Past Featured Speakers I Past Speakers I
The Politics Online Conference features dozens of speakers from a vast cross section of professional backgrounds.
David Almacy - Vice President of Digital Strategies, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Jerome Armstrong - MyDD
Matt Bai - The New York Times Magazine
Kat Barr - Deputy Political Director, Rock the Vote
Michael Bassik - Vice President of Internet Advertising, MSHC Partners
Don Bates - Fellow, Public Relations Society of America
Ian Bogost - Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology & Founding Partner, Persuasive Games, LLC
Silona Bonewalde
Gordon Borrell, President and CEO of Borrell & Associates
Jim Brayton - Owner, Long Trail Media
Richard Bluestein - Charter Member, PodShow
Lee Brenner - MySpace
Doug Busk -- Vice President of Industry Relations, SinglePoint
Drew Clark - Executive Director, BroadbandCensus.com
Adam Conner - Washington, D.C. Associate for Privacy and Global Public Policy Division, Facebook
Gravida Couzin - Search Marketing Consultant
Bruce Culbert - CEO, iSymmetry
Jay Dedman - Contributor, Momentshowing
Greg Elin - Chief Data Architect, Sunlight Labs
Mark Evans - Managing Director, Ionic Media
Allison Fine - Author and Activist
Judith Freeman - Co-founder and CEO, New Organizing Institute
Jennifer Grappone - Search Marketing Consultant
Joe Green - Co-Founder, Project Agape
Bob Greenberg - President, G&H International Services
Paul Greenberg - President, The 56 Group, LLC
Adam Greenfield - Author, "Everyware: The Rise of Ubiquitous Computing in Everyday Life"
Michael Haggerty - Managing Partner, Trellon
Clay Johnson - Founding Partner, Blue State Digital
E. J. Kalafarski - Co-founder, MapTheCandidates.com
Adam Klaus, Credo Mobile
Jo Lee - Director, CitizenSpeak
Dave Leichtman - Technical Project Manager, Blue State Digital
Chadwick Matlin - Co-founder, MapTheCandidates.com
Nicco Mele - Partner, Echo Ditto
Ellen Miller - Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation
Dan Newman - Executive Director, MAPLight.org
Patrick Ottenhoff - New Media Strategies, TheElectoralMap.com
Luke Peterson - Obama for America
Patrick Quinn, PQ Media
Schlomo Rabinowitz - Creator, EchoPlex Park
Andrew Rasiej - Founder, Personal Democracy Forum
Ben Rattray - CEO, Change.org
Ben Rigby - Founder, Mobile Voter
Scott Rogers - Director of Strategic Planning, David’s Bridal
Alan Rosenblatt - Associate Director for Online Advocacy, Center for American Progress
Ari Schwartz - Deputy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology
Ben Self - Founding Partner, Blue State Digital
Sue Singer - Program and Project Manager, Linden Lab
Princella Smith - Chief Advocate, American Solutions for Winning the Future
Tom Steinberg - mySociety.org
Jonathan Taplin - Professor, University of Southern California
Tanya Tarr - Political Analyst, AFSCME
Justin Oberman - Communications Consultant, Digitisms
James Eberhard - CEO and Chairman, Motellus
Katrin Verclas - co-founder and editor, MobileActive.org
Thomas Vander Wal - Senior Consultant, InfoCloud Solutions
Ben Weisberg - Account Manager - Issues & Advocacy Team, Google
Derek Willis - nytimes.com
Ryan W. Ozimek - Founder and CEO, PICnet
Michelle Murrain - Principal, MetaCentric Technology Advising
Patrick Ruffini - RightRoots
Erin Hill - ActBlue
Brent Blackaby - Co-principle, Blackrock Associates
Larry Huynh - Co-principle, Blackrock Associates
John Wonderlich - Program Director, Sunlight Foundation
Greg Palmer - President, Civic Research Group
Peggy Garvin- Principal, Garvin Information Consulting
Morra Aarons Mele - Political Director, Blogher.org
Lila King - CNN
Garance Franke-Ruta - The Washington Post
Mary Katharine Ham - Townhall.com
Colin Delany - Founder, epolitics.com
Phil Noble - Founder, PoliticsOnline
David All - President, The David All Group
Matt Salisbury - Candidate, U.S. House of Representatives
Cyrus Krohn - Director of eCampaign Division, Republican National Committee
Clay Johnson - Founding Partner, Blue State Digital
Josh Klein
Bruce Potter - Founder, Ponte Technologies
Don Bailey
Matt Boyd - Senior Vice President, Value Click Media
Justin Germany - McCain 2008
Trent Walter, Director, Mid – Atlantic Region, Advertising.com:
Heather Greenfield - Media Relations Director, Computer and Communications Industry Association
Mindy Finn - Romney for President.
Henry Copeland - BlogsAds
David Karpf - Sierra Club
Alex Hunsucker - Eventful
Josh Levy - Personal Democracy Forum
Justine Lam - Ron Paul for President 2008
Matt Bieber - Mobile Commons
Thomas Bascom - President, LinkSpace, LLC
Hon. Mike Panetta, U.S. Representative
Maurice Bossiere - Vice President, Client Solutions
Don Bates - Fellow, Public Relations Society of America
Robert Mesirow - CTIA
Jeffrey J. Simmons - CTIA
Colin Delany, epolitics.com,
Todd Zeigler, The Bivings Group
Margaux O'Malley, Grand Junction Design
Susan Finkelpearl, Free Range Studios
Richard Kosinski - Yahoo!
Brent McGoldrick - Vice President, StrategyOne
Rory O'Flynn - Ad Effectiveness Research Director, Yahoo!, Inc.
Judson Blewett - Systems Administrator, U.S. Senate
Daniel Bennett - Practitioner-in-Residence, Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet
Rob Pierson - President, House Systems Administrator's Association
Dr. Stuart W. Shulman - Director, Sara Fine Institute
Chris Burley - Director of Online Campaigns, Defendes of Wildlife
David Pierpont
Charles Ellison - Co-Host, Blackpolicy.org
Lisa Stone - Founder, BlogHer
Michael Palmer - eCampaign Director, John McCain for President
Patrick Quinn - PQ Media
Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins - Associate Editor, Mashable
Allen Stern – CenterNetworks
Sascha Meinrath – Wireless Future Program, New American Foundation
Jim Harper – Director of Information Policy Studies, CATO Institute
Rick White - Wood Bay Group
Phil de Vellis - Vice President, Murphy Putnam Media.
