Greg Speed has served as Executive Director of America Votes since October 2007. Under Speed's leadership, America Votes coordinated over 62 million direct voter contacts in the 2008 election cycle. Speed previously served as Communications Director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. On Capitol Hill, Speed worked as press secretary and legislative aide to former U.S. Rep. Martin Frost (TX), and for IMPAC 2000, the Democratic leadership's redistricting project after the previous census. He hails from “Chicagoland” and received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives with his family in Washington DC.

America Votes leads coordination and strategy for 40 national and over 300 state progressive groups' advocacy and election campaigns, and advances voting rights through election reforms in the states. The coalition shares strategies and resources to maximize impact and ensure that progressive voter mobilization campaigns build lasting capacity. Please see www.americavotes.org for more information.

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