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
Digital Director
David Vitse
Legal Counsel and Management Associate
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
Fellows
Rasha Aridi
Science Friday
W.J. Hennigan
TIME
Terrell J. Starr
Black Diplomats
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.