Profile: Jonathan Scanlon

Jonathan Scanlon, lead organizer, has a range of experience in public policy and advocacy, both within and outside government. He is a recent Presidential Management Fellow, where he served at the US Department of State as a US delegate to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, a West Africa desk officer at the US Agency for International Development, and a legislative fellow for US Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri. Scanlon's previous experience in the nongovernmental sector includes advocacy work with CARE USA focusing on HIV/AIDS, avian influenza, and various international conflicts. At the state level, Scanlon worked for Governor Roy Barnes of Georgia and for the state's international trade office in Atlanta. He also spent one year teaching English in Japan. Scanlon has a B.A. in Italian studies from Emory University and a M.S. in international affairs from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology.