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 About Dēmos
Dēmos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization. Headquartered inNew York City, Dēmos works with advocates and policymakers around the country in pursuitof four overarching goals: a more equitable economy; a vibrant and inclusive democracy; anempowered public sector that works for the common good; and responsible U.S. engagement inan interdependent world.Dēmos was founded in 2000
 About Dēmos’ Sustainable Progress Iniave
Director, James Gustave SpethProject Coordinator, Lew Daly 
Te profound environmental and social challenges of our time demand creative public poli-cies, new values and habits of thought, and on-the-ground models of a new economy where thepriority is to sustain human and natural communities. Most fundamentally, a sustainable, just,and democratic future requires rethinking American capitalism as it exists today as a systemof political economy. If we are going to care for people and the planet, large-scale changesare needed in how Americans consume and live, how the United States structures economicactivity and measures progress, and how we engage in the global economy. Demos’ SustainableProgress Initiative facilitates creative new research, policy development, and strategic planningfor advancing these sustainability goals.
 About the Author 
Elizabeth Grossman is the author of 
Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health,and the Promise o Green Chemistry
and
 High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics,and Human Health
, among other books. Her work has appeared in a variety of publicationsincluding
Scientifc American, Salon, e Washington Post, e Nation, Chemical Watch,
and
 Mother Jones
.
Chasing Molecules
was chosen by 
 Booklist 
as one of the op 10 Science &echnology Books of 2009 and won a 2010 Gold Nautilus Award for investigative reporting. Shehas received support for her work from the John D. and Catherine . MacArthur Foundation,the Overbrook Foundation, Oregon Literary Arts, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, TeNation Institute, and the Fund for Investigative Journalism, and has been a science journalismfellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and the Woods Hole Marine BiologicalLaboratory. She has also served as a member of the Education & Communication Workgroupof the CDC’s National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures. She has a B.A.from Yale University and writes from Portland, Oregon.
 
Amelia Warren yagi, Board Chair
Co-Founder & EVP/COO, e Business Talent Group
Miles Rapoport, President
 Dēmos
Mark C. Alexander
 Proessor o Law, Seton Hall University
Ben Binswanger
Chie Operating Ocer, e Case Foundation
Raj Date
Chairman & Executive Director, Cambridge Winter 
Maria Echaveste
Co-Founder, Nueva Vista Group
Gina Glantz
Senior Advisor, SEIU 
Amy Hanauer
 Founding Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio
Stephen Heintz
 President, Rockeeller Brothers Fund 
Sang Ji
 Partner, White & Case LLP 
Clarissa Martinez De Castro
 Director o Immigration & National Campaigns, National Council o La Raza
Rev. Janet McCune Edwards
 Presbyterian Minister 
Arnie Miller
 Founder, Isaacson Miller 
John Morning
Graphic Designer 
Wendy Puriefoy 
 President, Public Education Network 
Janet Shenk
Senior Program Ocer, Panta Rhea Foundation
Adele Simmons
Vice Chair, Chicago Metropolis 2020
David SkaggsPaul Starr
Co-Editor, e American Prospect 
Ben aylor
Chairman, e American Prospect 
Ruth Wooden
 President, Public Agenda
Members, Past & On Leave
Charles R. Halpern
 Founding Board Chair, Emeritus
President Barack Obamaom CampbellChristine ChenJuan FigueroaRobert FranklinSara HorowitzVan JonesEric LiuSpencer OvertonRobert ReichLinda arr-WhelanErnest ollerson
 Aiations are listed or identifcation purposes only. As with all Dēmos publications, the views expressed in this report do not necessarily reect the views o the Dēmos Board o Trustees.
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