Amy Pritchard - Director of D.C. Office

Amy Pritchard is a progressive Democratic political consultant and entrepreneur who recently joined Mission Control to head up its new D.C. office.

In 2003, Amy founded Democratic GAIN (www.Democraticgain.org)--an association for Democratic and Progressive Political Professionals—and currently serves as its President. Democratic GAIN supports individuals and organizations through training, mentoring, professional benefits and employment services.

Amy is also President of AP Campaigns, a general political consulting firm for progressive non-profits and partisan organizations.

In 2004 she took a leave from her consulting to serve full-time as the Political Director of the Democratic National Committee.

One of the nation's leading experts on initiatives and referenda, Amy is a past President and current Board member of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, an organization that monitors ballot measures and provides training, research and strategic guidance to progressive ballot measure campaigns. In 1995 she managed a successful state-wide campaign to defeat an anti-gay ballot initiative in Maine.

From 1997-1998 Amy served as Midwest and Northeast Political Director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Amy has also done extensive work in training for the DNC, DCCC, AARP, Wellstone Action, BISC, Progressive Majority and a variety of other organizations including the National Democratic Institute (Kosovo) and Women's Campaign International (Venezuela).

Amy also has grassroots lobbying and organizing experience, having worked for the Human Rights Campaign, Service Employees International Union and the American Psychological Association.