Leadership

Our Team

Andrew Janz, Founder

Andrew is the City Attorney of Fresno and former Fresno County Deputy District Attorney and candidate for Congress whose insurgent campaign against Republican Devin Nunes received national attention and ignited grassroots activists and small dollar donors from all over the country — resulting in the most money raised of any Democratic challenger in the House.

Raised by immigrant parents, Andrew has lived the American dream and understands the promise that it holds — and has dedicated his life to protecting our rights and ideals. Andrew stepped down from the PAC on Dec 1, 2022 when he was appointed to serve as the City Attorney of Fresno.


Stephanie Dominguez Walton, President of the Board

Stephanie Dominguez Walton is the founder of Her Mano Group and one of the Bay Area’s most respected fundraising and advocacy leaders. With more than three decades of experience, she has helped mission-driven organizations secure transformative investments, strengthen strategic partnerships, and advance equity across California.

Before launching Her Mano Group, Stephanie served as Director of Principal and Major Gifts at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, where she led a team of five and raised $26.5 million in a single fiscal year. She also created and led a flagship Oakland fundraising event that generated more than $1 million and secured more than $1 million for We Vote – Nosotros Votamos PAC, expertly navigating the complexities of nonprofit and political fundraising.

Stephanie’s work has always been rooted in her hometown of Oakland, California. She currently serves as a Port Commissioner of Oakland, Board President of the Voter Protection Project, Co-Chair of the Barbara Lee for Mayor re-election campaign, and a longtime member of the Latino Task Force of Oakland. She is an alum of Emerge California and a California Democratic Party Delegate.

A graduate of Pepperdine University with a background in journalism and Spanish language, Stephanie brings a storyteller’s instinct to every donor conversation, coalition meeting, and strategic plan she touches.


Heather Grevenworth, Executive Director

A California native who has served as a campaign manager, field director, and pollster in key legislative and congressional races across the country.  In 2018, Heather ran Andrew Janz’s Congressional challenge to Congressmen Devin Nunes in California’s 22nd district. Raising over $9.1 million dollars and performing a 25+ point swing in this ruby-red district, bringing rookie candidate Andrew Janz within single digits of Nunes.

After the 2018 midterms, Heather joined NextGen America’s communications team, the nation’s largest youth voter organization, where she first served as the National Press Secretary before taking over as the Communications Director in 2020. Heather now serves as the Executive Director of the Voter Protection Project, a leading political action committee that fights back against voter suppression efforts directly at the ballot box by electing Democrats nationwide.

Heather currently lives in Sacramento with her wife Kate. Go Kings!

 

Justice Mirzakhani, Digital Director

Justice Mirzakhani is a veteran Democratic strategist with more than a decade of experience in digital fundraising, communications, and grassroots organizing. Throughout her career, she has helped raise millions of dollars for campaigns and progressive causes while building online communities that educate, engage, and mobilize voters. Through email, text messaging, and social media, she helps shape the Voter Protection Project’s voice and rapid-response messaging, using digital storytelling to defend democracy and elect leaders committed to protecting the freedom to vote.

Before joining VPP, Justice worked with leading Democratic digital fundraising firms and organizations and played a key role in helping the Congressional Black Caucus PAC (CBCPAC) achieve its first multi-million-dollar online fundraising month in 2020—an accomplishment that contributed to the growth of the largest Congressional Black Caucus in history.

Driven by a deep commitment to social justice, Justice’s work centers on expanding ballot access, strengthening civic participation, and building political power in communities that have too often been excluded from the democratic process.

A proud Houston, Texas native, Justice spent more than a decade in Washington, D.C., before putting down roots in Columbia, South Carolina, where she currently lives with her fiancé and their young son. Outside of politics, she enjoys baking and creative projects while raising a curious, neurodivergent first-grader and continuing her work to build a more inclusive and representative democracy in the South.