Alex Flood
Kentucky Lead Organizer
Anne Dunlap
Faith Organizing Coordinator
Ash Trull
National Membership Organizer
Ashley Dixon
Atlanta Organizer
Ava Bynum
Director of Impact
Avery Martens
Ohio Director
Beth Howard
Rural Kentucky Campaign Director
Celina Culver
Eastern Kentucky Field Organizer
Chelsea Strelser
Administrative & Systems Coordinator
Emily Cate
Senior Donor Organizer
Emma Keeshin
Northeast Ohio Organizer
Erin Heaney
Executive Director
Grace Aheron
Communications Director
Grover Wehman-Brown
Deputy Director of Communications
Hilary Moore
Director of Political Education
Jeff Rodgers
Chief Financial and HR Officer
Julia Daniel
Assistant Director
Katy Medley
Managing Director
Kelsey Washburn
Human Resources Manager
Kristina Lear
Electoral Phone Bank Manager
Linnea Brett
Chapter Network Organizer
Mae Singerman
Administrative Project Manager
Marnie Jackson
Senior Donor Organizer
Misha Viets van Dyk
National Chapter Network Organizer
Raffi Mercuri
National Phonebank Director
Ryan Richardson
Georgia Lead Organizer
Sarah Stockholm
National Network Strategic Campaigns Director
Taryn Hallweaver
Political Director
Taylor Harrison
Development Database Manager
Z! Haukeness
National Network Director
Rachel Meharry: In Memoriam


Rachel was a beloved member of the SURJ community who brought warmth, steadiness, and brilliant systems-thinking to our staff. She began her work with SURJ as a chapter member in Boston after being politicized around the Trump election when she was, in her words, “introduced to a world beyond the one [she] had always known, coming from the white upper class.” After that, she committed herself to the lifelong work of dismantling white supremacy and fighting for a better world for everyone.
Rachel’s anti-racist work showed up in so many areas of her life- she worked with her church congregation to educate and mobilize them for justice, she organized her friends and family into anti-racist work, and if you talked to Rachel for more than ten minutes, you’d hear about how she was raising her two kids to be committed to justice and liberation. (She even named her youngest, Lily Anne, after the anti-racist white Southern organizer Anne Braden.)
Rachel joined SURJ staff in 2020 as the Executive Assistant to the National Director and transitioned into the role of Systems and Data Manager in 2021. Her work ensured that SURJ grew and scaled at a powerful movement moment for racial justice, and she was committed to making SURJ’s internal structures stronger and more resilient to carry our external work forward.
Rachel could often be found quoting (or singing!) lyrics from the Hamilton musical at any chance she got on Zoom calls. Her smile was infectious, her ability to manage complex projects with grace and care was a gift to us all, and her commitment to justice was unwavering. We carry this work on in her memory and honor.