Stephanie Taylor

Stephanie Taylor is the Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and the Progressive Change Institute (PCI), where she has empowered the activism of one million grassroots members, supported over 1,500 candidates as they run for office, and helped raise over $38 million in small-dollar donations for Democratic and progressive candidates and campaigns. She has served as a chief strategist on dozens of labor, advocacy, and political campaigns, and has pioneered the development of new technology to provide support to local, state, and federal candidates at scale. She is a frequent commentator in the news, and has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, American Prospect, and others. She is also the author of a children’s book I Can Change Everything (Strong Arm Press, 2019). Dr. Taylor started her career as a union organizer in Appalachia. She holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia, an M.F.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in American history from Georgetown, where she wrote a dissertation on citizenship and the U.S. labor movement. She lives in Washington DC and Pennsylvania, and is the mother of three girls.