About

Staff & Advisors

Staff

Senior Leadership

Jackie Payne

Founder & Executive Director

Emily Cavanaugh

Chief Operating Officer

Emily Robinson

Chief Campaigns Officer

Kelly Starr

Chief External Relations Officer

Kristin Wheeler

Chief Strategy Officer

Staff Team

Jasmine Allred

Campaign Data Associate

Co Alvarez

Special Assistant to the Executive Director

Hannah Curtis

Knowledge & Research Manager

Dinah Dale

Senior Development Director

Dani Dichter

Director of Data Strategy

Rachael Firestone

Research Scientist

Alex Greenler

Design & Marketing Specialist

Laura Hardner

Research Associate

Deanna Hobbs

Community Engagement Specialist

Kathleen Kelso

Director of Program, Galvanize USA

Jillian Laux

Director of Institutional Development

Urooj Mughal

Director of Partnerships

Mallory Roman

Research Director

Laurie Schipper

Community Engagement Manager

Yasmin Torabian

Development Associate

Ariel Volk

Strategic Initiatives Director

Jacquelyn Westermark

Data and Operations Associate

Alli Willis

Senior Communications Manager

Advisors

Alexandra Acker-Lyons

President & Founder, AL Advising

Maya Bourdeau

CEO, FrameShift

Catherine Briggs

Marketing & Fundraising Consultant

Katherine Grainger

Managing Partner, Civitas Public Affairs Group

Adrienne Kimmell

Founder & Principal, Spark Solutions

Celinda Lake

President, Lake Research Partners

Laura Ligouri

Executive Director & Founder, Mindbridge

Lanie McNulty

Photographer & Visual Storyteller

Brina Milikowsky

Political Strategist & Social Entrepreneur

Jess O’Connell

Cofounder & Partner, NEWCO Strategies

Jodeen Olguín-Tayler

Senior Fellow, Racial Equity & Democracy, Amalgamated Foundation

Margie Omero

Principal, GBAO

Nora Ranney

Consultant, Justice Impact Solutions

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Executive Director & Cofounder, MomsRising

Jen Tapper

Consultant

Miriam Yeung

Consultant