Category: Staff & Administration
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Jerren Chang
Jerren is the inaugural full-time President & CEO of Partners in Democracy. He comes to PID as a dedicated democracy advocate and the co-founder & CEO of GenUnity – an innovative nonprofit supporting the civic learning and leadership development of hundreds of grassroots residents in Massachusetts communities and now a core pillar of PID’s holistic
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Brittany Buford
Brittany Buford is a New England native who specializes in data-driven relational organizing, door-to-door canvassing programs and public affairs. Her teams have previously focused on progressive movement campaigns to create structures of persuasion, advocacy, accountability and issue education. She has worked in campaign management since 2008 on both coordinated campaigns and independent expenditures. Previous campaigns
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John Griffin
John Griffin is the Managing Partner for Strategy at Partners in Democracy. Before coming to PID, he spent a decade working in Massachusetts policy and politics, including as Massachusetts Policy Director at Democrats for Education Reform. He has experience advising nonprofits, campaigns, and civil society organizations on achieving their policy goals in both Massachusetts and
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Dionn Casanova
Dionn is a first-generation graduate of Westfield State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science. His dynamic career as an activist started in high school. Before coming to PID, he interned on Capitol Hill with the BOLD Political Action Committee and the Democratic National Committee. Dionn brings many experiences to the democracy
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Miles Grant
Bringing more than 20 years of communications experience at state and national organizations, Miles Grant serves as Partners In Democracy’s Communications Director. Miles previously served as Vice President at the Boston-based public affairs firm Denterlein Worldwide, and directed communications at both the Woodwell Climate Research Center and the National Wildlife Federation. Miles lives in Fairhaven,
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David Green
David Green is Interim Organizing Director at PID MA Action. He previously promoted pro-democracy nonpartisan reforms as Statewide Organizing Director at Unite NY, and before that as National Organizing Director at Rank the Vote. Before entering full-time activism, he was a data analyst at a healthcare startup. He knows no greater thrill than picking up
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Deysi Gutierrez
Deysi Gutierrez is a community organizer at Partners in Democracy, where she advocates for a more accessible and equitable democratic process. Born in El Salvador and raised in Boston from the age of seven, Deysi has long served the East Boston immigrant community and hopes to expand her work to support young people across Boston
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Sam Hickson
Sam comes to PID from GenUnity, a nonprofit that brings residents together across difference to build trust, collective knowledge, and power to drive change on the issues most impacting our communities. He believes building sustainable philanthropic funding for civic leadership and community-driven solutions requires honest conversation and long term partnership. Born and raised in Maine,