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 an 11 member Board of Directors and thirty two Voting Member organizations and their representatives. 

Wally Bowen
Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN)
Wally'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*
Media Justice League (formerly the Texas Media Empowerment Project)
Deanne's Bio 

Gavin Dahl
Common Frequency
Gavin's Bio

Amalia Deloney*
Board Member, Center for Media Justice
Amalia's Bio

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

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

Jack Walsh
Executive Director, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Jack's Bio 

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

Parul Desai*
Communications Policy Council, Consumers Union
Parul's Bio

Andy Schwartzman
Senior Vice President and Policy Director, Media Access Project
Andy's Bio

Harold Feld
Legal Director, Public Knowledge
Harold's Bio 

Cecilia Garcia*
Executive Director, Benton Foundation
Cecilia's Bio

Garlin Gilchrist II
Reclaim the Media
Garlin's Bio

Jessica Gonzalez*
National Hispanic Media Coalition
Jessica's Bio

Dawn Iype
Director of Online Strategy, Common Cause
Dawn's Bio

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

Sean McLaughlin
Access Humboldt
Sean's Bio

Ed Mierzwinski
Director, Consumer Program US PIRG
Ed's Bio

Tracy Morris*
Native Public Media
Tracy's Bio

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

Carol Pierson,*
Individual (past President and CEO of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters and long time leader in community radio)  

Maxie Jackson
President and CEO, National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)
Maxie's Bio

Andrea Quijada
Media Literacy Project
Andrea's Bio

Casey Rae-Hunter*
Communications Director, Future of Music Coalition
Casey's Bio

Belinda Rawlins
Transmission Project
Belinda's Bio

Steven Renderos
Main Street Project
Steven's Bio

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

Sylvia Stroebel
Executive Director, Alliance for Community Media
Sylvia's Bio

Traci Morris

Director of Operations, Native Public Media
Traci's Bio

Brandy Doyle
Program Director, Prometheus Radio Project
Brandy's Bio

Todd Wolfson
Founder, Media Mobilizing Project
Todd's Bio


* Denotes Members of the 2011 - 2012 Board of Directors