LaunchProgress encourages young progressives to run for electoral office in order to grow the base of future national leaders. LaunchProgress Action Fund, a nonprofit organization, works with local, state, and national allies to identify youth leaders who represent our changing, diverse America—women, people of color, people from lower-income families, people who are disabled—who our political parties may not traditionally recruit or support. Through events, communications, and researched-focused advocacy campaigns, we connect young progressive leaders to unique professional development resources.
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Pichaya Poy Winichakul
Co-Founder, Co-Director
Poy Winichakul previously served as Special Assistant to the President at the Brennan Center for Justice, where she helped oversee the day-to-day operations of the think tank and public interest law firm, including all tasks related to fundraising, communications, and strategic management. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, she served as Executive Director at Helping Oberlin Maintain Equity (H.O.M.E.), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the impact of the home foreclosure crisis in northeast Ohio. She has worked on multiple issue and electoral campaigns and has previously worked with Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin and with Senator Russ Feingold’s Progressives United PAC. Poy received her B.A. from Oberlin College.
Luke Squire
Co-Founder, Co-Director
Luke Squire has worked in political campaigns and in government, at both the national and local level, and also in management consulting. His experience includes research and finance work in Democratic Senate races, including serving on the research team for Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s 2012 campaign. In 2013, he joined her Senate staff in Washington, DC. Previously, he worked as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. Luke has held internships at The White House in the Obama Administration, in the House of Representatives with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, and at the local level in the office of San Diego City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner. Luke holds a B.A. in Economics from Oberlin College and was a member of the Oberlin Board of Trustees from 2011-2013.
Luke was born and raised in San Diego, California and, even more than the weather, misses his California Burritos.