2022 Andrew Goodman National Civic Leadership Training Summit

Mo is the Senior Communications Manager at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. Mo has been a digital communication specialist for the past five years, working for a variety of non-profits in the progressive movement space. Mo believes a robust digital strategy is a key factor in leveraging progressive wins, increasing accessibility in our movement spaces, and transforming narratives in service of cultural shifts. They spend their free time listening to podcasts, watching basketball, and battling their wife and 4 kids at Mario Kart.

Erin Baranko is a Program & Communications Assistant at All In Together. In this role, she provides operational and logistical support for programs and initiatives at AIT. Erin enjoys working at the intersection of civic engagement and gender justice and is passionate about making voting and civic participation more accessible. Before joining All In Together, Erin worked as a Council Aide for the Los Angeles City Council where she counseled constituents on key issues and upcoming legislation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College in History and Gender & Sexuality Studies.

Samuel Beskind, a recent Stanford University Management Science and Engineering graduate, fell in love with the game of basketball at age five. That love inspired him to dream big and work relentlessly — eventually leading him to become Captain of the Varsity Men’s Basketball Team at Stanford University. While at Stanford, he discovered a passion as deep as the one he has for basketball: helping student-athletes connect with their communities, engage in democracy, and utilize their platform for good. To pursue that passion, he is the current Student Lead of #AllVoteNoPlay, helped develop the #AVNP Playbook, and looks to inspire civic action among student athletes nationwide in 2022.

Will Bowlin, Ph.D., has served as a government and history instructor at Northeast Mississippi Community College since 2014 and as a Community of Practice Fellow with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge since 2022. He holds a bachelor's degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science, a master's degree in Public Policy and Administration, and a doctorate in Community College Leadership, all from Mississippi State University. Prior to NEMCC, Dr. Bowlin worked for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.

Beyond the classroom, Dr. Bowlin is involved with organizations such as the Mississippi Historical Society and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. He and his wife Sallye have two children (Carson and Hayden) and reside in Booneville, MS.

Yael Bromberg is a constitutional rights attorney with twenty years of experience in community organizing, advocacy, and campaigns. She serves as Special Counsel & Strategic Advisor with The Andrew Goodman Foundation, supporting our organizing, advocacy, and legal efforts. Yael is one of the nation's foremost legal experts on the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 and outlaws age discrimination in access to the ballot. Her legal scholarship, "Youth Voting Rights & the Unfulfilled Promise of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment," has been heralded as a groundbreaking study of this unexamined and under-appreciated area of constitutional rights.

Yael is Principal of Bromberg Law LLC, and a Lecturer at Rutgers School of Law where she teaches Election Law & the Political Process and serves as Faculty Advisor for the Rutgers Law Review's upcoming symposium, Voting Rights Reform: The 26th Amendment, Youth Power, and the Potential for a Third Reconstruction. This spring, she is advancing a new Andrew Goodman Foundation President's Initiative with the Harvard Kennedy School's William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice. Yael is a visiting associate with the Eagleton Institute for Politics at Rutgers University, and serves on the cross-partisan advisory council of American Promise, an organization dedicated to eradicating the outsized role of money in politics through constitutional ratification.

Formerly, Yael was a supervising attorney and teaching fellow in the Georgetown University Law Center Civil Rights Clinic and the Voting Rights Institute, where she received an L.L.M. in Advocacy with distinction. She worked in the Washington, D.C. headquarters of Common Cause, and clerked for nearly three years with the Honorable Dickinson R. Debevoise in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Yael is a graduate of Douglass College and Rutgers Law School, where she was a Kinoy/Stavis Fellow in the Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic and received upon graduation the Eli Jarmel Memorial Award for greatest interest and proficiency in public interest law. In 2015, she received the Eric Neisser Public Service Alumni Award in recognition of her work in democracy law, and is the youngest recipient of the award. Yael is barred in New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia, as well as the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Sixth and Seventh Circuit.

She has spoken at conferences and events nationwide on democracy law including youth voting rights, and is a frequent commentator for national news publications including the Washington Post, Slate, The Intercept, and CSPAN.

Katy Butler is the Director of Digital Strategy and Advocacy at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. She works with the Programs and Communications teams to support the lifecycle of digital campaigns and strengthen engagement strategies. Katy has more than 8 years experience as an activist, digital organizer, and campaign strategist. Prior to starting a career in social justice Katy was a youth activist focused on anti-bullying and LGBTQ inclusive legislation on a state and national level; now she is passionate about developing students and young adults to become catalysts for change. After working with nonprofits focused on environmental justice, racial equity, LGBTQ rights, job equity, mental health, and gender equality, Katy comes to all her work with a focus on intersectionality. She holds a dual B.A. in Women’s Studies and Sociology from The George Washington University and a Master’s in Diversity and Equity Education from the University of Illinois. Katy lives in Chicago, IL with her wife, toddler, and furry friends (1 cat and 2 dogs). She plays rugby on the women’s team in Chicago and enjoys drinking multiple cups of coffee a day.

As the Director of Day On Democracy, Marina can be found talking about the ideal Election Day on college campuses at all hours of the day. Since leading a successful Election Day class cancellation effort in college, she has turned her attention to working with students across the country who advocate for similar measures.

Monica Clarke is the Freshman Academy Service Learning Coordinator and an adjunct English faculty member at Alabama A&M Univeristy.

Pete Davis is a writer and civic advocate from Falls Church, Virginia. He works on civic projects aimed at deepening American democracy and solidarity. Pete is the co-founder of the Democracy Policy Network, a state policy organization focused on raising up ideas that deepen democracy, and is currently co-producing a documentary on the life and work of civic guru Robert Putnam. In 2015, he cofounded Getaway, a company that provides simple, unplugged escapes to tiny cabins outside of major cities. His Harvard Law School graduation speech, “A Counterculture of Commitment,” has been viewed more than 30 million times — and was recently expanded into a book: Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in An Age of Infinite Browsing. Pete is also the author of Our Bicentennial Crisis: A Call to Action for Harvard Law School’s Public Interest Mission, a book on reviving Harvard Law School’s public interest mission, and the co-author of How To Get Away: Finding Balance in our Overworked, Overcrowded, Always-On World, a book articulating Getaway’s philosophy of balancing technology and disconnection, city and nature, and work and leisure. His opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Daily News, Aeon, The Guardian, Fast Company, America Magazine, and The Falls Church News-Press.

David Dennis, Jr. is a senior writer at The Undefeated. His work has been featured in Atlanta magazine, The Atlantic, the Washington Post, and Huffington Post, among other publications. Dennis is the recipient of the 2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize, is a National Association of Black Journalist Salute to Excellence award winner, and was named one of The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans of 2020. He lives in Georgia with his wife and two children and is a graduate of Davidson College.

Dave Dennis, Sr. was a Freedom Rider and Co-Director of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi, which organized activists for a voter registration drive during “Freedom Summer.” Mr. Dennis spoke at the funeral of James Chaney, and he worked closely with both civil rights icons Bob Moses and Medgar Evers.

Sarah deVeer began working for the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) in 2017 after earning her degree from Bard Annandale in Film and Electronic Arts, with a focus in documentary and community connections. Since then, she has been focusing on a variety of initiatives through the CCE, including education outreach, voter outreach, activism support, and community relation facilitation. A career highlight for Sarah was successfully obtaining a polling place on Bard's Annandale campus during the 2020 United States presidential election, after the institution had engaged in fighting for an on-campus polling place for 20 years.

osh Dineros (he/him) is a student at the University of San Francisco studying Politics and minoring in Advertising and Philippine Studies. He is a Leo T. McCarthy Center Public Service Fellow and an Honors College Fellow where he has focused his academic work on the public education system. As a queer Filipinx-American student, he is passionate about closing inequity gaps in our education system by amplifying the voices and stories of students of color, LGBTQ+ students, and low-income families. After graduation in December 2023, he hopes to find a job in public policy and community organizing where he will continue to work with community members and elected officials to create change for communities.

Ryan Drysdale is associate director of campus partnerships for the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge at Civic Nation and has over 10 years of experience in community and civic engagement.

Prior to joining the Challenge, Drysdale worked with community development organizations in Southeast Asia and has worked, volunteered, and studied on six continents. He has also served as a regional manager for Inspire U.S., a youth civic engagement program in 11 states.

Drysdale received his BA in international relations from the University of Iowa and his Master’s in international relations from Syracuse University, including coursework in Chile. He is a 2017 New Leaders Council Fellow, served on the advisory board for the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his partner and 35+ plants.

Priya Elangovan is the Director of Research at All In Together. She produces analysis and packages on AIT’s polling and is spearheading the expansion of AIT’s research, digging deeper into passed and pending legislation and its impact on women and civic engagement. Priya is passionate about finding ways to utilize technology and organizing to promote and increase civic engagement, particularly through the development of tools and resources on the AIT website and through AIT’s Virtual Town Halls and Webinars.

Priya’s previous roles as Manager of Program Operations and Program Coordinator at AIT focused on the operations and execution of all of AIT’s in-person and digital programming, as well as program monitoring and evaluation. Priya joined the AIT team in 2018 as Program Coordinator after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University with a double major in Political Science and Computer Science. Her previous experience includes the United States Department of Commerce and the Carter Center focusing on performance measurement and program evaluation.

Outside of AIT, Priya is passionate about civic engagement within the AAPI community, previously serving as a member of the leadership team for the New York City chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF). She can also be found working with local candidates and community groups in her home borough of Staten Island.

Bintou Fofana is a rising junior at Allegheny College where she is pursuing a degree in International Studies with an area focus of West Africa (BA) along with a minor in Middle Eastern and North African Studies and a minor in French. Bintou’s passion and attentiveness in social justice and political science has allowed her to become an Andrew Goodman Ambassador, a participant in Allegheny’s Global Citizens Scholars program, a recipient of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives awards (for her work in anti-gun violence in the city of Philadelphia), and a host for her own podcast (Things Just Got Spicy🌶🔥). Bintou's goal as an Andrew Goodman Ambassador is to raise awareness about voter suppression/racial injustice and to encourage other students (especially students of color) to vote in local elections and elections in their hometown.

Richard C. Fording is the Marilyn Williams Elmore and John Durr Elmore Endowed Professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama. He earned his B.A. at the University of Florida (1986), and his Ph.D. from Florida State University (1998). His primary teaching and research interests include public policy, race and politics, state politics, social movements, and quantitative methodology. He is the author or coauthor of articles appearing in a variety of journals, including American Political Science Review, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Political Science and Journal of Politics. He is the coauthor of Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race (University of Chicago Press).

Wambui Gatheru is the Director of Programs at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. Wambui is a proud first-generation Kenyan-American. She began her career as a grassroots national organizer, quickly working her way into local Massachusetts politics where she successfully managed the 2018 Question 2 ballot initiative supporting a congressional mandate to get big money out of politics. The question had received 80% of the vote on the ballot, making it the winningest question on the ballot that year. Afterwards, she continued her career as a Partnerships and Outreach Manager, where she utilized her experience as a Black woman to form deeply intersectional and inclusive relationships. Now as the proud Director of Programs at The Andrew Goodman Foundation, she supports the visions and power of young voices in our democracy.

Prabhat Gautam, M.P.A (ऊ/him/his) is the Data Manager at IDHE and has worked for the past five years to study and maintain the longitudinal National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement, NSLVE (“n-solve”). Prabhat manages the systematic processes of data analysis, as well as generation and dissemination of NSLVE reports in the service of colleges and universities participating in the voting study. In addition to this, he works on various research and analytical outputs using NSLVE data in collaboration with campuses and other stakeholders. Prabhat’s interests include design and development of new research that seeks to explore inquiries related to equity, diversity, and inclusion in access to political learning and participation in our democracy. Prior to this, Prabhat has worked within different contexts of policy advocacy, higher education, and international development. He has an M.P.A from Cornell University and a B.A. from Kenyon College.

Guadalupe Gonzalez is the Community Engagement Manager for All in Together. In this role, she leads the Community Leadership Program and develops partnerships, programs, and tools that engage women to grow their civic leadership and support them in achieving equal voice and participation in America’s civic and political life.

Guadalupe has over eight years of experience working in community development, public policy, program design, and social change strategies in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors in both the U.S and Latin America. Her areas of expertise include gender/racial justice, human rights, immigration, and civic engagement focusing on underserved communities.

Guadalupe’s experience across sectors gives her a comprehensive approach to complex and systemic problems. In the government sector, she worked at the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs as the Legal Initiatives Coordinator. In her previous nonprofit work, she managed grassroots nonprofits and developed programs for underserved and immigrant communities. She has also performed as a Corporate Social Responsibility auditor for diverse international firms and has teaching experience as a college lecturer for Human Rights and International Security.

Guadalupe holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) with a concentration in Urban Development from the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, as well as a Master in International Affairs (MIA) from Anahuac University Mexico.

Dr. Jessica Hare serves as the Vice President of Outreach at American Promise. Dr. Hare received her Doctor of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California and is also an Alumna of the University of South Carolina where she received her Master of Social Work degree and Winthrop University where she received her Bachelor of Social Work degree.

Dr. Hare has over 15 years of professional social work experience that ranges from child welfare, military social work, medical social work, and school social work. She is an active member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and prides herself on upholding the organization’s mission and vision. She has proven to be committed to the empowerment of black women and girls while advocating on their behalf to promote leadership development and gender equity in the areas of health, education, and economic empowerment. Dr. Hare is also an active member of the National Association of Social Workers serving the Georgia Chapter and is a member of the Political Action for Candidate Election (PACE) committee.

Dr. Hare plans to continue utilizing her social work knowledge and skills to stand against social injustice while empowering not only oppressed populations but all populations. In her downtime, she enjoys exercising, traveling, and spending quality time with her children Morgan (13) and twins Nicholas & Megan (7).

Grace Kelley is a senior at Miami University studying Political Science with a double minor in Social Justice Studies and History. Her commitment to social change and inclusivity started in high school as a lead organizer for a protest involving over 20,000 people. A specialist on student activism, Grace works towards publicizing the historical ties of Freedom Summer to Miami's campus and teaching others about the civil rights history around them.

Stephanie King is the senior director of strategic initiatives for the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. She previously held the role of director for civic engagement and knowledge community initiatives at NASPA where she directed the NASPA LEAD Initiative and co-managed/co-created the Voter Friendly Campus program.

King has worked in higher education since 2009 in the areas of student activities, orientation, residence life, and civic learning and democratic engagement. She earned her MA in psychology at Chatham University and her BS in biology from Walsh University. She has contributed to a few publications including Effective Strategies for Supporting Student Civic Engagement (May 2018) and Higher Education’s Role in Enacting a Thriving Democracy: Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Theory of Change (June 2018).

King also serves as an Election Clerk for the Town of Dedham in Massachusetts.

Evan Malbrough is a native of Smyrna, Georgia. He is a 2020 graduate of Georgia State University with a degree in Public Policy and a minor in Cello Performance. At GSU, Evan was a founding member of Vote Everywhere GSU and served as an Ambassador for Amazon Prime Student, Kaplan Test Prep, & GoPuff. Evan also served as a Summer Research Fellow at the United States Department of Defense at the Pentagon. Upon graduating, he became a 2020 Puffin Democracy Fellow with The Andrew Goodman Foundation as well as a brand ambassador for Mars-Wriggly and Instagram. Evan is the founder of the Georgia Youth Poll Worker Project, where he recruited 1,000 poll workers to work the 2020 General Election and 2021 Georgia Senate Runoff. Evan now works as a Voting Access Project Fellow at the ACLU of Georgia. Finally, Evan is a writer who has been published in Forbes, Teen Vogue, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and more.

Robert Masters is a life-long New Yorker who attended Queens College during the same period as Andrew Goodman. Robert and Andrew drove together from NYC to Oxford, Ohio in June 1964 to participate in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Summer training to prepare for their volunteer work in Mississippi registering African Americans to vote.

Currently retired, Robert was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Acadia Realty Trust, a fully-integrated equity real estate investment trust focused on the acquisition, ownership, management and redevelopment of high-quality retail properties located in key street and urban retail corridors as well as suburban locations within high-barrier-to-entry, densely-populated metropolitan areas along the East Coast and in Chicago.

Previously Mr. Masters worked in the banking sector, a private law firm, and the Department of Justice. He also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo and Ghana, West Africa. Robert received his Bachelor of Arts from the City University of New York and his Juris Doctorate from New York University Law School. He currently lives with his wife Carla in White Plains, NY. They have three children and five grandchildren.

Marisa Medici is an undergraduate student at Pace University pursuing a double major in Political Science and Communication Studies. Her enduring commitment to public service is rooted in her participation in Model United Nations and her work with the Upper Mohawk Valley Chapter of the United Nations Association throughout high school. Based on her previous experiences as a Co-Founder of a youth civic engagement and volunteerism organization (UNA-USA GenUN), she recognized the importance of youth involvement in communities. Marisa continues her initiatives by volunteering in her community with various organizations centered around food security and education. She plans to translate these social justice issues into her civic engagement work as an Andrew Goodman Ambassador. Marisa is eager to uplift student voices by supporting her peers through the process of voting and uncovering the causes that are important to them.

Mike Monetta serves as Vice President of Volunteer Advocacy and Training for American Promise. He has over a decade of experience in the 28th Amendment movement, previously serving as National Director and Organizing Director for Wolf-PAC. He has helped to build volunteer teams all across America, lobbied in over 20 statehouses, and testified at dozens of committee hearings on the dire need to end the corrupting influence of big money in American politics. He is excited to bring his experience and perspective to American Promise and the fight for the For Our Freedom Amendment.

Erin Mysogland is the Assistant Director of the Center for Community Action and Research and an Adjunct Lecturer of Peace and Justice Studies and History at Pace University. In both roles she works with students on civic engagement and social justice advocacy. She has a Master’s in History from Columbia University and continues to research themes including youth and activism.

Linh has extensive political experience, specializing in strategy and outreach to young voters, Asian-Pacific Islanders, and communities of color.

She’s traveled the country working for federal and local candidates like Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Ossoff, and Senator Warnock, and most recently advised on the launch of Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for Governor in Texas.

Linh expanded her experience beyond campaigns while consulting in disaster relief & public health emergencies for API communities in Governor Newsom’s Office of Emergency Services. She's also directed social impact initiatives at Rolling Loud Music Festival in Miami, collaborating with entrepreneurs, artists, and celebrities.

Currently, Linh is a Senior Advisor for RUN AAPI, an organization deeply focused on rewriting the cultural and political narrative of AAPI youth.

Hayley Piazza is a sophomore at Pace University majoring in Health Science on a pre-physician assistant track. Hayley’s passion for civic engagement began when she was young and has only grown over time through her involvement in various clubs and organizations on campus. As a STEM major, one of Hayley’s goals during her time as an Andrew Goodman Ambassador is to motivate her fellow STEM and pre-health majors to be civically engaged. In the future, Hayley hopes to become a physician assistant, but also hopes to pursue a career in health policy to help eliminate disparities in health care.

Henry is a native Floridian and graduate of CU Boulder (Class of 2015). Since graduating, he’s worked nearly the entire spectrum of professional politics: staffing gubernatorial, congressional, and senate campaigns, working in nonpartisan issue-advocacy as a grassroots lobbyist, completing a youth leadership fellowship, and acting as a campaign consultant for dozens of campaigns. Now he’s working with Unify America to help address the extreme polarization we see in American politics, build a more equitable society based on mutual respect & understanding, and replace partisanship with problem solving.

Teri Platt is a Community of Practice Fellow, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge at Civic Nation.

Teri Platt, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration and the Director of the Isabella T. Jenkins Honors Program at Clark Atlanta University. She has over 15 years of higher education teaching experience in courses on American political institutions, public policy, urban politics and planning, and research methodology. Dr. Platt has a long-standing commitment to research and service in areas of civic engagement and community-based participatory research activities. She is currently a Faculty Affiliate with Data Science Initiative of the Atlanta University Center Consortium and the Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development at Clark Atlanta University where she is a social science researcher and lead of the Community Engagement and Dissemination Core. Through her work with the CCRTD, Dr. Platt has received funding to explore the relationship between civic engagement, self-efficacy, and prostate health through the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Platt was a 2021-2022 Fellow with the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement at the University of California, Irvine where she evaluated student voter engagement at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). She is also the Faculty Champion for the Andrew Goodman Foundation HBCU Cohort; a Co-Designer with the Ask Every Student Initiative of the Students Learn, Students Vote coalition; a member of the Executive Council of the Students Learn, Students Vote Coalition; participant in the HBCU Community of Practice for the ALL IN Democracy Challenge; and Faculty Champion for the Democracy Fellows of the Campus Vote Project.

An active member of scholarly associations, Dr. Platt has served on committees and participated in the annual meetings of the American Society for Public Administration, Conference for Minority Public Administrators, Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Midwest Political Science Association, and American Political Science Association.

Dr. Platt resides in Atlanta with her family and is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She provides additional service to the community through her church and the Atlanta Public Schools.

Amanda Pohl is the Executive Director for Deliver My Vote and Deliver My Vote Educational Fund, dedicated to increasing voter access and participation across the U.S. for every voter – at home or at the polls. She is a lifelong Virginian and a macro social worker passionate about social justice, education, and community-led change. Amanda has more than a decade of experience in program development, project management, and nonprofit leadership. Amanda has developed national programs, built processes, and challenged the status quo throughout her career. Her experiences, and stories she continued to hear from those in her community, led her to run for public office and challenge the assumption that elected seats belong to incumbents.

Tasfia Rahim is a rising senior at Pace University majoring in Economics and Political Science. Her passion for voting education and voting rights began when she turned 18. Recognizing the importance of elections, and specifically local elections, strengthened her passion for civic engagement and advocacy. She works at the Center for Community Action and Research at Pace University as Student Projects Coordinator and spends her time advocating for voter rights, immigration rights, food security rights, and urban development. She is the Co-Founder and student leader of a new food security initiative called Fare Trade. Fare trade aims to reduce food insecurity through mutual aid and community service. Tasfia hopes to study law and find ways to implement advocacy and research in her career.

Nick Ramos is a lawyer, advocate, and organizer who serves as VoteRiders’ Wisconsin Voter ID Coalition Coordinator. Previously, he spent four years as the Community Outreach Liaison for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, providing high-quality constituent services and implementing programs dedicated to enhancing the lives of the local veteran and homeless populations. Nick’s love for civic engagement began during his time in law school, when he participated in voter protection efforts across the state of Wisconsin during the 2016 election cycle and developed strategies to expand voting while recruiting and training hundreds of volunteers. Nick received his B.A. in Philosophy from Miami University and his J.D. from Marquette University Law School.

As a career college basketball coach, Eric Reveno has spent his life working passionately to help college players to be the best they can be. Along the way at Stanford and University of Portland, he has helped build some championship teams but he is most proud of the young men he has helped develop and the diverse “huddles” he helped grow into tightly bonded families. As the Associate Head Coach at Georgia Tech in 2020, he started the #AllVoteNoPlay movement which rippled through college athletics inspiring programs and leagues to cancel play on Election Day, and eventually resulted in permanent NCAA legislation. Now coaching at Oregon State, he continues to work to grow the movement, leading by example to help coaches do all they can to engage their teams in the most basic civic duty of voting.

Sam Robson is a Philosophy and Political Science student at the University of Alabama. He is currently managing a voting rights restoration clinic, Return My Vote, with the Blackburn Institute and researching student voting access with Dr. Richard Fording. Sam also works as an editor of the undergraduate Capstone Journal of Law and Public Policy. A University Fellow and Honors College student, Sam is dedicated to promoting civic engagement on his campus and his community through advocacy, research, and education. He hopes to attend law school upon graduation and wishes to pursue a career in public interest law.

Vashti is a community-builder with a bold vision for what’s possible for under-resourced and marginalized communities. She is committed to working alongside communities to recognize their individual and collective power. Whether it’s to improve their health, wealth, or overall well-being, she believes the most impactful solutions come from the lived experiences of those most impacted. She is excited to partner with those who want to reimagine what’s possible when the voices at the table are inclusive, diverse, and dedicated to equitable impact.

Vashti is the Executive Director at Madisonville Education and Assistance Center, a nonprofit that offers help and hope to neighbors in crisis by meeting their basic needs and providing education that enables them to navigate their way out of poverty. She formerly worked as Senior Director of Community Engagement for the Center for Closing the Health Gap. Prior to joining The Health Gap, Vashti launched and led the Cincinnati site for the Family Independence Initiative, a national nonprofit that trusts and invests directly in families so they can achieve prosperity for themselves and their community. Previously she served as Program Officer at the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County and Program Associate at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, where she gained substantial experience in philanthropy and non-profit funding with a focus on children, families, and vulnerable populations.

Margaret S. Knehans is the Director of Communications at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. In her role, Margaret works to support the work of AGF's programs with strategic communications and marketing. Prior to joining AGF, she worked at Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center that supports equitable school experiences for all students. As a Research Associate, she developed social justice, anti-bias professional development and curricular resources for K-12 educators. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama, where she obtained a Master's degree in American Studies, focusing on American popular music, and a Bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, concentrating on gender and race theory. Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Margaret is passionate about civil rights issues, storytelling, and helping students to become active members of their communities.

Gabrielle Slaughter is the HBCU Lead Program Manager at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. Gabrielle is a graduate of Spelman College with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. Her passions include dancing, social justice, and public interest. She takes pride in being a servant leader and mentor for young black and brown girls in her community. Her long term goals include becoming an attorney and serving as representation for others who desire to implement change in our legal system.

Austin Smith is a student at Alabama A&M University studying Civil Engineering. He is a scholar in AAMU's Honors Program and is striving to become a better leader on campus through service. He is also a member of the Gamma Phi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and wants to achieve a better future for his community. After graduating from Alabama A&M University, Austin plans on attending law school. He is honored and ecstatic for the opportunity to work with The Andrew Goodman Foundation as one of the Ambassadors for his college, and he wants to leave a foundation of democratic engagement for future generations to build onto.

Caroline Smith is the Director of Programs at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. Caroline is a proud Jersey girl living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BA in Sociology and a certificate in Community Action/Public Policy at Connecticut College in 2018. After graduation, she began her organizing career with the Student PIRGs at Rutgers University-Newark, where she trained and mobilized students to run campaigns around voter engagement, affordable textbooks, and environmental issues on campus. She then jumped into national electoral work on Senator Cory Booker's presidential campaign for the 2020 primary cycle. In her third year with AGF, Caroline is excited to continue working with young organizers across the country to institutionalize civic and voter engagement.

Lisa Kay Solomon is a Futurist and Designer in Residence at the Stanford d.school where she leads programs and classes on futures thinking and design-driven agency. Her classes include LinkedIn Learning’s Leader as Futurist, Inventing the Future, and Flights in Futures: Building Stories of Tomorrow. She is the bestselling author of Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations that Accelerate Change and Design A Better Business and was recently named to the Thinkers 50: Radar to Watch list. Lisa is the founder of Vote by Design and the creator of the All Vote No Play civic playbook, two civic futures projects focused on growing citizens and voters through experiential learning and engagement.

Dr. Nancy Thomas directs the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education (IDHE) at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life, the nation’s leading applied research center on student political learning and participation in democracy. Her work and scholarship center on higher education’s democratic mission, college student political participation and voting, campus climates for democratic learning and engagement, and dialogue, free speech, inclusion, and academic freedom. She founded and oversees the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement, NSLVE (“n-solve”), a study of student voter participation at nearly 1,200 U.S. colleges and universities nationwide. She is the author or editor of multiple book chapters, papers, articles, and collections on higher education’s role in democracy, including the monograph, Educating for Deliberative Democracy. Dr. Thomas holds a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Kaylee Valencia is the Program Manager: Operations Strategist at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. Kaylee is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. Her passions include creativity, civic engagement, social justice, and community building. Kaylee's experience is in amplifying the voices of young people by working to institutionalize civic engagement in higher education, as well as in helping others find what they care about and encouraging them to fearlessly pursue it. She believes that your vote is your voice, but your capacity to make meaningful change extends so much further than the ballot box.

Christina B. Williams is a Philadelphia, PA native and a rising senior at Clark Atlanta University where she is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science as a Provost Academic Excellence and Dean's List scholar. She is a leader in the student civic engagement space and has extensive experience serving in various elected student government positions as well as founding and presiding over several campus clubs and initiatives. Christina has held fellowships and internships with several nationally recognized civic organizations including The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Campus Vote Project, Public Citizen, the ACLU of Georgia, and Rock the Vote. She has also been highlighted by a number of media outlets including The National Journal, The Washington Post, and NPR. Christina aspires to attend law school following her undergraduate studies in order to become an attorney and utilize the law as a tool to defend the civil rights & civil liberties of marginalized communities.

Cicily Wilson has been at Bard College for 10 years with much of that time spent in the world of Student Affairs and recently joining its Center for Civic Engagement. Prior to working at Bard, Cicily's career centered on nonprofit management with a focus on public relations, community development and fundraising for many organizations including the Elie Wiesel Foundation, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, and Girl Scouts. She hopes to use her skills in communications as well as student development to enhance student’s civic engagement journey at Bard through impactful connections with community partners.

As the SLSV Coalition's Human-Centered Designer, Maddie applies a human-centered design approach to creating tools, systems, and resources for increasing student voter participation. Her work focuses on several of the SLSV Coalition’s national partnerships with a main focus on Ask Every Student. Maddie’s past work includes developing Democracy Works’ Votes & Ballots and building a region-wide coalition of college student activists and organizers in Baltimore, Maryland. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.