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Since 2013, the Institute has hosted hundreds of Pritzker Fellows, including U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm; former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke (D-TX); former RNC chairman Michael Steele; Secretary of State Anthony Blinken; award-winning journalist and IOP alumna Dake Kang; Vladimir Kara-Murza, Chairman of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom; and Kelly Ayotte, former U.S. Senator (R-NH).

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Winter-Spring 2023

Heather Cherone

Political Reporter for Chicago's WTTW

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Joan Donovan

Internationally Recognized Expert on Technology Studies, Online Extremism, Media Manipulation & Disinformation

Bio & Seminars

Astead Herndon

New York Times Political Reporter & "The Run Up" Podcast Host

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Asa Hutchinson

Former Republican Governor of Arkansas

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Dake Kang

Multiformat Journalist for the AP in Beijing & IOP Alumni

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Peter Meijer

Former Republican U.S. Representative from Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Beto O'Rourke

Former Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas’ 16th Congressional District

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Adrian Perkins

Former Democratic Mayor of Shreveport, LA

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Tim Ryan

Former Democratic U.S. Representative from Ohio’s 13th Congressional District

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Robin Rue Simmons

Former Democratic 5th Ward Alderwoman, Evanston, IL

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Steve Sisolak

Former Democratic Governor of Nevada

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Matthew Yglesias

Author, Columnist & Political Analyst

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Fall 2022

Rana Ayyub

Investigative Journalist from India

Bio & Seminars

  • International
  • Journalism

Laura Dove

Former Senate Secretary for the Majority

Bio & Seminars

Luis Gutiérrez

Former U.S. Representative from Illinois

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Steve Hayes

CEO & Editor of The Dispatch & NBC News Political Analyst

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Doug Jones

Former U.S. Senator from Alabama

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Spring 2022

Perry Bacon Jr.

Columnist for The Washington Post & Former Writer for FiveThirtyEight & MSNBC Commentator

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Joel Benenson

Democratic Pollster & Strategist for President Barack Obama’s 2008 & 2012 Presidential Campaigns

Bio & Seminars

  • Political Strategy

Erin Simpson

Director of Technology Policy at the Center for American Progress

Bio & Seminars

  • Policy

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Former Atlanta Mayor & City Councilwoman

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Sarah Longwell

Republican Strategist & Publisher of The Bulwark

Bio & Seminars

  • Political Strategy

Neil Newhouse

Republican Strategist & Pollster for Gov. Mitt Romney’s 2012 Presidential Campaign

Bio & Seminars

  • Political Strategy

Winter 2022

Mark Campbell

GOP Campaign Strategist

Bio & Seminars

  • Political Strategy

C. Yulín Cruz

Former Mayor of San Juan

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Joe Ferguson

Former Inspector General for the City of Chicago

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Anna Galland

Former Executive Director of MoveOn

Bio & Seminars

  • Organizer/Activist

Lotfullah Najafizada

Journalist from Afghanistan

Bio & Seminars

  • International
  • Journalism

Sarah Smarsh

Author & Journalist

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Fall 2021

Catherine Bertini

Former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Nominated by Presidents Bush & Clinton

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Administration Official

Ertharin Cousin

Former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Nominated by President Obama

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Administration Official

Tony Fabrizio

Chief Pollster for President Donald Trump’s 2016 & 2020 Presidential Campaigns

Bio & Seminars

  • Political Strategy

Janice Jackson

Former Chief Executive Officer for Chicago Public Schools, the Third-Largest School District in the U.S.

Bio & Seminars

  • Education

Mitch Landrieu

Former Mayor of New Orleans and Founder of E Pluribus Unum, A Nonprofit Focused On Advancing Racial Equity in the South

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Russell Moore

Public Theologian & Director of the Public Theology Project at Christianity Today

Bio & Seminars

  • Religion/Culture

Lotfullah Najafizada

Journalist from Afghanistan

Bio & Seminars

  • International
  • Journalism

Spring 2021

Justin Amash

U.S. Representative from Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Nathan Law

Activist, Founder & former Chairman of Demosistō & former Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Bio & Seminars

  • International
  • Organizer/Activist

Heather McTeer Toney

Former Mayor of Greenville, MS, Climate Justice Liaison at the Environmental Defense Fund & Senior Advisor to Moms Clean Air Force

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected
  • Organizer/Activist

Cecile Richards

Co-Founder of Supermajority & former President of Planned Parenthood

Bio & Seminars

  • Organizer/Activist

Sally Yates

Former Deputy U.S. Attorney General & Acting U.S. Attorney General

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Winter 2021

Tim Alberta

Staff Writer at the Atlantic & former Chief Political Correspondent for POLITICO

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Heidi Heitkamp

Former Democratic Senator from North Dakota & Co-Founder & Chair of The One Country Project

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Will Hurd

Former Republican Congressman from Texas

Bio & Seminars

  • Former Elected

Kara Swisher

Editor-At-Large at New York Magazine & Host of the “Sway” & “Pivot” Podcasts

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Fall 2020

James Bennet

Former Editor of The New York Times Editorial Page & Editor-In-Chief of The Atlantic

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Jelani Cobb

Staff Writer at The New Yorker

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Addisu Demissie

Democratic Strategist & Founding Principal of 50+1 Strategies

Bio & Seminars

  • Political Strategy

Scott Jennings

CNN Political Contributor, Republican Strategist & Founding Partner of RunSwitch Public Relations

Bio & Seminars

  • Political Strategy

Samantha Vinograd

CNN National Security Analyst

Bio & Seminars

  • National Security

Winter 2020

Enrique Acevedo

Anchor of ‘Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna’ & Special Correspondent for Univision’s News Division

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

John Bouman

President of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law & Chairman of the “Vote Yes for Fair Tax” Illinois Ballot Initiative Committee

Bio & Seminars

Abdul El-Sayed

Progressive Activist, former Executive Director of the Detroit Health Department & Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate

Bio & Seminars

Fiona Hill

Senior Fellow at the Center on the United States & Europe in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings

Bio & Seminars

Shahira Knight

Former White House Director of Legislative Affairs & Deputy Director of Economic Policy

Bio & Seminars

Fall 2019

Enrique Acevedo

Anchor of ‘Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna’ & Special Correspondent for Univision’s News Division

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Jane Coaston

Senior Politics Reporter at Vox

Bio & Seminars

  • Journalism

Joe Donnelly

Former U.S. Senator from Indiana

Bio & Seminars

Heather McGhee

Senior Fellow at Demos & NBC News Analyst

Bio & Seminars

Tom Rooney

Former U.S. Representative from Florida

Bio & Seminars

Spring 2019

Karine Jean-Pierre

NBC & MSNBC Political Analyst & Chief Public Affairs Officer for MoveOn

Bio & Seminars

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