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Evan Roth Smith is a Democratic campaign consultant and pollster whose work includes federal, state, and local races, as well as independent expenditures and nonprofit advisory. He has run polling, data, and targeting operations in every state and hundreds of districts, as well as France, Japan, Israel, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Canada, India, China, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Evan has led and managed 8-figure donor advisory projects in the civic engagement space, working with some of the largest donors in the country to deliver resources to tailor-built projects premised on accountability and clear results.

Roth Smith is the coauthor of Putin's Master Plan (Encounter, 2016) and his polling and writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, The Daily Beast, National Journal, Fox News, The Huffington Post, Politico, Daily Kos, and Newsday, among other outlets.

Sam Haass is a Democratic political operative and strategist with over a decade of experience in elections at the municipal, state, and federal levels, as well as with national issue organizations and independent expenditures. With experience on both the most tactical and most strategic sides of politics, he has effectively and successfully managed large campaigns as well as field, finance, advance, and political departments. In 2020, Haass managed an 8-figure 501(c)(3) voter registration and turnout operation in a key battleground state, and continues to work with major political donors to create lasting political change.

Haass has appeared as a political commentator on SiriusXM radio.

An experienced political and communications professional, Alyssa brings over a decade of experience working to shape both the narrative in the media and the campaign strategy
on-the-ground. She is currently a Partner at Slingshot Strategies, joining the firm after a stint working as a senior communications advisor to Andrew Yang’s mayoral campaign. At Slingshot, Alyssa has helped lead influencer

and policy communications campaigns, driven messaging

and earned media on successful political campaigns, and provided strategic guidance to a range of nonprofits, multi partner coalitions, political organizations, ballot initiatives, and candidates. In January 2022, she was named to City & State’s Political PR power list.

She was previously a Principal at New Deal Strategies, a consulting firm for the progressive movement. At NDS, she helped clients like Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Secretary Deb Haaland, Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Revolving Door Project craft

defining narratives, raise their profiles, elevate their work, and win elections.

Prior to NDS, Alyssa was the political and communications director at Future Now and Future Now Fund, where she oversaw the PAC’s multi-state spending strategy, funding tactics to reach the greatest number of potential voters and to build the long-term infrastructure and capacity most states don’t have. She came to Future Now from Joele Frank Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, where she was a Managing Director providing strategic counsel and tactical support across communications and public affairs disciplines.
 

Alyssa grew up in Colorado and later graduated from Colby College, in Waterville, ME. She’s been a proud New Yorker since 2009, and has lived in 13 apartments since arriving in the city.

Sam Raskin is a former reporter for the New York Post, where he reported on a wide array of issues and served in multiple different roles. He previously reported for several other local news outlets based in the five boroughs, including Politico New York, Gotham Gazette, Curbed New York, Gothamist and Patch.

Raskin grew up in New York City and graduated from NYU, where he majored in politics and minored in history, and currently lives in Brooklyn.

Jeff Coote is a passionate political strategist with experience deploying digital advertising and outreach tactics for organizations and campaigns in the Democratic space. By integrating persuasive messaging and compelling creative, he has impacted elections, steered large grassroots fundraising efforts, and helped build brand awareness for winning issue campaigns. Having worked nationally and in New York, he has experience interacting with a diverse range of audiences and political landscapes.

Before moving to New York, Jeff studied Democratic movements and international politics at Boston College and researched at the University of Hong Kong during the 2019 protest movement there.