People Profiles

Learn how specific individuals are influencing public policy. Each profile below is carefully curated by an InfluenceWatch contributor, and includes funding data where appropriate.

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Mary McCord

Board Member or Executive, Lawyer, Other, Elections Policy
Mary McCord is a left-of-center attorney, academic, and former Obama administration Department of Justice official who directs the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP)…
View Leah Greenberg

Leah Greenberg

Board Member or Executive, Other, Economic Policy, Elections Policy
Leah Greenberg is the co-founder and co-executive director of the Indivisible Project, a left-of-center political nonprofit created in late 2016 as a response to the…
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Bernie Sanders

Activist, Politician, Abortion Policy, Economic Policy, Elections Policy, Firearms Policy, Healthcare Policy, Labor Policy
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is a Vermont politician, serving as the state's senior United States Senator. Sanders ran for the Democratic Party nomination for President of…
View Duan Yongping

Duan Yongping

Board Member or Executive, Donor, Education Policy, Elections Policy
Duan Yongping (sometimes Anglicized as Yongping Duan) is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman and investor known for his founding of several smartphone brands in the Chinese…
View Kathleen McGrath

Kathleen McGrath

Board Member or Executive, Donor, Abortion Policy, Criminal Justice Policy, Elections Policy, Firearms Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Kathleen “Katie” McGrath is the spouse of Hollywood producer J.J. Abrams and director of the Kathleen McGrath and J.J. Abrams Family Foundation, the couple’s left-of-center…
View Benjamin Rahn

Benjamin Rahn

Board Member or Executive, Elections Policy
Benjamin Rahn is a technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and former president of ActBlue, a pass-through outlet for Democratic politicians and organizations which, as of…
View David Becker

David Becker

Board Member or Executive, Lawyer, Elections Policy
David Becker is a left-leaning election law advocate and the co-founder and executive director of the Center for Election and Innovation Research (CEIR). He previously…
View Harry Pascal

Harry Pascal

Board Member or Executive, Elections Policy
Harry Pascal is the founder of the Progressive Turnout Project, a left-of-center political action committee that works to increase election turnout among Democratic voters. Before…
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Marc Elias

Lawyer, Elections Policy, Foreign Policy
Marc Elias is an American attorney best known for his involvement in Democratic Party political campaigns, redistricting litigation, and election litigation. He was formerly a…
View Arthur Blank

Arthur Blank

Board Member or Executive, Donor, Elections Policy
Arthur Blank co-founded the Home Depot in the late 1970s after being fired from a regional hardware store chain in Southern California. After stepping down…
View Michael Kieschnick

Michael Kieschnick

Other, Elections Policy, Environmental Policy
Michael Kieschnick is the president and CEO of CREDO Mobile, a cellular service company than channels one percent of its revenues into left-of-center causes. Kieschnick…
View Stephen Heintz

Stephen Heintz

Board Member or Executive, Economic Policy, Elections Policy, Energy Policy, Environmental Policy
Stephen Heintz is the long-time president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) as well as the co-founder and ex-president of Demos. Heintz played key roles…
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Rebecca Lambe

Other, Elections Policy, Environmental Policy
Rebecca Lambe is a Democratic political consultant, and the chief political strategist to former U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV). As a Democratic strategist, Lambe is…
View Marissa McBride

Marissa McBride

Board Member or Executive, Elections Policy
Marissa McBride is a career Democratic operative and the executive director of Mind the Gap, a left-wing super PAC dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates…
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Michael Moritz

Board Member or Executive, Other, Abortion Policy, Education Policy, Elections Policy, Environmental Policy, Housing Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism), Immigration Policy
Michael Moritz is a Welsh-born American billionaire investor best known for his work with Sequoia Capital. As of March 2024, Moritz had an estimated net…
View Megan Lewis

Megan Lewis

Board Member or Executive, Elections Policy, Firearms Policy
Megan Lewis is a former lobbyist and the co-founder and executive director of the left-of-center Voting Rights Lab. Lewis has experience in state and federal…
View Matt DeBergalis

Matt DeBergalis

Board Member or Executive, Elections Policy
Matthew (Matt) DeBergalis is the co-founder, president, and chairman of the board of directors of ActBlue PAC, ActBlue LLC, ActBlue Charities, and ActBlue Civics. DeBergalis and Ben Rahn launched the ActBlue…
View Joanna Francescut

Joanna Francescut

Board Member or Executive, Elections Policy
Joanna Francescut is the Assistant County Clerk and Registrar of Voters for Shasta County, California. Francescut holds a non-elected, non-partisan government position.
View Morris Pearl

Morris Pearl

Activist, Economic Policy, Elections Policy, Environmental Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Morris Pearl is a left-of-center financier and activist. He is the board chair of The Patriotic Millionaires, an organization of wealthy individuals who advocate for…
View David DesJardins

David DesJardins

Donor, Economic Policy, Elections Policy, Environmental Policy
David desJardins is an American mathematician, software engineer, investor and philanthropist. He was the 20th employee of Google, joining in 1999. After leaving the company…

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