Rich Pelletier has been working at the intersection of politic and policy for 30 years. As the National Field Director at America Votes he worked with organizations from the Sierra Club to Planned Parenthood to the AFL-CIO. He served on the highest echelon of campaigns, as the Dep. Campaign Manager for Bernie Sanders 2016 Presidential race.

Rich grew up in Northern Maine and is a member of the We’koqma’q First Nation of Mi’kmaqs on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and is a veteran of the 1990 Iraq war.

He lives with his wife and two sons outside of Boulder, CO and, can be found hiking with them, along with their dog Bolt, in the surrounding mountains.