President

With reports of Russia's involvement with the disappearance of Flight MH17 recently released, we FEATURE Toby Gati. As special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia, Ukraine and the Eurasian States at the National Security Council in the White House in 1993, Ms. Gati helped develop and implement U.S. policy towards Russia during the first Clinton administration. She was responsible for preparations for the April 1993 Vancouver Summit, passage of the first Clinton administration assistance package and the establishment of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technical Cooperation. She also worked closely with political leaders in the NIS. Media includes: Newshour with Jim Lehrer, CNN Headline News, ABC News, NPR

Independent Journalist & Social Media Researcher

To discuss this weekend's reports of more violent attacks in Jerusalem we FEATURE Anna Therese Day, an independent journalist and social media researcher, specializing in global civil society organizing, new media activism, and Middle East politics. Ms. Day has reported on the ground from Bahrain, Egypt, Israel & the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Syria, Turkey, and the United States, with extended time in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Territories. Her portfolio includes the 2011 Libyan War, unrest in Bahrain, the Gaza Strip after Operation Cast Lead, post-election violence in Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict generally, and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Media includes: The BBC, Al Jazeera, The Huffington Post Streaming Network, WGN Chicago: Politics Tonight, PolicyMic

Principal

As the debate to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day has taken over social media, we FEATURE Lael Echo-Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. She is an attorney in Seattle with the firm of Garvey Schubert Barer, specializing in public policy analysis, high-level intergovernmental negotiations and civil law. Her practice includes serving as Counselor to the Chair of the National Indian Gaming Association and the legislative director for the Native American Contractors Association. In addition, she served as in-house counsel to a tribal board of directors and subsidiary organizations with revenues in excess of $200 million.

Former Director: Hackbright Academy, Founder: Women 2.0

To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day and highlight the number of women in technology, we FEATURE Annie Chang, the Director of Growth at Hackbright Academy, a 10-week accelerated computer science and software development program exclusively for women in San Francisco. In 2008, she started Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners to network women in technology, asking that guys come as the “+1″ for once to a tech event. Dinners are sponsored by companies including Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and Palantir. Prior to that, she co-founded Women 2.0, a media company which promotes women in high-growth, high-tech entrepreneurship. She was named in Fast Company's 2010 "Most Influential Women in Technology" and more recently Business Insider named her one of "30 Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech". Media includes: ForbesWomen blog, Huffington Post blog