Scott N. Paul is the founding Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), which was launched in April 2007. AAM is a non-profit, non-partisan partnership established by some of America’s leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers to explore common solutions to challenging public policy topics such as job creation, infrastructure investment, international trade, and global competitiveness.

AAM has become a prominent voice for American manufacturing and its workers, publishing research, books and online resources; conducting advocacy on key issues; and working closely with leaders in both political parties to promote domestic production and employment.
Prior to forming the Alliance, Mr. Paul was the principal lobbyist for the Industrial Union Council and was a trade lobbyist at the AFL-CIO, where he led the labor movement’s legislative initiatives on international trade, manufacturing, and foreign policy issues.
Mr. Paul’s Capitol Hill experience extended from 1987 to 2001. He served as a staff member to the late Rep. Jim Jontz (D-IN) and former Rep. Peter Barca (D-WI), and as the chief foreign policy and trade advisor to then-House Democratic Whip David E. Bonior (D-MI).
Mr. Paul earned a B.A. in Foreign Service and International Politics from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.A. with honors in Security Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He resides with his spouse Ilisa Halpern Paul and twin boys in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Robert L. Borosage is the co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future. Previously, Borosage founded and directed the Campaign for New Priorities, a nonprofit organization calling for post-Cold War reinvestment in America. He is the author of The Next Agenda: Blueprint for a New Progressive Movement. Borosage’s work has appeared in a number of mainstream and progressive publications, and he is a frequent television and radio commentator. In 1988, he was senior issues advisor to the presidential campaign of Rev. Jesse Jackson. He has also served as an issues advisor to many progressive political campaigns, including those of Senators Carol Moseley Braun, Barbara Boxer, and Paul Wellstone.

Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards represents Maryland’s 4th Congressional District. She serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Science and Technology Committee, and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.

Prior to serving in Congress, Rep. Edwards was the executive director of the Arca Foundation and the co-founder and executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, both in Washington, D.C.

Rep. Edwards attended Wake Forest University and received her Juris Doctor from Franklin Pierce Law Center. She is the proud mother of one son.