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Advisory Committee
The Generation Change Advisory Committee is comprised of talented leaders from across the country. The Advisory Committee draws on expertise from individuals who specialize in community organizing, program development, sustainable funding, training and leadership development, and offer inter-generational and diverse perspectives. The Advisory Committee meets twice per year.
Julia Beatty, Program Officer, 21st Century Foundation
Assists with grant making and programmatic work for the Twenty-First Century Foundation, a national public foundation with a mission of advancing strategic giving in the black community.
Marshall Ganz, Professor, Harvard University
Marshall teaches organizing, the public narrative, and moral leadership to graduate and undergraduate students; trains practitioners with community based organizations, advocacy groups, faith communities and unions; and researches leadership, organization, and strategy in social movements, civic associations, and unions and their role in public life.
Ana Garcia-Ashley, Co-Director, Civil Rights for Immigrants Department, Gamaliel Foundation
Gamaliel Foundation is an organizing network representing over a million multi-faith, multi-racial church-going people who work on social justice campaigns.
Marissa Graciosa, Campaign Coordinator, Fair Immigration Reform Movement at the Center for Community Change
Marissa is the Campaign Coordinator for the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, a coalition of grassroots organizations advocating for comprehensive immigration reform and the civil rights of immigrants in America.
Anton Gunn, Executive Director, South Carolina Fair Share
South Carolina Fair Share is a nonpartisan, statewide membership organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives.
Anna Lefer Kuhn, Managing Director, Rock the Vote
Anna is the Managing Director of Rock the Vote, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that engages youth in the political process and mobilizes young people to create positive social and political change in their lives and communities.
Gabe Pendas, President, United States Student Association
Elected president of the country's oldest, largest, and most inclusive national student organization.
Jamiko Rose, Executive Director, Organization of the NorthEast (ONE)
ONE's mission is to build and sustain a successful mixed economic, multi-ethnic community on the north lakefront of Chicago.
Jenny Rottmann, Community Organizer, Maine People's Alliance (MPA)
Organizer in the Greater Portland area for MPA, Maine's largest citizen action group, and directs MPA's statewide campaign to achieve a universal single-payer healthcare system for Maine.
Russell Roybal, Director of Movement Building, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Russell Roybal is director of movement building for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, where he oversees the organization's capacity building and leadership development efforts.
Joe Szakos, Executive Director, Virginia Organizing Project (VOP)
A long-time organizer, Joe now works for VOP, Virginia's first multi-issue statewide citizens organization, which is dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives.
Billy Wimsatt, Executive Director, The League of Young Voters
Founder and Executive Director of The League of Young Voters Education Fund, which supports young people to build power to create solutions in their own communities nationwide, and The League of Young Voters, which organizes young voters and elects candidates through a Political Action Committee (PAC), then lobbies and holds politicians accountable.
