Melissa Daar, Senior Vice President, has vast experience in media outreach, public affairs strategy, grassroots/community action programs, and online organizing and advocacy.
She was most recently the California Policy and Field Director for People For the American Way where she directed the state’s political, legislative and advocacy agenda. Prior to that, she played a leading role on the political team for Working Assets. Her previous experience includes working on ACLU of Northern California’s communications team, serving as staff for a San Francisco Supervisor, leading on-line advocacy efforts against a ballot initiative, and managing a technology start-up's public relations. During her career she has helped launch the ACLU’s Driving While Black or Brown campaign on race-based police stops, spearheaded a corporate volunteerism program that won Company of the Year from the Entrepreneurs' Foundation, and organized a business, government and advocates’ collaboration to support federal immigration reform.
Melissa has also been a social entrepreneur. She founded and led an Oakland-based organization for a decade that organized cultural exchange travel to Cuba and Brazil.
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