Daria C. Dawson is the Executive Director of America Votes, the coordination hub of the progressive community for over 400 organizations, which works to mobilize voters across the country. In 2024, she led the coalition in its largest-ever direct voter contact effort knocking on 57 million doors, making over 106 million phone calls, and registering more than 713,000 new voters across the country. Daria has worked in state legislative offices, congressional offices, on electoral campaigns, and organizations including serving as the Director of Strategic Engagement for then-Senator Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign and the Deputy National Political Director at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), where she also led the lobbying efforts of the Fight for $15 campaign. Named as one of “20-sought after female strategists to watch” by Business Insider, Daria is a graduate of Florida A&M University and the University of Florida, Levin College of Law.