Steven Hill is a political writer, cofounder of FairVote and former director of the political reform program at the New America Foundation. Mr. Hill is a frequent speaker at academic, government, NGO and business events, speaking on a wide range of topics related to politics, economics, climate change, global complexity, and future trends. In the early 2000s, Mr. Hill was a leader in the efforts to pass public financing of campaigns and instant runoff voting (now known as ranked choice voting) in the Bay Area. He wrote the ballot measures, as well as led the successful campaigns and the subsequent implementation efforts. He assisted the Secretary of State, Department of Elections, and voting machine vendor to design the voting equipment for RCV elections, and helped design the initial rollout in education plans. Mr. Hill has been involved in all aspects of ranked choice voting since its inception. He is the author of four books, including "10 Steps to Repair American Democracy" (www.10Steps.net), "Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age” (www.EuropesPromise.org), and "Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics" (www.FixingElections.com) which was called "the most important book on American democracy that has come out in many years." His articles and op-eds have appeared in publications around the world, including the New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle and more. Mr Hill has appeared on international, national and local radio and television programs, including the BBC, Fox News, NPR, Pacifica, Sirius, KQED and others.