Exciting Changes at Swing Left
Swing Left is excited to announce that Tori Taylor and Catherine Vaughan will be stepping up into the role of Co-Executive Directors of Swing Left, while Co-Founder Ethan Todras-Whitehill will be stepping into the role of President, focusing on external work and long term strategy while Catherine and Tori handle most of the day-to-day management.
These moves will strengthen Swing Left’s national leadership team heading into the fall, as we remain laser-focused on our mission to drive a massive wave of strategic, impactful grassroots activism to win the elections that matter most to securing Democratic majorities up and down the ballot. Tori will leverage the depth and breadth of her political leadership to grow Swing Left as we head into the 2020 election and beyond, while Catherine’s deep experience in management, social impact, and organizational strategy will help springboard Swing Left into the next phase of our work.
For the past year, Catherine has been serving as Swing Left’s Chief Operating Officer. She joined Swing Left when our organization merged with Flippable, where she served as CEO and Co-Founder. Flippable helped elect 78 Democrats to state legislative office during the 2018 cycle, and has served as the core analytical muscle for Swing Left’s engagement in state legislative work in 2020. Prior to entering politics in 2016, Catherine received an MBA from Stanford and served as a strategy consultant for companies like McKinsey, Teach for America, and Partners in Health.
Tori, meanwhile, has been Swing Left’s Chief Political Officer, where she has been overseeing our political and organizing programs. She takes this new role at Swing Left with over a decade of political experience, including three presidential campaigns, managing multi-million dollar voter contact and political communication programs for Democratic candidates, and serving in leadership roles at organizations like EMILY’s List, Center for American Progress Action Fund, and the Democratic National Committee.
We’re excited to have these two dynamic leaders stepping up to help us defeat Donald Trump, win back the Senate, and flip state legislative chambers across the country come November.
