The Center for American Progress announced that Indian American Neera Tanden will be rejoining CAP as its new president and CEO, and Patrick Gaspard will become a Distinguished Senior Fellow.
CAP Board Chair John Podesta said, "This is a moment where the Center for American Progress is more important than ever. There is a competition of ideas in the country. And this time calls for both a strong critique of the Trump administration’s policies and the development of an alternative agenda to solve the country’s problems. CAP’s work has been central to developing an agenda across economics, domestic policy, and foreign policy that have been adopted by leaders in the broad center-left, as CAP did when it proposed policy frameworks that led to the Affordable Care Act and a plan to end the Iraq War. Those ideas were picked up in the campaign and presidency of Barack Obama. And later, its ideas on climate investments were adopted and implemented by President Joe Biden. And I can think of no one better to lead CAP in this moment than Neera Tanden, who has worked in three White Houses and led CAP as it worked to defeat Trump’s repeal of the ACA."
"I’m thrilled to join the Center for American Progress, with its talented leaders across multiple issues, at this critical moment in history. As CAP has done before, it will develop an agenda to build a resilient coalition and take on the Trump administration’s assault on core American values and its harm to Americans from all walks of life," said Tanden.
