This is a dynamic time for FairVote. Just this month, we’ve added four new
staff members and promoted three more! Dear John,
This is a dynamic time for FairVote. Just this month, we’ve added four new staff
members and promoted three more! We’re also continuing to hire and would love
your help identifying candidates – please keep reading to learn more about these
positions! As we ride an unprecedented wave of momentum for state legislation on
RCV, these new hires will help us make the most of it.
As our team expands, we are also updating our office space to meet our evolving
needs. That’s why on March 1, we’re moving to Silver Spring, Maryland! Our new
address will be:
8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 240, Silver Spring, MD 20910
If you send us mail, please make sure to use the new address starting March 1!
Who is joining FairVote?
Terrance Carroll is an attorney and was the first African-American to serve as
Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. His extensive legislative and
legal experience will be a tremendous asset to our organization. He is joining
us as Senior Fellow for Voting and Democracy, where he’ll advocate for state
voting rights acts and other reforms that protect every American’s
constitutional rights. Angela Gabel is an attorney with an extensive background
in voting rights law and ranked choice voting implementation. In the past few
years, she helped the City of Eastpointe, Michigan implement proportional RCV
for the first time to comply with the Voting Rights Act and ensure all
Eastpointe residents have a voice in their government. As our Senior Policy
Counsel, she’ll be an integral part of our work helping states and cities with
RCV legislation and implementation.
Marissa Miller comes to us with a background leading development and
communications efforts at social justice and political organizations in New York
City and California. Her new role as FairVote’s Director of Major Gifts will
focus on strengthening our relationships with existing donors and forging new
ones, making sure we have the resources we need to improve elections for
everyone.
And just this week, we’re excited to welcome Carmen Horne as our Social Media
Associate! Carmen brings nearly a decade of experience in communications
strategy and development, community engagement, and social media management.
Carmen's love language is data analysis and she's thrilled to join the team
full-time after serving as a contractor.
What other changes are happening??
Communications Director Ashley Houghton has been promoted to Senior Director of
Programs and Policy, overseeing the work of our Communications, Research,
Advocacy, and Government Affairs teams.
Ashley joined FairVote in March 2020 with a background in strategic
communications, coalition-building, and advocacy, including work with Amnesty
International USA and ReThink Media.
Press Secretary Will Mantell has accepted a role as Interim Communications
Director. As a former employee of the New York City government and advisor for
candidates in the city’s first-ever ranked choice voting elections, he knows the
ins and outs of RCV and will guide our work to share them with the world!
Last but not least, our graphic designer Anna Robinson – creator of the lovely
graphics you may have seen on our websites and materials – has just transitioned
from part-time to full-time! From social media graphics to reports and videos,
Anna’s work helps make election reform accessible and easy-to-visualize for all
voters!
FairVote is hiring!
The changes won’t stop there, though. We’re also hiring for a number of
brand-new positions that will be crucial to advance our work on repairing our
broken democracy.
Our Director of Human Resources will plan and manage FairVote’s culture, health,
and welfare plans and ensure employees are developed and supported.
The Evidence and Learning Manager will undertake applied political economy
analysis (PEA) and stakeholder mapping to inform theories of action. They will
also undertake learning-focused, participatory evaluations and case studies, and
collect and analyze real-time progress data to inform learning and adaptation.
Our Executive Assistant will manage the day-to-day tasks of the CEO and COO in
an efficient manner. This includes budget, scheduling, communications, selected
events planning, Board of Directors support, and other projects.
The Finance Manager is an integral member of a two-person Finance team
supporting our growing organization of 30+ employees. The Finance Manager is
responsible for managing budgets, grants accounting, grants management, and
other nonprofit financial and administrative operations.
The Grants Manager will be responsible for finding and managing institutional
funding relationships and opportunities for FairVote, and writing polished
proposals and reports to raise and sustain grant revenue.
The Lani Guinier Voting Rights Fellow will join the Research and Policy team and
will conduct quantitative analysis relating to voting rights and the case for
proportional ranked choice voting. The ideal candidate will have experience with
statistics and modeling, and an interest in voting rights.
Please share these postings with your networks – and if you share our passion
for better elections and a stronger republic, you can apply to join us on our
website!
Ranked choice voting makes the news
We also wanted to share this trio of national stories and videos showing ranked
choice voting on the rise in 2023:
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Inequality Media released a video titled
"Say goodbye to 'lesser of two evils' voting." It has already received over
60,000 views on Twitter and nearly 25,000 more on YouTube!
NBC News provided great coverage of the dozen-plus states considering ranked
choice voting legislation this year. Read "Following a big year, more states
push ranked choice voting" for more.
Lastly, Scripps News (a national news service whose content is shared on major
platforms across the country) reported on the multitude of recent RCV wins in
its article, "Ranked choice voting continues to grow in popularity."
These media hits show how RCV continues to build momentum on top of a record
2022, when ten cities, counties, and states moved to adopt RCV.
Stay tuned for more progress, with FairVote Action reporting on two more RCV
ballot measures in cities on March 7 and a slew of pro-RCV legislation moving
through state legislatures.
This is going to be a year of progress, and we are thrilled to be a part of it
with your support. Onwards!
Rob Richie,
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