Our Team
Staff

Alexis Gudding
Operations Specialist

Alexis Gudding
Operations Specialist

Anita Dos Santos
Advocacy Manager

Anita Dos Santos
Advocacy Manager

Elizabeth Crews
Acting Executive Director

Elizabeth Crews
Acting Executive Director

Edna Sandoval
CA Advocacy Manager

Edna Sandoval
CA Advocacy Manager

George Ygarza, Ph.D
Curriculum Development Specialist

George Ygarza, Ph.D
Curriculum Development Specialist

Ingrid Haftel
Director of Learning & Design

Ingrid Haftel
Director of Learning & Design

Isabel Luciano
Director of Training & Curriculum Design

Isabel Luciano
Director of Training & Curriculum Design

Jane DeRonne
Development Manager

Jane DeRonne
Development Manager

Kayla Knight
Technical Assistance Project Manager

Kayla Knight
Technical Assistance Project Manager

Michael Cusack
Director of Technical Assistance

Michael Cusack
Director of Technical Assistance

Navdeep (Nav) Gill
Finance Associate

Navdeep (Nav) Gill
Finance Associate

Nisha Thompson
NJ Advocacy Manager

Nisha Thompson
NJ Advocacy Manager

Petula Jarvis-Hanley
Democracy Beyond Elections Coalition Manager

Petula Jarvis-Hanley
Democracy Beyond Elections Coalition Manager

Rahel Mekdim Teka
Director of Strategic Communications

Rahel Mekdim Teka
Director of Strategic Communications

Robbie Barton
Communications Associate

Robbie Barton
Communications Associate
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Board of Directors

Joan Bakiriddin
Elsevier Inc. | New York City

Joan Bakiriddin
Elsevier Inc. | New York City

Evan Graner
San Francisco

Evan Graner
San Francisco

Stephen Lafume
Boston, MA

Stephen Lafume
Boston, MA

Robert Sherman, PhD
New York City

Robert Sherman, PhD
New York City

Cyndi Tercero-Sandoval
Phoenix Union High School District | Phoenix

Cyndi Tercero-Sandoval
Phoenix Union High School District | Phoenix

Jan Weetjens
North American PB Research Board

Celina Su
Marilyn J. Gittell Chair in Urban Studies and a Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York

Celina Su
Marilyn J. Gittell Chair in Urban Studies and a Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York

Thea Crum
Associate Director of Neighborhoods Initiative at the Great Cities Institute of the University of Illinois at Chicago

Thea Crum
Associate Director of Neighborhoods Initiative at the Great Cities Institute of the University of Illinois at Chicago

Daniel Schugurensky
Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University

Daniel Schugurensky
Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University

Benjamin Goldfrank
Professor in the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University

Benjamin Goldfrank
Professor in the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University

Lodewijk Gelauff
PhD Student in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Lodewijk Gelauff
PhD Student in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Jude Miller (they/he)
Research Fellow, Participatory Budgeting Project

Jude Miller (they/he)
Research Fellow, Participatory Budgeting Project

Ron Hayduk
Professor in the Department of Political Science at San Francisco State University

Ron Hayduk
Professor in the Department of Political Science at San Francisco State University

Gary Hytrek
Professor of Social Geography at California State University, Long Beach

Gary Hytrek
Professor of Social Geography at California State University, Long Beach

Yvonne Yen Liu
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Solidarity Research Center

Yvonne Yen Liu
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Solidarity Research Center

Tara Bartlett
Senior Research Analyst School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University

Tara Bartlett
Senior Research Analyst School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University

Gina Hakim
Research Fellow, Participation Lab

Gina Hakim
Research Fellow, Participation Lab