Leadership & Staff

Our group of dedicated volunteer staff form the life of our democracy and voting rights advocacy! Learn more about who we are below!

Board of Directors

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Asher Heisten

Vice-President
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Quinn Fitzpatrick

Board Member
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Eduardo Sanchez-Clavel

Chief of Staff

Division Directors

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Sydney Snowden

Advocacy Director

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Anousha Khan

Organizing Director

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Vacant

Allied Coalitions Director

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Shaazma Akbar

Communications Director

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Vacant

Appropriations Director

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Volodymyr Larin

Operations Director

Our Staff

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Marley DeRoven

Advocacy Coordinator

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Cesar Cruz

DPM for Graphic Design

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Jacob Kim

Executive Assistant

Join Our Staff

Figure out where you belong depending on your passion, field of expertise, and where you can best contribute to our mission.

Spring 2025 Internship Applications Open Soon

Learn about the democracy movement and work alongside student organizers to resist authoritarianism and truly representative & inclusive democracy of tomorrow!

Our internship program includes bi-monthly trainings in the subject areas on the left. During that time you’ll also gain experience working with the Task Force for Democracy as we fight autocracy and defend voting rights!

After the internship’s conclusion, we’ll help you get started in the democracy field of your choice or you can opt to continue working alongside us!

Exposure to the diverse democracy movement and organizations in it
Threats to democracy in 2025, locally & nationally
Lessons from student democracy movements from around the globe
Building student-community mutual aid
Basics of grassroots advocacy at statehouses and federally
Principles of community organizing
Working in coalition spaces