Navin Nayak serves as president and executive director at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He oversees day-to-day management of the Action Fund and helps create new programs and projects that will help the organization fulfill its mission.
Nayak has more than 15 years of experience in advocacy and elections with several organizations. Most recently, Nayak served as the director of opinion research for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, where he oversaw all the campaign’s message research. Prior to that, he worked for eight years at the League of Conservation Voters, where among several roles, he served as senior vice president for campaigns, overseeing all the organization’s electoral work. He also served as the deputy director for the Clean Energy Works campaign, a national multimillion-dollar effort to pass comprehensive climate legislation in 2009–2010.
In addition to his advocacy experience, Nayak worked as a donor adviser at Corridor Partners, where he provided strategic guidance to donors on their advocacy and electoral investments.
Nayak has appeared on numerous television programs and in numerous publications, including CNN’s “Crossfire” and MSNBC’s “Hardball.” In 2013, he was named one of Politico’s “50 Politicos to Watch.” He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two children.
By Navin Nayak
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Unity lies with people, not politicians | The Sun | February 15, 2021 |
Preliminary Findings and Brief Summary: Battleground-State Poll on President Trump’s Coronavirus Response and the Economy | Center for American Progress Action | June 28, 2020 |
Memo: President Trump Has Put ACA Repeal and Preexisting Conditions on the Ballot | Center for American Progress Action | March 2, 2020 |
New Poll: Bipartisan Support for Banning Corporate Spending in Elections by Foreign-Influenced U.S. Companies | Center for American Progress Action | January 14, 2020 |
Progressive Democrats Have a Solution for America’s Distrust of Politicians: Stop Accepting Corporate PAC Money | NBC News | October 30, 2018 |