Aaron Scherb Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

-Work with congressional offices to help write, provide feedback on, and gain support for legislation. -Have organized, moderated, and/or spoken at more than 40 Capitol Hill briefings and press events, and my quotes have been included in dozens of congressional press releases. -Have written/ghost-written more than two-dozen op-eds for congressional offices and Common Cause staff. -Co-lead the Hill advocacy team for the 250+ organization Declaration for American Democracy coalition and coordinated more than 100 coalition meetings with Hill offices and leadership staff. -Arranged for seven Common Cause experts to testify before Congress between 2019-2022 and helped prepare their testimony. -Cultivate relationships with reporters and have been quoted in most major national and many regional publications, such as the Associated Press, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Los Angeles Times, McClatchy, National Journal, Newsweek, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Politico, Roll Call, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and others.-Created a weekly e-newsletter ("Democracy Download") with 1,600+ subscribers—relevant congressional staff, reporters, funders, and coalition allies—that provides updates on DC-based events, panels, hearings, litigation, and legislation related to democracy issues.-Helped organize three bipartisan congressional amicus briefs for Supreme Court cases.-Created and authored our biennial congressional Democracy Scorecard, which rates all Members of Congress on their support for key democracy reform issues and added hundreds of cosponsors to bills we included in our Scorecard in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022, which got significant press; dozens of Members of Congress tweeted about their score.-Managed our intern program for 4+ years and raised $75,000 from a donor to pay our interns.

Master Of Arts (M.A.) In Government

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) In Political Science