Staff

President

Taifa Smith Butler

President

Communications

Gwyn Ellsworth

Associate Director, Digital Engagement

Colleen Roache

Associate Director, Media Strategy

Victoria Muiru

Communications Project Associate

Lesley Williams

Digital Content Manager

Development

Afton Battle

Senior Manager, Individual Giving

Caitlin Furio

Grant Writer

Tamia L. Goodman

Individual Giving Manager

Kaitlin Kerwin

Senior Manager, Foundation Relations

Marsha Sasmor

Development Associate

Finance, Accounting, and Operations

Joseph DiNorcia

Executive Vice President & CFO

Kalin Drzewiecki-Sezer

Chief of Operations

José Gonzalez

Director of Talent & Equity

Jonathan Braver

Director of Finance

Elida Rivera

Associate Director of Operations

Ava Cates

Senior Operations Associate

Jasmine Perez

Senior Finance Associate

Benjamin Taylor

Senior Grants and Budget Manager

Yvette Velez

Senior Accounting Manager

Joean Villarin

Executive Assistant to the President

Legal Strategies

Kira Romero-Craft

Director, Legal Strategies

Brenda Wright

Senior Advisor, Legal Strategies

Movement Building

Carol Lautier, Ph.D.

Director of Movement Building

Joshua Harmon

Movement Building Associate

Isela Gutierrez

Associate Director, Inclusive Democracy Project

Policy & Research

Alexa Kasdan

Director, Policy and Research

Lebaron Sims

Associate Director, Policy and Research — Economic Democracy

Laura Williamson

Associate Director, Policy and Research — Democracy Reform

Francis Lightburn

Policy & Research Associate

Daniella Zessoules

Senior Policy Analyst