Jessica Huseman is the editorial director at Votebeat, a non-profit newsroom covering voting and elections. Huseman was previously the lead elections reporter for ProPublica, and helped manage the Electionland project for three federal election cycles, sharing information and tips with hundreds of newsrooms across the United States. She is an award-winning educator, and has taught at Columbia Journalism School, New York University, American University and wrote a high school investigative journalism curriculum in use by more than 200 high schools. Jessica is a graduate of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Growing up as the child of community leaders and educators, Jenn McClellan has always felt a calling to public service to strengthen her community and ensure that every Virginian has an opportunity to succeed.

She brought those values, passion and commitment to justice to the Virginia legislature, representing the greater Richmond area. She served in the House of Delegates from 2006-2017 and has served in the Senate since 2017.

Jenn has earned a reputation as an effective, constituent services-oriented legislator. She’s been a driving force for progressive change in Virginia, leading the passage of landmark laws to invest in education, grow small business, expand health care access, ban discrimination, safeguard workers’ rights, civil rights, and voting rights, reform the criminal justice system, remove barriers to reproductive health, and tackle climate change.

Jenn’s legislative accomplishments include passage of The Virginia Clean Economy Act, The Solar Freedom Act, The Voting Rights Act of Virginia, The Pregnant Worker Fairness Act, The Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, The Reproductive Health Protection Act, Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment; and legislation to create a state-based health exchange under the Affordable Care Act; end the school-to-prison pipeline; expand protections and incentives for public housing; assess needs for construction and repair of school buildings; establish lactation policies in public schools; end prison gerrymandering; increase penalties for stalking; authorizing new business models such as benefit corporations and contract brewing; and establish protections against predatory lending.

As Chair of the Virginia Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission, Jenn promotes Dr. King’s legacy and continues his work, particularly racial healing, economic and social justice, and community engagement. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, leading legislative efforts for civil rights and equity. As the first House member to be pregnant while in office, she has been a fierce protector of reproductive rights, children, and families.

Jenn has been a community leader in Richmond and across the Commonwealth, serving on a wide variety of nonprofit and community organization boards. She has also been a leader in the Democratic party at the local, state and national levels.

Jenn has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors for her work as a legislator and in the community.

Jenn lives in Richmond with her husband, David Mills, and their two children in Richmond Public Schools, Jackson and Samantha.

Marcia, affectionately known as “Cia”, was born and raised on the Peninsula in the 95th District. Del. Price worked as a special assistant in the Virginia Liaison Office under then Governor Mark Warner and as a state coordinator for the NAACP This Is My Vote! Campaign for voter registration, education, and mobilization. After what was supposed to be a month long internship at a dental office, she enjoyed an almost 10 year career of dental office administration and management because she was passionate about helping people get the care that they needed. In September 2016, she worked to start Virginia Black Leadership Organizing Collaborative (VA BLOC), a non-profit focused on “building empowered communities” through integrated voter engagement, civic involvement, and leadership development, where she serves as Director.

On November 9, 2021, Del. Price was reelected for her fourth term to represent the 95th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. She currently serves on the Health, Welfare, and Institutions Committee and the General Laws Committee. She has previously served on the Public Safety Committee and the Privileges and Elections Committee. In 2020, she was appointed the Chair of the Behavioral Health Subcommittee and served in that capacity until November 2020 when she was appointed Vice Chair of the Privileges and Elections committee. She also served as Chair of the Voting Rights Subcommittee until January 2022 with the change in leadership. She also served as the Vice Chair of the Barrier Crimes and Background Checks Joint Subcommittee and served on the Behavioral Health Commission. Del. Price is a member of the Hampton Roads Caucus and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.

Del. Price is a fourth-generation member of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church. And she has been active in organizations like Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., People to People, and Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. She currently serves on the Board for Habitat for Humanity serving the Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg.

Del. Price has received several honors, including the 2017 Marguarite Adams Award for Political Action from the Mid-Atlantic Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the 2017 Community Service Award from the Hampton Democrats, the 2017 Community Service Award from Zeta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. She was named Greek of the Year twice for the Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (2009, 2011). Also, she received the 2017 “Solid as a Rock Award” from the Virginia Education Association for her strong support of public education. In 2018, she was named the Champion of College Affordability by Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust. And in 2019, Del. Price received the Economic Justice Advocacy Award from the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and the Friend of Nursing Award from the Virginia Nursing Association. She also was inducted into the Hampton Newport News Community Service Board Hall of Fame in 2019. Del. Price also participated in the Fannie Lou Hamer Fellowship 2020 Cohort with the Sandler Phillips Center.

She graduated from Warwick High School in the Peninsula’s first graduating class of the International Baccalaureate Program, receiving the full IB Diploma and Advanced Studies Diploma (1998). Del. Price attended Spelman College and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, with intensive study in Biology (2002). She also received her Master of Arts in Religious Studies from Howard University (2005). After having completed some coursework toward her Master of Divinity Degree at Howard University (2011-2013), she recently graduated from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University with her Master of Divinity and as Valedictorian of STVU. With each program, she focuses on learning as much as she can in order to make a positive difference.

Del. Price loves interacting with her constituents and is called upon to give speeches to help awaken audiences to the needs of the community and to inspire them toward action. As a fourth-generation resident of the Peninsula, Del. Price embraces her family's legacy of service and strives to make a positive impact in the Peninsula community that has given so much to her.

Dr. Christian Grose is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Southern California. He is the Academic Director of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy. He has previously served as the Director of the Political Science and International Relations program at USC. He is the author of more than 40 academic articles, chapters, and policy reports about American politics; voting rights; race and ethnicity; and solving public policy problems to fix American democracy. His book Congress in Black and White (Cambridge University Press) about voting rights and majority-minority redistricting won the best book on race and politics award from the American Political Science Association. In 2020, through his work at the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, he administered a nonpartisan democracy grants program to open additional polling places in former Voting Rights Act-Section 5 states, mostly in the South. In this position, and on behalf of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Institute, Grose oversaw the allocation of about $2.5 million in nonpartisan democracy grants to counties in former Section 5-VRA states with histories of discrimination against voters of color. Nonpartisan grants to open new polling places, hire poll workers, and assist with other election administration expenses were allocated. Counties receiving these nonpartisan grants opened 258 early voting locations and 1,047 election day polling places. Grose is now writing a book about the impact of increasing budgets for election administration and democracy based on this 2020 experience. Grose’s other research includes “A New Form of Gerrymandering Using CVAP?” and “The California Citizens Redistricting Commission: Fair Maps, Voting Rights, and Diversity.” Grose’s research and publications have been profiled in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, NBC News, FOX News, and other media. He utilized randomized experiments to test policy effectiveness in his work, and has served as a voting rights expert consultant for several counties in California and in court cases. He received his B.A. from Duke University and his PhD from the University of Rochester.

Laura Miller (she/her) is an experienced political communications strategist who sits at the intersection of civic engagement, community organizing, and the fight for voting rights. She uses the power of online social platforms and digital organizing tools to lift powerful stories and help give people the resources to more fully participate in our democracy. Laura currently serves as the Managing Director for Mobilization, Advocacy and Campaigns at When We All Vote, leading in the fight for voting rights and working to register and turn out voters across the country, especially voters of color and young people. Laura has built and led teams in government, non-profit organizations, and political campaigns, including leading digital media for Michelle Obama, Susan Rice, the White House, and in the U.S. Senate. She also created the first-ever digital communications team at the U.S. Department of Labor to promote critical workplace issues. She has led notable campaigns including Michelle Obama’s Becoming book tour, March for Our Lives, and Families Belong Together. Laura began her career as a digital organizer working for President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. She is a 2022 New Leaders Council Fellow and former Harvard Ash Center fellow and graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Remi Garza has served as Cameron County’s Election Administrator since June of 2015. Before that he served the county in the Cameron County Judge’s Office as the Assistant County Administrator.  As the Elections Administrator, Mr. Garza represents Cameron County as a member of the Secretary of State’s Ad hoc Advisory Council and currently serves as President of the Texas Association of Elections Administrators. Since appointed as the Elections Administrator, voter registration in Cameron County has grown by 45,000 registrants, which represents a 25% increase over historical figures. He has always said, “I serve the voters first, the candidates second and Commissioners Court third.”