Get to know our staff! From Detroit to Marquette, and so many other corners of our state that have been pitted against one another, our team is connecting people across Michigan in order to ensure we all thrive in the communities we love.

ART REYES III
Executive Director
art@wethepeoplemi.org
ART REYES III (he)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Art is the founding Executive Director of We The People. He was born and raised in Flint, MI and hails from three generations of proud UAW members. Before WTP, Art was the training director at the Center for Popular Democracy, where he led national training programs for organizers, lead staff, and executive directors. He spent much of 2016 working in Flint responding the water crisis and helped launch Flint Rising. Previously he led Michigan Voice, a statewide civic engagement organization. He has a BA from Michigan and MPP from Harvard where he taught a community organizing class with Marshall Ganz. He’s filled with random facts about the state of Michigan and lives with his wife Ashley, baby Emilio, and gigantic puppy named Kona the Coney Dog.

RHONDA POWELL (she)
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

CORNELL BATIE (he)
FINANCE DIRECTOR

MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ (he)
MANAGING DIRECTOR

MICHELLE DAVIDSON (she)
OPERATIONS MANAGER

AARICA MARSH (she)
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

KATE ATKINSON (she)
TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR

TERRY BLASTENBREI (he)
HR COORDINATOR

ELI DAY (he)
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

HOAI AN PHAM (she)
DIGITAL ORGANIZER

CATALINA RIOS HERNANDEZ (she)
CULTURAL STRATEGIST LEAD

TANISHA PYRON (she)
SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST

YVONNE NAVARRETE (she)
POLICY DIRECTOR

MARITA KY (she)
POLICY AND RESEARCH ANALYST

RACHEL UDABE (she)
POLICY AND RESEARCH ANALYST

SARGEANT DONOVAN-SMITH (she)
DATA DIRECTOR

DIEGO VASQUEZ-SALGADO (he)
DATA ASSOCIATE

MEGAN HESS (she)
RURAL ORGANIZING DIRECTOR

KAMAU JAWARA (he/him)
Detroit Organizer

CAITLIN HOMRICH-KNIELING (she)
Lead Organizer

MARIA IBARRA-FRAYRE (she)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR

NELLY FUENTES (she/ella)
Statewide Immigration Strategist

ELNORA GAVIN (she)
SW Michigan Organizer
LIZBETH FUENTES
SW Michigan Organizer
lizbeth@wethepeoplemi.org
LIZBETH FUENTES (she)
SW Michigan Organizer
LUPITA SANCHEZ SOLORIO
SW Rural Michigan Organizer
lupita@wethepeoplemi.org
LUPITA SANCHEZ SOLORIO (she/ella)
SW Rural Michigan Organizer

DIEGO NAVARRETE (he/él)
Migrant Leader School Coordinator
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