PARTNER

SCOTT FAY was named one of Washington DC’s most influential people in Washingtonian Magazine. He brings more than two decades of senior-level policy, political, and advocacy experience to the fight for comprehensive democracy reform.

In addition to serving as a Partner at MISSION, Fay is also Co-Founder and President of Democracy SENTRY, a 501c4 nonprofit committed to the enactment of the Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Fay began his career working in the office of the late-Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), rising through the ranks to Senior Advisor and National Political Director—a position he held during Senator Kennedy’s consequential presidential endorsement of then-Senator Barack Obama (D-IL). Fay went on to serve as Chief of Staff to Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), lead House sponsor of the DISCLOSE Act to end dark money in politics.

Fay was Executive Vice President at End Citizens United/Let America Vote where he designed and led ECU/LAV Action Fund’s multi-million dollar national campaign to enact the For the People/Freedom to Vote Act (H.R. 1/S. 1). Fay also helped implement ECU’s highly successful 2018 electoral program and served as its PAC Director. More recently, Fay was a Senior Fellow at Democracy 21, an organization founded by pro-democracy reform champion Fred Wertheimer.

Previously, Fay served as Vice President at The Sheridan Group—a multi-client issue advocacy firm for high-performing, mission-driven organizations—where he advised some of the nation’s top nonprofit organizations like Bono’s ONE Campaign and the national service organization City Year on cutting-edge government affairs and advocacy strategies.

Fay earned a Master’s degree in Public Communications from American University and a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University.

scott@missionstrategies.com

SENIOR MANAGER

SAM JONES brings over a decade of experience working on elections, voting rights, campaign finance and democracy reform issues, specializing in research and strategic analysis for policy change and grassroots organizing.

Jones worked for over five years at End Citizens United // Let America Vote, helping create and build out the organization's research department, and, most recently, serving as the Policy Director for the organization's Action Fund. In this role, Jones helped lead ECU//LAV's national campaign to pass the most significant anti-corruption and voting rights federal bill in generations. Prior to joining ECU, Jones worked at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission as well as performed political and campaign research at both the national and local levels, including working at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and on various U.S. Senate campaigns.

Jones received an M.P.A. and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and continues to be a diehard Trojans fan.

sam@missionstrategies.com