Russell Krumnow is the Vice President of Programs. He comes to Convergence with more than a decade of experience in strategy, advocacy, coalition-building and communications focused on advancing issues like economic opportunity, education, and civic engagement. Previously, he helped build and lead Opportunity Nation, a bipartisan campaign focused on closing the opportunity divide in America. As the campaign’s Managing Director, he led strategy development, engaged a network of hundreds of coalition partners, worked on successful policy advocacy efforts, served as a spokesperson to many media outlets, and regularly presented the Opportunity Index to diverse audiences as a tool to drive positive change in communities.

Prior to joining Opportunity Nation, Russell designed professional and leadership development programs with a consulting firm. Additionally, with the non-profit Partnership for Public Service, he built a national outreach campaign aimed at inspiring college students to seek out public service careers. Before that, he planned and implemented student civic education programs serving thousands of students annually with the National Young Leaders Conference and wrote curriculum for a voter education effort during the 2008 presidential campaign. He has organized on state and national political campaigns.

Russell is a graduate of Baylor University and earned a Master of Arts in political science at the University of Mississippi.