The People Behind The Grand Bargain
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Our Team
Expert Team
Eric Hanushek. Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution (Stanford), specializing in economic analysis of educational issues. Won the Yidan Prize for research.
Bill Hoagland. Senior Vice President, Bipartisan Policy Center. Former Director of the Senate Budget Committee. Participated in major federal budget negotiations throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Founder and President, American Action Forum. Former Director of the Congressional Budget Office. Former senior economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.
Glenn Hubbard. President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Government. Specializes in budget, tax, and economic policies. Serves as a consistent resource on Capitol Hill and international media outlets.
Maya MacGuineas. President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Government. Specializes in budget, tax, and economic policies. Serves as a consistent resource on Capitol Hill and international media outlets.
Richard V. Reeves. Senior Fellow, Brookings. Specializes in economic studies. Former European Business Speaker of the Year. Former principal policy advisor to the Minister of Welfare Reform in Great Britain.
Robert Reischauer. President Emeritus, Urban Institute. Former director of the Congressional Budget Office. Former trustee of Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds.
Gerard Robinson. Fellow of Practice, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture (UVA). Former Secretary of Education in Virginia. Former Commissioner of Education in Florida.
Isabel Sawhill (Team Co-Leader). Senior Fellow and former Director of Economic Studies at Brookings. Former Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern. Former Director of the Hamilton Project at Brookings. Scholar at Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Richard Schmalensee. Former Dean of Sloan School of Management, MIT. Former Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Former member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers.
Eugene Steuerle. Fellow, Urban Institute. Former Deputy Secretary for Treasury. Co-founder and former President of National Tax Association. One of the chief architects of the 1986 Tax Reform Act.
Michael Strain (Team Co-Leader). Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute. Member of Aspen Economic Strategy Group. Research fellow at Germany’s IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
Board of Advisors
Tom Daschle. Former Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate
Andrew Card. Former Chief of Staff to the President of the United States
Larry Diamond. Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Founding Co-Editor, Journal of Democracy
Francis Fukuyama. Professor, Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
Richard Fischer. Chair at the Urban Institute
Hahrie Han. Inaugural Director, SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Jake Harriman. Founder and CEO, More Perfect Union
Adi Ignatius. Editor, Harvard Business Review
Francis Johnson. President, Take Back Our Republic
Kelly Johnston. Former Secretary of the U.S. Senate
Thomas Kahn. Distinguished Fellow, Center for Congressional & Presidential Studies, American University
Joseph V Kennedy. Former Senior Economist with the Joint Economic Committee in Congress
Margo King. Collaborator, Threshold Foundation, Mediators Foundation
Carolyn Lukensmeyer. first executive director, National Institute for Civil Discourse
Seth Radwell. author of American Schism, winner of International Book Award for Best General Nonfiction
John Rogers. Founder, RL Leaders
John Steiner. Co-Founder of the Bridge Alliance and the Social Venture Network
Eugene Steuerle. Richard Fischer Chair at the Urban Institute; Co-Founder, Tax Policy Center
Lawrence Susskind. Vice Chair and Co-Founder, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
Jerry Taylor. Co-Founder and Former President of the Niskanen Center
Charles Wheelan. Founder and Co-Chair, Unite America
Barry Anderson. Former Acting Director, Congressional Budget Office
Kristina Becvar. Executive Director, Bridge Alliance
Steve Bartlett. Former President of the Financial Services Roundtable and Former Mayor of Dallas
Larry Diamond. Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Founding Co-Editor, Journal of Democracy
Francis Fukuyama. Professor, Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
Richard Fischer. Chair at the Urban Institute; Co-Founder, Tax Policy Center
Hahrie Han. Inaugural Director, SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Jake Harriman. Founder and CEO, More Perfect Union
Adi Ignatius. Editor, Harvard Business Review
Francis Johnson. President, Take Back Our Republic
Kelly Johnston. Former Secretary of the U.S. Senate
Thomas Kahn. Distinguished Fellow, Center for Congressional & Presidential Studies, American University
Joseph V Kennedy. Former Senior Economist with the Joint Economic Committee in Congress
Margo King. Collaborator, Threshold Foundation, Mediators Foundation
Carolyn Lukensmeyer. first executive director, National Institute for Civil Discourse
Seth Radwell. author of American Schism, winner of International Book Award for Best General Nonfiction
John Rogers. Founder, RL Leaders
John Steiner. Co-Founder of the Bridge Alliance and the Social Venture Network
Eugene Steuerle. Richard Fischer Chair at the Urban Institute; Co-Founder, Tax Policy Center
Lawrence Susskind. Vice Chair and Co-Founder, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
Jerry Taylor. Co-Founder and Former President of the Niskanen Center
Charles Wheelan. Founder and Co-Chair, Unite America
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Blog Articles
The Cost of Gridlock: What America Stands to Lose
Blog
Gridlock in Washington often feels like political business as usual. But beyond the headlines and finger-pointing lies a sobering reality: inaction has real consequences. It’s not just about legislation left on the table—it’s about opportunities lost, growing costs, and the erosion of public trust.
Building Consensus: Starting with Experts’ Insights to Help Shape Our Future
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On December 3rd, the Brookings Institution and American Enterprise Institute (AEI) co-hosted an event to discuss a report commissioned by the Center for Collaborative Democracy.
When Public Consensus Drives Real Change: A Look at What’s Possible
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In the aftermath of a divisive election, it might be easy to look at the fissures we are told exist between us and feel that our differences are insurmountable.
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The Center for Collaborative Democracy is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit and the sponsor of the Grand Bargain Project. We strive to help every American reach their potential by working with business leaders, consumer advocates, labor unions, environmentalists, civil rights groups and other major stakeholders to develop innovative solutions for our nation’s most critical problems. We see that process as necessary to reduce the hyper-polarization that threatens our democracy.