International Consultant, former FBI Executive

A year after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the city prepares for another field of runners. We FEATURE Lauren Anderson, former FBI Executive and National Security and Crisis Management expert. Anderson directed all International Terrorism investigations of the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, in the US, Africa, and Western Europe, overseeing the disruption of significant terrorist plots. She was one of the first woman selected for an FBI SWAT team and the first woman to lead the FBI’s office in the American Embassy in Paris.

President

With violence threatening a diplomatic deal in the Ukraine and Russian military forces remaining in the region, Vice President Biden departs for a meeting with Ukrainian leaders. We FEATURE Toby Gati, expert on political and economic developments in Russia, the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe. As special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia, Ukraine and the Eurasian States at the National Security Council in the White House, Mrs. Gati helped develop and implement U.S. policy towards Russia during the Clinton administration. Mrs. Gati has appeared on major network news programs, as well as on CNN International's "Insight" and "Headline News," and National Public Radio and PBS' "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."

Executive Director and Founder

As pot-smokers in Colorado celebrate marijuana legalization and several other states consider decriminalization or legalization, we FEATURE drug policy expert Deborah Small. Small has served as Director of Public Policy & Community Outreach for the Drug Policy Alliance and has been at the forefront of the national movement seeking to change our nation’s failed drug policies. She founded Break the Chains: Communities of Color and the War on Drugs to help build a movement in communities of color in support of drug policy reform with the goal of replacing our failed drug polices with alternatives based on science, compassion, public health and human rights.

Energy & Environment Journalist

After a new delay of the Keystone pipeline, we FEATURE energy and environmental expert Kate Galbraith. Writing on the keystone pipeline, fracking, air pollution and wind energy, among other topics, she has covered energy and the environment for the Austin-based Texas Tribune and reported on clean energy for the New York Times and its Green blog. She has appeared on the PBS Newshour as well as various radio and television outlets.