Joshua Zeman
Film producer
Joshua Zeman is a producer and writer, known for Cropsey (2009), The Station Agent (2003) and Mysterious Skin (2004). (1)
Zeman spoke at The Common Good in 2015 about his movie 52: The Search for the Loneliest Whale.
Twitter: @joshzeman
(1) Material from IMDb.
Adrian Grenier
Actor, producer, director, musician, environmentalist
Adrian Grenier is an American actor. He has played Vincent Chase in the TV series Entourage (2004–2011) and the 2015 film, and has starred in Drive Me Crazy, The Devil Wears Prada, and Trash Fire. On World Environment Day 2017, Grenier was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. (1)
Grenier was hosted by The Common Good in 2015 to discuss his documentary: 52: The Search for the Loneliest Whale - February 5, 2015.
Twitter: @adriangrenier
(1) Material from Wikipedia.
Michelle Paige Paterson
Former First Lady of New York State
Michelle Paige Paterson was the First Lady of New York state. Paige Paterson was the first African American First Lady in New York's history. (1)
Paige Paterson is director of the integrated-wellness program at the Health Insurance Plan of New York HMO, a program that assists individuals with chronic health problems to better manage their conditions by helping them to improve their life skills. She previously worked as a lobbyist for North General Hospital in Manhattan. (1)
Paige Paterson introduced Nicole Hockley at The American Spirit Awards 2013 and co-hosted The American Spirit Awards 2011.
(1) Material from Wikipedia.
Krystal Ball
Journalist, politician, news talk anchor
Krystal Marie Ball is a co-host on MSNBC’s ensemble show “The Cycle”. She’s also a political writer, former congressional candidate and CPA. Her writing has appeared in publications such as US News and World Report, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, and Politico; she has been a featured speaker at Columbia, Princeton, and George Washington University; and a guest lecturer at the New School in New York City. (1)
Following her congressional campaign, Ball was number 21 on Forbes Magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in the Mid Term Elections” list. She has been profiled all over the United States for her innovative use of social media in politics. (1)
Ball attended Women in the Military: US Senator Jeanne Shaheen and others – March 15, 2013 as the moderator at The Common Good. This panel included Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Anu Bhagwati, Molly O’Toole, and Brenda S. Fulton.
Twitter: @krystalball
(1) Material from the MSNBC website.
secretary Thomas Pickering
Former U.S. ambassador, diplomat
Ambassador Pickering served as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from May of 1997 until late 2000. Prior to that, he served briefly as the president of the Eurasia Foundation, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. Pickering holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. From 1989 to 1992, he served as Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York. He also served as Executive Secretary of the Department of State and Special Assistant to Secretaries William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger from 1973 to 1974. (1)
Pickering currently serves as Senior Advisor at Hills and Company. From 2001 to 2006, Ambassador Pickering served as Senior Vice President for International Relations and as a member of the Executive Council of The Boeing Company. (1)
In 1983 and in 1986, Pickering won the Distinguished Presidential Award and, in 1996, the Department of State’s highest award – the Distinguished Service Award. He is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies and the Council on Foreign Relations. (1)
Pickering spoke at The Common Good in 2013: National Security Briefing with Thomas Pickering – May 8, 2013.
(1) Material from the National Committee on American Foreign Policy website.
Elliott Abrams
American diplomat, lawyer
Elliott Abrams is the Special Representative for Venezuela at the Department of State. He was senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, DC, from which he is now on a leave of absence. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor in the administration of President George W. Bush, where he supervised U.S. policy in the Middle East for the White House. (1)
Mr. Abrams was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC, from 1996 until joining the White House staff. He was a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 1999 to 2001 and chairman of the commission in the latter year, and served a second term as a member of the Commission in 2012-2014. From 2009 to 2016, Mr. Abrams was a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, which directs the activities of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is a member of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy, and teaches U.S. foreign policy at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. (1)
Abrams spoke at The Common Good in 2013: Middle East Update with Elliott Abrams – April 17, 2013.
(1) Material from the U.S. Department of State website.
Jodi Kantor
Journalist, The New York Times correspondent
Jodi Kantor is a prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and a best-selling author. (1)
Ms. Kantor specializes in long-form, deeply reported stories. Before she and Megan Twohey broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s decades of alleged abuse towards women, Ms. Kantor’s investigations into conditions at Starbucks and Amazon prompted national debates and policy changes at both companies. Along with colleagues who exposed harassment across industries, they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, journalism's highest honor. Before becoming a reporter, Ms. Kantor was the New York editor of Slate magazine and The Times’s Arts & Leisure editor. (1)
Kantor was hosted by The Common Good in 2012 to discuss her book The Obamas: Jodi Kantor on her new book “The Obamas”.
Twitter: @jodikantor
(1) Material from the She Said (the book) website.
Senator Mitch McConnell
Senate Majority Leader, Republican Senator for Kentucky
Mitch McConnell is an American politician serving as Kentucky's senior United States senator and as Senate Majority Leader. (1)
McConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and has been re-elected five times since. During the 1998 and 2000 election cycles, he was chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. McConnell was elected as Majority Whip in the 108th Congress and was re-elected to the post in 2004. In November 2006, he was elected Senate Minority Leader; he held that post until 2015, when Republicans took control of the Senate and he became Senate Majority Leader. McConnell was included in the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2015. (1)
Senator McConnell was hosted by The Common Good in 2011: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
Twitter: @senatemajldr
(1) Material from Wikipedia.
The Honorable Barney Frank
Former congressman, House of Representatives
Barnett Frank is an American former politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A Democrat, Frank served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007–2011) and was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. In 1987, he publicly came out as gay, becoming the first member of Congress to do so voluntarily. In July 2012, he married his long-time partner, James Ready, becoming the first member of Congress to marry someone of the same sex while in office. Frank did not seek re-election in 2012, and retired from Congress at the end of his term in January 2013. (1)
The Common Good hosted Mr. Frank at the 2011 Meet & Greet with Congressman Barney Frank.
Twitter: @BarneyFrank
(1) Material from Wikipedia.
tony silver ✝
Film director
Tony Silver is perhaps best remembered for his documentary Style Wars (1983), one of the first accounts of New York graffiti and hip-hop culture from the early 1980s. His other documentaries include Anita Ellis: For the Record (1980) and Arisman: Facing the Audience (2002). Silver passed away in 2008. (1)
Silver was posthumously awarded the American Spirit Award for Freedom of Expression of the Arts by The Common Good alongside Henry Chalfant at the Style Wars event in 2011.
(1) Material from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences website.
henry chalfant
Artist
Starting out as a sculptor in New York in the 1970s, Chalfant turned to photography and film to do an in-depth study of hip-hop culture and graffiti art. One of the foremost authorities on New York subway art, and other aspects of urban youth culture, his photographs record hundreds of ephemeral, original art works that have long since vanished. (1)
Exhibits of his photos include the O.K. Harris Gallery and the landmark ‘New York-New Wave’ show at P.S. l, and important galleries and museums in Europe. He has co-authored the definitive account of New York graffiti art, Subway Art (Holt Rinehart Winston, N.Y. 1984) and a sequel on the art form's world-wide diffusion, Spray Can Art (Thames and Hudson Inc. London, 1987). Chalfant co-produced the PBS documentary, Style Wars, the definitive documentary about Graffiti and Hip Hop culture and directed Flyin' Cut Sleeves, a documentary on South Bronx gangs, in 1993. He produced and directed Visit Palestine: Ten Days on the West Bank in 2002. His film From Mambo to Hip Hop was featured in the Latino Public Broadcasting series, Voces in 2006-2007, and won an Alma Award for Best Documentary. (1)
Chalfant was hosted by The Common Good in 2011 at the event Style Wars, and was awarded the American Spirit Award for Freedom of Expression of the Arts alongside Tony Silver.
Twitter: @subwayarchive
(1) Material from Henry Chalfant’s website.
adam horovitz
American rapper
Adam Horovitz, better known as Ad-Rock or King Ad-Rock, is an American rapper, guitarist and actor. He is best known as a member of the hip hop group the Beastie Boys. (1)
Beastie Boys released their debut album Licensed to Ill in 1986. Seven further albums followed, and by 2010 the Beastie Boys had sold 22 million records in the United States alone, and 40 million worldwide. In 2012, the Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to his work with the Beastie Boys, Horovitz also remixes numerous tracks for other artists under the alias 41 Small Stars. Horovitz has also acted in several motion pictures and television shows. (1)
Horovitz was honored at The Common Good’s event Style Wars in 2011.
Twitter: @adrock
(1) Material from Wikipedia.
the honorable Bill bradley
Former U.S. Senator for New Jersey
Senator Bill Bradley served in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997 representing the state of New Jersey. In 2000, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. He holds a BA degree in American History from Princeton University and an MA degree from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has authored seven books on American politics, culture and economy. Prior to serving in the Senate, Senator Bradley was an Olympic gold medalist in 1964 and a professional basketball player with the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1977 during which time they won 2 NBA championships. In 1982 he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. (1)
Bradley spoke at a Meet & Greet hosted by The Common Good in 2010.
(1) Material from Bill Bradley’s website.
rick goldsmith
Screenwriter
Rick Goldsmith is a producer and writer, known for The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009), Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw (2015) and Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996). (1)
Goldsmith spoke alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Judith Ehrlich at a Screening and Discussion of 'The Most Dangerous Man in America' and the Panama Papers at The Common Good in 2010.
Twitter: @rgoldfilm1
(1) Material from IMDb.
Judith ehrlich
Film director
Judith Ehrlich is a producer and director, known for The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009), The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It (2000) and P.O.V. (1988). (1)
Ehrlich spoke alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Rick Goldsmith at a Screening and Discussion of 'The Most Dangerous Man in America' and the Panama Papers in 2010 at The Common Good.
Twitter: @Ehrlich1Judith
(1) Material from IMDb.
Gerald Rafshoon
Television producer
Gerald Rafshoon is an American television producer and political operative. He is one of the four founding members of Unity08, and was the White House Communications Director under the presidency of Jimmy Carter. (1)
Rafshoon has spent over 40 years in various aspects of communications including advertising, publicity, politics and film. His experience includes running a successful advertising agency, serving as White House Communications Director and as Producer and Executive Producer of motion pictures for television and cable. In 1976, Rafshoon was the architect of the advertising and public relations campaign that helped Jimmy Carter in his drive to become the 39th President of the United States. Following his White House years, Rafshoon began producing motion pictures and television programs. (1)
Rafshoon spoke in a discussion on The Politics of Polarization alongside Doug Bailey at The Common Good in 2007.
(1) Material from Wikipedia.
