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Color Of Change is a high-impact, collaborative team of activists committed to making justice real for Black people, and passionate about designing or supporting strategic, creative and winning campaigns.

Rashad Robinson

PRESIDENT OF COLOR OF CHANGE
Rashad Robinson is President of Color Of Change, a racial justice organization with more than 7 million members who demonstrate the power of Black communities every single day. Color Of Change uses innovative strategies to bring about lasting change in systems and sectors that affect Black people’s lives.

 

Under Rashad’s leadership, Color Of Change has developed winning strategies for holding local prosecutors accountable to enact major criminal justice reform; holding Big Tech corporations accountable to address the racial injustice they cause; leading the $7 billion advertiser boycott of Facebook; exposing rampant racial discrimination by Wall Street in the federal Paycheck Protection Program; forcing Fortune 500 corporations to end their support of white nationalist organizations and to turn empty statements into tangible commitments; changing the rules for how crime, policing and race are represented on TV; helping to make bail reform a national issue; forcing over 100 major corporations to abandon the right-wing policy shop ALEC; and winning net neutrality as a civil rights issue.

 

Rashad’s analysis, advocacy and activism are quoted and featured regularly in media such as The New York TimesThe Washington Post, USA TodayFast Company, Wired, The Root, Forbes, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Los Angeles TimesThe Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and many other major and community media outlets. He frequently appears on NPR, MSNBC, BET and other broadcast news channels. Color Of Change was recognized in Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List four separate times and was profiled by Stanford Social Innovation Review. Rashad serves as a keynote speaker at events across the country, won the Webby Award for Best Political Podcast in 2020, has received several other awards and has been a speaker at public roundtables convened by both Oprah Winfrey and President Obama. He is an often-quoted and followed voice on Twitter and has authored several essays, chapters and papers related to social change. Rashad testified to Congress about regulating Big Tech corporations, and about ensuring racial equity in banking, housing and education, served as Co-Chair of the Aspen Commission on Information Disorder and sits on the board of the Marguerite Casey Foundation.

Rashad Robinson

PRESIDENT OF COLOR OF CHANGE
Rashad Robinson is President of Color Of Change, a racial justice organization with more than 7 million members who demonstrate the power of Black communities every single day. Color Of Change uses innovative strategies to bring about lasting change in systems and sectors that affect Black people’s lives.

 

Under Rashad’s leadership, Color Of Change has developed winning strategies for holding local prosecutors accountable to enact major criminal justice reform; holding Big Tech corporations accountable to address the racial injustice they cause; leading the $7 billion advertiser boycott of Facebook; exposing rampant racial discrimination by Wall Street in the federal Paycheck Protection Program; forcing Fortune 500 corporations to end their support of white nationalist organizations and to turn empty statements into tangible commitments; changing the rules for how crime, policing and race are represented on TV; helping to make bail reform a national issue; forcing over 100 major corporations to abandon the right-wing policy shop ALEC; and winning net neutrality as a civil rights issue.

 

Rashad’s analysis, advocacy and activism are quoted and featured regularly in media such as The New York TimesThe Washington Post, USA TodayFast Company, Wired, The Root, Forbes, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Los Angeles TimesThe Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and many other major and community media outlets. He frequently appears on NPR, MSNBC, BET and other broadcast news channels. Color Of Change was recognized in Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List four separate times and was profiled by Stanford Social Innovation Review. Rashad serves as a keynote speaker at events across the country, won the Webby Award for Best Political Podcast in 2020, has received several other awards and has been a speaker at public roundtables convened by both Oprah Winfrey and President Obama. He is an often-quoted and followed voice on Twitter and has authored several essays, chapters and papers related to social change. Rashad testified to Congress about regulating Big Tech corporations, and about ensuring racial equity in banking, housing and education, served as Co-Chair of the Aspen Commission on Information Disorder and sits on the board of the Marguerite Casey Foundation.

Kyle Bibby

Interim Chief of Campaigns & Programs

Kyle Bibby is the Chief of Campaigns at Color of Change, a Political Partner with the Truman National Security Project, and one of the co-founders of the Black Veterans Project. Kyle is a proven leader dedicated to equal rights, social justice, and ending wars. He is a former Marine Corps infantry captain and Afghanistan War veteran.

Prior to his role at Color of Change, Kyle served as a Deputy Political Director for Common Defense, the largest grassroots membership organization of progressive veterans.

Previously, Kyle was a Director at the New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC), a non-profit agency with a social mission to remove all barriers to employment for citizens returning from incarceration. He’s served as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) assigned to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Executive Office of the President during the Obama Administration. In November of 2016 he transferred to the Office of Congressional Affairs for the US Agency for Global Media. He finished his fellowship as a legislative liaison to Congress.

Kyle has received a Master in Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the United States Naval Academy.

Nicole Taylor

Chief Operating Officer

Nicole Taylor is the Chief Operating Officer at Color Of Change where she manages organizational systems including administration, risk management, compliance, legal operations, governance, and security. She is in charge of implementing many of COC’s core business functions and internal operations in a way that is in line with the organization’s strategy and values.

Before joining Color Of Change, Nicole was an Associate Vice President at The Posse Foundation, which provides high-achieving students from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to attend college and become leaders on campus and in the workforce. Nicole led operations and was responsible for the the Career, Alumni, Graduate & Fellowship, and Veterans Programs there. Before her time at Posse, Nicole was the Managing Director of the International Legal Foundation. In that role, she expanded the organization’s global footprint by opening two additional offices in Tunisia and Myanmar and laid the foundation for advice and assistance programs in Indonesia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Republic of Georgia. She grew the foundation’s global presence and reputation through coalition-building, rights campaigns, data-centered strategies and research. She also oversaw program performance, operations, and administration at ILF. Prior to that, she practiced in the Philadelphia area at the law firm of El-Shabazz & Harris, LLC, and as a staff attorney at the Public Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Nicole is a graduate of Howard University School of Law and Spelman College. She currently lives in Queens, NY with her family and her fancy parakeet named Howard.

Cedric A. Lang

Chief Information Officer

Cedric Lang is the Chief Information Officer at Color of Change. He is responsible for continuously maturing the Technology Department and developing a clear, strategic vision for the organization’s technology landscape.  He leads a team of cross-functional technologists while driving business process modernization and cost efficiency in collaboration with other leaders at the organization.

He joins Color of Change with over twenty-five (25) years’ of technology and leadership experience, along with organizational transformation expertise. He is passionate about leveraging emerging technologies and agile frameworks to solve business problems; while emphasizing the importance of healthy work cultures for staff. 

Before joining Color of Change, he worked in higher education, healthcare, federal, state, and local government agencies to build technology infrastructures, teams, and strategies to transform the services provided. He was the founding strategist for the University of South Florida’s cloud-first initiative, where cloud-based solutions and a dedicated cloud services team were created and leveraged to modernize the university’s capabilities to serve over 50,000 students. 

Cedric is a graduate of Florida A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership from Williamson Christian College. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and currently lives in Tampa Florida.  In his spare time, Cedric enjoys writing and mentoring aspiring black technologists, leaders, and entrepreneurs.

Amity Paye

Chief Communications Officer

Amity Paye is the Chief Communications Officer at Color Of Change. She oversees the organization’s media strategy, social media, design, production and partnerships to make Color Of Change a household name. Her team uses media coverage, social media, design and video production to add pressure during campaigns and publicize some of the organization’s most important victories on tech accountability, transforming entertainment industries, and criminal justice reform.

Before joining Color Of Change in early 2020, Amity led strategic communications at the labor union 32BJ SEIU, supported media relations for the Black Youth Project 100, and spent a decade as a journalist reporting on Black youth and social justice for The Nation, NBC, The Root, Jet Magazine and the Amsterdam News. Amity serves on the board of Samara Collective, a women-led communications coop. She is a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She currently lives in upstate New York on land she and her husband are turning into a communal gardening and artist space.

Portia Allen-Kyle

Chief Advisor

Portia Allen-Kyle is the Chief Advisor at Color Of Change where she is a thought partner to the president, working to advance Color Of Change’s vision, impact, and efficiency.

Portia is a trusted advisor with a track record of advancing equity in nonprofit, government, and academic settings. Portia comes to Color Of Change with impressive experience as Senior Advisor for Equity, Policy and Stakeholder Engagement in the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Transportation. There, she advised leaders on how to incorporate equity into agency policy and led the Justice40 initiative, electrifying transportation, instituting diversity equity and inclusion practices, and spearheading funding pools to move towards more inclusive decision-making. She also helped oversee funding for Title VI recipients and managed agency events and outreach with the relaunch of the federal Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity. Prior to that, she worked at the Council of State Governments Justice Center as Deputy Division Director and at the Voting Rights Lab as Director of Innovation and Police.

Other professional experiences include teaching, research, and consulting on policy, equity and inclusion, and organizational development for nonprofits and educational entities. In 2021 Portia was recognized as a Top 40 Attorney by the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division. She is also the author of Advice to Thrive By: How to Use Your Resume and Cover Letter to Build Your Brand and Launch A Dynamic Public Interest Career. When she is not pursuing justice, she enjoys spending time with family, traveling, going to see concerts and live theater.

Sandra Bland’s prophetic words capture perfectly what we believe at Color Of Change. It’s why we do what we do. (Photo: Fibonacci Blue.)

Our Team

Meet the rest of our staff. Color Of Change is powered by an ever-expanding, multiracial team—in New York, Oakland, Hollywood and Washington, D.C.—with experience in strategy, organizing, media, technology and organizational growth.

Tammi Adams

Executive Assistant
Digital & Democracy

Asha Alshabazz

Talent & Recruitment Coordinator

Charles Amuzie

Senior Digital Manager
Digital & Democracy

Samantha Antrum

Campaign Manager
Media Culture & Economic Justice

Nefertiti Asanti

Associate Grant Writer

Ami Beck

Executive Assistant to the
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Alexandra Braxton

Digital Manager

Ernest Britt

Senior Campaign Manager
Criminal Justice

Alyssa Brown

Graphic Designer

Imani Brown

Campaign Manager
Movement Building

Scott Brown

Digital Manager
Digital & Democracy

Ta-Shea Brown

Graphic Designer

Valerie Brown

Executive Assistant to the President

Whitney Buggs

Senior Director of
Social Media & Content

Abel Cantos

Staff Accountant

Drew Daniels

Deputy Senior Campaign Director
Digital & Democracy

Galater Davis

Staff Accountant

Sadie Dean

Training Manager

Darrell De Freitas

Senior Software Engineer

Melvian Dennis

IT Associate

Precious Enahoro

Data Analyst

Evan Feeney

Campaign Director
Media Culture & Economic Justice

Mahelet Fekade

Senior Data Manager

Victoria Ford

Senior Grant Writer

Candice Fortin

Regional Field Manager

McKayla Gamino

Executive Assistant
Criminal Justice

Ina Gonzalez

Senior Project Manager

Alexsys Grishaber

Special Projects & Partnership Manager

Brian Guevara

IT Associate

Krystal Gutierrez

Director of Human Resources & Compliance

Stasia Hansen

Campaign Researcher

Audrey Harding

Regional Field Manager

Jamie Harris

Organizing Data Manager

Jennette Harrison

Executive Assistant
Media Culture & Economic Justice Team

Tara Harwood

Digital Data Director

Danita Hinton

Deputy Director of Finance & Accounting

Shavonne Holley

Talent & Recruitment Coordinator

Devorne Hormeku

Senior Social Media & Content Manager

Amanda Jackson

Campaign Director
Media Culture & Economic Justice

Contessa Jackson

Field Operations Manager

Enchanta Jackson

Senior Advisor to the
Vice President, Chief of Campaigns

Andra Jones

Senior Executive Assistant to the
Vice President, Chief of Campaigns

Marcus Jones

Campaign Manager
Media Culture & Economic Justice

Caroline Joyner

Communications Manager

DiePreye Krukrubo

Senior UX Researcher
& Designer Fellow

Chasidy Lowe

Culture & Entertainment Advocacy Manager

Jade Magnus Ogunnaike

Senior Campaign Director

Quiana Malone

Regional Field Manager
Movement Building

Hilda Melissa Marshall

Human Resources & Compliance Coordinator

Kristen Marston

Culture & Entertainment Advocacy Director

Johnny Mathias

Deputy Senior Campaign Director
Media Culture & Economic Justice

Erika Maye

Deputy Senior Campaign Director
Criminal Justice

Katie McCown

Senior Grant Writer

Daniel McKelvey

Senior Regional Manager
Movement Building

Trevor McNary

Campaign Manager

Ariel Moore

Campaign Manager

Fatima Munoz

Operations Associate

Destanie Newell

Regional Field Manager

Sue Nyoni

Director of Operations

Ejike Obineme

National Data & Analytics Director

Marybeth Onyeukwu

Senior Campaign Manager
Criminal Justice

Angelica Marie Pagan

Senior Policy Manager

Rose Park

Coordinator, President's Office

Amity Paye

Director of Communications

Reggie Peterson

Software Engineer

Corina Petty

Regional Field Manager
Movement Building

Samantha Phillips

Director of Talent & Recruitment

Valerie Pinckney-Williams

Executive Assistant to
Senior Director of Finance

Jiya Pinder

Social Media and Content Coordinator

Taurjhai Purdie

Campaign Manager

FolaSade Pyne

Campaign Manager
Media Culture & Economic Justice

Eesha Ramanujam

Campaign Researcher
Media Culture & Economic Justice

Gabrielle Rejouis

Senior Policy Manager

Ana Robinson

Campaign Researcher

Malachi Robinson

Campaign Director
Criminal Justice

LaShawn Russell

Operations Associate

Sana Saleem

Senior Director of Development

Dominique Sanders

Senior Program Manager
Movement Building

Leonard Scott

Campaign Manager
Criminal Justice

Samuel Sesay

Analytics Engineer

Madison Sherman

Campaign Manager
Criminal Justice

Khorri Silcott

Senior Budget & Accounts Receivable Manager

Chad Stanton

Senior Political Manager
Movement Building

Sabrina Stevens

Campaign Director
Digital & Democracy

Shannon Talbert

Field Director
Movement Building

Cristel Taveras

Campaign Researcher
Digital & Democracy

Tandy Toliver

Staff Accountant

Katrina Villavicencio

Senior Graphic Designer

Ciera Waga

Program Manager

Rochelle Walbridge

Senior Manager of Financial Applications

Jocelyn Walker

Senior Communications Manager

Jennifer Williams

Director of Individual Giving
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Defend Black History Summit

Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina

Join Color Of Change and The National Education Association in Charlotte, NC for the Defend Black History Summit to collectively build power and protect the quality of education in our schools.