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Subject Matter Experts

Since its founding in 2006, the Sunlight Foundation has become one of the nation's most trusted sources for information and analysis on the movement toward opening up public access to the government on the Web to make it more transparent and accountable. Our experts can provide you with critical insight into the changing regulations and cutting-edge technologies that are transforming our government and the way that Americans interact with their elected officials.

  • Ellen Miller

    For nearly 30 years, Ellen Miller is a nationally recognized expert on transparency and the influence of money in politics. As founder of the Center for Responsive Politics, Public Campaign and a Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Sunlight Foundation, Ellen provides unique insight into how government has been moved to open its data and where we are going in the future. She is an expert in the use of new technologies for greater government accountability and the importance of data digitization. Ellen is a regular contributor on ABC's World News Tonight, C-SPAN, CNN, Washington Post, USA Today, Wired and The Huffington Post.

  • Clay Johnson

    Clay Johnson has distinguished himself as one of the nation's premier online political organizers and developers. As Director of Sunlight Labs, Clay and his team are developing the next generation of software applications and Internet tools which will revolutionize how citizens use and receive government data. Clay was recently awarded the Google O’Reilly Open Source Best Community Builder Award for his efforts to grow the Sunlight Labs community of open source developers, nationwide. Few people outside the executive branch know more about Recovery.gov and the ability for Americans to see how the administration is spending monies authorized in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

  • John Wonderlich

    John Wonderlich is the Policy Director for the Sunlight Foundation and one of the nation's foremost advocates for open government. John spearheads Sunlight's goal of changing the culture of the federal government by opening up key data sources and expanding the use of new media tools by elected officials in order to make them more accountable to their constituents. He is one of the foremost authorities on lobbying reform, franking and social media use in Congress as well as efforts to shed light on the congressional legislative process.

  • Bill Allison

    A veteran investigative reporter and editor, Bill Allison is the Editorial Director for Sunlight Foundation Reporting. Bill has spent the better part of his career reporting on lobbyist influence in Washington, campaign finance transparency and earmarks. Through his blogging and journalist trainings, Bill sheds light on the growing influence of lobbyists working on behalf of foreign governments, federal contracting issues and parsing data from personal financial disclosure forms. Bill has been a contributor on major cable news networks, the BBC, Roll Call, The Hill, Politico and other news outlets.

  • Jake Brewer

    As the Engagement Director at the Sunlight Foundation, Jake is responsible for all external affairs and campaigns aimed at making government on the local, state and federal level more transparent. Jake is a veteran national organizer and social entrepreneur, having served as Director of Strategic Communications for the Energy Action Coalition (Power Shift '09), Director of Partnerships at Idealist.org and Director of Education Without Borders. Jake and his team are responsible for outreach and citizen activism campaigns, like the highly successful "Read the Bill" initiative, which helped push Congress to post legislation online for public disclosure and comment. Jake is an expert on the transparency community and the importance of engagement between the public and its government.

For additional information on our experts or to schedule an interview, please contact Sunlight's Communications Director Gabriela Schneider at 202/742-1520.