Board of Directors
Donald Shaffer, Chair/President
Donald Shaffer is a lifelong activist for peace, social and economic justice, civil rights and liberties. He is an attorney, Board Member of the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Treasurer of the Peace Action Fund of New York State.
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Jim Fleischmann, Vice President and Secretary Treasurer
Jim Fleischmann is a long-time labor, community and political organizer from Montana, where he has directed statewide citizen organizations, statewide ballot initiatives, voter mobilization efforts and electoral campaigns for local, state and federal offices.
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Mark Winston Griffith
Mark Winston Griffith is a long-time community activist and organizer in Central Brooklyn and a nationally recognized expert on economic justice, community reinvestment, and urban policy issues. He is the former Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and currently the Executive Director of the Brooklyn Movement Center.
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Jessica Shearer
Jessica Shearer is the Executive Director of the Healthcare Education Project at 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. She has run successful legislative and electoral campaigns from East Harlem to Bogotá, Colombia. She managed SEIU’s field efforts in nine states during the last presidential election.
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Nicholas Turner
Nicholas Turner is a Managing Director at the Rockefeller Foundation, currently leading the Foundation’s work on Transportation reform and their New Orleans redevelopment initiative. Nicholas was formerly vice president and chief program officer at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York City.
