National Committee

NATIONAL CO-CHAIRS

tamika d. mallory

Tamika D. Mallory is nationally recognized as a fiery and outspoken champion for social justice who has worked closely with the Obama Administration as an advocate for civil rights issues, equal rights for women, health care, gun violence, and police misconduct. Tamika has been publicly applauded as “a leader of tomorrow” by Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, Valerie B. Jarrett and was selected to serve on the transition committee of New York City Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio. She served as a national organizer for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, which drew 300,000, as well as Justice or Else!, where she delivered a national address to over 700,000. A leading figure in the grassroots, community-based effort to stop gun violence in New York City, Tamika was instrumental in creating the NYC Crisis Management System, an official gun violence prevention program that awards nearly $20 million annually to innovative violence intervention organizations. After serving as National Action Network’s youngest Executive Director, Tamika founded Mallory Consulting, a strategic planning firm in New York City.

Contact: tamika@womensmarch.com

carmen perez

Carmen Perez has dedicated 20 years to advocating for many of today's important civil rights issues, including mass incarceration, gender equality, violence prevention, racial healing and community policing. As the Executive Director of The Gathering for Justice, a nonprofit founded by Harry Belafonte, Carmen has crossed the globe promoting peace through civil and human rights, building alternatives to incarceration and violence, and providing commentary and guidance for state and federal policy creation. Her work inside of juvenile detention centers and prisons in California and New York has provided cultural, spiritual and educational events as well as individual support to incarcerated youth. Carmen is the co-founder of Justice League NYC and founder of Justice League CA, two state-based task forces for advancing juvenile and criminal justice reform agenda. She has organized numerous national convenings, including Growing Up Locked Down conferences on juvenile justice, and the March2Justice, a 250 mile march which drew Congressional attention to key legislative reforms to confront the national crisis in police violence. A respected expert in the field of juvenile and criminal justice and system accountability, Carmen was invited to testify before the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and have been featured in numerous media outlets.

Contact: carmen@womensmarch.com

Linda sarsour

Linda Sarsour is an award-winning, Brooklyn-born Palestinian-American-Muslim racial justice and civil rights activist, community organizer, social media maverick, and mother of three. Linda has been at the forefront of major social justice campaigns both locally in New York City and nationally. She led the successful, progressive coalition to close New York public schools for the observance of two of Islam's most important holy days, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. In 2015, Linda was one of three women co-chairs of the March2Justice, an effort advised and chaired by legendary artist and activist Belafonte, leading almost 100 marchers through 5 states and 250 miles from Staten Island, NY to Washington, DC. Linda was invited to deliver an address before 700,000 people at the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March, and gained international media coverage. Linda is the Executive Director of the Arab American Association of New York, co-founder of Muslims for Ferguson, and a member of Justice League NYC. She is most notably recognized for her focus on intersectional movement building.

Contact: Linda@womensmarch.com

BOB BLAND

Bob Bland is the CEO + Founder of Manufacture New York (MNY), a social enterprise that is rethinking the fashion ecosystem (design, development, distribution) and creating a new, vertically-integrated business model that will transform apparel & textile production for the 21st century. Their mission is to reawaken and rebuild America’s fashion industry, foster the next wave of businesses, and create a transparent, sustainable global supply chain. An international speaker + advocate for domestic manufacturing, ethical supply chains and design entrepreneurship education, Ms. Bland has presented Manufacture New York as a case study in Copenhagen, Seoul, Los Angeles, Raleigh, Las Vegas, Washington D.C. and NYC. She has also been featured in two books, Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present & Future (2015), We Own the City (2014); the film “Making It In America: Empowering Global Fashion;” and multiple TV interviews including CNBC & CBS Evening News.

Contact: bob@womensmarch.com

NATIONAL COMMITTEE

VANESSA WRUBLE, HEAD OF CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS

For the past 15 years, Vanessa Wruble has worked at the intersection of media and social justice as a producer, a journalist, and an artist. Vanessa is the co-founder and co-president of Okayafrica, a media company co-owned by ?uestlove (of The Roots) that presents a forward-thinking, nuanced view of Africa today. She is currently at work on a television series about identity in today’s America. Vanessa holds a Master’s Degree from NYU in Interactive Media and from The New School for Social Research in Psychology, and is an echoing green social entrepreneur fellow. She has lived and worked across the African continent including Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Gabon, Sao Tome & Principé, Somalia, and Equatorial Guinea. She has three sisters and one brother.

Contact: vanessa@womensmarch.com

Alyssa Klein, Social media manager

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STRATEGIC ADVISORS
Meredith Shepherd
De'Ara Balenger

CAMPAIGN OPS
Mariam Ehrari
Sophie Ellman-Golan

COMMUNICATIONS
Jamiah Adams
Jenna Arnold
Danielle Kwateng
Alexis Kreig
Jasmine Partida
Hannah Rosenzweig
Denise Willard

SOCIAL MEDIA
Eden Lewis
ShiShi Rose
Brooke Williams
Nicole Okumu
Catalina Ouyang

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT & TECH
Tina Frank - Digital Product Manager
Lauren Besser
Electric Orange Creative

PARTNERSHIPS
Sarah Sophie Flicker
Brea Baker
Amanda Shepherd
Paola Mendoza

SPECIAL OUTREACH
Heidi Solomon, Small Business
Uma Ramiah, Academic
Madison Thomas, University + College

LOGISTICS
Allyson Carpenter
Nantasha Williams
Caitlin Ryan
Mike Dunn
Ianta Summers
LaMon Bland

PRODUCTION
Toshi Reagon
Peggy Dahlquist
Diana Ezrins
Nalini Jones
Tracy Reid

STATE/GLOBAL
Mrinalini Chakraborty
Emma Collum

YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
Reshma Saujani
Hayne Beattie Gray

NATIONAL CO-CHAIRS

tamika d. mallory

carmen perez

Linda sarsour

BOB BLAND

NATIONAL COMMITTEE

VANESSA WRUBLE, HEAD OF CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS

CASSADY FENDLAY, HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

JANAYE INGRAM, HEAD OF LOGISTICS

BREANNE BUTLER, state + GLOBAL CO-COORDINATOR

Evvie Harmon, state + GLOBAL CO-COORDINATOR

Ginny Suss, HEAD OF Production

TING TING CHENG, Legal DIRECTOR

TABITHA ST. BERNARD-JACOBS, youth initiative Coordinator

Jackson Hyland-Lipski, head of web development

Alyssa Klein, Social media manager