A Leadership Council governs the Network and oversees its ongoing development and program work. The Leadership Council is comprised of Working Members who have demonstrated a commitment to the Network, its goals and values by attending at least one gathering, serving on a PCN committee, and/or coordinating a PCN project. The full Council meets via monthly conference calls and an annual retreat to: assess the mission and long-term strategy achievement; guide programming; develop annual budgets and oversee organizational development and fundraising. For more information, see the Leadership Council page.

Current Leadership Council Members are:

Thom Clark, Community Media Workshop, Chicago, IL (serving until June 2011)

Gopal Dayaneni, Independent Consultant, Oakland, CA (serving until June 2011)

Gordon Mayer, National People’s Action, Chicago, IL (serving until June 2012)

Damekia Morgan, Friends and Family of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, New Orleans, LA (serving until June 2012)

Sangita Nayak, Independent Consultant, Milwaukee, WI (serving until June 2011)

Matt Nelson, Color of Change, Oakland, Oakland, CA (serving until 2012)

Kathleen Pequeño, McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, Portland, OR (serving until 2011)

 Elena Rodriguez, IdahoSTARS, Boise, ID (serving until 2012)

Timothy Rose, EqualityMaine, Portland, ME (serving until June 2012)

Karlos Gauna Schmeider, Center for Media Justice, Oakland, CA (serving until June 2011)

Jen Soriano, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Oakland, CA (serving until June 2011)

Carolyn Cushing, PCN Managing Director, and Linda Stout, Spirit in Action Executive Director, also participate in ex oficio roles. PCN was a project of Spirit in Action until June 2009. The Leadership Council functions as PCN Board of Directors.