Heather Booth

Heather Booth "has worked on elections and social change organizing for over 40 years, starting in the civil rights movement. She is now a consultant with groups working to build democracy including the National Organization of Women, Campaign for America's Future, MoveOn.org, Working Assets, and TrueMajority.  Ms. Booth directed the field operation for Carol Moseley Braun's successful 1992 Senate race.  She is also a founding director and president of the Midwest Academy, a USAction support affiliate and national training center for social change organizations including the Sierra Club, Children's Defense Fund, and NARAL.  In 2000, Ms. Booth was the Executive Director of the NAACP National Voter Fund, which helped to increase the African American turnout by nearly 2 million voters."


 * Vice President, USAction
 * Director, Center for Community Change
 * Advisory Board, Women's Voices. Women Vote
 * Advisory Committee, Jewish Fund for Justice
 * Editorial Advisory Group, Social Policy