Staff & Advisors

We’re an 18 person staff team housed at Movement Labs plus dozens of candidate coaches. We have partnerships, organizing, research, operations, coaching, and data teams. Our programs are advised by leaders in our field. Contest Every Race is incubated within Movement Labs.

Want to get in touch? Please reach out at contesteveryrace@movementlabs.com

Advisors

Steering Committee

Nita Chaudhary
MoveOn
Safanya Searcy
SEIU
Ross Morales Rocketto
Run for Something
Kelly Dietrich
National Democratic Training Committee
Kate Gage
Movement Cooperative
Denise Feriozzi
Pipeline Initiative
Jeremy Smith
Civitech
Yoni Landau
Movement Labs

Advisory Board

Sara Schreiber
Executive Director
America Votes
JB Poersch
President
Senate Majority PAC
Keith Ellison
Attorney General
State of Minnesota
Cliff Albright
Co-Founder
Black Voters Matter
Lavora Barnes
Chair
Michigan Democratic Party
Nikema Williams
Chair
Democratic Party of Georgia
Stephanie Potter
Associate Director, Political Action
AFSCME
Andrea Dew Steele
Donor Advisor
Emerge Founder
Aaron Goldzimer
Donor Advisor

2022 RPL Design Committee

Democratic Party Advisors

Ken Martin
President
State Dem Parties
Brad Martin
President
State Dem EDs
Lavora Barnes
Chair
Michigan Democratic Party
Ben Wikler
Chair
Wisconsin Democratic Party
Tina Podlodowski
Chair
Washington Democratic Party
Vicki Hiatt
Chair
Kansas Democratic Party
Tom Sullivan
Frmr County Party Vice Chair
Author
Mary Gonzalez
Chair
TX Mexican-American Caucus
Kelly Dietrich
National Democratic Training Committee
Nate Timm
Chair
Wisconsin Democratic Party Rural Caucus
Ben Meers
Executive Director
Kansas Democratic Party
Bill Crawford
County Coordinator
Wisconsin Rural Democratic County Coordinator
Ethan Smith
Blue Bench Coordinator
Montana Democratic Party
Simon Hargus
Vice Chair
Wood County Democrats (WV)
Rachel Byrne
Co-Chair
Monongalia County Democratic Party (WV)
Mary Darling
Director of Party Affairs
Arizona Democratic Party
Secky Fascione
Co-Chair
Democracy Alliance
Lauren Gepford
Frmr Executive Director
Missouri Democratic Party
George Goehl
Frmr Executive Director
People's Action

Progressive & Rural Allies

Sarah Jaynes
Rural Democracy Initiative
Wanda Mosely
Field Director
Black Voters Matter
Isaac Wright
Rural Voter Institute
Stephen Smith
West Virginia Can’t Wait
Katey Laurer
West Virginia Can’t Wait
Heather Booth
Democracy Partners
Mike Lux
Democracy Partners
Meredith Dean
Appalachian Women of Action (VA)
Delinda Bryant
Albany Voters Coalition (GA)
Judy Hertz
Frmr Executive Director
Midwest Academy
Dreama Caldwell
Executive Director
Down Home NC
Brigid Flaherty
Executive Director
Down Home NC
Jesse Ferguson
Consultant & Democratic Strategist

Experimental & Measurement Design Advice

Pete Backof
Camden Strategy
Aaron Strauss
Frmr Executive Director
Analyst Institute