Uprising’s founder, Nick Rathod, senior Partners Sam Munger and Peter Bailon, and the Uprising team bring more than three decades of experience working at the state and local level. We have in depth understanding of the nuances of state and local work through time in Governors’ offices, and working with legislators, working for Presidents and presidential campaigns, as well as Government agencies. Our team also has a proven history of building and growing successful local and national organizations from the ground up. With this experience we bring deep political and policy expertise, a proven history of research and message development, and an understanding of how to develop strong organizational capacities and sustainable support and build effective institutions to influence state and local policy making.