Simon Rosenberg

Founded in 1996, the New Democrat Network acts as a political venture capital fund, working to develop a new generation of modern Democratic leaders eager to tackle the emerging challenges of the 21st Century and the Information Age. Under Simon's direction, NDN has become a potent national political force, raising over $10 million, helping elect 46 new Members to Congress and building the House and Senate New Democrat Coalitions into the largest caucuses in either chamber. Simon has served as a key member of two Presidential campaigns, working for Michael Dukakis in Iowa in 1987-88 and for Bill Clinton in 1991-92. He also worked at the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Leadership Council before founding NDN. Simon is widely viewed as one of the nation's top political strategists, and he and his work have been featured in several books and articles as well as two well-known movies about the 1992 campaign, Feed and War Room. Simon is a 1985 graduate of Tufts University. He currently lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two children. Simon is a member of the 2001 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.