People

Community Change 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

Dorian Warren

Dorian Warren is co-President of Community Change, 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 previously held the position of vice president at Community Change. 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.

Lorella Praeli

Lorella is co-President of Community Change. Lorella is passionate about building collective power to win transformative policy change at all levels of government so that people can thrive. Most recently, she was the ACLU’s Deputy National Political Director, 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 and 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 is a freedom fighter, movement builder, and adaptive athlete.

Executive Office

Carmen Orozco-Acosta

Senior Advisor to the Co-President

Kyle Grassi

Director of Executive Office and Organizational Planning

Lilia Cherchari

Senior Project Manager, Executive Office

Tottionna Matthews

Project Manager, Executive Office

Derek Johnson

Senior Project Manager

Ruthie Epstein

Senior Advisor to the Co- President

Michelle Liu

Project Manager, Executive Office

Latrice Jones

Executive Coordinator

Power Building, Organizing, and Campaigns

Aida Cuadrado Bozzo

Senior Facilitator for Leadership Development

Daniel Coates

Immigration Field Director

Ben Hanna

Director of Local Strategies

Bethel Tsegaye

Deputy Director for Black Led Programs and Planning

Byron Hobbs

Senior Organizer, Reinvestment

Cesar Hernandez

Senior Organizer, Housing Trust Fund Project

David Kimball

Senior Field Advisor

Drew Astolfi

Senior Organizer

Elsa Barboza

Senior Organizer

Emily Fischer

Senior Project Manager

Isaias Guerrero

Senior Organizer

Katy Heins

Senior Field Organizer

Michael Anderson

Director, Housing Trust Fund Project

Rabayah Akhter

Project Manager, Immigration

Rommel Sandino

Senior Organizer

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

Sulma Arias

Director of Immigration and Power Building

Wendoly Marte

Director of Economic Justice

Susan Wefald

Director of Field Support

Tammy Thomas Miles

Economic Justice Campaign Manager

Jennifer Wells

Deputy Director of Black Led Organizing and Power Building

Vick Baker

Project Manager, Field Support Team

Marelyn Martinez

Project Manager, Immigration

Imaa Nicco-Annan

Project Coordinator, Black-Led Organizing and Power Building

Dominique Countee

Senior Organizer, Economic Justice

Brittany Gray

Regional Organizer, Reinvestment

Tyson Jackson

Organizer, Housing Trust Fund Project

Kayla Gilchrist

Organizer, Housing Trust Fund Project

Meredith Loomis Quinlan

Economic Justice Campaign Manager

Sara Mathers

Senior Organizer, Economic Justice

Voter Engagement

Erika Grohoski Peralta

Senior Electoral Organizer

Franco Caliz-Aguilar

Senior Political Advisor

Gilbert Nuñez

Electoral Data Manager

Grecia Lima

National Political Director

Kristee Paschall

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Bartosz Kumor

Relational Voter Program Manager

Yaheiry Mora

Deputy National Political Director

Cristina Marquez Guerrero

Electoral Organizer

Mike Griffin

Senior Electoral Organizer

Madeleine Stirling

Project Manager, Electoral

Jake Peña

Relational Voter Program Manager

Policy, Advocacy, and Ideas Generation

Chirag Mehta

Director of Policy and Ideas

AnneRose Menachery

Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor

Jennifer Cossyleon

Policy Advisor / Mellon ACLS Public Fellow

Fabienne Antoine-Nasser

Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager

Nina Dastur

Director of State and Local Policy

Ana Fabregas

Program Coordinator

Communications and Digital

Jeff Parcher

Director of Public Affairs

Cristina Rayas

Director of Visual Storytelling

Ingrid Zelaya-Ascencio

Digital Campaigns Specialist

Jasmine Nazarett

Deputy Communications Director

Anaf Wako

Social Media Manager

Mikka Macdonald

Creative Director

Domenica Ghanem

Media Relations Manager

Rachel Diaz

Digital Organizer

Gloria Chan

Multimedia Content Creator

Jessica Strong

Project Coordinator

Institutional Advancement

Beth Rayfield

Director of Institutional Advancement

Katherine Ollenburger

Director of Brand Strategy and Chief Writer

Susan Rightsell

Director of Development

Karla McLean

Donor Communications and Marketing Manager

Kristin Witting

Deputy Director of Development Strategy and Senior Writer

Maya Simpkins

Senior Development Strategist

Sandy Elkhoury

Major Gifts Manager

Tara Culp-Ressler

Senior Development Strategist

Yulia Shevkun

Donor Database Manager

Infrastructure and Organizational Sustainability

Ryan Young

Chief Operating and Financial Officer

Irma Rivera

Director of Financial Management and Compliance

Julia Foster

Director of People & Culture

Amber Hobbs

Senior Technology Support Manager

Darnetta N. Hollis

Accounts Payable Manager

Kathy Mor

Senior Events Manager

Carlos Vahos

Budget Manager

KJ Johnson

Director of Campaign Advancement and Organizational Sustainability

Marcia Glasgow

Facilities & Administrative Services Manager

Nader Ghorban Zadeh

Talent Coordinator

Nebil Abdusettar

Human Resources Assistant

Trevor Bass

Deputy Controller

Richard Tattrie

Deputy Director of Campaign Compliance

Simon Lau

Director of Integrated Technology

Darylle Sheehan

Data Systems Administrator

Hugene Fields

Controller

Alex Thorpe

Director of Organizational Budgeting