Team
The people building Common Ground
A founder, a volunteer staff, an advisory committee and board being assembled now, and the moderators and chapter leaders who keep the standards at every table.
Founder and Managing Director
Bikram Sachdeva
Founder
Bikram Sachdeva founded Common Ground — a civic membership coalition for Americans across party lines who share a commitment to democratic self-government.
Founding Advisory Committee
Senior practitioners who meet quarterly to test our work against experience. The committee balances perspectives the same way our chapters do.
The Founding Advisory Committee is being assembled now.
Expressions of interest are open. Senior practitioners from more than one political tradition are especially welcome.
Express interest as an advisorBoard of Directors
The board keeps the same rule every chapter keeps: at least three political perspectives at the table, and no single party's identifiers holding a majority.
The founding board is being assembled now.
Expressions of interest are open. The board will hold to the cross-partisan balance rule above.
Express interest in the boardModerators and chapter leaders
Moderators review every conversation response before it appears. Chapter leaders sign the chapter standards and keep at least three political perspectives at every table. Both are volunteer roles, briefed and time-bounded. Read the chapter standards.
Questions about the team or governance? board@commongroundcompact.org · How we are governed