Our team
Vicky Hausman
Founder & CEO
Vicky is an entrepreneur with a track record of building high-impact ventures. She co-founded and led Forward Majority, a $120 million democracy-focused venture to win state legislative majorities to protect free and fair elections. Previously, she was a Managing Director at Dalberg, where she helped grow the team from 15 to 500 people across five continents. Vicky started her career as a Peace Corps volunteer and worked at the Boston Consulting Group. Her perspectives and work have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, USA Today, The Washington Post, and POLITICO.
Maddie Coats
Co-founder & Chief of Staff
James Dozier
Senior Political Advisor
Will Devine
Political Advisor
Tyler Campbell
Iowa Team Lead
Josh Yerby-Ford
Finance & Operations Advisor
Advisory Council
Alex Lundry
Republican pollster & data scientist
Ambassador Terry Branstad
Former Governor of Iowa & U.S. Ambassador to China
Anoop Prakash
CEO, FR Conversions;
Former Bush Administration appointee; Marine Corps veteran
Crystal Carson
Communications Director, Office of Michelle Obama
Daniella Ballou-Aares
Founder & CEO, Leadership Now Project
Josh Fryday
California’s Chief Service Officer
Paul Monteiro
Founding Secretary, Maryland Department of Service & Civic Innovation
Shawn Affolter
David Urban
Republican strategist & Trump campaign advisor;
Army veteran; CNN contributor
Kelley Robertson
Republican strategist; former RNC Chief of Staff
Rachel Janfaza
Founder, The Up & Up; Gen Z researcher
Wendy Kopp
Founder, Teach For America; CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All
Hon. Ryan Costello
Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-PA)
Maryam Mujica
President, General Catalyst Institute
Rye Barcott
Co-Founder and CEO, With Honor;
Author, Courage Can Save US;
Marine Corps veteran
Jason Mangone
Executive Director, More in Common US; Marine Corps veteran
Neal Rickner
Chair, American Values Coalition; Marine Corps veteran
Sam Hiner
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Young People's Alliance
CCC Stone Bridge
Infrastructure for transportation and access were constructed as a part of service projects like the CCC to help make resources accessible to everyone. NPS Photo.