The Her bold move endorsements board
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Natasha Smith
Director of Supporter Cultivation, Harris For President
Natasha Smith serves as Vice President at BerlinRosen and brings over a decade of experience in the digital and political worlds. She’s raised millions of dollars online for candidates and campaigns across the United States; mobilized communities in response to draconian legislative action; managed large-scale organic and paid media campaigns to elect progressives; and created digital advocacy campaigns aimed at securing equality and human rights. Natasha is passionate about telling the stories of those who have been overlooked for far too long.
Before joining BerlinRosen, Natasha worked at Run the World, Freedom for All Americans, and the National Democratic Training Committee. In her spare time, you can find Natasha on the mat doing taekwondo with her son or dancing West Coast Swing.
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Jordan Zaslow
Founder and Executive Director, Her Bold Move
Jordan Zaslow is the Founder and Executive Director of HER BOLD MOVE, an organization filling a critical gap in the support pipeline for women in American politics.
Jordan began her work with female candidates at the start of the 2020 election cycle, leading a group of eager volunteers from the media, entertainment, and production industries determined to use their skills to help more women get elected. By the end of the 2020 cycle, the group had produced more than 75 pro-bono campaign videos for candidates across 18 states including Cori Bush, Pat Timmons Goodson, and the entire Democratic slate of candidates running for Federal office in West Virginia, and had rallied thousands of people to join their coalition.
The experience of working with so many female candidates opened Jordan’s eyes to the sexism, misogyny, and unique challenges women face when they enter politics in this country.
After witnessing female candidate after female candidate lose their races, she decided to formalize the coalition to become the support she wished to see in the political world. Her Bold Move officially launched in January of 2021.
Under Jordan’s leadership, Her Bold Move has supported more than 120 female candidates in 3 years, becoming one of the fastest-growing support networks for women running for office.
They’ve had a hand in notable and historic campaigns like LA Mayor Karen Bass, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and countless other historic and successful efforts to shatter glass ceilings across the country.
Prior to politics, Jordan was an award-winning Director and Producer best known for a series of social impact pieces she created and directed with the support of Ashton Kutcher and his company, A Plus. The series became an instant phenomenon, accumulating an audience of more than 30 million, and was nominated for a Cynopsis Social Good Award. Her work in the entertainment industry includes numerous television shows including CBS’s Emmy-nominated series “Hidden Heroes”, FOX’s “Rake” starring Greg Kinnear, “Blissful Thinking,” and “The Jim Gaffigan Show.”
Jordan frequently speaks at colleges, conferences, on panels, and at press conferences about Her Bold Move and their candidates, women’s issues, and women in politics. She is based in Boston, MA where she lives with her husband and their 1-year-old daughter, Zoe.
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Rebecca Sive
Feminist Author, Counselor to Women Leaders, National Women’s Issues Strategist for Political Leaders and Officeholders
Rebecca Sive is the author of three books on American women’s politics and power; a women’s leadership strategist, motivational speaker, and experienced media analyst; and both a past faculty member of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and statewide governmental official. She co-produces and co-hosts the podcast, #VoteHerIn, with Two Broads Talking Politics, a “best political podcast,” according to Parade magazine.
Sive is the founding director of one of the nation’s first women’s centers; founding commissioner of the Illinois Human Rights Commission, an adjudicatory body; a leader of the campaign to elect Chicago’s first African American mayor (Harold Washington), advisor to him, and appointee of his as Commissioner, Chicago Park District, Sive was among the national decision makers who developed women’s issues agendas for US presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
She holds an M.A. in American History and is the recipient of many awards for her public leadership, including from the United Negro College Fund, the YWCA, the Jaycees, and her alma maters, the University of Illinois, and Carleton College. She is listed in Feminists Who Changed America, University of Illinois Press (2006).
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Aanchal Sahay
Interim Political Director, Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Aanchal Sahay (she/her/hers) serves as the Manager of Political Programs at Planned Parenthood Action Fund where she helps oversee federal endorsements, the Planned Parenthood Federal PAC’s candidate and committee contributions, the Action Fund’s sponsorship program, and the PAC and Political team’s legal and financial operations. Before Planned Parenthood, Aanchal worked at the DCCC and on a number of campaigns in her beloved home state of New Jersey. When she's not working, Aanchal is usually eating chocolate, taking a nap, watching Jeopardy!, or listening to show tunes.
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Becca DeFelice
Executive Director, Emerge TX
As an advocate, candidate, and organizer, Becca has worked to show the outsized difference that diverse women can make when they step into politics. She is committed to using her leadership, experience, and empathy to help the next generation of women leaders in Texas run for office, win, and bring transformative change to their constituents, their districts, and their communities in all levels of office.
Becca grew up in rural Pennsylvania on a working farm. She organized statewide in Texas for gun policy reform and in 2022 ran for her State House seat against an original co-sponsor of SB8, Texas’s 6-week abortion ban. Becca is especially invested in advancing policy on equitable healthcare access, reproductive justice, gun violence prevention, public education, and environmental conservation.
Becca is a mom of a teenage daughter, and has been married for nearly 2 decades. When she’s not busy talking about the importance of electing women, she enjoys gardening, needlepointing, cuss words, and eating ice cream.
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Quiana Dickenson
Political Director, NOW
Quiana Dickenson brings 10 plus years of experience in politics. Starting as the regional political director for Arizona List, serving as the Chair of the Arizona African American Caucus and as the political director for the Arizona Democratic Party. Quiana proudly serves as the political director of the National Organization for Women.
Quiana is highly skilled and trained in conflict resolution, mediation, community conflict management, communication, training and public speaking. Quiana has worked with both for profit and non-profit organizations, facilitated seminars for government agencies and officials and is frequently called to advise in matters of effective communication and community conflict strategies. Quiana has spent years offering civic engagement, activists and advocacy training while mentoring individuals and groups around the country. Quiana served as an adjunct instructor for Northern Arizona and many local and national institutions
She is a member of several local and national community service and advocacy organizations such as Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., NAACP and the National Organization for Women. Most importantly, Quiana is a proud mother of three who are the reason she does this work.
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Colleen J. Davis
Endorsements Manager, Her Bold Move
Influenced by the strong women in her family and her impactful female educators, Colleen J. Davis is a longtime advocate for equality and the advancement of women's rights. During the 2020 election cycle, She proudly served as the Endorsements Manager for Women For The Win, a coalition of media professionals supporting women running for elected political positions.
Colleen has been a producer in the entertainment industry for nearly two decades. In that time, she has worked on television series of all genres including reality, live events, children’s programming, lifestyle, and daily talk shows. In the past few years, Colleen has made the transition from creative producer to clearance producer and now works on production legal teams for some of the most popular shows on television.
She holds a BA in Production and is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University where she was a member of the rowing team, the lacrosse team, and the ASLMU serving as Vice President of Activities. She just wrapped her first feature film team, a project that is written, produced, and directed exclusively by women.
She enjoys reading, traveling, soccer, and spending time with her two dogs: a beagle named Hooligan and a chihuahua named Beckham. Colleen currently splits her time between LA & her native Seattle.
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Natalie Cline
West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 2020 Democratic Nominee for U.S. Congress, WV-01
Through her work in politics, Natalie Cline has seen firsthand how empowering women improves the health and well-being of our families and communities. Her experience as a political candidate has led her to focus on helping more women get elected to political office. Natalie was the 2020 Democratic Nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, WV-1, where she vied for a seat that has yet to be represented by a woman. As a member of the Her Bold Move Endorsement Board, she is able to apply her experiences as a female political candidate to help make informed decisions and advise the organization in their endeavor to help seat more women in public office.
Natalie also continues to serve at the West Virginia State-level in various board roles and elected positions. She was recently elected to the West Virginia State Democratic Executive Committee, where she hopes to help unify the State Democratic Party, work to help democrats get elected down the ballot, and increase party affiliation. In addition she serves as the Treasurer for the West Virginia Can’t Wait Political Action Committee - a grassroots movement that helps train and support the next generation of West Virginia organizers.
Natalie whole-heartedly believes in giving back to our communities. In such, she serves as a board member for the City of Wheeling’s Arts and Cultural Commission, where she uses her experience as an artist and businesswoman to help promote Wheeling’s arts and cultural communities. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Crittenton Services, where she uses her professional skill-set to help their mission in providing residential care for girls and young women.
Natalie is a political leader, Natural Language Processing (NLP) expert, artist, and advocate for women. She is a mother to Teddy, who inspires her daily to continue working to improve our communities for the next generation.
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Silvina Alarcón
Political Director, Reproductive Freedom For All
Silvina Alarcón is the Director of Campaigns at Latino Victory, where she spearheads and drives strategic plans to support Latino candidates running for office. Silvina joins the team after developing and executing winning field strategies in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections before taking back the House in 2018 as part of the DCCC’s National Field Team.
Silvina began her career organizing for immigration reform during the DREAM Act of 2010. She has created and executed mobilization strategies for congressional, state, regional, and national electoral and advocacy efforts, most recently serving as the Campaigns and Advocacy Director at Guns Down America. A product of community college at Montgomery College, Silvina then attended the University of Maryland Baltimore County