NCDD Organizational Members
Listed below are the main contacts for all of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation’s organizational members. Use the search drop-down to hone in or find specific members.
| Name | City | State | Country | Organization | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Harris | Morrilton | AZ | United States | Winthrop Rockefeller Institute | Harris |
| Michael Kern | Pullman | WA | United States | Washington State University | Kern |
| Tanya Denckla Cobb | Charlottesville | VA | United States | UVA, Institute for Engagement & Negotiation | Cobb |
| Michele Holt-Shannon | Durham | NH | United States | University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Listens, Carsey School of Public Policy | Holt-Shannon |
| Karen Ramirez | Boulder | CO | United States | University of Colorado Boulder, CU Engage | Ramirez |
| Duncan Work | Asheville | NC | United States | Trusted Sharing | Work |
| Richard Harwood | Bethesda | MD | United States | The Harwood Institute | Harwood |
| Sarah Read | Columbia | MO | United States | The Communications Center, Inc. | Read |
| Kim Pearce | Oracle | AZ | United States | The CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution | Pearce |
| Shawn Spano Ph.D. | San Francisco | CA | United States | Public Dialogue Consortium | Spano |
| Will Friedman Ph.D. | New York | NY | United States | Public Agenda | Friedman |
| Wendy Willis | Portland | OR | United States | Policy Consensus Initiative | Willis |
| Donna Ching | Honolulu | HI | United States | Pacific Center for Collaboration | Ching |
| Jay Vincent | Chicago | IL | United States | Outreach Experts | Vincent |
| George Fowler | Norfolk | VA | United States | Old Dominion University | Fowler |
| Carol Farquhar Nugent | Centerville | OH | United States | National Issues Forums Institute | Nugent |
| Sandy Heierbacher | Belmont | MA | United States | National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) | Heierbacher |
| Michelle Bradley | Lansing | MI | United States | Midwest Collaborative for Library Services | Bradley |
| John Gastil | University Park | PA | United States | McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State | Gastil |
| Susan Jeghelian | Boston | MA | United States | Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration (MOPC) | Jeghelian |
| Valerie Lemmie | Cincinnati | OH | United States | Kettering Foundation | Lemmie |
| David Procter | Manhattan | KS | United States | Kansas State University - CECD | Procter |
| Lori Britt Ph.D. | Harrisonburg | VA | United States | James Madison University | Britt |
| Seva Gandhi | Chicago | IL | United States | Institute of Cultural Affairs | Gandhi |
| Avis Ridley-Thomas | Los Angeles | CA | United States | Institute for Nonviolence in Los Angeles/ Days of Dialogue | Ridley-Thomas |
| Theodore Wetzel | Mayfield | OH | United States | Fighting To Understand | Wetzel |
| Rosa Zubizarreta | Great Barrington | MA | United States | DiaPraxis | Zubizarreta |
| Cristin Brawner | Montevallo | AL | United States | David Mathews Center for Civic Life | Brawner |
| Sharon Kniss | Wichita | KS | United States | Cooperative By Design, LLC | |
| Sharon Kniss | Mount Rainier | MD | United States | Cooperative by Design, LLC | Kniss |
| Stacie Smith | Cambridge | MA | United States | Consensus Building Institute | Smith |
| Sarah Huntley | Thornton | CO | United States | City of Boulder | Huntley |
| Martin Carcasson | Fort Collins | CO | United States | Center for Public Deliberation at Colorado State University | Carcasson |
| Jayne Docherty | Harrisonburg | VA | United States | Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at EMU | Docherty |
| Chandra Erlendson | Winnipeg | Canada | Canadian Museum for Human Rights | Erlendson | |
| Barbara Schaffer Bacon | Washington | DC | United States | Americans for the Arts | Schaffer Bacon |
| Mary Davis Fournier | Chicago | IL | United States | American Library Association | Fournier |
Interested in becoming an NCDD organizational member? Org member dues are $200/year, and you can join today by completing the member application here. If you’re already a member but you noticed that your dues are late, please renew here. If you have questions or want to update your contact info, email our office manager, Joy Garman.
