EDUCATION
Lead: Matthijs Bouw
Meets: As-needed
The education committee develops and delivers candidate and public education events and materials. In February 2021, over 100 candidates participated in the first round of “Resilience PAC Candidate Classes.”

ENDORSEMENTS
Leads: Teresa Gonzalez and Amy Chester
Meets: Twice Weekly
The endorsements committee manages the entire process of tracking, engaging with, evaluating, and recommending candidate endorsements to the full Resilience PAC membership. Over 160 candidates have sought endorsement for the June 2021 primary.

FUNDRAISING
Lead: Vicky Cerullo
Meets: As-needed
The fundraising committee helps to design and implement fundraising initiatives and campaigns for Resilience PAC members and donors. Though fundraising is a component of membership, this committee seeks individuals capable of giving beyond normal membership levels.

STRATEGY
Leads: Amy Chester and Max Young
Meets: Monthly
The strategy committee maps out the long term goals of the organization, including policy platform development and updating, and engaging with the PAC’s advisors. New committees are often incubated in the strategy committee, and are then set off on their own.

COMMUNICATIONS
Lead: Johanna Lawton
Meets: Weekly
The communications committee designs and executes communications strategies by developing and disseminating content to traditional media, purchased media, and on social media platforms. The committee helps to translate the PAC’s mission, values, platform, accomplishments and needs into messaging targeted at candidates and the general public.

MEMBERSHIP
Lead: Clara Lyle
Meets: As-needed
The membership committee integrates new members into the PAC through orientations and facilitates connections to other committees. The committee ensures that information about members is accurate and up to date so that all members can be invited to meetings and are kept informed of the PAC’s activities.

GOVERNANCE
Lead: Jonah Garnick
Meets: Monthly
The governance committee works to develop the PAC’s governance structure and operations according to applicable laws.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, & JUSTICE
Leads: Frank Avila Goldman, Kate Boicourt
Meets: monthly

The DEIJ committee is charged with ensuring that Resilience PAC makes decisions through a DEIJ lens, reviewing communications, policies, and practices to ensure the PAC to ensure that the PAC is prioritizing equity and inclusion as central to its mission. The group also convenes programs and conversations to ensure that frontline voices are centered in the work of the PAC. Please read our diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice statement here.

OPERATIONS
Lead: Saiya Sheth
Meets: As-needed
Operations manages internal PAC coordination through the establishment and continuation of procedures on, and access to, various software platforms and ensuring the website is current.

TREASURER
Lizzie Hodges
The Treasurer manages compliance with city, state, and federal regulatory bodies, completes periodic disclosure filings with New York State Board of Elections and tax filings, and provides regular financial reporting to the PAC at monthly general membership meetings.