Staff
Community Change Action is an organization of organizers. We bridge the worlds of grassroots organizing and progressive politics with organizers working across the United States and headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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

Kyle Grassi
Senior Advisor to the COO/CFO

Lilia Cherchari
Director of Executive Projects

Afua Atta-Mensah
Chief of Programs

Jonathan Hogstad
Director of Strategic Campaigns and Strategic Research

Michelle Liu
Project Manager, Executive Office

Johanna Sharrard
Project Manager, Executive Office

Ruthie Epstein
Senior Advisor to the Co-President

Brandon Sutton
Executive Coordinator

Kayla Enoch
Executive Coordinator

Julia Foster
Chief of Staff

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
Director of Local Strategies

Bethel Tsegaye
Senior Leadership and Capacity Development Strategist

Byron Hobbs
Senior Strategic Campaigner

Cesar Hernandez
Senior Organizer, Housing Trust Fund Project

Dominique Countee
Senior Organizer, Economic Justice

Drew Astolfi
Director of Field Support

Elsa Barboza
Senior Organizer

Emily Fischer
Senior Program Manager, Knowledge Management and Data Insight

Isaias Guerrero
Senior Organizer

Jennifer Wells
Director of Economic Justice

Katy Heins
Deputy Director of the Housing Trust Fund Project

Michael Anderson
Director, Housing Trust Fund Project

Ross Fitzgerald
Field Organizer

Salvador Cervantes
Midwest Regional Organizer

Seft Hunter
Director of Black Led Organizing & Power Building

Seth Borgos
Director of Research and Program Development

Tammy Thomas Miles
Economic Justice Campaign Manager

Vick Baker
Project Manager, Field Support Team

Brittany Gray
Regional Organizer, Reinvestment

Tyson Jackson
Senior Organizer, Reinvestment

Kayla Gilchrist
Senior Organizer, Housing Justice

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

Yaheiry Mora
Deputy Director of Electoral Power Building

Mads Stirling
Project Manager, Electoral

Benjamin Oh
Electoral Data Manager

Brandon Brown
Electoral Organizer

Clay Perry
Electoral Data Manager

Gilbert Nuñez
Electoral Data Manager

Mike Griffin
Senior Electoral Organizer
Policy, Advocacy, and Ideas Generation

Chirag Mehta
Director of Policy and Ideas

Fabienne Antoine-Nasser
Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager

AnneRose Menachery
Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor

Jennifer Cossyleon
Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager

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

Jessica Strong
Project Manager, Communications

Gloria Chan
Multimedia Content Creator

Rachel Díaz
Senior Digital Organizer

Lizzie Maldonado
Director of Digital Strategy

Jasmine Smith
Senior Social Media Manager
Institutional Advancement

Karla McLean
Donor Communications and Marketing Manager

Katherine Ollenburger
Director of Brand Strategy and Chief Writer

Kristin Witting
Senior Writer

Maya Simpkins
Senior Development Strategist

Sandy Elkhoury
Major Gifts Manager

Susan Rightsell
Director of Development

Tara Culp-Ressler
Senior Development Strategist

Danielle Johnson
Institutional Advancement Coordinator

Yulia Shevkun
Donor Database Manager

DeShanda Edwards
IA Grants Administrator

Erica Thurman
Director of Foundation Relations
Infrastructure and Organizational Sustainability

Amber Hobbs
Deputy Director of Technology Infrastructure

Irma Rivera
Director of Financial Management and Compliance

John Pomeranz
General Counsel

KJ Johnson
Director of Campaign Advancement and Organizational Sustainability

Kathy Mor
Director of Convenings and Travel

Marcia Glasgow
Facilities & Administrative Services Manager

Nader Zadeh
Systems and Data Manager II, People and Culture

Trevor Bass
Deputy Controller

Darylle Sheehan
Data Systems Administrator

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

Ish Herod
Director of Talent Acquisition

Alice Randall
Director of People (HR) Administration

Nikki Munson
Talent Acquisition Manager

Sharlene Patel
Grants & Contracts Manager

Tanya Magana
Accounts Payable Manager

Jeanine Simms
Payroll Manager

Isaac Hudson
Technology Support Manager

Amanda Ragula
Director of Accounting

Krishna Pillai
Systems Solutions Architect