The SiX team is composed of former and current elected officials, legislative specialists, communications professionals, grassroots organizers, and policy experts from every corner of the progressive movement. We have the skills and experience to help legislators build the world we all deserve.
Neha Patel
Co-Executive Director
Jessie Ulibarri
Co-Executive Director
Xandre Chateaubriand
Washington State Director
Tom Lenard
Michigan State Director
Sy Klipsch-Abudu
Digital Director
Sunila Chilukuri
Director of Democracy
Steve Paul
Pennsylvania State Director
Stacey Shinn
Nevada State Director
Nida Allam
North Carolina State Director
Molly Noble
Vice President of Operations
Maggie Gómez
Colorado State Director
Lauren Bealore
Director of Democracy
Kyle Huelsman
Senior Director for Legislative Affairs
Kendra Kimbirauskas
Director of Agriculture and Food Systems
Kelly Baden
Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Services
Kayle Wright
Senior Executive Assistant
Katy Fleury
National Communications Director
Julia Isaacs Tse
Senior Research Associate
Joaquin Rios
Arizona State Director
Jessica Garland
Assistant to the Legislative Affairs Team
Jennifer Driver
Senior Director of Reproductive Rights
James Chan
Florida State Director
Ian Pfeiffer
Maryland State Director
Fran Linkin
Director of Research, Reproductive Rights
Eme Crawford
Director of Reproductive Rights Communications
Danna Hayes
Maine State Director
Carmen López
Senior Democracy Director
Anthony Gad
National Director of Research
Amy Johnson
Development Associate
Alison Leipsiger
Senior Associate of Communications
Board of Directors
Alexis Anderson Reed, Chief Executive Officer, State Voices
Scott Anderson, Founder And Executive Director, Strategic Victory Fund
Cathy Duvall, Principal Advisor, Democracy Ascent LLC
Kirsten Harris-Talley, Program Director, Progress Alliance Of Washington
Mary Kusler, Director Of Government Relations, National Education Association (NEA)
Erin Maye Quade, Advocacy Director, Gender Justice; Former Minnesota State Representative
Michelle Ringuette, Assistant To The President For Labor, Government Relations & Political Affairs, American Federation Of Teachers (AFT)
Kate Villers, President and Founder, Community Catalyst
Brian Weeks, Political Director, American Federation Of State, County, And Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
