Organization:

Name:Voice Of the People

Acronym:VOP

Description:
Voice Of the People (VOP) is a new non-partisan organization that seeks to re-anchor our democracy in its founding principles by giving ‘We the People' a greater role in government. VOP furthers the use of innovative methods and technology to give the American people a more effective voice in the policymaking process.

Stakeholder(s):

• VOP Leadership Team


• Steven Kull: Steven Kull, Founder and President, is a prominent public opinion expert who has worked for two decades with policymakers in the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch to facilitate their understanding of the views of the American people. He is a director of the Program for Public Consultation, a joint program of the Center on Policy Attitudes and the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.


• Richard Parsons: Richard Parsons, Executive Director, is a public affairs professional with more than 25 years of business and civic advocacy, communications and public policy experience, including grassroots organizing and legislative advocacy at the federal, state and local levels.


• VOP Advisory Board


• Hon. Michael D. Barnes: former U.S. Representative (D-MD)


• Hon. Bonnie Campbell: former Attorney General of Iowa (D-IA)


• Hon. Michael N. Castle: former Governor and U.S. Representative (R-DE)


• Hon. Byron Dorgan: former U.S. Senator (D-ND)


• Hon. Vic Fazio: former U.S. Representative (D-CA)


• Hon. Bill Frenzel: former U.S. Representative (R-MN)


• Hon. Martin Frost: former U.S. Representative (D-TX)


• Hon. Nancy Johnson: former U.S. Representative (R-CT)


• Hon. James R. Jones: former U.S. Representative (D-OK)


• Hon. Jim Nussle: former U.S. Representative (R-IA)


• Hon. Bob Packwood: former U.S. Senator (R-OR)


• Hon. John Porter: former U.S. Representative (R-IL)


• Hon. John Tanner: former U.S. Representative (D-TN)


• Hon. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: former Lt. Governor (D-MD)


• I.M. ‘Mac' Destler: Saul Stern Professor of Civic Engagement, University of Maryland


• Gloria Duffy: Commonwealth Club of California


• Jack Faris: Former Vice President, University of Washington


• Carlos Gutierrez: Former Sec. of Commerce under George W. Bush, CEO of Kellogg


• Katie Hall: CEO of Hall Capital & Chair of the Board of trustees, Princeton University


• Lawrence Jacobs: Walter & Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies, University of Minnesota


• Kathleen Hall Jamieson: Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania


• Marvin Kalb: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting


• Andrew Kline: American University


• Jon Krosnick: Frederic Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Stanford University


• Gregory G. Lebel: The George Washington University


• Lawrence Lessig: Roy Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School


• Carolyn Lukensmeyer: Executive Director, National Institute for Civil Discourse


• Benjamin Page: Gordon Fulcher Professor of Decision Making, Northwestern University


• Jennifer Potter: Former CEO, Initiative for Global Development


• William Ruckelshaus: EPA Administrator under Richard Nixon & George Bush


• Thomas Schelling: Nobel Laureate, University of Maryland


• Robert Shapiro: Columbia University


• D. Wayne Silby: Founding Chair, Calvert Foundation


• John Steiner: Transpartisan Policy Center


• Talia Stroud: Assistant Director, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at University of Texas


• Wendy Willis: Policy Consensus Initiative, Portland State University


• Daniel Yankelovich: Public Agenda Foundation


• VOP Major Funders


• The Circle Foundation


• The Democracy Fund


• Rockefeller Brothers Foundation