Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives

WHO WE ARE American Oversight (AO) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that advances truth, accountability, and democracy by enforcing the public’s right to government records. We use multiple tools, backed by aggressive litigation, to fight attacks on democratic institutions, threats to civil rights and liberties, abuses of power, and the erosion of government transparency. We expose and disrupt these attacks — and the officials and networks behind them — by forcing the government to turn over records officials would rather keep secret. Since our founding in 2017, American Oversight has worked on issues that touch nearly every aspect of American life. Our team has: Secured a court order to preserve records in the 2025 “Signalgate” scandal, and spurred a related investigation by the Department of Defense inspector general that found Secretary Pete Hegseth had put troops’ lives in danger and violated federal recordkeeping laws. Forced DOGE to implement a records preservation policy to ensure long-term accountability for its chaotic actions. Revealed the Trump-sanctioned pressure campaign on the Ukrainian government by forcing the Trump administration to turn over records initially withheld from Congress. Unmasked sham “audits” of the 2020 election in Wisconsin and Arizona, which used taxpayer money to undermine state elections. Exposed the Trump administration’s unprecedented use of personal data to target immigrant communities and remove people from state voter rolls. We are