Ars Technica's tech policy "People to Watch" 2009

With a new, tech-savvy US administration in power, Ars Technica and Tech Policy Central team up to profile the top names in tech policy for 2009. The envelope please...

1) Robert Atkinson, Founder and President, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF),

2) Jim Baller, President, Baller Herbst Law Group and Founder, US Broadband Coalition,

3) Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet,

4) Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy,

5 & 6) Aaron Cooper, Counsel to US Senate Judiciary Committee & Stacey Dansky, Majority Counsel to US House Judiciary Committee,

7) Michael Copps, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission,

8) Susan Crawford, Professor, University of Michigan Law School and Founder, OneWebDay,

9 & 10) Alan Davidson, Director of US Public Policy and Government Affairs for Google, Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel for Google,

11) Jim Dempsey, VP for Public Policy for the Center for Democracy & Technology,

12) Ed Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs and Founding Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University,

13) Julius Genachowski, Co-founder, LaunchBox Digital and Rock Creek Ventures,

14) Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute and Founder, WashingtonWatch.com,

15) John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology,

16) Fred Humphries, Managing Director of Federal Affairs, Microsoft Corporation,

17) Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia Government,

18) Sascha Meinrath, Research Director, Wireless Future Program, New America Foundation,

19) Ellen Miller, Co-founder and Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation,

20) Jon M. Peha, Chief Technologist, Federal Communications Commission,

21) Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google and Chairman of New America Foundation,

22) Ben Scott, Policy Director, Free Press,

23) Gigi Sohn, Co-founder and President, Public Knowledge,

24) Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Chairman, US House Committee on Energy and Commerce,

25) Joe Waz, Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Public Policy Counsel, Comcast Corporation,

26) Phil Weiser, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research and Executive Director of Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado Law School.