Co-Leaders
Lorella Praeli
Lorella Praeli is the Co-President of Community Change and Community Change Action.
Lorella is passionate about building collective power to win transformative policy change at all levels of government, so that people can thrive. Until she joined CC/A in 2019, she was a Deputy National Political Director at the ACLU, where she fought to defend and expand the rights of immigrants and refugees. Prior to joining the ACLU, Lorella mobilized the Latinx vote as Hillary Clinton’s National Latino Vote Director.
Lorella moved from Peru to Connecticut with her family at the age of ten. Her life was transformed after coming out as “undocumented and unafraid” and organizing undocumented students to step into their power in Connecticut. She then served as United We Dream’s Director of Advocacy and Policy, where she led the campaign to implement DACA and was part of the team that persuaded the Obama administration to protect four million undocumented Americans through DAPA.
Lorella currently serves as a member of the ACLU National Board, Edward W. Hazen Foundation Board of Trustees, FWD.us Board of Directors, Roosevelt Forward Board of Directors, and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) Board of Directors. She is also a member of the inaugural U.S. Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity (TACRE).
Lorella is a proud Latina who believes that we will win.
Dorian Warren
Dorian Warren is Co-President of Community Change Action, and co-chair of the Economic Security Project. A progressive scholar, organizer, and media personality, Dorian has worked to advance racial, economic, and social justice for over two decades. He taught for over a decade at the University of Chicago and Columbia University, where he was co-director of the Columbia University Program on Labor Law and Policy. He also worked at MSNBC, where he was a contributor and host, as well as the executive producer of “Nerding Out” on MSNBC’s digital platform. He serves on the boards of Working Partnerships USA, the Leadership Conference Education Fund Board, the National Employment Law Project, and The Nation magazine, among others.
Executive Office
Ryan Young
Chief Operating and Financial Officer
Lilia Cherchari
Director of Executive Projects
Afua Atta-Mensah
Chief of Programs
Jonathan Hogstad
Director of Strategic Campaigns and Strategic Research
Johanna Sharrard
Project Manager, Executive Office
Brandon Sutton
Executive Coordinator
Michael Tan
Senior Advisor to the Co-President
Desmond Serrette
Deputy Chief of Programs
Power Building, Organizing, and Campaigns
Aida Cuadrado Bozzo
Leadership Development Program Manager
Ben Hanna
Regional Organizer
Byron Hobbs
Senior Strategic Campaigner
Dominique Countee
Senior Organizer, Economic Justice
Drew Astolfi
Director of Field Support
Jennifer Wells
Director of Economic Justice
Ross Fitzgerald
Field Organizer
Seft Hunter
Director of Health Equity
Seth Borgos
Director of Research and Program Development
Tammy Thomas Miles
Economic Justice Campaign Manager
Vick Baker
Project Manager, Field Support Team
Tyson Jackson
Senior Organizer
Meredith Loomis Quinlan
Economic Justice Campaign Manager
Nechelle Jordan
Economic Justice Project Manager
Michelle Lasley
Changemakers Organizer
Veronica Avelar
Project Manager, Immigration
Oriana Powell
Changemakers Organizer
Adam McKenzie
Senior Strategic Researcher-Campaigner
Cynthia Travieso
Director of Power Building Strategies
Alicia Potts
Economic Justice Coordinator
Voter Engagement
Erika Grohoski Peralta
Senior Electoral Organizer
Franco Caliz-Aguilar
Co-Director of Electoral Power Building
Grecia Lima
National Political Director
Kristee Paschall
Co-Director of Electoral Power Building
Mads Stirling
Project Manager, Electoral
Benjamin Oh
Electoral Data Manager
Brandon Brown
Electoral Organizer
Gilbert Nuñez
Electoral Data Manager
Mike Griffin
Senior Electoral Organizer
Policy, Advocacy, and Ideas Generation
Chirag Mehta
Director of Policy and Ideas
AnneRose Menachery
Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor
Nina Dastur
Director of State and Local Policy
Ana Fabregas
Senior Project Manager- Policy and Advocacy
Jaya Chatterjee
Legislative & Advocacy Director
Tottionna Matthews
Senior Project Manager- Policy and Advocacy
Maya White
Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor
Libby Chamberlin
Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor, State and Local Policy
Communications and Digital
Jeff Parcher
Director of Public Affairs
Cristina Rayas
Director of Visual Storytelling
Domenica Ghanem
Director of Public Relations
Ingrid Zelaya-Ascencio
Digital Campaigns Specialist
Jasmine Nazarett
Director of Strategic Communications
Mikka Macdonald
Creative Director
Alondra Trevizo
Digital Media Specialist
Rachel Díaz
Senior Digital Organizer
Lizzie Maldonado
Director of Digital Strategy
Jasmine Smith
Senior Social Media Manager
Samantha Hart
Senior Communications Manager
Qiairra Broomfield
Digital Organizer
Institutional Advancement
Kristin Witting
Senior Writer
Maya Simpkins
Senior Development Strategist
Sandy Elkhoury
Major Gifts Manager
Susan Rightsell
Director of Fundraising
Tara Culp-Ressler
Senior Development Strategist
Danielle Johnson
Institutional Advancement Coordinator
Yulia Shevkun
Donor Database Manager
DeShanda Edwards
IA Grants Administrator
Infrastructure and Organizational Sustainability
Amber Hobbs
Deputy Director of Technology Infrastructure
Irma Rivera
Director of Financial Management and Compliance
John Pomeranz
General Counsel
Kathy Mor
Director of Convenings and Travel
Marcia Glasgow
Facilities & Administrative Services Manager
Nader Zadeh
Systems and Data Manager, People and Culture
Richard Tattrie
Deputy Director of Campaign Compliance
Latrice Jones
Senior Project Manager, People and Culture
Simon Lau
Director of Integrated Technology
Virginia Suitor
Director of Fiscally Sponsored Projects & Campaigns
Kesi Kemet
Marketing Automation Systems Specialist
Alice Randall
Director of People (HR) Administration
Sharlene Patel
Grants & Contracts Manager
Tanya Magana
Accounts Payable Manager
Jeanine Simms
Payroll Manager
Amanda Ragula
Director of Accounting
Krishna Pillai
Systems Solutions Architect
Horracio Carreño Karp
Director of Organizational Budgeting
Amy Griest
P&C Finance Manager