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Karen G. J. Lewis (born Karen Jennings) was a teachers union activist based in Chicago, Illinois, who worked as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest teachers union in the United States. In 2012, she organized a teachers’ strike
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Karen Hobert Flynn is president of Common Cause, a progressive advocacy group oriented around campaign finance law and policy, redistricting, and left-of-center policy objectives, as well as respectively co-chair and member of the board of the similarly-aligned Democracy Initiative and Democracy21. Background Prior to working for
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Karen Hughes is a former counselor to President George W. Bush and senior advisor of Americans for Carbon Dividends, a nominally right-leaning advocacy group created in 2018 to lobby Congressional Republicans for a carbon tax-and-dividend program.
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Karen Leaffer is a left-of-center nonprofit lawyer based in Denver, Colorado. She is the founder and managing partner of Leaffer Law Group, a specialized firm which provides legal counsel to nonprofit organizations. Leaffer is an active philanthropist and member of left-of-center donor networks, serving on the board of the
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Karen Nussbaum is a career left-of-center organizer and feminist activist who has spent more than 50 years working to increase the political and societal influence of labor unions. She has held leadership positions with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the AFL-CIO, two of the most powerful
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Karen Paget is a former Open Society Foundations fellow, author, and contributor to The American Prospect, a left-of-center publication that advocates for expanding the size of the federal government and increased welfare spending. 1 Open Society Foundations
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Karine Jean-Pierre is a Haitian-American political campaign organizer, activist, political commentator, and lecturer in international and public affairs at Columbia University. She is the Senior Advisor and National Spokeswoman for MoveOn.org.
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Karl Frisch is a Democratic politician and political operative who has worked with several left-progressive political campaigns and organizations as a communications director, press secretary, and field director at the federal level. He is member of the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia and sits as chair of the board’s
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Karla Jurvetson is a physician, philanthropist, and the wife of businessman and investor Steve Jurvetson. 1 Jurvetson is a
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Kate Fleury is the acting communications director of State Innovation Exchange (SIX). Previously, she had worked as the deputy communications director of Colorado House Democrats. She is also on the advisory committee of Our Story Hub, a project of the Proteus Fund which advises left-of-center politicians and groups on
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Kate Krontiris is a researcher, strategist and facilitator associated with left-of-center activism. 1 Krontiris has provided consulting services to several large organizations such as Google, Facebook, and the Democracy Fund, as well
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Kate Lubin is the daughter of Richard K. Lubin, a co-founder of the investment firm Berkshire Partners and founder of the Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation. Kate Lubin is a trustee to the Lubin Family Foundation. As trustee, Kate Lubin is often listed as part of a charitable donation by
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Kate Shaw is a professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and a left-of-center political commentator. She frequently comments on legal and election-related issues. In addition to being a law professor, Shaw is a legal analyst for ABC News. She is also the co-host of the
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Kate Snyder is a consultant at Snyder Strategies. She was formerly a communications director at America Votes. She is also on the advisory committee of Our Story Hub, a project of the Proteus Fund, which advises left-of-center politicians and groups on communication strategies.
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Katherine Lorenz is the chair of the board of the left-of-center environmental activist Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation (CGMF). 1
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Katherine Maher is an American nonprofit executive who worked as chief executive officer of the Wikimedia Foundation from 2014 to 2021 and was appointed president and CEO of National Public Radio in March 2024. In April 2024, Maher attracted controversy for numerous statements indicating left-of-center political views after
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Katherine Miller is the founding executive director of the Chef Action Network (CAN) and serves on the board of directors for the nonprofit group New Venture Fund, which is managed by left-leaning philanthropic consulting firm Arabella Advisors. In addition, she serves as the vice president of impact
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Katherine Peck is the former senior vice president of the left-of-center nonprofit Civic Participation Action Fund. She also chaired the board of State Voices, a social reform advocacy group. Political Activism Democratic Donations The following are donations from Peck to PACs and political candidates:
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Katherine Villers is the co-founder of and an executive with several prominent left-of-center organizations primarily focused on federal and state government intervention in the U.S. health care market. These include Families USA, co-founded with her husband, factory automation pioneer Philippe Villers, as well as Community Catalyst. Families
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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 private foundation. McGrath also works as co-CEO of Bad Robot Productions, the film production company founded by Abrams, and as a public relations
