Steering Committee

Coyne joined Twitter in 2012 and is a senior manager on Twitter’s Public Policy team in Washington, DC. In her capacity, she develops creative civic engagement initiatives for Twitter and manages government and election partnerships with leading government and political publishers. Previously, Bridget worked in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives as a staff member shaping digital media efforts. She holds a B.A. in Politics with a minor in Public Policy and Media from New York University.

A San Jose School of Library and Information Sciences alum, Sweeney works for the San Mateo County (CA) Library and manages the East Palo Alto and Portola Valley Public Libraries. He is active in the American Library Association where he is an at-large member of their governing Council. As a California Library Association member, Mr. Sweeney has most recently served on their Conference Committee.

Vogel is responsible for developing programs to encourage Co-op member and staff engagement in political issues that matter to the Co-op family and is the program manager for their voter initiative, Co-ops Vote. She is involved in NRECA’s political training programs, serving as an instructor for the Grassroots Course for co-op Directors.

Bishop joined the NDRN in 2013, where she provides training and technical assistance to the P&A network regarding voting rights and access for voters with disabilities, coordinates the Voting Working Group, and manages the voting lists. Previously, she was the Assistant Director of Public Policy & Advocacy at Paraquad Center for Independent Living in St. Louis.

Judd Choate has been the Director of the Division of Elections at the Colorado Department of State since 2009, and previously served as president of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED). He has also practiced law privately and has clerked at the Colorado Supreme Court. He holds a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Purdue University.

Patrick helps lead the Democracy Fund’s efforts to foster a voter-centric elections system and work to provide election officials across the country with the tools and knowledge they need to best serve their voters. Her areas of expertise cover a wide spectrum, from serving as a Commissioner on the Presidential Commission on Election Administration (PCEA) to working on providing language assistance in unwritten languages and common data formats for election results reporting.

Prior to working at United Way, Torrico worked on social policy for Senator John Kerry (MA). While pursuing her graduate degree, she was an Education Pioneers Fellow at City Year-Los Angeles, where she developed their three-to-five-year government relations strategy and coordinated a county-wide literacy campaign, spearheaded by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Miller has served as executive director of Nonprofit VOTE since 2014 and has provided oversight of the National Voter Registration Day work since Nonprofit VOTE assumed management of the holiday in 2017. Miller has over two decades of nonprofit executive director experience and a strong background and track record in program management, organizational leadership, and civic engagement.

Matt founded National Voter Registration Day in 2012 and previously served as the Executive Director of the Bus Federation Civic Fund (now the Alliance for Youth Organizing). He is an organizer, a writer, a small business owner, and a three-time college dropout. His writing and/or exploits have made their way into the pages of The New Republic, In These Times, and The Washington Post. He helped found Forward Montana Foundation, a local Bus affiliate. He believes in 1) Democracy, 2) Fun, and 3) Winning. Not always in that order.