Steven Hill

Steven Hill is Director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation, and his most recent book is "10 Steps to Repair American Democracy" (www.10Steps.net, PoliPoint Press, May 2006). His previous books include "Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics" (www.FixingElections.com, Routledge Press, 2002), and "Whose Vote Counts" (co-author, Beacon Press, 2001). Mr. Hill's articles and commentaries have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, Fresno Bee, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, The Nation, Salon.com, Ms. and other leading publications. Mr. Hill has appeared on national and local radio and television programs, and has lectured widely in the United States and Europe. He was campaign manager for the successful efforts in San Francisco and Oakland that passed instant runoff voting for electing local offices, and was one of the organizers of successful efforts to pass public financing of elections for local campaigns in San Francisco.

The New America Foundation (www.newamerica.net) is a post-partisan, nonprofit policy institute based in Washington DC and California. New America's Political Reform Program (www.newamerica.net/politicalreform), of which Mr. Hill is the director, seeks to identify and develop the best opportunities for political and electoral reform, educate opinion leaders and the public about electoral alternatives, and encourage the formation of a broad-based coalition for reform.

More about Steven Hill may be found at http://www.newamerica.net/people/steven_hill.