
Current and Former Elected Leaders

Gabriel Acevero
Maryland House of Delegates, 39th District
Montgomery Village

Talisha Searcy
Member, Takoma Park City Council, Ward 6
Takoma Park, MD

Nikil Saval
Member, Pennsylvania State Senate, District 1
Philadelphia, PA

Janeese Lewis George
Member, Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 4
Washington, DC

Ana Sol Gutiérrez
Former Maryland State Delegate, District 18
Chevy Chase, MD

Virginia D. Onley
Former Rockville City Councilmember
Rockville, MD

Yvette D. Monroe
Former Gaithersburg City Council Member
Gaithersburg, MD

Rick Krajewski
Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 188th District
Philadelphia, PA
BIPOC 100
The BIPOC100 are Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and multiracial grassroots leaders in Montgomery County and across the U.S. who share Brandy’s dedication to an inclusive and representative democracy and to policies that support equity, justice, and healing for all our communities. They are current and former elected officials, grassroots organizers, and leaders in their communities. They are demonstrating how we make transformative change around climate and the environment, housing, education, political engagement, and racial equity.
This dynamic list of leaders illustrates the kind of movement we are building: powerful and effective, rooted in community leadership, and consistently creating the solutions we need for the challenges and opportunities we face. Brandy is proud to be part of this network of leaders and honored to have their support!
* Note: BIPOC100 members express their support of the campaign as individuals. No endorsement by their affiliated organizations is implied.

Abraham Aiyash
Member, Michigan House of Representatives, 4th District
Hamtramck, MI

Aja Gillian Taylor
Co-Founder, Two Brown Girls Consulting Cooperative
Silver Spring, MD
Amouzou Maickel “Coach Fofo”
Founder, Elite Soccer Youth Development Academy
Silver Spring, MD

Amy Zhai
Co-Founder of the Asian American Progressive Student Union, Alumna of Richard Montgomery High School
Potomac, MD

Ana Sol Gutiérrez
Former Maryland State Delegate, District 18
Chevy Chase, MD

Andrea Atkinson
Co-Director, One Square World
Boston, MA

Angela Mahecha
Environmental Justice Fellowship Director, Tishman Environment and Design Center
Miami, FL

Anim Steel
Co-founder, Real Food Generation
Brooklyn, NY
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
National Racial/Climate Justice Advocate
Washington, DC

Ashanti Martinez
Community Activist
New Carollton, MD

Avery Smedley
Co-founder, Students Toward Equitable Public Schools
Silver Spring, MD

Bahieh Hartshorn
Movement Politics Manager, TakeAction MN and Board President of the West Side Community Organization
Saint Paul, MN
Ben Ishibashi
Chicago, IL

Brigette Rouson
Principal, Rouson Associates
Washington, DC

Carlean Ponder
Leader, Silver Spring Justice Coalition
Montgomery County, MD
Carolyn Erskine
Founding Consultant, Roots to the Future, L.L.C. & Project Director, Racial Justice NOW!
Silver Spring, MD/Kasoa, Ghana

Charles A Smith
Capitol Heights, MD

Charly Carter
Executive Director, Democracy Initiative
Baltimore, MD

Chris Barclay
Former Member, Montgomery County Board of Education
Takoma Park, MD

Clint Sobratti
Candidate for Maryland State Delegate, District 39
Montgomery Village, MD

Dalbin Osorio, MS.Ed/MSW
Chair, Montgomery County Police Advisory Commission; Chair of Advocacy, Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations
Gaithersburg, MD

Dara Cooper
National Organizer, National Black Food & Justice Alliance
Atlanta, GA

Darryl Molina Sarmiento
Executive Director, Communities for a Better Environment
Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Deepa Iyer
Writer, Activist
Silver Spring, MD

dominic t. moulden
Initiator, Element Free School
Washington, DC

Dwayne Wharton
Just Strategies
Philadelphia, PA

Erica Mauter
Mobile Innovation Director, MoveOn
Minneapolis, MN

Erica Nanton
Organizer & Community Leader
Chicago, IL

Evon J. Black
Former President and Current member, National Black Deaf Advocates; Associate Director for the Center of Black Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University
Takoma Park, MD

Fatmata Barrie
Candidate, Montgomery County Council
Silver Spring, MD

Gabriel Acevero
Maryland House of Delegates, 39th District
Montgomery Village

Grace Pai
Execuitive Director, Asian American Midwest Progressives
Chicago, IL

Hamza Sarwar Khan
President, Muslim Democratic Club
Potomac, MD

Hugo E. Cantu
Bowie, MD
Jacquelyn Lowery
Silver Spring, MD

Jamye Wooten
Founder, CLLCTIVLY; Founder & CEO, Kinetics Strategies
Baltimore, MD

Janeese Lewis George
Member, Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 4
Washington, DC

Janelle Wong
Bethesda, MD

Jayne Park
Silver Spring, MD

jeremiah a lowery
Chair, DC For Democracy
Washington, DC

Jill D. Sege
The Sege Law Office and Interpreting Services, LLC
Silver Spring, MD

Jo Saint-George, Esq.
Silver Spring, MD

Josephine Chu
Washington, DC

Juanita O. Lewis
Deputy Director, Community Voices Heard
Newburgh, NY

Kalila Barnett
Boston, MA

Kari Fulton
Washington, DC

Ken R. Whittaker
Executive Director, Michigan United
Detroit, MI

Kenneth Wilson
CEO of Xsiban Enterprises, Black Squirrel Media, and Men of Stature
Silver Spring, MD

Krystal Oriadha
Community Activist
Capitol Heights, MD

Kush Kharod
Hub Coordinator, Sunrise Movement DC
Germantown, MD

Laura Kigweba James
Silver Spring, MD
Lauren Payne
Bethesda, MD

Lenace Edwards
Labor & Political Organizer
Washington, DC

Lorna Phillips Forde
Community Leader/Advocate
Germantown, MD
Luke Jones
Silver Spring, MD

Madison “Matt” Thompson
Cross-Cultural Mediation Services
Dorchester. MA

Makia Green
Community and Political Organizer
Washington, DC

Marc James
Farmer, Common Good City Farm
Washington, DC

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition
Bethesda, MD

Martha Lugo
Former Candidate for Aurora City Council
Aurora, CO

Melissa Rubio
Senior Political Manager, OneAmerica
Seattle, WA

Michaela Purdue Lovegood
Co-Director, Political Healers Project
Philadelphia, PA

Michelle C. Whittaker
Organizer + Political Strategist
Kensington, MD

Monica Atkins
Deep Seedz Arts Collective/Climate Justice Alliance
Jackson, MS

Navina Khanna
Executive Director, HEAL Food Aliiance
Oakland, CA

Nelsie Yang
St. Paul City Councilmember, Ward 6
Saint Paul, MN

Nicola Williams
Candidate, Cambridge City Council
Cambridge, MA

Nigel Tann
Director of Training, People's Action
River Forest, IL

Nikil Saval
Member, Pennsylvania State Senate, District 1
Philadelphia, PA

Nikki M.G. Cole
DMV Organizer, Strategist, Fundraiser, and Workers Rights Advocate
Silver Spring, MD

Nydea Graves
Chester County Stands Up
Coatesville, PA

Rahwa Ghirmatzion
Executive Director, PUSH Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Rebecca Thompson
Founder & CEO, Rebecca Thompson International
Silver Spring, MD

Rebekah A. Williams
Co-Founder, Food for the Spirit
Naples, NY
Reginald Thomas Brown, M.Ed.
Board Co-chair, VOCAL-NY
New York, NY

Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III
Pastor, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church
Baltimore, MD

Rev. Segun Adebayo, Ph.D
Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church
Bethesda, MD

Richard DeShay Elliott
Chair of State Affairs, Prince George’s County Young Democrats
Bowie, MD

Rick Krajewski
Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 188th District
Philadelphia, PA
Robert Stubblefield
Founder, United Front for Justice; member Democratic Socialists of America, Young People for Progress, Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, Showing Up for Racial Justice-MoCo
Silver Spring, MD

Roslyn Ogburn
Detroit, MI
Sade Anderson-Brown, Ph.D
Washington, DC

Seanniece Bamiro
Master in Public Policy
Bowie, MD
Sebastian Johnson
Silver Spring, MD

Senowa Mize-Fox
Baltimore Community Organizer
Baltimore, MD

Sergio Cea
Electoral Organizer, Reclaim Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Shayla Briana Davis
Executive VP, Takoma Foundation; Treasurer, Brandy Brooks Power Posse
Silver Spring, MD

Sheyna Arthur
Wheaton, MD
Shuo (Jim) Huang
Public Member, Montogmery County Racial Equity and Social Justice Advisory Committee
Silver Spring, MD

Simran Noor
Principal, NOOR Consulting
New York, NY

Sriram Madhusoodanan
Missoula, MT

Talisha Searcy
Member, Takoma Park City Council, Ward 6
Takoma Park, MD

Tamara Toles O’Laughlin
National Climate Strategist
Baltimore, MD

Tasnuva Khan
Olney, MD

Tebabu Assefa
Founder, Blessed Coffee
Takoma Park, MD

Temi F. Bennett
Washington, DC

Virginia D. Onley
Former Rockville City Councilmember
Rockville, MD

Xoai Pham
Brooklyn, NY

Yvette Butler-Yeboah, MD
Silver Spring, MD

Yvette D. Monroe
Former Gaithersburg City Council Member
Gaithersburg, MD

Zola Shaw
Community Leader
Rockville, MD
Zully Pineda
Silver Spring, MD