OUR STAFF
Ada Smith
Movement Partnerships & Grantmaking Practitioner
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Amie Little
Administrative Coordinator
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Barni Axmed Qaasim
Communications Director
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Beezer de Martelley
Senior Donor Organizer
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Chris Westcott
Political Education Senior Strategist
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Cory Pohley
Director of People & Culture
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Gabriela Hylton Garza
Culture & Operations Coordinator
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Jakki Behan
Movement Partnerships & Grantmaking Coordinator
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Janis Rocheuvel
Learning & Reflection Senior Strategist
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Jennifer Hu Corriggio
Senior Philanthropy Organizer
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Jesenia A Santana
Movement Partnerships Director
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Leigh Robbie Gaymon-Jones
Movement Partnerships and Grantmaking Practitioner
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Lori Holmes
Accountant
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Malachi Garza
Organizing Director
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Marlena Sonn
Director of Finance & Investments
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Mzima Scadeng
Executive Assistant & Governance Coordinator
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Rajasvini Bhansali
Executive Director
Nice to meet you!ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our advisors help to steward the vision of this fund and keep us focused on our long-term goals of bolstering movements so they can win.
Arnetia Fogg Dupree
Manager, Three Point Strategies
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Katey Lauer
Co-Chair of WV Can’t Wait
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Kayla Reed
Co-Founder & Executive Director of Action St. Louis/ Lead Strategist for Movement for Black Lives Electoral Justice Project
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Laura Flynn
Minnesota State Advisor/Senior Philanthropic Advisor of Movement Voter Project
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Marisa Franco
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Mijente
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Maurice Mitchell
National Director of Working Families Power
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Pamela Shifman
President of Democracy Alliance
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Executive Director
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Romilda Avila
Chief Executive Officer of Tides Advocacy
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Trishala Deb
Director of National Programs at Collaborative for Gender + Reproductive Equity
Nice to meet you!Our founding group worked together throughout 2012 and 2013 to create the shape, culture, and processes that make up Solidaire Action.
OUR FOUNDERS
- Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Founding Executive Director
- Farhad Ebrahimi
- Jason Franklin
- Richard Graves
- Jee Kim
- Brooke Lehman
- Brendan Martin
- Billy Wimsatt