Erica Payne

Erica Payne is a co-founder of the Democracy Alliance.

Background
According to an October 20, 2008 interview: "Leading political strategist Erica Payne is at the forefront of an effort to build a modern progressive movement. Payne is the founder of The Tesseract Group, which provides strategic counsel and communications expertise to major foundations, private philanthropists, and select organizations. And she co-founded the Democracy Alliance, a donor collaborative whose partners have invested over $100 million in progressive organizations. Her book, The Practical Progressive: How to Build a Twenty-First Century Political Movement, is the essential guide to what's happening, who's who, and how to get involved in the new progressive 'infrastructure,' the growing network of progressive political organizations -- think tanks, legal advocacy organizations, watchdog groups, and media vehicles -- leading the effort to change the country's intellectual and political climate for the better."