Trainings Associate

University of South Carolina-Columbia

South Carolina Chapter

David desJardins

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

E.J. Dionne Jr.

Georgetown University

Director of Communications

Matthew J. Dolliver

University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Alabama Chapter

Jennifer Domagal-Goldman

ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kristian Douglas

Clark Atlanta University

New America

Maryland-Washington, D.C. Chapter

Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza

California Lutheran University

Los Angeles Unified Chapter

Monica Holman Evans

DC Board of Elections

Georgia State University

Georgia Chapter

Future Caucus

Cornell University

Rep. Jaime Foster

Connecticut General Assembly

Sophia Rose Fox-Dichter

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Jersey-Philadelphia Chapter

Democracy House

University of Maine

Maine Chapter

The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

Felicia Fullilove

American Association of Colleges and Universities

San Francisco State University

Bay Area Chapter

Claudia García-Louis

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Alliance for Higher Education

Ana Gancheva Genkova

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicagoland Chapter

Lizzy Ghedi-Ehrlich

Managing Director

Office of Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-3)

Robert W. Glover

University of Maine

Maine Chapter

Kimberly Gonzalez

Senior Digital Communications Associate

Center for Progressive Reform

Georgetown University

Maryland-Washington, D.C. Chapter

Senior Policy Associate

House Education and the Workforce Committee

Natalie Griffith-Shafer

Policy Associate

Office of Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-7)

Nicholas Daniel Hartlep

Berea College

Kentucky Chapter

Lisa M. Hernandez

Senior Reproductive Health & Rights Associate

Anthony Hernandez

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wisconsin Chapter

Policy Associate

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Democracy Forward

Chief Financial Officer

Senior Salesforce Administrator and IT Manager

University of California-San Francisco

Bay Area Chapter

CommonWealth Beacon

Tiffany D. Joseph

Northeastern University

Boston Chapter

Gracie Joy

University College London

Zolan Kanno-Youngs

The New York Times

REPRO Rising Virginia

Director of Training

University of Cincinnati

Texas A&M University

Annette Labiano-Abello

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Shannon R. Lane

University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus

Connecticut Chapter

Krystal Leaphart

Guttmacher Institute

Harvard University

Boston Chapter

Jaime Alison Lee

University of Baltimore

Maryland-Washington, D.C. Chapter

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Bethany Letiecq

George Mason University

American Historical Association

Bethany Little

EducationCounsel

Samantha Luciani

Arnold Ventures

VA State Delegate Rod Willett

Daniel E. Macallair

San Francisco State University

Bay Area Chapter

Latrice Marianno

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

Vanessa Martinez

The University of Texas at El Paso

Michael Martinez

Democracy Forward

NOTUS

Society for Research in Child Development

Paola Maynard-Moll

Executive Director

Julianne McCall

California Council on Science and Technology

Fiona McCarthy

Economic Security Project

Darris R. Means

Clemson University

South Carolina Chapter

Senior Accounting and Administrative Coordinator

Suzanne Mettler

Scholars Strategy Network

University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Alabama Chapter

Regina Marie Mills

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Michigan Chapter

Mandana Mohsenzadegan

Director of Member Engagement

Inside Higher Ed

Demetri L. Morgan

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Michigan Chapter

Society for Research in Child Development

Elizabeth Niehaus

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Ellen Nissenbaum

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Carolette Norwood

Howard University

Maryland-Washington, D.C. Chapter

Benjamin Olneck-Brown

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Avigail S. Oren

Director of Development

Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA)

Robert R. Perkinson

University of Hawaii at Mānoa

Hawaii Chapter

REPRO Rising Virginia

Chayenne Polimédio

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Scientific Citizenship Initiative

Director of Policy

K. Sabeel Rahman

Cornell University

New York City Chapter

Benjamin Railton

Fitchburg State University

Boston Chapter

Stateline

Elizabeth Rigby

George Washington University

Maryland-Washington, D.C. Chapter

Barbara J. Risman

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicagoland Chapter

New York University

Marquette University

Wisconsin Chapter

Stephanie Román

Democracy Fund, Inc.

Jody Rosentswieg

Bezos Family Foundation

Kaiser Health News

Arizona State University-Tempe

Arizona Chapter

Jessica N. Sanders

University of Utah

Utah Chapter

Natalie (Jeanie) Santaularia

University of Washington, Seattle

Florida International University

Florida Chapter

Scholars Strategy Network

New America

Daniel G. Shattuck

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation-Southwest

New Mexico Chapter

Foundation for Civic Leadership

San Francisco State University

Harvard University

Boston Chapter

Claflin University

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans Chapter

Allison Rose Socol

EdTrust

Alliance for Higher Education

Rachel Somerstein

Opinion Editor

Mallory E. SoRelle

Duke University

North Carolina Chapter

Emily B. Stacey

Rose State College

Oklahoma Chapter

Director of Chapters

The Bulwark

Bernard Debabrata Tamas

Valdosta State University

Georgia Chapter

Lumina Foundation

Brown University

Nancy L. Thomas

American Association of Colleges and Universities

Maryland-Washington, D.C. Chapter

Terri-Ann Thompson

Ibis Reproductive Health

Jessica Thompson

Senior Policy Associate

Mara Casey Tieken

Bates College

Maine Chapter

Michael Tomasky

The New Republic

Larry J. Walker

University of Central Florida

Florida Chapter

New York University

Arnold Ventures

Samantha Wilkerson

Committee on Education & Workforce

Charles E. Wilkes II

University of California-Davis

Sacramento Chapter

Abigail Fisher Williamson

Trinity College

Connecticut Chapter

Terrell J. A. Winder

University of California-Santa Barbara

Los Angeles Unified Chapter

Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally

University of North Texas

Freedom Together Foundation

Liana R. Woskie

Tufts University

Boston Chapter

Miranda Elyse Yaver

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Central Pennsylvania Chapter

Katharine Zeiders

University of Arizona