Maya M Rockeymoore

Maya Rockeymoore is president and CEO of Global Policy Solutions, a social change strategy firm in Washington, DC. She was previously the VP of research and programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, senior resident scholar for health and income security at the National Urban League, and chief of staff to Congressman Charles Rangel, among others. She wrote The Political Action Handbook: A How-To Guide for the Hip-Hop Generation and is co-editor of Strengthening Community: Social Insurance in a Diverse America. She is a 2004 Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow and received Running Start's 2007 Young Women to Watch Award. She is a 2004 Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.