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Jahnavi is the President and Founder of New Voters and a Senior Fellow at the University of Maryland Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement. She graduated from Harvard College in 2023, concentrating in Government with a secondary in Music.
Brandon is the Associate Director of Campaigns at Generation Citizen, where he leads the Vote16USA initiative.
Professor, Department of Government and Politics Director, Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement University of Maryland
City Clerk & Director of Communications & Legislative Services for the City of Hyattsville, MD.
The New Voters Research Network (NVRN) brings together academics, youth-serving organizations and high school students to systematically develop empirically-supported methods of high school voter registration.
Professor of Government and Politics Director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement University of Maryland
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Caitlin Taylor is the communications lead and member of the leadership committee for the Make It 16 NZ campaign.
UCLA professor who does research on youth civic engagement.