core team

Derek Marshall

  • Derek Marshall is a forward-thinking organizer, advocate, and community builder dedicated to empowering working people and expanding democracy. With a background in grassroots activism, he has fought for healthcare access, economic justice, and local power in communities often overlooked by the political establishment. Derek has worked on the ground to support forward-thinking candidates, mobilize voters, and push back against corporate influence in politics. Whether through organizing, advocacy, or direct action, his focus remains on creating a future where people—not special interests—drive the decisions that shape their lives.

  • Julia Jaye Posin is an award-winning sustainability professional and social impact producer. Recognized by the U.S. House of Representatives for her leadership in public service, she co-founded a publisher brand, served as Neighborhood Council Member and Environmental Chair, and was Campaign Manager for a progressive U.S. Senate candidate. She most recently co-led Artists for Amazonia, which harnessed the power of entertainment leaders to advocate for the permanent protection of the Amazon Rainforest.

advisors

Julia Walsh

  • Julia Walsh is a community organizer and political strategist with twenty years on progressive campaigns. As co-founder and director of We Stand United, she unites popular culture with grassroots organizing for social change. In 2010, she started Frack Action, which played a pivotal role in New York State’s 2015 fracking ban and helped ban fracking in Ireland and Maryland. Julia served on New Paltz’s Village Board and as NGO Representative to the United Nations advocating on behalf of children’s, indigenous, and environmental rights.

Chris Ochoa

  • Chris Ochoa, City Council member in Hesperia, CA, a father, and Executive Director of Desert Democracy Project, has worked on the frontlines of the COVID pandemic—in correctional facilities, on high desert streets, and in treatment clinics. His commitment to public health and justice was sparked by uncovering unconstitutional ordinances that targeted Latino and African Americans. Determined to improve neglected infrastructure, social services, and healthcare, Chris champions investments in community, healing, restoration, innovation, and solutions.

Jeremy Parkin

  • Jeremy Parkin is an organizer and campaign professional with 10 years of experience in local, state, federal, and international politics. Past campaigns include Bernie 2016, Bernie 2020, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 2020 and 2022, and political organizing with the New York State United Teachers.

Joe Worthy

  • Joe Worthy is a community organizer by trade, having led projects that ended Boston’s Zero Tolerance Policies and overhauled Cleveland’s Citizen’s Review Board following the police homicide of Tamir Rice and Tanisha Anderson. Previously, he served as National Organizer for the Children’s Defense Fund, fighting to end the Cradle to Prison Pipeline. Joe holds a B.A. from Heidelberg University (Magdalen College, Oxford) and was a Community Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Krystin Schuette

  • Kyrstin is a highly regarded expert in community outreach and engagement plans that empower people to make a difference. For over a decade, Kyrstin has directed programs for some of the most high-profile and successful advocacy campaigns in the state of Minnesota and across the Midwest. She served as the Midwest Director for Pete Buttigieg’s Presidential campaign, as the DFL’s Coordinated Campaign Political Director, and worked on the Vote No campaign to defeat the MN Marriage Amendment, to name a few career highlights.