USAction Team

Senior Staff

Jeff Blum, Executive Director

Alan Charney, Strategy and Policy Director

Cassandra McKee, Program Director

Patty Snee, National Field Director

Eboni Speight, Finance/Operations Director

National Staff


Craig Auster
, Development and Political Associate

Brenda Barron Regional Field Director

Stephanie Brister, Office Administrator

David Elliot, Communications Director

Brittany Larson, Associate

Jordan Rinehart, Field Associate

National Staff

Julie Sampson, Regional Field Director

Carin Schiewe, Regional Field Director

Shelley Sherman, Finance Operations Manager

Laurie Van Hall, Accounting Associate

Ross Wallen, Campaigns Associate

USAction Board 

William McNary, President
Co-Executive Director, Citizen Action/Illinois

Jesse Graham, Vice President
Executive Director, Maine People’s Alliance

Marvin Randolph, Treasurer
Deputy Executive Director of Change Nation, Campaign for Community Change

Board Members

Heather Booth
Midwest Academy Board Chair

John Cameron 
AFSCME Council 31 Political Director

Barbara Coufal
AFSCME Assistant Legislative Director

Linda Honold
Wisconsin Voices Executive Director

Elbridge James
Progressive Maryland Board Chair

Richard Kirsch
Roosevelt Institute Fellow

Deana Knutsen
Washington Community Action Network Board Chair

Mike Lux
Progressive Strategies CEO

Duane Peterson
Vermont PIRG Board Chair, Criterion Ventures

Khalid Pitts
SEIU Director of Strategic Campaigns

Brian Rothenberg
Progress Ohio Executive Director

Phyllis Salowe-Kaye
New Jersey Citizen Action Executive Director

Tom Swan
Connecticut Citizen Action Group Executive Director

Lonnie Thompson
Florida Consumer Action Network Board Chair

Sarah Chaisson Warner
New Hampshire Citizens Alliance for Action Executive Director

Ron Williams
Oregon Action Executive Director