Progressive consultant, founder, entrepreneur, gender and democracy advocate for leadership development, elections, and advocacy campaigns. I straddle two worlds: US democracy and politics and democracy building and women's leadership internationally, which I continually strive to link together better. On a mission to demystify, diversify, and democratize US and world politics, making it more appealing and accessible to all. Networking and promoting talent into leadership is a passion and focus of my work.I channel my outrage over abortion access, guns, climate change, racism, gender inequality, the patriarchy, trans and homophobia, limits on democracy, voting rights, war, corporate greed, big tech, and human rights abuses into positive change, working to elect candidates and help organizations combat these and more problems. My heart pours into work for my Amplify Power clients, GAIN Power users, and Global GAIN programs (read more about this below) and working on plans to build a global political leadership institute for women and democracy advocates, which is currently manifested through GAIN Power and Global GAIN.Amplify Power is a political communication consulting firm for Democratic and Progressive organizations. GAIN Power is a platform for professional development, networking, news, and marketing currently used by over 2,500 organizations and 50,000+ leaders powering progressive politics and impacting democracy, elections, and advocacy. Global GAIN is a nonprofit NGO focused on networking democracy and gender equality, issue activists, policy advocates, and civic leaders. We are working to scale programs to recruit more people to professional careers in this space for networking, training, and resources. Long-time domestic and international political trainer in communications, organizing, capacity building, storytelling, polling, research, and digital and paid media.I've worked on electoral and advocacy campaigns and democracy programs in US states and Belgium, Canada, Liberia, the DRC, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Rwanda, South Sudan, Thailand, The Gambia, The Netherlands, and Venezuela. Passionate about direct democracy. I co-founded and led the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center ("BISC") for several years and have managed and consulted on dozens of ballot measure campaigns.Digital Nomad who can go anywhere. Originally from Boston, I live in Cambridge, Washington, DC, and Kigali, Rwanda. which is only possible because I'm a #Airbnb super-host and evangelist.