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Contemplating potential future Arabella Advisors leadership

Jan 24, 2022

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