Sam Gill is senior vice president and chief program officer. In this role, he oversees all of Knight’s grant-making programs—Community and National Initiatives, Journalism and Arts. He also oversees Learning and Impact, Knight’s research and assessment program. Sam joined the foundation in 2015. Previously, he served as vice president of Freedman Consulting, where he provided leadership for many of the firm’s projects, including strategic planning and evaluation, as well as campaign and initiative management. He has led or participated in projects for elected officials and candidates for office, Fortune 500 companies and many of America’s leading foundations.

Jami Floyd is the local host of WNYC’s All Things Considered.

Jami’s broadcast journalism career began in earnest when she was teaching law at Stanford and she sparred with John Stossel during his prime time special The Trouble with Lawyers. Seeing that, KPIX Radio in San Francisco, asked her to serve as their legal analyst during the 1994 OJ Simpson murder trial. That led to local news reporting for KPIX TV and eventually to the networks, first CBS News and ultimately ABC News, where Jami served for nearly a decade in various capacities including Law & Justice Correspondent, the youngest person ever to hold the post, and the only woman ever to do so.

After nearly a decade spent covering the innocence movement, civil rights and Supreme Court, and breaking news including the 2000 contested presidential election (Bush v. Gore) and the 9/11 attacks from Ground Zero, Jami left ABC News to launch her own program at Court TV, Jami Floyd: Best Defense, a daily live political and legal talk show, which enjoyed a five year run. In 2012, she hosted TED Talks in NYC on NYC Media, a public media program in partnership with “TED Ideas Worth Sharing.” At TED, she was able to draw upon her time spent working in the White House on crime policy abs communications strategy.

Jami has also appeared on CNN, Fox News, NBC and MSNBC, PBS, and WNYC. She’s won numerous awards, including the Gracie, two Tellys, the Maggie and two Cine-Golden Eagle Awards for journalism. In a career that spans nearly two decades, Jami’s journalism ranges from breaking news to long form investigations. Most of all, she enjoys in-depth conversations with newsmakers and has conducted hundreds of interviews, among the most memorable: Hillary Clinton, Don Cheadle, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Henry Kissinger, Lenny Kravitz, Congressman John Lewis, Dave Matthews, and former Governor Rod Blagojevich, cited by the New York Times for it’s “hard-hitting” questions. But she considers Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, her most meaningful interview.

Andrea Hailey is the CEO of Vote.org, the largest non-profit, non-partisan voting registration and GOTV technology platform in America. Andrea has nineteen years of experience in get out the vote operations and campaigns.

Born and raised in Indianapolis, as the daughter of two prominent attorney-advocates. After graduating from Miss Porter's School and The George Washington University, Andrea launched her career on Capitol Hill in the office of Representative Patrick Kennedy. Over the past two decades, her career has expanded to include fundraising and campaigning for presidential and congressional candidates, historic landmarks, and ballot initiatives. Andrea has extensive experience working with non-profits including the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Andrea has been a consistent and passionate investor of time, energy, and resources, in expanding America’s voter base. Prior to joining Vote.org, she served as the founder of Civic Engagement Fund, an incubator for grassroots non-profit organizations focused on voter empowerment and engagement. Today, Andrea is a recognized expert on civic engagement, and a staunch defender and promoter of democracy. She sits on the board of NARAL and Bend The Arc, serves on the Leadership Council of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and is a member of the Society of Fellows for the Aspen Institute.

Gerald F. Seib is the executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal, where he writes the weekly “Capital Journal” column. Previously the Washington bureau chief of the Journal, he reported on the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s, and covered the White House from 1987 through 1992. He has moderated three presidential debates, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. He has won the Merriman Smith award for coverage of the presidency, the Aldo Beckman Award for coverage of the White House and the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Prize. He was part of a team of reporters and editors that won the Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news category for coverage of 9/11. In 2005, he won the William Allen White Foundation national citation, and in 2009 the National Press Club’s award for political analysis. He has been a commentator on CNBC, Fox News, PBS’s Washington Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday and NBC’s Meet the Press. Seib is author of We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Reagan to Trump, a Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution and, with John Harwood, of Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power.

Amy Walter is the host of WNYC’s Politics with Amy Walter on The Takeaway. She is also the National Editor of The Cook Political Report, where she provides analysis of the issues, trends and events that shape the political environment, and a regular contributor to PBS NewsHour, where she offers her perspective weekly on Politics Monday. With over 25 years of experience, Amy Walter has built a reputation as an accurate, objective, and insightful political analyst with unparalleled access to campaign insiders and decision-makers. Named one of DC’s “50 Top Journalists” by Washingtonian Magazine, Walter was the former political director of ABC News and is also a regular panelist on NBC’s Meet the Press, Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier and CBS’ Face the Nation.