Announcing New Groundswell Action Fund Board Members!
One of our big goals for 2024 has been to strengthen both the Groundswell Fund and Groundswell Action Fund Boards. Over the past few months, we’ve been working with Do Good Connections to recruit new board members.
We’re excited to share that we’ve officially elected an amazing group of new board members who will begin their terms in January 2025!
Additionally, Groundswell Action Fund Board also elected to move Nsé Ufot from C3 board to C4 board and appointed her as interim Board Chair.
These individuals bring a wealth of expertise and valuable connections to help advance our mission. We’re excited about the fresh perspectives these new members will bring to both boards.
Tameshia Bridges Mansfield
Tameshia Bridges Mansfield is the Vice President of the Workforce & Regional Economies practice at Jobs for the Future, overseeing workforce development and future-of-work initiatives.
With a background in philanthropy, she held program officer roles at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Polk Bros. Foundation. She worked at the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), advancing policy for direct care workers.
Tameshia co-founded the Clean Slate Initiative and serves on multiple boards. She enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.
Sonia Gonzales Harb
Sonia Gonzales Harb is a mission-driven leader with over 15 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, social justice advocacy, and electoral organizing.
Sonia’s work focuses on racial and gender equity, transforming organizations like the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, California ChangeLawyers, and Democracy Alliance to build power with communities of color.
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Sonia advises civic and philanthropic leaders and is raising her Mexican-Palestinian-American daughters to be changemakers. Justice and equity are central to her mission.
Maria De La Cruz
Maria De La Cruz is the Senior Director for the Resourcing Equity & Democracy portfolio at the Raikes Foundation.
Maria is a seasoned executive leader, resource mobilizer, and philanthropic organizer passionate about moving funds to those with the least wealth, opportunity, and power.
Maria previously held leadership roles at Headwaters Foundation for Justice, where she championed racial justice and Native community programs. She also launched the Emergency Fund for Black Lives to support Black-led community organizing in the wake of the murders of Jamar Clark and Philando Castile. She played a critical role in mobilizing funds after the murder of George Floyd.
Maria holds degrees in women’s studies, nonprofit management, and law.
Nsé Ufot
Nsé Ufot, founder of New South Super PAC and former CEO of New Georgia Project, is a dedicated advocate for civil, human, and workers’ rights.
A change-maker and thought leader with a data-informed approach, she organizes leaders, campaigns, and resources in service of working families and their priorities. Nsé and her team lead the development of Georgia’s home-grown talent by training and organizing with local activists across the state. She has dedicated her life and career to working on civil, human, and workers’ rights issues and leads two organizations whose complementary aim is to strengthen Georgia’s democracy.
Nsé led campaigns that helped over 700,000 Georgians register to vote and moved millions of people to take action and affect change. She pioneered an approach that merged civil rights advocacy with technology to combat voter suppression and developed educational video games to increase voter engagement.