Meet the team
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Anna Chu Anna Chu
Executive Director
Anna Chu is passionate about her family, social justice, and scuba diving. For more than 17 years, Anna has worked in the legal, policy, political, and advocacy communities, helping confirm fair judges to the federal bench, pushing for economic justice, and protecting civil rights. She strives to raise her daughters to be civically engaged as well and tries to steal off to go scuba diving as often as she can. Anna is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and the University of Southern California Law School and was formerly an associate at Paul Hastings LLP.
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Beth France Beth France
Managing Director, Partnerships
Beth has been passionate about civic engagement since she was elected to serve as George Washington in her eighth grade class’s constitutional convention. Beth’s past work includes serving as counsel at American Oversight, representing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in congressional investigations, and practicing as an associate at O’Melveny and Myers. Beth is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Yale University.
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Drew Larsen Drew Larsen
Senior Advisor
Drew Larsen loves Liverpool FC, the Phoenix Suns, and his daughter’s youth soccer team, in some order. He specializes in providing legal, management, and operational advice to start-ups and nonprofits and has been part of the We The Action team since its inception. Previously, Drew was in-house counsel to a professional sports start-up and an associate at Squire Patton Boggs. He is a graduate of U.Va. Law School and Holy Cross as well as a former Jesuit Volunteer.
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Katie Waldo Katie Waldo
Managing Director, Volunteer Experience & Impact
Katie Waldo started volunteering at age 5, and decided it would be her superpower. At the White House, Katie traveled the world with President Obama, managing logistics for 125 trips totaling 350K miles on Air Force One. Katie is a graduate of Creighton University and still practices her superpower — volunteering at a family shelter every Monday.
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Oakey Daskas Oakey Daskas
Assistant Director of Community Impact
Oakey Daskas is equally passionate about Democracy and bread pudding. Originally from Southern California, Oakey made the long trek to the nation’s capital to pursue his lifelong interests in civic engagement and communication for social change. He received both his BA and MPA from American University, focusing on grassroots advocacy and nonprofit management. Over the past decade, Oakey has worked & volunteered in nonprofit development, health care policy, and political field organizing. Oakey loves to unwind by listening to old folk music in his beloved rocking chair, an activity that many of his peers find immensely boring…but he doesn’t seem to mind.
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Paydon Miller Paydon Miller
Senior Director of Communications
Paydon Miller believes there’s no problem in the world so big that it can’t be solved with an oxford comma. With more than a decade of experience in progressive policy, advocacy, and campaign communications, Paydon has spent his career building data-driven communications programs to expand health care access, make higher education affordable, defend voting rights, and more. A native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Paydon can usually be found cheering on the Packers, making a mess in the kitchen, or camping with his wife and bulldog.
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Victoria Gomez Victoria Gomez
Associate Director of Partnerships
Victoria’s greatest passion is helping people, especially marginalized communities, although karaoke comes in at a close second. Before joining the team, she served as the Aide to Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Supreme Court of the United States.Victoria is the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton.
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Our Board
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Advisory Council Chair Dana Remus
Partner, Covington & Burwell LLP
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Ilona Cohen
Chief Legal & Policy Officer, HackerOne
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Josh Hsu
Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
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Astri Kimball Van Dyke
Director, Google
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Jonathan Kravis
Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
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Professor Spencer Overton
Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Robert Rivkin
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, United Airlines
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Professor Cristina Rodriguez
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School
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