Josh Silver is the co-founder and former president and CEO of Free Press and serves as president emeritus on both the Free Press and Free Press Action Fund boards. He is the founding CEO of United Republic, an operating foundation challenging the undue influence of moneyed interests over government policymaking. Josh speaks and publishes widely on media, government corruption and technology issues. He was previously campaign manager for the successful Clean Elections in Arizona ballot initiative and director of development for the cultural arm of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.