Writer and former spokesperson for the NAACP, CBC, LGBT Community Center, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, and Kerry campaign.

DC-based public affairs consultant. Fmr: Capitol Hill, Ctr for Partnership Studies; Caring Economy Campaign; Fmr Chair, GenderAction. about.me/joellawson

Designer and creative leader in the arts, business, culture and the love of kerning the perfect headline.

Co-Founder, http://www.killingthebreeze.com; archiving, advancing, and protecting: data, information, history, and media.

Social impact strategist; Organizational consultant; Writer. Fmr: ManifestWorks; Fmr: Clinton Foundation; Fmr: Congressional Budget Office.

Retired after thirty year career as news editor and writer at ABC News Washington Bureau. Elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner — Dupont Circle DC.

Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg specializing in Comparative Politics & International Relations

Writer, Designer, Creative Director by day, aficionado of the minutiæ 24/7. A lover of the deep dive, data points, and proof of concept.

Former president, Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington. Charter member, NAACP-DC Police Task Force. Co-founder, Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington.

Writer, swimmer, gamer, gardener, dancer, singer, reader, and observer.

Political Writer and Leftist Realist