Zack Stalberg was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Committee of Seventy in February, 2005. He broadened its mission, brought new life to the organization and is using it to materially impact politics and government in Philadelphia.

Stalberg is a native Philadelphian who spent the first 35 years of his career in journalism. He is intimately familiar with the worlds of media, politics and business in the Philadelphia region.

He was responsible for editorial content and business results at the Philadelphia Daily News for 20 years until deciding he wanted to try to have a more direct effect on public life in Philadelphia. Read More

Other Full-Time Staff

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Vice President and Policy Director

Hello, I’m Ellen Mattleman Kaplan, Vice President and Policy Director for the Committee of Seventy.

I started at Seventy in April 2005 and am delighted to work with Zack, my colleague and the Board on a mission that I believe is so important to the future of Philadelphia and the region. In addition to spearheading Seventy’s efforts on non-election policy issues (election issues are handled by Chris Sheridan), I work on organizational development and membership. I am the liaison to the Finance and Membership Committees and also to the Executive Committee. …Read More

Assistant Policy Director

Hi, I'm Sarah Stevenson, Assistant Policy Director at the Committee of Seventy. I started at Seventy in June 2006 as a law and policy intern and became instantly addicted to the place. I've been here ever since.

I'm a Philadelphia native and have spent all but six months of my life in this City. Read more

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Director of Voter Services

Hi, I'm Jonathan David, Director of Voter Services at Committee of Seventy. I started at Seventy as an undergraduate intern in Fall 2006, working mostly on Seventy's Election Oversight Program and other election and voting related projects. I now focus on organizing the Election Oversight Program, but I also work to update and improve Seventy's website and on other activities related to elections and voting. Read more

Interns
Jonathan Pron	Hi, I'm Jonathan Pron, a co-op student at Drexel University's Earle Mack School of Law. I started at the Committee of Seventy in June 2008. I've been in and around Philadelphia my whole life. I received my undergraduate degree from LaSalle University in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing in May 2003. After a year of part time work and four years full time in that field, I enrolled in Drexel Law in August 2007. In what little free time I have, I enjoy playing the guitar and pretending I know my way around a piano. Formerly a several-hour-per-day habit, my tennis playing has been reduced to Wii-only since I've been in law school.

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