Nobody asked, but …
The Arabella Advisors philanthropic consulting company announced the departure of chief executive officer Sampriti Ganguli earlier this month, saying that chief revenue officer Rick Cruz will become its first president and manage day-to-day operations and that it will announce a new CEO next year. The powerful, progressive consultancy operates several “dark-money” groups that engage in politics and advocacy.
Last November, in what appeared to be a challenging interview with The Atlantic’s Emma Green, the outgoing Ganguli sought to maintain that she believes in and Arabella maintains a proper distinction between charity and politics.
Nobody asked us, but below is an earnestly compiled (merely alphabetical) list of potential candidates for Arabella’s CEO role.
Stacey Abrams
William Barber
Ian Bassin
Robert Bauer
Bill de Blasio
Lee Bodner
Jeff Bradach
Donna Brazile
Paul Brest
Rutt Bridges
David Brock
David Callahan
Ben Cohen
Ron Conway
Alphonso David
Aaron Dorfman
Anita Dunn
Norm Eisen
Marc Elias
Rahm Emanuel
Kathleen Enright
Tiana Epps-Johnson
Karla Jurvetson
Josué Estrada
Russ Feingold
Hannah Fried
Patrick Gaspard
Dick Gephardt
Tim Gill
Anand Giridharadas
Whoopi Goldberg
Lisa Graves
Vania Gupta
Deb Haaland
Jaime Harrison
Wade Henderson
Margaret Huang
Imtiyaz Hussein
Van Jones
Eric Kessler
Chris Korge
Mike Kubzansky
Amy Kurtz
Gara LaMarche
Roger Lau
Lawrence Lessig
Tom Lopach
Rachel Maddow
Jane Mayer
Amber McReynolds
Analilia Mejia
Maurice Mitchell
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Beto O’Rourke
Nancy Pelosi
Tom Perez
John Podesta
Mike Podhorzer
Jared Polis
Katie Porter
Ayanna Presley
Laura Quinn
Cecile Richards
Nancy Roob
Steve Schmidt
Rajiv Shah
Faiz Shakir
Donna Shalala
Al Sharpton
Anat Shenker-Osorio
Nelini Stamp
Andy Stern
Carli Stevenson
Pat Stryker
Mark Suzman
Neera Tanden
Tina Tchen
Ruy Teixeira
Nina Turner
Edgar Villanueva
Michael Waldman
Darren Walker
Jeff Weaver
Randi Weingarten
Ellen Weintraub
Sheldon Whitehouse
