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Founded in 1999, MassVOTE (“The Massachusetts Voter Education Network”) is a non-partisan voting rights organization whose urban voter mobilization model works with non-profit organizations to increase voter education and turnout. In addition, MassVOTE’s electoral reform agenda seeks to eliminate voter participation barriers, especially among communities of color, language minorities, low income, youth, new Americans and the disabled.



Staff
Board

MassVOTE Staff

To contact a staff member, call 617-542-VOTE (8683) or click on their name below.

Staff Name & Title Experience

Luisa Pena

Coalition Organizer

lpena@massvote.org

ext. 205

Luisa Peña grew up in Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts. Luisa is a recent graduate of Northeastern University, where she was a La Communidad Latina en Accion Scholar. At Northeastern, Luisa completed a double major in Political Science and International Affairs.and served as president of Northeastern's Latin American Student Organization. At MassVOTE, Luisa serves as the Coalition Organizer and is responsible for helping nonprofit organizations register, educate, and mobilize voters in Greater Boston. She also coordinates recruitment for the Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership.

Avi Green
Executive Director

agreen@massvote.org

ext. 207

Avi Green is an experienced organizer, campaign manager, and policy analyst. A native of Pennsylvania, Avi first came to Massachusetts in 1997 to study public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Since then, he has worked for a variety of private companies, non-profits, and political campaigns. In 2000, Avi went to Florida to participate in the Presidential recount. Avi lives Inman Square, Cambridge, with his wife, Sarah Almer.

David Ortiz
Project Manager
Civic Engagement Initiative

dortiz@massvote.org

ext. 204

David has worked for 13 years in the non-profit sector as an organizer, outreach worker and later as the founder and Director of the Youth Development Department at La Alianza Hispana. He also brings two years of managerial experience in the corporate sector, and a team-based management approach to the Civic Engagement Initiative.

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MassVOTE Board

Name Title Affiliation
Esme Caramello Clerk Holland & Knight LLP
Chi Chi Wu Treasurer National Consumer Law Center
Sonia Chang-Diaz Member Lee Family Office
Victoria Fahlberg Member ONELowell
Kim Janey Member Mass Advocates for Children
Georgia Katsoulomitis Member Boston Bar Foundation
Randall Ravitz Member Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Sean Riley Chair Holland & Knight LLP
Duamarius Stukes Vice-Chair Boston Medical Center
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