Our People

ABIGALE BELCREST (THEY/THEM/THEIRS)

Abigale Belcrest currently serves as the special assistant to the undersecretary in the Bureau of Industry and Security within the United States Department of Commerce. Abigale has been active in the voter rights space in various capacities: previously they were the program coordinator for the MIT Election Data and Science Lab. Abigale also managed the Michigan Voter Protection Hotline with the Democratic Party in 2020.

Previously, Abigale worked in journalism, labor, and education in Morocco, where they received a Fulbright research grant in 2016.

Abigale holds a bachelor’s degree in Arabic with honors and a Justice/Law concentration from Williams College.

ALLEN COON (HE/HIM)

Allen Coon rejoins The Andrew Goodman Foundation as an Associate Board member after serving as an Andrew Goodman Ambassador from 2015 to 2018.

Allen is a lifelong Mississippian, and he received his bachelor's degrees in public policy, African-American studies, and sociology from the University of Mississippi in 2018. As an undergraduate student, he was involved in local anti-racism campaigns, including the successful student-led effort to remove Mississippi's former state flag (which incorporated Confederate imagery) from the University of Mississippi's campus. During that time, Allen also organized statewide voter registration and education initiatives as an Andrew Goodman Ambassador.

He is currently a third-year student at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he continues his democracy work as a W&M Election Law Fellow and as a leader of Revive My Vote, an organization which helps Virginians with felony convictions restore their voting rights.

MAGGIY EMERY (SHE/HER)

Maggiy Emery serves as the Director of Development and Communications at Protect Minnesota, overseeing all development efforts and messaging strategies to prevent gun violence in the Midwest. She comes to the Associate Board with a background in political and nonprofit development, finance, communications, and messaging. She applies her skills via involvement across a number of organizations working in her passion areas, including Rural Rising Project.

Maggiy is passionate about democracy activism and youth engagement, particularly in the Midwest and Middle America. She lives in Saint Paul.

ANYA GANDY (SHE/HER)

Anya Gandy has spent her career at the intersection of agriculture, energy, and climate change. She currently spearheads Sustainability at Inari Agriculture, a Series D agritech startup enabling a more resilient food system. Prior to Inari, she worked with Google's global startup accelerator, Launchpad, and Google's renewable energy department. She's done policy work in Washington, D.C.; research and consulting in the Southwest Cattlebelt region; and cowboy'd on sustainably managed ranches in Australia, New Zealand, Montana, and Oregon. Anya graduated with dual degrees from Cornell University and hails from a permaculture farm in Oregon.

ADAM GERARD (HE/HIM)

Adam Gerard is a Business Analyst with McKinsey & Company, where he focuses his efforts on projects in the public and social sector, along with higher education. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale with a degree in Global Affairs in 2017.

Formerly, Adam served as President of the Tree Musketeers, the world’s first youth-led non-profit organization. During Adam’s tenure as President, the organization worked with youth to plant over 250,000 trees around the world and received over $1 million in donations. The organization has received recognition from multiple leaders including Bill and Hillary Clinton, members of Congress, and the National Arbor Day Foundation. Adam also served on his hometown of Manhattan Beach’s Environmental Task Force, which generated recommendations implemented by the California town to become a global leader in environmental stewardship.

Adam has also delivered multiple speeches on the topic of youth leadership and environmentalism, including a keynote speech for the Korea Council of Overseas Schools. He is excited to bring his experience in youth leadership and activism to the Andrew Goodman Foundation.

BRANDON “JACK” LEE (HE/HIM/HIS/THEY)

Brandon "Jack" Lee is a queer tactical creative with a love of storytelling and many years of media production experience. He loves creative agencies, innovative think tanks and nonprofits, and immersive reality! He has collaborated with companies such as Spotify, HYPEBEAST, Proctor & Gamble, Spero Studio, We Don't Have Time, and more. Currently, he is a kick-ass Creative Producer at Circus Maximus, an award-winning small agency.

HANEUL RYOO (SHE/HER)

Haneul Ryoo is a Business Analyst with McKinsey & Company, where she focuses her efforts on projects at the intersection of digital and the public sector. She graduated from Princeton University in 2020 with a degree in Public and International Affairs and minors in Statistics and Machine Learning and Asian American Studies.

MADDIE ULANOW (SHE/HER)

Maddie Ulanow is a second year Masters in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Prior to HKS, she worked as a risk analyst at Deloitte and in humanitarian aid in the Middle East, where SHE also worked as a Fulbright fellow with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. In her spare time, Maddie loves baseball, phone banking, and giving monuments tours of Washington, D.C. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Carleton College.