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.
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Board
Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause President, Co-Chair
Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President, Co-Chair
Annie Leonard, Greenpeace USA Executive Director
Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director
Derrick Johnson, NAACP President CEO
Mobilizing Committee
Charlie Cray, Senior Research Specialist, Greenpeace
Aquene Freechild, Co-Director, Democracy is for People Campaign, Public Citizen
Courtney Hight, Director, Democracy Program, Sierra Club
Jamal Watkins, Vice President of Civic Engagement, NAACP
Marilyn Carpinteyro, Director for State Operations, Common Cause
Andrea Brown Gee, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, NAACP
Peggy Shorey, State Government Relations Deputy Director, AFL-CIO
Melissa Matos, Director of Human Rights & Education, CWA