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Our Team

We partner with creators, thought leaders, and journalists to explain how smart policy can sustain a safe and livable planet. Meet our people.


Robert K. Elder

President & CEO


Andy Adams

Chief Digital & Communications Officer


David Vitse

Chief Climate Officer

Advisory Board


Lesley M.M. Blume

author, journalist, and historian


Tracey Holloway

climate scientist, University of Wisconsin and NASA team leader


Theo Kalionzes

Senior Program Officer, MacArthur Foundation


Michael E. Mann

climate scientist and author, University of Pennsylvania


Kendra Pierre-Louis

climate journalist


Sree Sreenivasan

Digital media executive and educator


Nicole Tisdale

author and national security specialist


Richard Tofel

Media consultant and former president of ProPublica


Alex Toma

philanthropy and peace expert, Executive Director at Peace and Security Funders Group


Alex Wellerstein

nuclear historian, Stevens Institute of Technology


Charles Whitaker

Dean of The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University


Penny Fujiko Willgerodt

Executive Director at Prospect Hill Foundation

Board of Directors


Frank Burgess

Founder and Board Chair


Ambassador Tom Loftus

Former Ambassador of Norway


Charles P. Ries

Senior Director of Development Design and Innovation at Marquette University


Hillary Vedvig

Environmental Attorney at Foley & Lardner LLP


Robert K. Elder

President & CEO

Outrider supports multimedia storytelling about nuclear issues and climate change.

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