The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and its over 1 million members and growing nation-wide believe in fighting for bold progressive change. It’s not enough to agree with us on the issues we champion — heroes in Congress and candidates on the campaign trail that we support also believe in fighting for these values.

Founded in 2009 by Adam Green, a former MoveOn online organizer and Democratic party communications worker, and Stephanie Taylor, former MoveOn and SEIU organizer, the PCCC has been at the forefront fighting for progressive change ever since.

The NationAi??magazine awarded PCCC ai???Most Valuable Campaignai??? of 2011. MSNBCai??i??s Ed Schultz calls PCCC ai???the top progressive group in the country.ai???

Some campaigns our members have taken on include:

• fighting to saveAi??the public optionAi??as part of health reform
• championingAi??real net neutralityAi??to keep the Internet open and free
• pressuring President Obama to let theAi??Bush tax cutsAi??expire
• supportingAi??Elizabeth WarrenAi??to successfully set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• fighting to preserve and expand our social safety net includingAi??Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
• working to pass Elizabeth Warren’s plan to reduce student loan debt
• supporting bold campaign finance reform
• fighting to for Wall Street reform and accountability

In addition to issues, we help bold progressives campaign, get elected, and bring the fighting spirit with them to Washington. We endorse bold candidates, help them run efficient and effective campaigns, raise money for them through grassroots donations, and give volunteers the opportunity to help these campaigns succeed.

So far, our members have done great things for candidates, like:

• helpingAi??Bill HalterAi??make tens of thousands of phone calls and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to take on Blanche Lincoln on the Arkansas Senate Democratic Primary
• running theAi??draft Elizabeth Warren for SenateAi??campaignAi??in Massachusetts in 2012 by raised over $1,170,000 million through over 70,000 small-dollar donations for her campaign
• making over 2 million phone calls to voters in 2012 Ai??including over 574,000 calls for Elizabeth WarrenAi??and over 1 million calls in 2010Ai??through ourAi??Call Out The VoteAi??program,
• helping over 30 PCCC-endorsed candidates win their elections in 2012
• raising over $1,200,000 and making over 1,000,000 calls to voters for ourAi??slate of bold progressivesAi??running for Congress in the 2014 election
• helpingAi??helped candidates from the “Elizabeth Warren wing” of American politics including Ruben GallegoAi??(AZ-7),Ai??Brian SchatzAi??(HI-Sen),Ai??Bonnie WatsonAi??ColemanAi??(NJ-12), and Mike HondaAi??(CA-17) defeatAi??more conservative opponents in tough 2014 primary battles
• making over 4 million calls through our Call Out the Vote program in 2014 for progressive candidates across the country
• raising nearly $1.5 million with over 97,000 small-dollar, grassroots donations

You can join the PCCC and help us fight by signing up for our email list –Ai??click here!

You can learn more about our mission here,Ai??our team here, and if you’re a member of the press, you can goAi??here for more press resources.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) is a national grassroots organization with a mission of building progressive power. With nearly one million members, we help get bold progressive candidates elected and work with them to govern progressively. We focus on economic populism and democracy issues — including expanding Social Security benefits, Wall Street reform and accountability, and bold campaign finance reform.

We also advocate for bold leadership on the most important and pressing causes. Read about our Ai??campaigns, andAi??sign up to join our fight.

Stephanie Taylor ai??i?? Co-Founder

Stephanie Taylor, Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), has spent the last 15 years working on labor, electoral and advocacy campaigns throughout the country. She is a former union organizer and a pioneer in the area of scalable field, using technology and field to achieve results. She has a B.A.Ai??fromAi??the University of Virginia and an MFA from Columbia, and is a PhD candidate in American history at Georgetown. Her political commentary has appeared in Salon, The Nation and Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter @StephanieTaylor.

Adam Green ai??i?? Co-Founder

Adam Green, Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC). For four years, he worked as Director of Strategic Campaigns and Civic Communications Director for MoveOn.org. Previously, Adam served as the Democratic National Committeeai??i??s press secretary in Oregon for the 2004 presidential campaign, communications director for the New Jersey Democratic Party in 2003, and press secretary for the top winning Democratic U.S. Senate race of 2002. He has a B.A.Ai??fromAi??George Washington University and a law degree from University of Virginia. He is a frequent contributor on both MSNBC and CNN. Follow him on Twitter @AdamGreen.

Jacqueline ArasiAi??ai??i?? Software Development Analyst

Jackie helps develop smart requirements and keep technology projects moving forward. She began work as a software project manager in 2004 on a suite of web tools for community organizing, has actively participated in open source software communities, and was a part of a leadership team that worked to incorporate technology intelligently into a broader movement for more livable, bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly cities. She has been fascinated with software as a tool for resource management, project planning and successful “campaigning” since the first time she played the Oregon Trail in her 2nd Grade Computer Lab.

SarahAi??BadawiAi??ai??i?? Senior Legislative Affairs

Sarah leads our legislative outreach effort to build support for PCCC policy initiatives, working closely with congressional allies and their staff to incorporate bold progressive ideas into their legislative priorities. Most recently, Sarah helped lead the effort to build broad support for the Big Idea of debt-free college on the Hill resulting in a joint resolution introduced in the U.S. House and Senate. Prior to joining our Hill team, Sarah was a key member of PCCC’s electoral team working with endorsed candidates on building strong fundraising programs in a competitive cycle. Sarah received her B.A. in political science from the University of Florida and her J.D. from George Washington University.

Marissa BarrowAi??ai??i?? Deputy Press Secretary

Marissa has had an interest in politics before she could spell theAi??word,Ai??and spent her first all-nighter watching Florida switch colors on CNN in 2000 as a ten-year-old. In 2008, she was one of the youngest delegates to the Texas State Democratic Convention. While earning her Bachelor’s degree at Louisiana State University, she worked as a radio reporter for LSU’s daily newspaper, The DailyAi??Reveille,Ai??and rose to become the managing editor of digital media. She spent the summer of 2011 interning at the Democratic National Committee’s new media department. In the 2012 election cycle, Marissa served as the communications director for a state senate campaign in North Texas.

Lauren Bush ai??i?? Chief Operating Officer

Lauren brings eight years of experience lobbying for increased consumer protections and supporting women candidates on the campaign trail and in office. She last served as Director of Political Parity, a program to educate and engage stakeholders to increase womenai??i??s political representation nationally. As a member of Senator Gillibrandai??i??s New York office, Lauren served on the event planning team for the inaugural Womenai??i??s Economic Empowerment Summit. Lauren was honored by Pew Charitable Trusts in her consumer protection efforts, at both state and federal levels, to advocate for the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act. A lifelong supporter of civic participation, she was a Girl Scout in her home state of Kentucky for over a decade, earning her the Bronze Award. Lauren received her MPA in public policy analysis from New York University and a BA in art history from the University of Kentucky.

Emily DiVito ai??i?? Special Assitant to Adam Green

Before transitioning to the role of Special Assistant, Emily started of her time with the PCCC as a member of the Electoral Team, spending several months in 2016 on the ground with our Bold Progressive candidates. Earlier in the year, Emily organized with the Bernie 2016 Field Team in New Hampshire. She received her BA in American Studies from Wellesley College.

Ian Graham ai??i?? Digital Production Manager

Ian Graham is a news junkie and nerd who worked has worked for more than 10 years as a journalist, writer and digital strategist for non-profits and government agencies. In 2014, he jumped into politics, working to counter right-wing attacks on Democratic presidential candidates. Ian is an Eagle Scout and graduate of the University of Montana School of Journalism. He’s excited to join the PCCC in advancing progressive issues and candidates.

Courtney Hagen ai??i?? Senior Legislative Affairs

Courtney Hagen, Senior Lobbyist, works with the Legislative Affairs team to engage Members of Congress and their staff on PCCC legislative priorities and policy campaigns. Prior to joining PCCC, Courtney spent over a decade working in politics in Washington, DC, including at several top lobbying and consulting firms and at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Courtney has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Foreign Affairs and History from the University of Virginia and a Master of Public Policy from the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.

Ethan Jucovy ai??i?? Lead Technical Architect

Ethan has been a professional Python software developer since 2006. Before joining the PCCC, he built web applications for community organizers and government transparency at a NYC-based nonprofit, and distance learning platforms and new media teaching tools for Columbia University professors. He is active in open source communities and has made core contributions to prominent Python projects like Django, Plone and Virtualenv. One day, he hopes to build software that will help all the robots evolve better.

Maria Langholz ai??i?? Operations & Compliance Associate

Maria comes to PCCC with 6+ years of organizing within the progressive movement. Most recently she served as Logistics Coordinator for Democracy Spring, and supported 1000+ people in their act of civil disobedience. Last year, Maria led the SustainUS delegation of 22 young people in lobbying, direct action, and media production at the UN climate negotiations. Maria graduated from Macalester College where she studied Environmental Studies and Applied Mathematics & Computer Science. Although Maria is now based in DC, she is a proud Midwesterner through and through.

Kenton Ngo ai??i?? Director of Analytics

Kenton Ngo specializes in data, analytics, online ads, and GIS. He knocked his first door in 2003 and was one of Virginia’s first state politics bloggers while starting in field organizing for local campaigns, where he first started using data and studying political geography for targeting. He holds a BA from George Mason University and an MA from the University of Florida and has worked in polling, digital, and field. He currently manages PCCC’s email database, long-term testing, and digital advertising programs.

Keith Rouda ai??i?? Online Member Engagement Director

Prior to getting bitten by the organizing bug, Keith spent over 20 years in the private sector in advertising agencies, web development, IT strategy, talent acquisition, human capital management, and consulting across industries including consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, and health care. SINCE getting bitten, he was a regional organizer with MoveOn.org supporting and developing volunteer leaders in Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Since 2012 he has been a field organizer on Tammy Baldwin’s campaign in Wisconsin, an issue advocacy campaign in New York City, Cory Booker’s campaign in New Jersey and, worked with the New Jersey Education Association on Barbara Buono’s race against Chris Christie.

Lucy Sedgwick ai??i?? Training Director

Lucy Sedgwick is the Training Director for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC). Prior to this, Lucy served as the Associate Director of the Training Center of The Public Interest Network, where she oversaw internal trainings for their 500+ staff. Previously, Lucy worked as an Assistant Organizing Director for Green Corps, the Field School for Environmental Organizing. In this position, Lucy helped to run their classroom training, directly managed several teams of organizers, and developed and led field campaigns on behalf of partner organizations, including Green Corpsai??i?? successful partnership with New Yorkers Against Fracking to convince Governor Cuomo to ban fracking in New York State. Lucy received a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and resides in Denver, Colorado.

Teddy Smyth ai??i?? Virginia & North Carolina Political Coordinator

During the 2016 general election, Teddy worked on the Clinton campaign in North Carolina, where his incredible team of organizers registered voters, called volunteers, and knocked doors across eight rural counties. Earlier in the year, he helped run NextGen Climate’s campus program in New Hampshire, where he youth vote helped swing the 1,017 votes that elected Sen. Maggie Hassan. His organizing roots are in the fossil fuel divestment campaign at Middlebury College. Outside of work he enjoys CSAs, people power, spreadsheets, and biking around Richmond, VA.

Kait Sweeney ai??i?? Press Secretary

Kait has been framing political messages for close to a decade. Most recently, she served on the Bernie Sanders campaign as the Deputy Communications Director for Nevada and the Communications Director for Illinois. She helped President Obama win Virginia in 2012 as a regional press secretary, worked on several Illinois races, and was the Deputy Director of a non-profit mental healthcare organization. She received her BA in political science from the University of Illinois and her MPA in public policy from the London School of Economics. Sheai??i??s always up for a trivia contest, dominates video games, and is a passionate advocate of the oxford comma.

Jesica Wagstaff ai??i?? Special Assistant to Stephanie Taylor

Jesica joins the PCCC after nearly eight years on Pennsylvania Avenue. Most recently, she served as a legislative assistant in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, tracking both pressing and continuing legislative issues. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, she assisted Senator Mark R. Warner, as well as covered the impact of local and federal legislation on economic development and college access and affordability for local policy journals. She received her B.A. from the University of Virginia.