Exclusive: MoveOn's leaders step down ahead of 2020

[DonViejo]

Source: NBC News



The progressive group has become a nexus of the anti-Trump "resistance" movement, but its leaders say they want to make room for new blood.

Jan. 16, 2019, 11:00 AM EST
By Alex Seitz-Wald

WASHINGTON -- One of the largest progressive groups in the country is searching for new leadership after its co-heads announced to staff Tuesday that they plan to step down before the 2020 election.

Anna Galland and Ilya Sheyman, who respectively run the nonprofit and political arms of MoveOn, told NBC News they decided to leave after six years on the job to make room for new leaders.

“Coming off a transformative election and in a moment where our organization is huge and healthy and in motion, it feels like the best time to get someone else set up to lead through the next two-year arc and beyond,” Galland said. “We’ll be MoveOn members for life.”

The board of MoveOn and an outside executive search firm will begin a public search process aimed at finding a new executive director or directors sometime this year, with Galland and Sheyman planning to stay on until then.



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[Adrahil]

1. I stopped supporting them in 2016....

... when they went all-in for Bernie.

Hopefully, they have pulled their heads out of their collective asses.

[murielm99]

2. Same here.

I was a charter member, too. I joined back when it was censure Bill Clinton and move on.

I don't think their mission is to endorse candidates, even if they are candidates I support. And they DEFINITELY should not endorse candidates before the primary is over.

[Hekate]

4. Same here. Censure and Move On was the first online thing I ever did. nt

[Scruffy1]

3. I have nothing against MoveOn.

I think they do a pretty good job of getting people to vota and I applaud getting fresh leadership.