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 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. 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.
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.
She currently serves as a member of the ACLU National Board, Edward W. Hazen Foundation Board of Trustees, FWD.us Board of Directors, and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) Board of Directors.
Lorella is a proud Latina who believes that we will win.
Executive Office

Ryan Young
Chief Operating and Financial Officer

Carmen Orozco-Acosta
Senior Advisor to the Co-President

Kyle Grassi
Senior Advisor to the COO/CFO

Lilia Cherchari
Senior Project Manager, Executive Office

Tottionna Matthews
Project Manager, Executive Office

Afua Atta-Mensah
Chief of Programs

Jonathan Hogstad
Director of Strategic Campaigns and Strategic Research

Derek Johnson
Senior Project Manager



















Ruthie Epstein
Senior Advisor to the Co- President


Michelle Liu
Project Manager, Executive Office


Johanna Sharrard
Executive Coordinator


Brandon Sutton
Executive Coordinator



















Kayla Enoch
Executive Coordinator
Power Building, Organizing, and Campaigns


Aida Cuadrado Bozzo
Leadership Development Program Manager


Ben Hanna
Director of Local Strategies


Bethel Tsegaye
Deputy Director for Black Led Programs and Planning


Byron Hobbs
Senior Strategic Campaigner


Cesar Hernandez
Senior Organizer, Housing Justice Team


David Kimball
Interim Director of Immigration and Power Building


Drew Astolfi
Director of Field Support


Elsa Barboza
Senior Organizer


Emily Fischer
Senior Project Manager


Isaias Guerrero
Senior Organizer


Katy Heins
Deputy Director of the Housing Justice Team


Michael Anderson
Director, Housing Justice Team



















Ross Fitzgerald
Senior 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


Jennifer Wells
Deputy Director of Black Led Organizing and Power Building


Vick Baker
Project Manager, Field Support Team


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 Justice Team


Kayla Gilchrist
Organizer, Housing Justice Team


Meredith Loomis Quinlan
Economic Justice Campaign Manager


Nechelle Jordan
Economic Justice Coordinator


Prudence Powell
Immigration Field Organizer


Djuan Wash
Senior Organizer, Economic Justice



















Sara Mathers
Senior Organizer, Economic Justice


Michelle Lasley
Changemakers Organizer



















Joshua Dedmond
Field Organizer, Reinvestment
Voter Engagement


Erika Grohoski Peralta
Senior Electoral Organizer


Franco Caliz-Aguilar
Co-Director of Electoral Power Building


Gilbert Nuñez
Electoral Data Manager


Grecia Lima
National Political Director


Kristee Paschall
Co-Director of Electoral Power Building


Bartosz Kumor
Relational Voter Program Manager


Yaheiry Mora
Deputy Director of Electoral Power Building


Mike Griffin
Senior Electoral Organizer


Madeleine Stirling
Project Manager, Electoral


Jake Peña
Relational Voter Program Manager


Benjamin Oh
Electoral Data Manager


Clay Perry
Electoral Data Manager


Brandon Brown
Electoral Organizer
Policy, Advocacy, and Ideas Generation


Chirag Mehta
Director of Policy and Ideas



















AnneRose Menachery
Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor


Jennifer Cossyleon
Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager


Fabienne Antoine-Nasser
Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager



















Nina Dastur
Director of State and Local Policy


Ana Fabregas
Program Coordinator



















Jaya Chatterjee
Legislative & Advocacy Director
Communications and Digital


Jeff Parcher
Director of Public Affairs


Cristina Rayas
Director of Visual Storytelling


Ingrid Zelaya-Ascencio
Digital Campaigns Specialist


Jasmine Nazarett
Director of Strategic Communications


Mikka Macdonald
Creative Director


Domenica Ghanem
Director of Public Relations


Alondra Trevizo
Digital Media Specialist


Shasun Sulur
Digital Organizer



















Rachel Diaz
Senior Digital Organizer



















Gloria Chan
Multimedia Content Creator


Lizzie Maldonado
Director of Digital Strategy



















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


Danielle Johnson
Institutional Advancement Coordinator



















Yulia Shevkun
Donor Database Manager


DeShanda Edwards
IA Grants Administrator
Infrastructure and Organizational Sustainability


Irma Rivera
Director of Financial Management and Compliance


Julia Foster
Director of People and Culture


John Pomeranz
General Counsel


Amber Hobbs
Deputy Director of Technology Infrastructure


Kathy Mor
Senior Events Manager


KJ Johnson
Director of Campaign Advancement and Organizational Sustainability


Marcia Glasgow
Facilities and Administrative Services Manager


Nader Zadeh
Systems and Data Manager, People and Culture


Nebil Abdusettar
People Administration (HR) Manager



















Latrice Jones
Project Manager, People and Culture


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



















Sharlene Patel
Grants and Contracts Manager


Virginia Suitor
Compliance Manager


Alex Thorpe
Director of Organizational Budgeting


Ish Herod
Director of Talent Acquisition


Alice Randall
Director of People (HR) Administration


Nikki Munson
Talent Acquisition Manager



















Kesi Kemet
Marketing Automation Systems Specialist