Movement strategist, cultural historian, and performing artist, Barry Kendall is Executive Director of the Progressive Ideas Network (PIN), a nationwide alliance of multi-issue think tanks and activist organizations. PIN provides its member organizations with opportunities to step away from our day-to-day policy fights and think together about our common goals and develop shared strategies for battles over the horizon. Currently, PIN members are collaborating on projects to craft and disseminate effective framing around inequality, to develop policy and public education materials for corporate governance reform, to elevate the role of community organizing in the progressive ecosystem, and a special post-election summit being planned in partnership with Progressive Congress. Together, PIN partners are building a policy infrastructure to power a new era in progressive politics.

Holding a doctorate from Stanford University, Barry is an expert on the role of religion in American culture and politics. He is a 2009 recipient of the "40 Under 40" Award from the New Leaders Council, and he is proud to serve as an adviser to Netroots Nation. Barry enjoys biking around the streets of San Francisco, growing fruits and vegetables in his urban garden, and singing baritone with a terrific Bay Area ensemble, the International Orange Chorale.

Alan Rosenblatt, Associate Director of Online Advocacy, is the social media strategist for the Center for American Progress and CAP Action Fund. He created and hosts the Internet Advocacy Roundtable; teaches digital political strategy at Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and American Universities; blogs at the Huffington Post, TechPresident.com, K Street Café, and DrDigiPol.com; serves on E-Democracy.org’s board of directors; and was a 2008 fellow at George Washington University’s Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet. He taught the world’s first internet politics course at George Mason University in 1995. Alan has a Ph.D. in Political Science from American University. Find him on Twitter @DrDigipol and @CAPAction.

Bill Scher is the Online Campaign Manager at Campaign for America's Future and the Executive Editor of LiberalOasis.com. He is the author of "Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America", a regular contributor to Bloggingheads.tv and The Huffington Post, and host of the LiberalOasis Radio Show weekly podcast.

Murshed Zaheed currently serves as a senior advisor for New Partners, offering strategic advice on leveraging message opportunities and building online campaigns. He recently served as Director of Strategic Communications at Media Matters for America (MMFA). His responsibilities included managing the execution of media plans; managing MMFA’s website and online communications operations, including the oversight of email campaigns, the construction of social networking groups, and the coordination and development of online videos.
Before working at Media Matters, Murshed served as the Director of New Media for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In his position, Murshed was responsible for counseling the Majority Leader and his leadership staff in developing media narratives to achieve strategic objectives, including moving public opinion around key legislation. Before joining Senator Reid's staff, he held similar position serving the Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives. Murshed also has worked in a number of political campaigns, including serving as a key member of Governor Howard Dean's groundbreaking online and fund-raising team that helped to revolutionize today’s political campaigns. Prior to his political career, Murshed practiced as a union-side labor attorney for three years in Washington DC. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Political Science and earned his law degree from the Boston University School of Law.