Elana Broitman Named Director of New America NYC

New America is proud to announce the appointment of Elana Broitman as the director of the New America NYC office.

Broitman brings expertise in legal and technological fields and significant New York government experience to the New York office. She was previously at the UJA-Federation in New York, where she was a senior vice president. Prior to that, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Manufacturing & Industrial Base Policy in the Department of Defense and as a Senior Advisor to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.).

“I am thrilled to join New America and help bring together national, international and local issues and policy leaders,” said Broitman, “I’m eager to combine my experience in Washington government, New York philanthropy and the private sector to make a meaningful contribution that advances an innovative think tank model.”

Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO of New America, said, “Elana Broitman has broad experience bearing on critical themes for New America NYC: technology, global affairs, the immigrant experience, and diaspora communities in New York, as well as having worked in national politics from both the legislative and executive side. She is committed to figuring out, together with our fabulous New York staff, how to make New America NYC an institution that is not just in New York but is actually of New York, in its local, national, and global dimensions. We are thrilled to have her on board.”

New America is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with hubs in New York City, California, and Chicago.