Team
Erin Mazursky, Founder & Executive Director
Over a decade of experience building and supporting movements globally; former strategy, Purpose; Youth Advisor, USAID; Obama ‘08 organizer; youth movement consultant; co-founder & Executive Director, STAND
Jenn WAtts, Director of programs
Over a decade of experience in politics, movement building & organizing, international development, communications & digital media and public policy.
Kevin Wenzel, Finance & Operations
Project Manager at Aldeia Works; organizational management consultant
Alicia Wallace, Project Coordinator
A women's rights activist, public educator, and cultural critic from Nassau, Bahamas
Heidi Jaafar, Board of Directors
Operations at DevSeed; entrepreneur; former National Democratic Institute, Middle East
Marilia Bezerra, Secretary of the Board of Directors
Founder & CEO, Aldeia Works, former Clinton Global Initiative executive team
William J. Dobson, Board of Directors
Editor of Politics & Foreign Affairs at Slate; author, The Dictator's Learning Curve
Dr. Joshua Walker, Board of Directors
Director of Global Programs, APCO Worldwide; Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund
Dr. Maria J. Stephan, board of directors
Senior policy fellow, United States Institute of Peace (USIP); nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council; former lead foreign affairs officer in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
Kurt Ronn, Treasurer of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Founder of HRWorks; contributor to major HR industry journals; Strategic consultant to venture-backed startups and major corporate reorganizations
DAR VANDERBECK, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Managing Director, Teach For America; Partner, Imperative; former Program Strategist USAID Office of Transition Initiatives
Ann-Sofie Jespersen, Advisory Board
Cairo-based; former ActionAid; decade-long student & teacher of activism
Carina Molnar, Advisory Board
Systems strategist and project manager at Purpose, co-Founder of City Atlas
Ali Rozell, Advisory Board
Former Director of Email for the Democratic National Committee; Campaign Manager for CREDO Action; Current law student at NYU; Magic maker
Joe Conte, Advisory Board
Entrepreneur, strategist, and tech advisor; former organizing director at NationBuilder