Gerri Madrid-Davis Email and Phone Number

I have experience leading and directing nonprofit organizations, government affairs and DEI programs and implementing successful advocacy strategies and campaigns.. I am a tireless advocate and subject matter expert on financial security, retirement, community livability, consumer issues and DEI and have a proven record as a team leader and collaborator on pragmatic, successful advocacy strategies. I am a strategic communicator skilled in combining accessible policy research, data-driven decision-making, and fact-based recommendations with community experiences and narratives that deliver legislative and regulatory gains.I currently lead the AARP ERG Program as a member of the Internal Initiatives team in the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at AARP. I was Chair of the National Institute on Retirement Security Board of Directors. I led a Government Affairs team at AARP focused on delivering results and social impact on state and local financial security and consumer advocacy including extensive and successful legislative and regulatory efforts on financial resilience, consumer issues, and community livability, all aligned with enterprise goals to disrupting racial, ethnic and LGBTQ+ disparities in policy, the workplace and in the marketplace.I was the first Executive Director of the National Public Pension Coalition where I leveraged my extensive and lasting relationships with state legislators and my knowledge of state legislative process and oversight of public sector pensions and benefits to effectively align diverse organizational goals into effective state-specific campaigns. At the National Conference of State Legislatures I led federal legislative and regulatory efforts on economic development, the federal budget, appropriations and taxation, retirement security, transportation, energy and the environment, Social Security and labor and employment. I have an extensive network of relationships with state, federal, and local policymakers, staff and their associations. I have a reputation as a tenacious, strategic, and supportive leader of specialized, driven, and highly effective teams. I have a strong record of advancing policies and advocacy strategies that create more equity, inclusion, and opportunities for women and girls, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ people and communities and a strong history of working effectively with associations and partners and within cross functional, matrixed, networked, federated or affiliated environments.