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Bienvenidos

• Amy Everitt, State Director
• Meghan Doran Macaluso, Assistant State Director
• Sarah La Due, Public Affairs Manager
• Catherine Moore, Special Events Manager
• Lindsay Criswell, Office Manager and Development Coordinator

Amy Everitt is the State Director of NARAL Pro-Choice California and NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation. Previously, she was the Political Director at EdVoice, a statewide education advocacy organization which works to make schools better for kids. Amy has worked on campaigns and elections for over 17 years working initially in the San Francisco Bay Area on state Assembly, SF Board of Supervisors and governor's campaigns. While based in Washington, DC, Amy was the West/Midwest Regional Political Director at the Democratic National Committee responsible for coordinating national efforts and providing direct support to campaigns throughout the region including the successful campaigns of Kathleen Sebelious in Kansas and Dave Freudenthal in Wyoming, both pro-choice Governors. While at the DNC, Amy championed the Rural Outreach Project which led to the establishment of a Rural Caucus. As the Regional Political Director for the DNC's Redistricting Project, she was responsible for advising and supporting redistricting efforts in the Northeast in 2001.

From 1995-97, Amy was the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and later served as the Country Manager for Southeast and North Asia for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Amy has an undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz in American and International Politics and a Master's from UC San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. She is the President of the UCSC Alumni Council, Co-Chair of the California Coalition for Civil Rights, Member of the Advisory Board of the San Francisco Women's Political Committee and the past Chair of EmergeCalifornia: Women Leaders for a Democratic Future.


Meghan Doran Macaluso is the Assistant State Director at NARAL Pro-Choice California. In this position, Meghan spearheads the California development program through management of the special events, major gifts, and direct mail programs. Additionally, Meghan oversees PrivacyPAC, NARAL Pro-Choice California’s statewide political action committee.

Meghan has extensive experience in non-profit development having worked in fundraising for several of the Bay Area’s largest and most prestigious non-profit organizations. She began her tenure as Associate Vice-President of Development for United Way of the Bay Area and later worked as an independent consultant, providing fundraising services for organizations including San Francisco Education Fund and San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocates. Meghan moved into the political realm by joining Platinum Advisors, LLC, a California-based lobby and consulting firm, where she oversaw all of the company's political and charitable fundraising activities. Before joining NARAL Pro-Choice California in 2008, Meghan lived abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she served as Vice-Chair of Democrats Abroad Argentina, the largest chapter of the U.S. Democratic Party in South America. Meghan graduated cum laude from Boston College University with a B.A. in History and currently lives in Oakland, California with her husband and dog.


Sarah La Due is the Public Affairs Manager at NARAL Pro-Choice California.In the position, Sarah oversees all of the organization’s political, communications, and volunteer outreach efforts throughout the state.

Sarah brings to the position a strong background in campaign and electoral politics. She has conducted opposition research for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the Iowa Democratic Party Truman Fund, and Walsworth Political Research & Consulting. She also has experience in grassroots politics – in 2008 she managed a state house campaign in Iowa, and in 2006, she served as research director for Betty Sutton’s congressional campaign in Ohio’s 13^th district. Prior to coming to NARAL, Sarah worked for Tulchin Research, a San Francisco polling firm. She has always been passionate about choice, but first began to explore the political movement when she interned at EMILY’s List in Washington DC. Sarah earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from UC Santa Barbara in 2005.

Lindsay Criswell is the Office Manager and Development Coordinator for NARAL Pro-Choice California. She manages the general operations of the office, assists the State Director, and supports the organization’s programmatic and development work.

Prior to joining NARAL, Lindsay worked in administration at the San Diego Natural History Museum and Junior Achievement of San Diego & Imperial Counties. She was responsible for maintaining donor, member, and volunteer information, editing grant proposals, and assisting with special events. Lindsay attended the University of California, San Diego where she interned at the UCSD Youth HIV Program and helped plan their National Women's HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day. She holds a B.A. in Urban Studies & Planning with a minor in English Literature. Her thesis was on cultural compatibility in clinical HIV/AIDS care.