Wayne Jordan is the founder and president of Jordan Real Estate Investments and a major donor to Democratic political and left-of-center advocacy causes. Along with his wife, Quinn Delaney, Jordan is the co-founder and secretary-treasurer of the Akonadi Foundation, a left-of-center racial-advocacy grantmaking group primarily focused in Oakland.

Steven Phillips is a left-progressive political operative associated with the PowerPAC+ and Democracy in Color political committees. Phillips is the husband of heiress and liberal advocacy donor Susan Sandler. The New American Majority Steven Phillips in his book Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic

Simon Rosenberg is a left-of-center political operative and the founder and president of New Democrat Network and the New Policy Institute, a liberal think tank and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. His political career includes work on Democratic presidential campaigns and various political consulting positions, including an

Rob Stein was a Democratic political operative best known as a co-founder of Democracy Alliance, a collective of left-of-center donors seeking to establish a permanent “left infrastructure” since 2004. Stein formulated the strategic vision for the organization and also helped found its-state based counterpart, Committee on States. In

Rob McKay is former chairman of the left-of-center donor convening Democracy Alliance. 1 A venture capitalist, he is the son of former Taco Bell CEO Rob McKay, Sr.

Randi Weingarten is a 30-year union executive who, aside from a brief one-semester stint as a full-time teacher, 1 has almost exclusively served as a union leader. Joining the

Quinn Delaney is a philanthropist, fundraiser, and major donor to left-of-center causes and Democratic politicians. In 2000, Delaney and her husband, real estate mogul Wayne Jordan, co-founded the Akonadi Foundation, a left-of-center racial justice grantmaking group primarily focused in Oakland, CA. Delaney has raised and personally donated millions

Philip Munger a left-of-center activist and the son of Charles Munger, the longtime business partner of liberal investor Warren Buffett. Munger is a major donor to the Democratic Party.

Paul Egerman is a retired software engineer and political activist.  A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he co-founded Interpretive Data Systems (later IDX), a medical information software company in 1974. After 20 years as COO, the company went public and Egerman retired. Egerman later co-founded and was CEO

Norman Lear is a television producer who created a number of politically charged television shows, including “All in the Family,” “Maude,” and “The Jeffersons.” 1 Lear is a self-admitted

Noel Beasley is a union activist who was the president of Workers United, a division of the Service Employees International Union, from 2011 through 2016 and is now president of the Eugene V. Debs Foundation. Prior to leading Workers United, he was director of Workers United and its

Naomi Aberly is a left-of-center activist best known for chairing the board of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). She is an activist donor for a number of left-of-center and liberal PACs and candidates for public office. Aberly also sits on the board of directors for State Innovation

Mark Buell is a Democratic Party mega-donor, real estate developer, and philanthropist from San Francisco. 1 He is married to Susie Tompkins Buell, also a well-known Democratic Party donor and close confidant of

Larry Cohen is a former trade union official who headed the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and a Democratic political operative who chairs Our Revolution, the political action committee associated with socialist-aligned U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Cohen began his career as a union activist and spent

Jonathan Soros is a prominent liberal donor. The son of liberal finance billionaire and political donor George Soros, Jonathan spent many years managing his father’s varied financial interests,1 and in

Joanie Bronfman is a longtime left-wing academic and philanthropic consultant. As a member of the board of directors of the Tides Foundation, she has had an enormous influence on left-wing philanthropy.

Dirk Wiggins is the CEO of echo19, a Washington, D.C.-based telecommunications platform that consults for and assists left-of-center political and advocacy groups. He is also the chairman of the board for Code for Progress. 1 Wiggins

Chad Griffin is a career left-of-center activist who has played a key role in the national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activist movement. He was the president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the leading LGBT pressure group in the United States and an influential player in mainstream

Anne Bartley is a left-of-center activist and funder who was involved in the creation and leadership of numerous liberal advocacy organizations including America Votes, the Threshold Foundation, Democracy Alliance, and Committee on States.

Albert J. Dwoskin is a real estate developer, activist, and major left-of-center donor to the Democratic Party and left-wing causes who resides in Virginia. In addition to being a major donor to left-wing candidates and causes,