About

Dr. Betsy Leondar-Wright (she/her), lead writer, is a veteran of 30+ years of burnout jobs at economic justice nonprofits, including one coordinating a statewide pay equity coalition, three community organizing jobs, and two as Executive Director of severely underfunded nonprofits. She was the Communications Director at United for a Fair Economy (UFE) for 9 years. She coordinates the Staffing the Mission project on improving nonprofit jobs as a board member at the national anti-classism organization Class Action. For UFE, Class Action and other organizations, she has facilitated more than 250 popular education workshops around the US and the UK. As an Associate Professor of Sociology at Lasell University, she teaches about race and class inequality and social movement strategy. She is the author of Missing Class: Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures, and a co-author of The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the US Racial Wealth Divide.

Kevin Simowitz (he/him), co-director of All Due Respect, has worked for nearly two decades as an organizer, campaign manager and political strategist. As a consultant, Kevin works with leading political and advocacy organizations to develop creative and successful campaign strategies for some of the most pressing legislative issues at the state and federal levels, and works with foundations to sharpen the ways that philanthropy can be of service to movement organizations. As the Political Director at Caring Across Generations, Kevin led the coalition to pass the Kupuna Caregivers Act, a first-of-its-kind initiative to support family caregivers of older adults, and also co-led the 2018 Homecare for All ballot initiative campaign, demonstrating the robust grassroots support for an innovative new model of care. At Maine People’s Alliance, Kevin worked as the Organizing Director and directed the Maine Small Business Coalition, coordinating the membership development and political program for more than 3,000 Coalition members. Kevin is a board member of Renew New England.

Alicia Jay (she/her) is a certified coach and organizational leadership expert who has spent the last 16 years driving change on behalf of social justice activists and organizations, with a focus on gender justice. As a consultant, Alicia works with foundations and organizations to ensure their work is having effective, radical impact. In 2018, Alicia helped launch The League, a cultural engagement firm integrating creative communications, cultural organizing, and narrative shift strategies into traditional civic engagement work. She also served as a co-founder and the Managing Director of Make It Work, a three-year national advocacy campaign advancing economic security issues for women and families. Alicia has helped mobilize millions of women through intersectional campaigns and events like the We Won’t Wait coalition, the United State of Women Summit, and the Survivors’ Agenda; built the capacity of grassroots organizations through grantmaking at the Atlantic Philanthropies and as an organizational development consultant; and trained the current and next generation of social change leaders through Young People For, the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program, and as a coach working with hundreds of emerging leaders.

Kinzie Mabon (she/they), Former Deputy Director of All Due Respect, has worked as an organizer, field director, mentor and trainer for the last 8 years focusing on voting rights, voter registration and mobilization, community and coalition building, and developing a leadership pipeline for organizers. In her role as Field Director at the Nebraska Civic Engagement Table, she focused on building organizational capacity for member organizations working on a multitude of issues, including voting rights, women’s rights, TLGBQIA2S+ rights, anti-racism and a wide range of economic issues. Their proudest accomplishments in this role were their development of Organizer School, a comprehensive training and placement program for organizers in the Nebraska nonprofit community, and their service as a member of the inaugural National Coordinating Committee for the State Voices network. Kinzie also serves as the board president of OutNebraska.