The Democracy Initiative Education Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable research and education organization dedicated to public education for member organizations about the necessity of broader democracy reform so that we can fully realize the promise of American democracy; a government of, by, and for the people.
Our Story
Board
Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause President, Board Treasurer and Co-Chair
Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President, Board President and Co-Chair
Derrick Johnson, NAACP President & CEO
Erich Pica, Friends of the Earth President
Gustavo Torres, CASA Executive Director
Virginia Kase Solomón, League of Women Voters of the United States CEO
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Staff
Charly Carter, Executive Director
Jennifer Lamson, Special Assistant for Federal Initiatives
Getachew Kassa, National Field Manager
Sherri Davis, Executive HR Assistant & Operations Manager
Jack Flynn, Communications Associate
Belén Sisa, Arizona Campaign Manager
Ashli Bolden, Movement Building and Training Coordinator
Anchor Committee
Marilyn Carpinteyro, Vice President of Programs and Strategy, Common Cause
Jamal Watkins, Vice President of Civic Engagement, NAACP
Michelle Chan, Vice President of Programs, Friends of the Earth
Darlene Azarmi, Democracy Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
Alonzo Washington, Director of Policy and Community Engagement, CASA
Carol Lautier, Inclusive Democracy Project Associate Director, Demos
Alma Couverthie, National Organizing Director, League of Women Voters of the United States
Desiree Hoffman, Legislative Representative, United Auto Workers
Folabi Olagbaju, Democracy Campaign Director, Greenpeace USA