Melissa Ryan

New Media & Communications Team

Title

New Media Director

Bio

Melissa Ryan is the New Media Director at NOI where she is living her dream to help build a nation-wide-nerd-force: arming organizers and bloggers with mad new media skillz.

Previously Melissa served as New Media Director for Senator Russ Feingold’s 2010 reelection campaign, as well as his Political Action Committee, The Progressive Patriot’s Fund. She was the Online Outreach Director in the fight against Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting budget bill in Wisconsin. A longtime Netroots activist, Melissa was the Managing Editor for Connecticut Local Politics and a former weekend contributor at MyDD.

Organizing Superpower

I speak fluent blogger

Campaign that changed your life

Ned Lamont for Senate

Organizing/Political Hero

Russ Feingold

How you stay sane outside work

Yoga

Ninja or Pirate

Ninja

Plans during coming Zombie Apocalypse

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