Phase One of Media, Citizens & Democracy was guided by an advisory board comprised of leaders in entertainment, advertising, advocacy, government, academia and research.
Donald Bellisario
President, Bellisarius Productions; creator/producer of JAG and First Monday
Amy Brenneman
Actress and Producer, Judging Amy
Peggy Conlon
President and CEO, The Advertising Council Inc.
John Connolly
President, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
Martha Coolidge
President, Director’s Guild of America
Barbara Dixon
Director, Museum of Television and Radio (LA)
Linda Ellerby
President and CEO, Lucky Duck Productions
William Galston, PhD
Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs
Melissa Gilbert
President, Screen Actors Guild
Fred Grandy
Former U.S. Congressman (R-IO) and actor
Gwen Ifill
Washington Week moderator and Managing Editor, WETA
Claudia J. Kennedy, Lt. Gen. United States Army (Ret.)
Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (current)
Robert Lichter, Ph.D.
President, Center for Media and Public Affairs
Kathryn Montgomery, Ph.D.
Professor, Public Communication, American University
Dee Dee Myers
Former White House Press Secretary (1992-94)
Frank Pierson
President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Vicki Riskin
President, The Writers Guild of America West
Tom Shales
Media Critic, The Washington Post
Robert Thompson, PhD
President, The Center for the Study of Popular TV
Jack Valenti
President, Motion Picture Association of America
Dick Wolf
President, Wolf Films; creator/producer of Law & Order
Bryce Zabel
President, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences